GAZIPUR: A policeman died of cardiac arrest while performing duty in the second phase of Ijtema in Tongi, on outskirts of Dhaka, on Saturday night.Waj Uddin Mian, 65, (constable no-171) breathed his last at 11:20pm at Tongi hospital of the district.Tongi Thana Officer-In-Charge (OC)

CHITTAGONG: A constable was killed and two others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Jamaler Dokan area under Mirsarai upazila of the district on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as M Ali, 30.The injured were rushed to Chittagong Medical College

DHAKA: A passenger bus was torched by the blockaders in city’s Dhanmondi area on Saturday night.Sources said a group of blockade supporters set fire to a passenger bus, Bikalpa Paribahan, around 7:00pm.Fire fighters could not reach to the spot in time due to traffic jam.However, no one

GAZIPUR: Two more devotees died on Saturday, the second day of the second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the largest congregation after hajj. The deceased were identified as Azam Khan, 55, hailed from Palasbari area of Nilphamari district and Basir Mia, 55, hailed from Bhogtara village under

SAVAR: Two cleaning workers died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank in Nagorkonda area of Savar on Saturday afternoon.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Fire Service sources said that one of the workers went inside the septic tank of a

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the National Security Intelligence (NSI) has got back its lost glory and earned confidence among common people.The premier, also ruling Awami League president, came up with assertion while speaking in a program of laying foundation

DHAKA: Malaysian police is looking for fugitive Tamim, a Bangladeshi mastermind for many fraudulent practices including misappropriating crores of money alluring Malaysian visa even cheating many businessmen here.Cases were filed with police stations of Kuala Lumpur against Tamim

KISHOREGANJ: Two people were killed as lightning struck them in Austagram Upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Narayan Das, 40, son of Mohan Lal, resident of Ikurdia village and Anwar Hossain, 34, son of Siraj and resident of Sharifpur village

COX’S BAZAR: Some 100,000 pieces of yaba tablet were seized by the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Gholarchar area under Teknaf upazila of the district on Saturday.BGB-42 sources said that, acting on a tip off, BGB personnel conducted a drive and challenged a gang of

SAVAR: Two people, including a woman, were killed and two children were injured in separate road accidents in the upazila on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Beauty Akhter and Mizanur Rahman, a labourer.Witnesses said a rashly driven truck knocked a rickshaw at Kalma Bus Stand

NARSINGDI: At least three people, including mother and daughter, were killed and 15 others injured as an overloaded engine-run boat sank at Bibinsaher Ghat of Meghna River in the district Sadar on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Morsheda Begum, 25, and her daughter

DHAKA: Justice SK Sinha has reconstituted the benches of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court immediate after the 21st chief justice of Bangladesh was administered. SC registrar SM Kuddus Jaman confirmed the matter of bench reconstitution to banglanews on Saturday noon.The new

DHAKA: A city dweller was killed in a road accident in Beribadh area at Mohammadpur in the city on Saturday noon.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rashid, 45, resident of Nabinagar Housing of that area.Witnesses said he was critically injured as a human hauler, locally known as

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted cocktails in different places of the city on Saturday, the twelfth day of BNP-called nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period.Witnesses said that a pair of cocktails went off near UBL Crossing in Paltan intersection while a cocktail in

CHANDINA, COMILLA: An ambulance driver was killed and five others were injured in an accident in Chandina area on Chittagong-Dhaka highway on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Ali Akbar, 40, hailed from Jatrabari of Dhaka.Sources said a rashly driven covered van collided

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina in separate statements on Saturday expressed their profound shock at the death of eminent lyricist and composer Gobinda Halder.President’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim told banglanews that, in the condolence message, the

DHAKA: Bangladesh has made progress over the last year to address fire and building safety issues in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector. Further progress is however needed to address serious worker rights issues before reinstatement of Bangladesh’s trade benefits under the Generalized

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said that tougher actions will be taken against the criminals after watching video footage of crime scenes. Moreover, he asked the politicians to restrain from violence, created in the name of political movements.

SAVAR: Some 25 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, women wing of BNP, were sued on charge of violence and vandalism in Savar. The accused include Dhaka district Mohila Dal convener Sabina Yasmin and Savar Upazila Parishad Mohila Dal vice-chairman Mini Akhtar Urmi. Savar

KOLKATA: Noted lyricist Gobinda Halder passed away at JN Roy Polyclinic on Raja Dinendra Street of Kolkata on Saturday morning.He, who had been suffering from kidney deceases for long, breathed his last at 10:45am (local time). He was 85.The eminent composer was also suffered from