SIRAJGANJ: Police detained a Jamaat-e-Amir from Dhukuria Bera union under Belkuchi Upazila of the district on Friday night.  The detainee is identified as Noonabi Sarkar, 48, Belkuchi Upazila Jamaat Amir, hailed from Dhukuria village of the upazila. Confirming the matter, Belkuchi

DHAKA: Three children from Bangladesh — A. Munna (10), Md. Ikramol (16) and Md. Jabir Hussain (16) — illegal immigrants who were spotted in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh of India, are craving for a reunion with their parents.  They are languishing in the Government Home

JHENIDAH: Two suspected criminals were killed in separate gunfights with police in Harinakunda upazila of the district early Saturday. The deceased were identified Abdur Rashid, 30, son of Islam Uddin Mandol and Hazrat Ali, 42 of Kotchandpur upazila. Harinakunda Thana Officer-in-Charge

DHAKA: The CNG stations will remain opened for 24-hour from July 23 at a stretch for ten days during Eid-ul-fitr. The decision came from an inter-ministerial meeting at Engineers’ Institute of Bangladesh in city on Friday. Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources and

DHAKA: Sazeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina, also her IT adviser, on Friday said that people who are trying to spread out confusion on government’s victory over maritime boundary, lack the basic education.Joy made the remarks at a seminar tilted “Democracy in the

KOLKATA: The Indian administration said that Khan Sumon’s, one of the aides of Nur Hossain, prime accused in 7-murder at Narayanganj, staying in India is legal as he has legal passport and documents. Investigating officer of the case confirmed the matter after examining Sumon’s

BARISAL: At least 11 people were killed and 35 injured as a bus hit a crowd in an Ichladi haat beside Dhaka-Barisal Highway in Uzirpur of the district on Friday evening. Two of the deceased were identified as Sharif and Jewel Miah. Barisal Superintendent of police (SP) AKM Ehsanullah

DHAKA: A student of Sylhet Cadet College died after falling from the roof of a five-storey building at Gandaria in the capital on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sazzad Anim, 17, a resident in Kazipara area. Sazzad’s fellow said that he along with his friends went to

DHAKA: Communications minister Obaidul Quader said plying of trucks excluding fuel, decomposed goods and garments product-laden truck will be restricted around the country before five-day of Eid-ul-Fitr. He made the assertion while addressing an inter-ministry meeting at capital’s

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two minors drowned at Fultala village under Shibganj upazila of the district on Friday noon. The deceased were identified as Munni, 12, daughter of a Masud Rana and Rosy, 12, daughter of a Mehedi Hasan, hailed from the area. Locals said that Rosy tried to rescue Munni

DHAKA: Tarik Hasan Shahriar, a senior correspondent of the ‘The Daily Sun’, has been awarded for the UNFPA-Family Planning Media Award-2014. He got the award for his investigative reports on maternal, child health, public health, malnutrition, safe food and population problems in the

RAJBARI: Miscreants shot to death a local Awmai League leader in Panchuria union under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Abdus Sattar, 55, president of ward no.7 of Panchuria Union, also a Bangladesh Railway employee.  Locals said that a gang

DHAKA: Some 500 workers were held by Oman police and shown illegal though they went there legally from Bangladesh and later would be deported to Bangladesh. Of them, around 100 workers have already been deported to Bangladesh and arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the

BANDARBAN: A tense situation is prevailing at Naikkhangchari frontier of the district following hearing the sound of gunfire near Bangladesh-Myanmar Border in phases on Friday. But, Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) said that their training session is going on there. Locals told

DHAKA: Jannati Hossain, a North South University (NSU) student, also driver of the private car, which rammed into a police van in Mohakhali on early Friday and killed her friend, has been sent to the jail. She was sent to the Dhaka Central Jail after Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur

DHAKA: The photo, attached with the news, is nothing but a stream of our brutal mentality still in 2014. Journalist Allan Sorenson captured the photo in Sderot of Israel on July 9, The Al Jazeera published on Thursday. Photographer about the photo said that Israelis bringing chairs to

RAJBARI: A policeman was killed and another injured in a road accident in Taktipur area under Pangsha upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector of Pangsha thana Sagor Ahmed. Police sources said that a rashly driven passenger bus

RANGPUR: A person chopped his two wives to death in Khoragachhi area under Mithapukur upazila of the district on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Momena Khatun, 40 and Maksuda, 36, wives of Ilias Mia of the area. Witnesses said that Ilias chopped his two wives dead with

DHAKA: Bangladesh has expressed its shocked at the recent Israeli atrocities and violence perpetrated in Gaza resulting in tragic loss of civilian lives and heavy damage to property and posing renewed threat to regional peace and stability. In a press release, Bangladesh strongly

DHAKA: World Population Day is annually observed on July 11 to reaffirm the human right to plan for a family. The day is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the globe with a call to prioritize youth in development plans, strengthen partnerships with youth-led organizations,