DHAKA: A man was killed and two others were injured as an Air Conditioner (AC) exploded in a hotel of city’s Gulshan area on Friday.Assistant commissioner (AC) Nurul Alam of Gulshan Zone confirmed the matter.He said the accident occurred when they were servicing the AC on the rooftop

DHAKA: Two United Nations human rights experts on Thursday urged the Government of Bangladesh to stay the execution of assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami M Kamaruzzaman who was condemned to death for crimes against humanity. “The UN Special Rapporteurs on summary

COX’S BAZAR: Police in a drive held 10 Malaysia bound Bangladeshis with one broker from Ramu upazila of the district on Thursday night while they were trying to go to Malaysia illegally.Police sources said that acting on a tip-off, law enforcers conducted a drive and held them from

GAZIPUR: The Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive detained a youth and recovered three foreign pistols, 11 rounds of bullet and four magazines from him at Sadar town of the district Thursday night. The detainee was identified as Roni, 24, hailed from Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.

DHAKA: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were deployed in Dhaka on Thursday evening to maintain law and order and ensure peace.Several platoons of BGB troops have been deployed in other places across the country as well.Public Relations Officer (PRO) of BGB Headquarters Mohsin

JESSORE: Two people, including a policeman, were injured after miscreants attacked bombs targeting police vehicle in front of a mosque in Kholadanga area under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday evening.Jessore Kotwali Thana Office-in-Charge Enamul Haque told banglanews that

DHAKA: The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered some 27 cocktails from adjacent to daily ‘Amader Somoy’ office of Tejgaon area in city on Thursday.Assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Maruf Ahmed of RAB-2 said police initially suspected that the cocktails might be

DHAKA: The deep depression over westcentral Bay and adjoining eastcentral Bay moved slightly northwestwards over the same area.It was centred at 06:00pm Thursday about 1,060 kms south-southwest of Chittagong port, 990 kms south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 970 kms south-southwest

BOGRA: Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Bogra Highway in Ariabazar area of Shahjahanpur upazila in the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 30, son of Mahtab Uddin of Monirampur area of Jessore district and

DHAKA: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman on Thursday categorically said the chain of command in police administration was collapsed.“Some police personnel in a particular district are involved in anti-disciplinary activities that are tarnishing the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday placed wing chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team Morshed Alam alias Masum on a five-day remand.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate M Hasibul Haque passed the order after Detective Branch (DB) police inspector Nibaran Chandra Barman produced theme before the court

DHAKA: Foreign affairs ministry has summoned Pakistani acting High Commissioner to Dhaka Ahmad Hussain Dayo for the remarks of a senior cabinet member of Pakistan regarding the recent verdict in Bangladesh by the International Crimes Tribunal.Terming the comments as unwarranted and

DHAKA: In the first ever visit of its kind, the Heads of Diplomatic Missions of Bhutan, India and Nepal resident in Dhaka and accredited to Bangladesh will travel together from Dhaka to India, Bhutan and Nepal.They will travel along the land route with the objective of highlighting

DHAKA: Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Thursday categorically said it is the rights of Appellate Divisions to decide whether the judgement against death convict Kamaruzzaman was summary or full.The chief law officer of the state made the observation while talking to journalists at

DHAKA: Law enforcers arrested Ramna blasts death row convict Abu Bakr Siddique alias Selim Hawlader, also banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI) top leader.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested from Keraniganj Thursday early morning.Selim Hawlader is also a

DHAKA: At least four people were killed and two others injured in separate accidents in Chittagong and Pabna on Thursday.Our Chittagong correspondent reports- a man and a woman were killed and two others injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw in Bashbaria of Sitakundo.The

COMILLA: A Sub-Inspector of Detective Branch (DB) of Police was shot at head from point-blank range by the district’s top hijacker Zira Sumon around 11:45am on Thursday.The injured was identified as SI Firoz. Another DB SI Shahidul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Local

NARAYANGANJ: Two Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel gave confessional statement before the court over senseational Narayanganj 7-murder case. They disclosed the number of RAB personnel participated in kidnapping and killing of seven persons including Narayanganj City Corporation

SATKHIRA: A commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed here in smugglers’ attack at Bhomra immigration check-post on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Subedar Nazrul Islam, 45, the commander of Bhomra BGB camp. Sources told banglanews that the BGB man died around

DHAKA: Shishir Munir, lawyer of death row convict Kamaruzzaman categorically said that law minister can’t order jail authority to be ready for executing verdict. He came up with the claim after meeting Kamaruzzaman in the jail on Thursday morning. Shishir Munir said, “Law