SIRAJGANJ: Hearing on remand plea of JMB chief coordinator Abdun Nur and his four cohorts will be held on November 6.Sirajganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Kohinur Arjuman passed the order on Saturday afternoon.Sources said JMB chief coordinator Abdun Nur, 31, JMB leader Abul Kalam Azad,

DHAKA: A female food inspector allegedly committed suicide taking sleeping pills centering family feud in city’s Mirpur area on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Nadia Sultana, 35, wife of Mohammad Aktaruzzaman.Police sources said that Nadia attempted to commit suicide by taking

JHENIDAH: Two people, including a woman, were killed and six others injured a truck crushed into an auto-rickshaw in Nimtala area under Kaliganj upazila of the district on Saturday.Of the deceased, one was identified as Sadhan Ghosh, 45, son of Anil Ghosh of Narendrapur village of the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the nation to establish family and village-based cooperatives with a view to alleviating poverty.Asking ‘why someone lives in a slum and someone in a building’, the premier, also ruling Awami League president, said, “We have to

DHAKA: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) authorities have launched the country’s largest operation theater (OT).BSMMU vice-chancellor Professor Pran Gopal Dutta made the announcement of the inauguration of the OT complex at a press conference on Saturday.The VC

DHAKA: Law enforcers seized a truck along with around 3,000 bottles of phensedyl from Khilkhet area in the city on Saturday morning.Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1 conducted a drive in the area and seized the phensedyl.Deputy Director (Media) of RAB Major Rumman confirmed the

DHAKA: The police administration suspended four police personnel, including two Assistant Sub-Inspectors of Vatara Thana who were detained from Kuril Bishwa road area in the city, Saturday morning. The suspended police men are Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASI) Mir Sirajul Islam and

DHAKA: A case has been filed with Sirajganj Railway Thana against JMB chief coordinator and his four cohorts early Saturday. The case, numbered (1) 01.11.14, was filed around 2:00am. The detainees are JMB chief coordinator Abdul Nur, 31, JMB member Nuruzzaman Arif, 20, Nur Islam Sagor,

DHAKA: The country experiences power failure as the national grid collapsed on Saturday morning. People from various areas across the country including Bogra, Sirajganj and Gazipur informed the matter to banglanews office. The city is also experiencing the power failure. Power Grid

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained six persons with fake notes of Tk 50 lakh and currency making instruments from Badda and Rampura area of the city early Friday. The identity of the detainees could not be known immediately. Deputy Police

JESSORE: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members on Saturday seized 553 pieces goat hides while smuggling to India through Putkhali border area of Benapole in district. BGB sources told banglanews that acting on tip off, the BGB personnel conducted a drive and seized 13 sacks full of goat

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1 detained four people including two Assistant Sub-Inspectors of Vatara Thana from Kuril Bishwa road area in city Saturday morning.  The detainees were identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mir Sirajul Islam and Kawsar, Constable Rahman and

ASHULIA: At least five people were injured in a fire that broke out in a Jhut (garment waste) godown at Bhadail area in Ashulia, at the outskirt of the city, Saturday morning. Witnesses said that the fire broke out around 5:55am at the godown of Keya Enterprise and the blaze grasped the

DHAKA: Police, in different drives, early Saturday recovered three dead bodies from different locations in city. The deceased were identified as Salma, 17, a housemaid from Banani area, Saidur Rahman, 31, security guard from Uttara (West) Thana area and Hasan Mahmud, 40, a hotel worker

SUNAMGANJ: A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel drowned after a boat capsized in Patlai River in Tahirpur upazila of the district on Friday night.  The deceased was identified as Bidarshan Barua, 40, a member of BGB Baliaghat camp.  BGB sources said that the boat capsized while a

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): The Border Security Forces (BSF) of India early Saturday handed over two Bangladeshis who were detained at Haridaspur border area in India, near the Benapole border of Bangladesh. The returned youths were identified as Liton Chandra, 28, son of one Bajralal Chandra,

ASHULIA: A fire broke out in a Jhut (garment waste) godown at Bhadail area in Ashulia, at the outskirt of the city, on Saturday morning. On information, three fire fighting units of DEPZ rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control after trying for two hours. Senior Station

COMILLA: Railway Minister Muzibul Haque accepted Hanufa Akter Rikta as his wife at the age of 67 on Friday. The formalities of the wedding completed at the house of the bride in Chandina upazila of the district at 4:30pm. The reception ceremony would be held on November 14. The

NILPHAMARI: Police recovered dead bodies of two women in separate incidents on Friday. The deceased were identified as Kachumai, 75, wife of a late Badar Uddin of Bahagili Ghaterpar village under Sadar upazila, and Nurunnahar Begum, 50, wife of Nazrul Islam of Hazipara viilage of same

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali on Friday has been brought to the Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur Jail ahead of his verdict in war crimes related cases.  Earlier, a prison van carrying the war crimes accused left Kashimpur Jail around 12:10pm for Dhaka. On April 1, Mir