GOPALGANJ: Two minors drowned at Bandhabari and Khagbari villages of Kotalipara upazila of the district on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Marufa, 2, daughter of Selim Goldar, and Monisha Roy, 1, daughter of one school teacher Debabrata Roy. Local sources said Marufa

DHAKA: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and nine other reputable women were given ‘Ananya’ Award 2013 for their outstanding contributions to the society. The other awardees include Roma Chowdhury (freedom fighter and writer on country’s liberation war), Naznin Sultana (first

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Wednesday urged media to behave responsibly towards society and state. “Freedom is good but it is not willfulness. Media should behave responsibly towards society and the country,” she said. The premier made

JESSORE: Angry mob lynched a snatcher and injured another one in Nazir Shankarpur passport office area of Kotwali Thana in the district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Suman Mollah, 20, son of Rabiul Mollah in Bezpara area of the district. Officer-in-Charge of

DHAKA: Myanmar deputy foreign minister U Thant Kyaw will head a seven-member team to attend the 8th bilateral meeting to be held in Dhaka on August 31. The visiting team is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Thursday night. According to the

DHAKA: Miscreants snatched Tk 600,000 lakh from a businessman in Banani Lake area in city on Wednesday afternoon. Officer-in-Charge of Gulshan Thana Rafiqul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews. The miscreants carried the businessman in a microbus in pre-planned way and later left

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the present government formulated a broadcast policy and BNP-Jamaat is opposing it, but they would do policy tougher if assumes power. The premier made the remarks when addressing audience after giving the aid allowances and donations

DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to stop distribution of two types of vitamin-A capsules as they were not clinically tested. An HC vacation bench comprising Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman passed the suo-moto order.

DHAKA: Bashundhara Group, country’s one of the leading business conglomerate, donated Tk 10 lakh to construct multi-storey building of Parshuram Diabetic Hospital in Feni. On behalf of Sayem Sobhan Anvir, Managing Director (MD) of Bashundhara Group, Moinal Hossain Chowdhury, Adviser

DHAKA: The government has appointed Brigadier General (retd) Ahsan Habib Khan as new vice-chairman of The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for three years on contract. Besides, retired District Judge M Khurshid Alam was appointed on contract as member of

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court on Wednesday placed five Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel on an 8-day remand over much-talked about seven murder case here. Senior Judicial Magistrate Chandni Rupam granted the remand for the elite force officials. The RAB officials are Emdadul

KISHOREGANJ: At least 15 people went missing after a trawler capsized with 50 passengers in Meghna River in Kathbazar area of Bhairab at 1.45pm Wednesday. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of Bhairab Thana Bodrul Alam said, “Police and fire service personnel rushed

DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday rejected the petition filed to seek cancellation of GATCO (Global Agro Trade Corporation) scam case. Earlier, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case of corruption of Tk 1000 crore for the employment of contractors in Chittagong Port and Kamalapur

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent seven people, including five doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), to jail in a corruption case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court passed the order rejecting the defenders’ plea for bail. The

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SIRAJGANJ: At least 20 people were infected with anthrax, a bacterial disease that spreads from cattle, at Char-Nandigram village under Ullahpara upazila of the district.The doctors of Ullahpara upazila health complex confirmed the matter to banglanews on Tuesday. Sources said that

DHAKA: State-owned five-star hotel Rupshi Bangla is going be closed for over one year due to renovation works from Monday. Besides, the hotel will be reopened on January 2016 being re-branded by Inter-Continental Hotels Group (IHG), the group who left the hotel in 1983, said

SIRAJGANJ: The rail communication of Sirajganj with Dhaka and Ishwardi halted after derailment of the engine of Sirajganj Express train in Roypur area of the district on Wednesday morning.The train engine veered off track around 10:45am that snapped rail communication of the routes. 

RANGAMATI: The indefinite strike, enforced by Rangamati Bus Owners Association and Bus Sramik Union, is underway in 14 road and six river routes in the district on Wednesday.The organization called bus strike demanding penalty of attackers during clash between transport workers and

DHAKA: A construction worker was electrocuted in a building at Shewrapara of Mirpur in the city on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 22, hailed from Bhola district. Sources said that the victim was spraying water at ninth floor in the under-construction