LAXMIPUR: A driver was killed when suspected blockaders hurled bomb at a passenger bus in Mandari area on Laxmipur-Begaumganj highway Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Sumon, 34, hailed from Begumganj upazila of Noakhali.  The Chittagong-bound bus came under bomb attack

NARAYANGANJ: Three people were killed including a kid in road accident in Fatullah’s Bhuinagar area of the sadar upazila Friday evening.Two of the deceased were identified as Oliuddin, 37, and his daughter Sumaiya, 7. They lived in Iskatan area of Dhaka.Quoting witnesses sub-inspector

DHAKA: Japan has shown interest in building a Railway Bridge parallel to Bangabandhu Bridge over the river Jamuna and this is why the country is not showing any interest in building a multi-purpose underwater tunnel beneath the river Jamuna.As a reason they said that the underground

DHAKA: Sixteen people were killed in road accidents in Mymensingh, Jhenaidah, Munshiganj, Narayanganj and Sylhet districts of the country on Friday.In Mymensingh, three people were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Raghabpur area under Sadar Thana as a passenger bus

DHAKA: A teenager was killed as a wall of an under construction building collapsed at Rayerbagh area of Jatrabari Thana in city Friday afternoon.The victim was identified as Sagor, 16, a painter and son of one Sultan Ahmed, hailed from Haimchar of Chandpur district.  Deceased’s friend

MYMENSINGH: At least three persons were killed and two others injured in a road accident on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road in Raghabpur area under Sadar Thana of the district Friday evening. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police sources said that a rashly

SYLHET: Two motorcyclists were killed and another injured in a road accident on Biswanathpur-Jagannathpur road in Bagichabazar area under Biswanath upazila of the district Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Noman Ahmed, 16, son of one Motsin Ali and Khaled Ahmed, 15, son

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Awami League-led 14-party alliance offered Gayebana Janaza (in absentia funeral prayers) of those perished in terrorism and petrol bomb attacks during ongoing violence after Juma prayer. The funeral prayers was held at Baitul Mukarram seeking eternal peace

DHAKA: Some 50 non-political organizations are set to hold a rally in city on Friday afternoon protesting the ongoing political unrest, violence in the name of hartal and blockade.Among the hosts Gonojagoron Mancha, Gourab Ekattor, Praner Ekattor, Blogger and Online Activities Networks

DHAKA: The daily Ittefaq’s former acting editor Akhtar Ul Alam’s daughter has been found dead at her house in city’s Rampura area Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Fahmida Akhtar, 45.Sources told banglanews that her maidservant found Fahmida’s body lying on the bed

MUNSHIGANJ: Four people, including a child, were killed and five others injured as a goods-laden truck turned turtle and rammed three CNG-run auto-rickshaws on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gazaria upazila of the district Friday. Of the deceased, one was identified as Anjali Saha, 48.

COX’S BAZAR: Bodies of seven overseas jobseekers were found in the Kutubdia coast in Bay of Bengal on Friday noon where a fishing trawler with about 100 people on board capsized on Thursday.Bangladesh Coast Guard, navy, locals have recovered the seven bodies of ill-fated

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of police on Friday detained three suspected petrol bomb attackers from city’s Keraniganj area.The identities of the detainee could not be known immediately.Sources told banglanews that the trio was held in the dawn.Confirming the matter, Dhaka Metropolitan

DHAKA: Four policemen, including a Sub-Inspector (SI), were detained from city’s Shahbagh area early Friday after hijacking a passerby.The detainees include Pallabi Thana SI Ananda, two constables of the same police station and a driver of that thana.Sources told banglanews that they

DHAKA: Authorities concerned have deployed 205 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members across the country including the city in aid of the police force to contain violence during the ongoing blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.Moreover, according to sources, 70

DHAKA: Bangladesh and Nepal on Thursday agreed to sign Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA). Nepalese Inland Revenue Department (IRD) issued a statement on the matter that said the fourth round of meeting for DTAA held in Kathmandu took the decision, reports myrepublica.com.National

JHENAIDAH: At least four people were killed and four others injured when a truck ran over a tempo in Dudhsar area under Shailkupa upazila of the district Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Safiuddin Safi, 35, son of Abdul Gafur Bishwas, Mojibar Rahman, 37, son of Roushan

DHAKA: Blockade and hartal supporters allegedly torched a bus in Dholaikal area of Postogola in the city on Thursday night amid the 24-hour shutdown enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance in Dhaka and eight neighboring districts.Fire Service and Civil Defense duty officer Saidul Islam

DHAKA: Blockaders blasted several cocktails leaving eight people injured in city’s Gulshan and New Market areas Thursday night.Two cocktails were blasted by the blockaders around 7:15pm in front of DCC market in Gulshan 1.No one was reportedly injured in the incident.Gulshan Thana

DHAKA: A bus was torched by alleged pro-blockader in Kuril Bishawroad area of the city Thursday evening.Witnesses said some miscreants torched the bus, Turag Paribahan, in disguise of passengers in the area around 7:30pm.However, none was injured as the passengers got down from the bus