DHAKA: A woman and her 15-year-old son succumbed to their burn injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Friday. The deceased were identified as Selina Akhter, 38, and Anik.  They sustained severe burn injuries in an explosion at a medicine shop in Fatulla of Narayanganj on

JOYPURHAT: An on-duty police constable was killed and an assistant sub-inspector critically injured in road accident in Haranda area of Panchbibi upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Akhtaruzzaman, hailed from Keshabpur village of Birampur upazila of Dinajpur.Sources said

COX’S BAZAR: A pregnant housewife was shot dead by robbers in Chakaria upazila of the district early Friday. The deceased was identified as Sharmin Akhter Nilufa, 26, wife of one Sirajul Islam, resident of Rangmahal area of Dulahajra union of the upazila. Quoting locals,

DHAKA: Two persons died in separate incidents in city’s Mohammadpur and Motijheel areas on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as Milon, 18.  Motijheel Thana Sub-Inspector Jakaria Mustafa told banglanews that a passenger bus knocked an unnamed rickshaw in Motijheel BTRC bus

MUNSHIGANJ: The ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi water route were disrupted due to rough weather and current in Padma River Friday.  Ghat sources said that the ferries were taking much time to reach their destinations which made immense sufferings to passengers as hundreds of vehicles

DHAKA: India and Bangladesh, in a bilateral meeting of the border forces, discussed issues related to northeast terrorists and destruction of their hideouts in each others' territories. A delegation of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) led by its Director General Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed also

MUNSHIGANJ: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader categorically said that the main part of much-talked-about Padma Bridge is being constructed as per blueprints of World Bank. “We have not initiated a bit of change to it,” he added. The minister disclosed the matter to the

DHAKA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar requested the Central government to talk to Bangladesh government for restarting railway services from Agartala to the neighbouring country.  "Government of Bangladesh may be pursued to take all necessary actions and Railway Ministry may take

NARAYANGANJ: Two persons, including a woman, were killed and 13 others injured in a road accident in Purinda Bazar area under Araihazar upazila of the district on Friday noon. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police sources said that a rashly driven

DHAKA: Shahidul Islam, a businessman, living in Jaleshwar Moholla of Savar, on outskirts of the capital, who has recently applied for a passport for his youngest daughter Farjana through online payment. It was undone somehow though all the rest of family members have already grabbed

COX’S BAZAR: Police in a special drive arrested two persons along with 5,000 pieces of Yaba pill from Hrila area under Teknaf upazila on Friday noon.The detainees are Makbul Ahmed, son of Mohammad Ali and Noor Mohammad, son of Sekandar Ali of the area.Police sources said that, acting

CHITTAGONG: US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena said that Bangladesh has made a significant progress in providing standard health services.He came up with the assertion to the journalists after visiting the Pediatric Surgery Department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital

KHULNA: Angry mob lynched a snatcher and injured another one in Basupara area of the city early Friday. The snatcher was identified as Fayzul, 28. Locals said that Fayzul and his associate Al Mamun were caught red handed while they were snatching in the area. The angry mob gave them a

DHAKA: Two persons have died in separate incidents in city’s Indira Road and Narinda areas early Friday.The deceased were identified as Kamal Haolader, 20, a helper of a human hauler and Tumpa Rani, 20, wife of Rajan Das, hailed from Gazipur.In Indira Road, Kamal sustained injuries

TANGAIL: Two persons were killed including a woman in two separate road accidents in Salla area under Kalihati upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Rekha Begum, 40 and Tapan, 35, hailed from Sherpur. Sources said that Rekha was run over under the

KOLKATA: A proposal has been made to create a chair at the Calcutta University in honour of undisputed leader of Bengali nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Sandwip Das, professor of the University of Calcutta, came up with the proposal in a program marking the 39th death

DHAKA: Custom intelligence officials seized 24 gold bars weighing 7.3 kilograms from a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Friday. The detainee is Al-Amin, son Baset Mia, hailed from Nrayanganj.  Customs intelligence and investigation department director

GOALANDA: Lower parts of Debgram and Daulatdia unions were inundated in last one week as the water level of Padma River has increased to excessive manner so that there is no specific indicator to measure the extent of damage of thousands of villagers. The panic gripped among villagers as

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DHAKA: Railway police arrested a person along with 40 gold bars, weighing five kilograms, from Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital on Friday morning. The detainee, Shahin, arrived there by Turna Nishita train around 7:00am. Police sources said that acting on a tip-off, searched the