RANGPUR: An indefinite strike, called by District Motor Workers' Union, is underway on Rangpur-Dhaka route of the district from Tuesday morning.  Rangpur District Motor Workers’ Union General Secretary MA Majid in press conference declared the strike on Monday at 10:00pm.  Earlier

DHAKA: Police recovered body of an unidentified male teenager aged about 12 in Mohammadpur area of the city on early Tuesday. Mohammadpur Thana Officer-In-Charge Azizul Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews. The body was recovered from the road no. 11 of Chandrima Housing of the area

NEW YORK: United State increased non-immigrant visa application fees in various categories from $400 to $2,350.  But the US government decreased visa fees in some categories also to attract investors and businessmen.  Foreign Ministry of the country said that the fee increased due to

RUPGANJ (NARAYANGANJ): At least five people, including child and woman, were killed in a road accident on Asian Highway bypass in Daudpur union under Rupganj upazila of the district on Tuesday morning. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Quoting locals, Officer-in-Charge

BAHRAIN: Two Bangladeshis died in two separate incidents in Bahrain. The deceased were identified as Abul Bashar, 47, son of one late Abid Mia, hailed from Gauripur village under Daudkandi upazila of Comilla district and Farid, 43, son of one Jihad, hailed from Dudhhali village under

DHAKA: Police recovered hanging bodies of two siblings at their residence in Uttra area of the city early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Alim 15 and his sister Chirosree Zaman, 18. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Uttara West Thana on-duty officer Mazedur Rahman said

NOAKHALI: A Noakhali court awarded life-term imprisonment to seven people of a family, including two siblings, in a case of killing a businessman in Eklashpur Bazar area Begumganj upazila of the district.District and Sessions Judge M Abdul Kuddus Mia handed down the order on Monday

DHAKA: A law, with provision of a two-year jail term for anyone involved in marrying a girl aged under 18, has been approved in a bid to cut the country’s high child marriage rate.The new law comes days after new United Nations figures showed two-third of girls marry before they

PABNA: The government has taken initiatives to renovate the ancestral house of legendary actress of Bangla film late Suchitra Sen in the district.Archeology Department’s Rajshahi regional director Badrul Alam and his team visited the building on Monday.Badrul Alam said that cultural

DHAKA: Former Secretary for Information Commission Nepal Chandra Sarker and Professor Khurshida Begum of Government and Politics Department of Jahangirnagar University were appointed as commissioners of the Information Commission.A press release issued by the secretariat disclosed the

GAIBANDHA: A grandmother along with her grandchild was killed as a wall collapsed in Pirapur Matherpara area in Gobindaganj upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased were identified as Manwara, 50 wife of Mahir Uddin and their grandchild Rumi Khatun, 3, of the village.Locals said

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday ordered to ban plying human haulers on highways in five districts of the southern part of the country within 72-hour.An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice M Khasruzzaman passed the order and also issued a rule upon the

DHAKA: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed on Monday filed petition with the High Court challenging the notice issued by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) asking the statement of his moveable and immoveable properties.An HC bench comprising Justice Farah

DHAKA: The mobile-phone operators have to provide one percent money as development surcharge on their income to the government which will be spent on education and health sector.The decision came from a regular meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Secretariat office in

DHAKA: World Bank (WB) country director to Bangladesh Johannes Zutt remarked that conflicting politics is the main barrier of removing the country’s various problems.He came up with the observation while addressing a view exchange meeting on ‘poverty alleviation and growth rate

NARAYANGANJ: A man strangulated his wife and a 9-year old son to death in Lakkharchar area in Bandar upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased were identified as Afsana, 28, wife of Yazal and their son Afzal.Bandar Thana officer-in-charge Nazrul Islam said local people informed the

DHAKA: The defense lawyers are cross examining Jobeda Khatun, mother of Joj Miah who is accused in 21 August grenade attack cases. Speedy Tribunal-1 justice M Shahed Nur Uddin accepted the questioning in front of Dhaka Central Jail at 11:05 Monday. Public prosecutor Akram Uddin Shaymal

COX’S BAZAR: Police in a drive detained 14 people with huge arms-ammunition and Yaba tablets from various spots of the district between Sunday midnight and Monday morning. Confirming the matter Cox’s Bazar Additional Police Super Tofayel Ahmed told banglanews “Police in the drive

DHAKA: A road has been named after Bangladesh former president, also BNP founder late Ziaur Rahman in Chicago of USA.  Politician Alderman Joe Moore, who has been representing the 49th Ward of the City of Chicago, inaugurated the ‘Ziaur Rahman Way’ in Chicago of Illinois State on

DHAKA: Custom officials seized 12-kg gold at Shahjalal International Airport on Monday noon. Custom joint-commissioner Kazi Mohammad Ziauddin said that acting on a tip-off they conducted a search drive in the plane FZ-583. The plane, which came from Dubai, landed in Dhaka at 11:00am.