DHAKA: The Dhaka-Kolkata route Moitree Express failed to satisfy the demands of the passengers. Insufficient trip frequency, the pressure of excess passengers, sufferings in ticket procuring, hassles at immigration and customs checking have become a regular feature in this train route.

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Shoumendra Lal Chandra Soilen, assistant private secretary (APS) of former state minister for religion affairs Shahjahan Mia, on a 9-day remand in a corruption case.  Earlier, Soilen was arrested on charge of amassing wealth illegally on Monday.

DHAKA: ‘Bangabandhu O Bangladesh’, a documentary based on various aspects of the life of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, edited by deputy director general of BTV Bahar Uddin Khelon, was unwrapped on Tuesday. BTV Director General Abdul Mannan along with other

GAZIPUR: Vehicular movement became normal on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at 2:00pm after students kept the highway blocked in Tangi area for several hours on Tuesday. Several hundreds of students blocked the highway after a covered van killed a schoolgirl of Tangi Safiuddin Sarkar

NATORE: After two hour’s effort, fighters doused the fire of Natore Jute Mill at Dattapara BSCIC Industrial area on Tuesday. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Natore Fire Services and Civil Defenses Station Master Abdur Rouf said that fighters of three units brought the fire under

DHAKA: Two people were killed and another one injured in a road accident in Demra Palmoil bus stand area in city on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Tahmina Khuki, 34 and her grandfather-in-law Kabir Khan, 90.Family sources said the victims were returning home by a rickshaw

GAZIPUR: Hundreds of students barricaded Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Tangi area after a kindergarten student was killed in a road accident there on Tuesday.The protesters also set ablaze a covered van and a pick-up van on fire in the area around 12:15 pm. Earlier, a student of Tangi

DHAKA: Darryl Lau, Consul of Singapore to Bangladesh, during a visit to East West Media Group (EWMGL) Tuesday, considered Bangladesh the “second economic partner of his country”. He also said that Bangladesh is one of the economy powers of Asia and its relation with Singapore is

DHAKA: World leaders must take concrete action to end sexual and gender-based violence in conflict during a landmark summit this week hosted by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie and UK Foreign Minister William Hague, Amnesty International said.The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in

DHAKA: A writ was filed with High Court seeking its directive to formulate a law keeping provision of death penalty for question leak.Advocate Dr M Yunus Ali Akanda filed the writ Tuesday.Secretaries of Education, Cabinet, health, Law and Parliament secretariat were made respondents to

RANGPUR: At least three people killed and five others hurt in a road accident on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Abul Hossain, 28, Sekandar, 25 and Ismail, 35.Confirming the matter to banglanews, sergeant of Peerganj Highway poilice Abdul Gani said,

DHAKA: Darryl Lau, Consul of Singapore to Bangladesh, visited four media of East West Media Group (EWMGL) Tuesday. He also joined a view exchange meeting at EWMGL auditorium where Additional Managing Director of Bashundhara Group Safwan Sobhan was present. Editor-in-chief of

MONGLA, BAGERHAT: Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive arrested ringleader of a robber gang along with arms from Sunderbans area of Bagerhat district early Tuesday. The arrestee is Raosan, leader of ‘Sejo Bahini’. Lieutenant Aladdin Nayan, Chief Operation Leader of Coast Guard West

KUSHTIA: Prominent folk singer Ekushee Padak winner Baul Karim Shah passed away at his Channel para resident of the district on Tuesday. He left his last breath at 9:30am after prolonged suffering from old age complications. Kushtia District Commissioner Sayed Bilal Hossain confirmed

DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed two people on four-day remand in a gold smuggling case on Tuesday. Metropolitan Magistrate Mizanur Rahman granted the remand rejecting bail petitions after police produced then before the court seeking 10 days in remand. Earlier, Dhaka Metropolitan Police

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: At least six people including a woman and her son were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Sadar, Shibganj and Gomastapur upazilas of the district. The deceased were identified as Ayesh Uddin, 60, of Baliadanga union of Sadar upazila, Shiein Akter, 28, wife of

DHAKA: At least 50 Bangladeshis were detained by Tunisian Coast Guard in Mediterranean Sea while trespassing to Italy on June 4.  Ahsan Kibria, first secretary (labour) at Bangladesh embassy in Libya confirming the matter said “the coast guards detained 269 people of different

NOAKHALI: Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Kankirhat Bazar under Senbagh upazila of the district on Monday night.  The deceased were identified as Belal Hossain, 45 and Kawsar Ahmed, 8. Witnesses said that a passenger bus rammed the CNG run auto

SYLHET: Three members of a same family were killed as a wall of Sylhet Stadium collapsed on them due to heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning.  The deceased were identified as Nasima, 18, her brother Jahid, 14 and cousin Ruhul, 12. Locals said that the wall collapsed over the victim’s

DHAKA: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is coming to Bangladesh on June 16 for a three-day official visit with a high delegation to further enhance bilateral relations and cooperation. Citing a news statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia on Monday, Xinhua reported about