GOALUNDO, RAJBARI: Launch services on the Daulatdia-Paturia river route have resumed on Monday morning after a 10-hour suspension due to rough weather. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Inspector Faridul Islam told banglanews that the authorities had suspended the

FARIDPUR: Around 20,000 people are marooned due to downpour and water logging in 50 villages of Faridpur Sadar, Sadarpur and Char Bhadrason upazilas of the district.In last 24 hours, water level of Padma river rose above 27 centimeter (cm) of danger level. At Goalanda point, water

JHENAIDAH: Former Member of Parliament (MP) of Jhinaidah-1 constituency M Golam Mostafa passed away at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday night.He was 63.The freedom fighter breathed his last around 9:00pm at the hospital due to heart attack.  He suffered a heart

DHAKA: A pedestrian was killed as a BRTC bus jumped into the road-island near Al Raji Hospital in Tejgaon area of the capital on Monday.The deceased was identified as Ali Akkas, 35.Sub-inspector (SI) Razibul Islam of Tejgaon Police Station confirmed the matter to banglanews.The

DHAKA: Police detained a youth with 10 gold bars from Kamalapur Railway Station in the city on Monday morning.The detainee is Sujan alias Babar, 27, a passenger of Turna Nishita train coming from Chittagong.Kamalapur railway police thana officer-in-charge Abdul Majid told banglanews that

PABNA: A college student was killed as driver of a local Awami League leader was playing with leader’s pistol in Radhanagar area of the district town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Masud Hossain, 22, a fourth year student of Accounting Department (Honours) of

GAZIPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at east side of Fakir Majnu Shah Bridge of Kapashia upazila in the district on Sunday night. The deceased were Yakub Ali, 35, son of Khorshed Mandal and Sultan Mia, 33, son of Lal Mia.Confirming the matter, Kapasia Thana

MANAMA: A Bangladeshi worker was killed while he was working in a construction building in Jufer of Bahrain on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Alam Mia, 35, son of Asar Uddin of Bankari village of Manikganj district. Witnesses and his fellow worker said a piece of brick fell on

BOGRA: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Shakpala Park area at Shahjahanpur upazila of the district on Sunday evening.The deceased were identified as Ibrahim, 60, son of Garibullah, and Tanvir, 17, son of Abu Saleq.Sources said a rashly driven vehicle crushed into

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the history of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is the history of Bangladesh. She came up with the assertion in a mass rally marking national mourning day organized by ruling Awami League’s student wing BCL at Suhrawardy Udyan in city on

DHAKA: Dr Hasan Mahmud, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on environment and forests ministry, categorically on Sunday said all brick fields were ordered to maintain environment friendly mechanism from October. The ruling Awami League lawmaker came up with the assertion

HABIGANJ: Two minor cousin sisters drowned in a pond at Faridpur village in Bahubal upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Niha, 8, daughter of Ekhlas Mia and Saki, 7, daughter of Abdul Ahad of the area. Locals said both the girls fell into a pond

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to give indemnity to the accused without submitting charge sheet over the Padma Bridge scam. ACC submitted the investigation report on Sunday afternoon before the commission also set to acquit the accused seven people, i+ncluding former

SUNAMGANJ: A six-year-old girl drowned in a pond of Sunamganj Government College in the district on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as Tamanna Aktar Akhi, daughter of one Sohel Mia.  Police said that the victim with her cousin was playing on the bank of the pond around 1:00pm.

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: Around 2,000 people have been marooned due to downpour and water logging in 12 villages of Tarab union at Rupganj upazila of the district. Local people complained that the water logging created due to insufficient drainage system, no pump machine to remove water as

NARAYANGANJ: Another Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) member gave a confessional statement before a court on Sunday over the Narayanganj gruesome 7-murder case. The RAB man, Habilder Arif Hossain, gave confessional statement before the court of Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate HM

DHAKA: Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) chief Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, also former President of the country, on Monday categorically said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has to be accountable for murders and kidnappings in the country. The politician came with the forewarning while

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday categorically said Nur Hossain, the prime accused of Narayanjganj gruesome 7-murder case, would be brought back home soon.  The state minister came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat

DHAKA: After one-hour effort, fire fighting team doused the fire at a garment factory in Mirpur Section-1 area of the capital on Sunday evening.  The blaze started around 5:35pm in the factory’s 5th floor ‘Cordial Design’ at Salimuddin Market. Being informed, some 13 units of

DHAKA: A man was electrocuted in Gendaria area of the city on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as a rickshaw puller Anwar Hossain, 35, resident of Narinda area. Local sources said Anwar Hossain came in contact with electric wire while he was hanging a poster in the area in the