DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left London for home on Wednesday evening after her two-day travel break.A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-061 carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage left London Heathrow Airport for home at 6:50pm.The aircraft is expected to land at

TANGAIL: Three persons drowned in the river Bangshai in Gabindapur area under Mirzapur upazila of the district Wednesday night.The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 48, son of Azhar Mian, Sanowar Hossain, 42, son of Hafez Ali and Robin Mian, 22, son of Anwar Hossin. They

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Wednesday awarded life-term imprisonment to five people, including four bank officers, over the embezzlement of Tk 4.5 crore from Agrani Bank Limited. The convicts are bank officers Abdus Shukkur, Nirmal Mallik, accountant Main Uddin Chowdhury, laser

DHAKA: Police recovered a body of an unidentified youth from Dhanmondi Lake of city on Wednesday evening.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhanmondi Thana Abu Bakkar Siddique confirmed the matter to banglanews.On information of the local people, we rushed to the spot and recovered the floating

DHAKA: The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday quizzed three Sonali Bank officials for the embezzlement of Tk 7000 crore from nine branches of the state-owned bank.The three officers are assistant general manager Nur Ahmed, senior executive officer Abdul Jabbar and executive

Media reports strongly suggests that Abdul Latif Siddique a long serving veteran leader of Bangladesh Awami League and a senior Cabinet Member of Sheikh Hasina led present government is to have ignominious exit from the cabinet. Video clipping now available on social media evidences

CHAPAI NAWABGANJ: A freedom fighter was killed as a truck hit him in front of Kansat Palli Bidyut office in Shibganj upazila of the district on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Ejabul Haque, 70, hail from North Makimpur village of the upazila.Sub-inspector (SI) Osman of

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday summoned post, telecommunications and information technology minister Latif Siddique in two cases for his derogatory remarks that demeaned hajj.The cases were filed with Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court.The CMM court asked the minister

PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): A man committed suicide after killing his wife and daughter in Rajbati area of Dinajpur Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Rony Sarker, 30, his wife Swapna Das, 25 and three-year old daughter Bhumi Sarker.Inspector of

DHAKA: Police on Wednesday held a mastermind from city’s Moghbazar area on charge of exploiting beggars for long time to sale advance train tickets on the black market. The detainee, Shahjahan, 35, first bought the tickets from Bangladesh Railway’s website and different mobile

LALMONIRHAT: Mother and her daughter were electrocuted in Kaliganj upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Shishu Bala, 55, wife of one Bhabes Chandra and her daughter Arati Rani, 30, hailed from Barajan village at Chalbala union of the

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong University authority Wednesday suspended its five students, who are Chhatra Shibir activists, over recent bomb attack on teachers bus that left 16 injured.The decision came from the 495th syndicate meeting.The syndicate also decided to issue a notice asking why

DHAKA: Islami parties will observe hartal on October 26 if the government does not arrest Latif Siddique, the minister of post, telecommunications and information technology, within October 15 for his derogatory remarks about holy hajj.The leaders of the parties made the announcement at a

DHAKA: A writ petition was filed with High Court seeking its directives for arresting Latif Siddique, minister of post, telecommunications and information technology, for his derogatory remarks on Hajj.Supreme Court lawyer Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ petition under ICT act with

DHAKA: Mahatma Gandhi is a great man for all time in the world. He is not only a resource of India and overcoming the politics, he became the great humanist in the world.Eminent writer, columnist and researcher Syed Abul Maksud made the observation at a launching ceremony of his book

DHAKA: Two members of a family died while another went missing after the boat capsized near Sadarghat in city on Wednesday.The identities of the deceased are yet to know while witnesses said that they were a woman and her grand child.Another, who went missing, was the mother of the

DHAKA: A worker died after he fell down from a nine-storied under-construction building in Jamalcaot area of the city’s Cantonment Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Lutfar Rahman, 30, son of late Monru Mian of Beltali village under Taraganj upazila of Rangpur district.Sources

MANIKGANJ: An elderly woman has been slaughtered here allegedly by his adopted son in Singair upazila the district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ambia Begum, 80, wife of a late Hakim Khan, resided in that village. Police, however, detained the killer, Nizam Uddin, 50.

RAJSHAHI: A septuagenarian man died after he had fallen prey to a doping gang, known as ogyan party, in the city Wednesday. Details of the deceased could not be known. The man was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital and hours later on-duty doctor declared him dead early

DHAKA: Abdul Latif Siddique, the minister of post, telecommunications and information technology, was sued for hurting religious sentiment on Wednesday. At least six cases have been filed against him who has crated a controversy through his recent ‘irresponsible’ remarks that