TANGAIL: An elderly couple was electrocuted at Kalihati upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Foyez Uddin Mandal, 71 and his wife Sahera Khatun 60, hailed from Char Hamjani village of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Kalihati Thana Monir

DHAKA: The body of the Nazrul Sangeet legend Firoza Begum is now kept in city’s Gulshan Azad Masjid. Her Namaz-e-Janaza will be held here after Asr prayers and later she will be laid to rest at Banani graveyard of the city. Earlier, people from all walks of life paid tribute to the

DHAKA: A large cache of foreign medicines has been seized from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city on Wednesday. Customs intelligence and investigation directorate sources said the medicines were found at a luggage of a female passenger, who came from New York. Dhaka customs

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque on Wednesday categorically said law would be formulated to impeach judges after the 16th amendment of the Constitution is passed. The 16th amendment bill has already been placed before the parliament and it supposed to

DHAKA: High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran expressed his profound shock on the demise of Nazrul Geeti singer Feroza Begum. The diplomat expressed the shock in a condolence message on Wednesday. He said, “I convey my deepest condolences on the sad demise of Feroza

DHAKA: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali categorically said that the government strongly believes that democracy and an inclusive and participatory democracy that empowers people at the core can ensure sustainable peace, security and development in a post-2015 era. He came up with the

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held here four persons, including two women, with 17, 948 pieces of Yaba tablets from Degillar Beel, a vast water body, at Sabrang village in Teknaf of the district. The detainee were identified as Aziza Khatun, 20, wife of Abdul Amin, Fatema,

DHAKA: Ticket no ‘F-106952’ won a brand new Tata Indigo ECS 1193cc Car in the results of Bashundhara City Shopping Mall’s 19th ‘Grand Eid Raffle Draw’ on Wednesday. The results of the raffle draw were announced at 4:00pm on the open stage of the shopping mall in city’s

DHAKA: People from all walks of life are paying their tribute to the Nazrul Sangeet legend Firoza Begum at the Central Shaheed Minar premises on Wednesday afternnon.The body of the Firoza Begum, who died at a city hospital on Tuesday, has been brought here at 1:30pm.However, her body

BRAHMANBARIA: A defamation lawsuit has been filed against AK Khandaker, deputy chief of the liberation forces in 1971, for his derogatory remark on Bangabandhu in his book ‘1971: Bhitore Baire’ (1971: Ins and Outs).The book, that has created widespread criticism, commented

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Benazir Ahmed on Wednesday sought ‘unconditional apology’ before the High Court on a contempt of court allegation and explained his failure to obey its order on Wednesday morning.Earlier, Benazir and two other DMP officials

THAKURGAON: Two siblings died here and four more were injured after thunderbolt attacked them in Ranisankail upazila of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Sumon Roy, 7, and Sanatan Roy, 5 -- sons of Sudharam Roy, residing in Narayanpur village of the

DHAKA: Every 40 seconds, someone in the world commits suicide and in light of this fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has established a simple goal: reducing the rate of suicide in each country by a full 10 percent by 2020. To help make this ambitious achievement possible, WHO

DHAKA: Defense lawyers started testifying Jobeda Khatun, mother of Joj Mia, at a special court in the city on Wednesday morning in August 21 grenade attack case.Sources told banglanews that the cross-examination of Joj Mia’s mother began around 11:30pm at the makeshift court, set up

DHAKA: A construction worker sustained bullet injuries at Tejkunipara of Tejgaon in the capital on Wednesday.The victim is Harun-or-Rashid, 45.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place in the morning at an under-construction building of Avenue Builders.Co-workers of the victim

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina said that the broadcast policy has been formulated with the aim of the improving the sector.A commission will be formed soon following the policy, she added.The PM said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the first course of Bangladesh Film and

DHAKA: Three officials of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, including its commissioner Benazir Ahmed, appeared before the High Court on Wednesday morning.The other two are DMP deputy commissioner (Lalbagh Zone) and DMP’s Lalbagh Thana officer-in-charge. They are now staying at the office

KOLKATA: India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also condoled on legendary Bangladeshi singer Firoza Begum's death. Sources told banglanews that she, just after getting the news, expressed her deep condolence to Abida Islam, Bangladesh deputy-high commissioner to Kolkata.

DHAKA: Nazrul Sangeet legend Firoza Begum, who died at a city’s hospital on Tuesday, will be laid to rest at the city’s Banani graveyard after Asr prayers on Wednesday. The body was taken to her residence in city’s Indira Road area in the morning. Later, she will be kept at Central

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) is going to change about 8,000 telephone numbers under its Gulshan NEC Telephone Exchange of the city on September 14. The matter was disclosed in a press note issued on Tuesday. All previous numbers starting with digit