FROM PARLIAMENT: Commerce Minster Tofail Ahmed on Sunday said the existing law would be made tougher by amending to stop misuse of formalin. The minister made the assertion in response to a question from Chittagong-2 constituency lawmaker Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari standing on a point

DHAKA: Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Sunday said India was formally invited for a meeting of the Joint River Commission.A meeting in this regard would be held and the Teesta deal would be signed soon, he said.The Jatiya Party lawmaker came up with his hopes while talking

DHAKA: The government has given approval the recruitment rules for the investigation organization’s officer and employee of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). The approval came from a meeting of the secretary-level committee on administrative development on Sunday. Cabinet

MOULVIBAZAR: Two siblings drowned in a pond at Raipur village of Kanakpur union under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday noon.  The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately but their ages were between 7 and 8.  Local sources said a brother and her sister drowned at

DHAKA: Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Sunday said the country’s alem-ulama (Islamic scholars) would no longer be able to cheat mothers over taking family planning by issuing ‘fatwa’. Nasim was addressing a program tilted “Lunching Ceremony of Update Union

FROM PARLIAMENT: State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said there is plan to make Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) an independent force as the force is an organizational unit of police. The elite force is being controlled by the Home Ministry. The home minister came up

CHITTAGONG: Nine people, including a senior superintendent and the jailer of Chittagong Central Jail, were sued over the death of a prisoner in the district on Sunday. Plaintiff Yakub Kaisar, younger brother of Zakir Hossain, 30–a convicted kidnapper who allegedly committed suicide

DHAKA: Bangladesh Railway appointed Mozammel Haque as new General Manager for East Zone. Ministry for Railways issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday where it said Mozammel Haque was appointed for east zone and present GM Makbul Ahmed was appointed as General Manager of

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will operate drives from Wednesday to ensure selling of hygienic food for 2-crore city dwellers. Eight check-posts will be setup in 8 entry points of the capital to detect formalin and carbide used fruits and foods as well. DMP commissioner Benazir

DHAKA: Nine officials of Bangladesh Railway’s Eastern Zone, including its general manager (GM) Makbul Ahmed and Chief Engineer Mahbubul Haque have been transferred. Railway ministry information officer Shariful Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday noon. As a routine

FARIDPUR: Two people were killed and 18 others injured in a road accident in Goalando municipality of Rajbari district early Sunday. Of the deceased, one was identified as Abdul Halim, 45, driver of Diganta Paribahan, hailed from Sonadanga of Khulna. Sources said a Khulna-bound bus of

DHAKA: Election commission (EC) has been installing a new mobile-friendly application to make easy the issuance of National Identity cards, the process of collecting, amendment etc. EC sources said the step was taken to spread the service to margin-level people. Information and

FARIDPUR: A Bangladeshi was run over by a speedy car in Dammam of Saud Arabia on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Hanif Matabbar, 36, son of Abdul Matabbar of Sadarpur upazla of Faridpur. The accident took place on Jamrail highway of Dammam city. Family sources told banglanews

MANIKGANJ: A woman and her minor daughter were allegedly killed by her husband in Bijoynagar village under Harirampur upazila Sunday. The deceased were identified as Sabila Begum, 25 and her daughter 7.  Locals said that neighbors found their bodies hanged from the ceiling and

BENAPOLE: A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security force (BSF) along Agrabhulot frontier in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Parvez, 21, son of Sujan Master of Agrabhulot village. Locals said BSF members of Jahodanga frontier in India

BENAPOLE: A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security force (BSF) along Agrabhulot frontier in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Parvez, 21, son of Sujan Master of Agrabhulot village. Locals said BSF members of Jahodanga frontier in India

DHAKA: Two people were crushed under train wheels in Moghbazar and Malibagh areas in the city on Sunday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Sources said that an unidentified man was cursed under train in Malibagh rail crossing area early Sunday and another in

COMILLA: Three people were killed and two others injured in a road crash on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Jhagurjuli area under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Locals said that a Chittagong-bound covered van

MUNSHIGANJ: A 12-year-old football fan was electrocuted in Gopalpur village of Sirajdikhan upazila on Saturday night while hoisting the Argentine flag ahead of upcoming World Cup. The victim was Shihab Hossain, son of expatriate Muktar Hossain and class VI student of Shekernagar Roy

DHAKA: Former lawmaker of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Amanullah Chowdhury died at a private hospital early Sunday.  BNP Chairperson’s Media Wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirming the matter to banglanews said he breathed his last at 1:30 am. The Namaz-e-Janaja will be held