BHOLA: At least six people were killed and 13 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Bhola-Char Fasson road in Janata Bazar area under Char Fashion upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Kanchan, Habib, Saiful, Hadis, Hamir

KHAGRACHHARI: At least 15 people including Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were injured as local people attacked the camp of 51 BGB Battalion at Dighinala of the district on Tuesday evening. The injured were rushed to the Dighinala Upazila Health Complex. Officer-in-Charge of

MOULVIBAZAR: Two were killed as lightning struck them at Sagornal union under Juri upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Kulash Tanti, 35 and Ratan Roy, 18, residents of the area. Locals said thunderbolt struck them while they were working at the

CHITTAGONG: A devastating fire broke out at a slum adjacent to a hospital of Agrabad of the port city on Tuesday evening. Fire fighters said that the fire originated around 7:00pm but the reason behind fire could not be known immediately. Agrabad Fire Service Telephone Operator

DHAKA: In the latest development, the government has decided to provide new crests made of pure gold to the foreign friends who helped during the liberation war in 1971. Liberation War Affairs Ministry has sent a letter to Advocate Monjil Morshed, lawyer of the High Court, in this regard

DHAKA:  A total of 116 fake freedom fighters’ gazette and certificates have recently been cancelled.   The government has taken the initiative to find out the guilty people from their workplaces as they were appointed earlier by the grace of the fake certificates.   Earlier,

DHAKA: Director General level meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar has started from Tuesday.    The three-day long meeting started at Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw in the morning which will continue till Thursday.   Bangladesh is

DHAKA: The Dhaka-Kolkata route Moitree Express failed to satisfy the demands of the passengers. Insufficient trip frequency, the pressure of excess passengers, sufferings in ticket procuring, hassles at immigration and customs checking have become a regular feature in this train route.

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Shoumendra Lal Chandra Soilen, assistant private secretary (APS) of former state minister for religion affairs Shahjahan Mia, on a 9-day remand in a corruption case.  Earlier, Soilen was arrested on charge of amassing wealth illegally on Monday.

DHAKA: ‘Bangabandhu O Bangladesh’, a documentary based on various aspects of the life of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, edited by deputy director general of BTV Bahar Uddin Khelon, was unwrapped on Tuesday. BTV Director General Abdul Mannan along with other

GAZIPUR: Vehicular movement became normal on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at 2:00pm after students kept the highway blocked in Tangi area for several hours on Tuesday. Several hundreds of students blocked the highway after a covered van killed a schoolgirl of Tangi Safiuddin Sarkar

NATORE: After two hour’s effort, fighters doused the fire of Natore Jute Mill at Dattapara BSCIC Industrial area on Tuesday. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Natore Fire Services and Civil Defenses Station Master Abdur Rouf said that fighters of three units brought the fire under

DHAKA: Two people were killed and another one injured in a road accident in Demra Palmoil bus stand area in city on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Tahmina Khuki, 34 and her grandfather-in-law Kabir Khan, 90.Family sources said the victims were returning home by a rickshaw

GAZIPUR: Hundreds of students barricaded Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Tangi area after a kindergarten student was killed in a road accident there on Tuesday.The protesters also set ablaze a covered van and a pick-up van on fire in the area around 12:15 pm. Earlier, a student of Tangi

DHAKA: Darryl Lau, Consul of Singapore to Bangladesh, during a visit to East West Media Group (EWMGL) Tuesday, considered Bangladesh the “second economic partner of his country”. He also said that Bangladesh is one of the economy powers of Asia and its relation with Singapore is

DHAKA: World leaders must take concrete action to end sexual and gender-based violence in conflict during a landmark summit this week hosted by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie and UK Foreign Minister William Hague, Amnesty International said.The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in

DHAKA: A writ was filed with High Court seeking its directive to formulate a law keeping provision of death penalty for question leak.Advocate Dr M Yunus Ali Akanda filed the writ Tuesday.Secretaries of Education, Cabinet, health, Law and Parliament secretariat were made respondents to

RANGPUR: At least three people killed and five others hurt in a road accident on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Abul Hossain, 28, Sekandar, 25 and Ismail, 35.Confirming the matter to banglanews, sergeant of Peerganj Highway poilice Abdul Gani said,

DHAKA: Darryl Lau, Consul of Singapore to Bangladesh, visited four media of East West Media Group (EWMGL) Tuesday. He also joined a view exchange meeting at EWMGL auditorium where Additional Managing Director of Bashundhara Group Safwan Sobhan was present. Editor-in-chief of

MONGLA, BAGERHAT: Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive arrested ringleader of a robber gang along with arms from Sunderbans area of Bagerhat district early Tuesday. The arrestee is Raosan, leader of ‘Sejo Bahini’. Lieutenant Aladdin Nayan, Chief Operation Leader of Coast Guard West