KUSHTIA: Prominent folk singer Ekushee Padak winner Baul Karim Shah passed away at his Channel para resident of the district on Tuesday. He left his last breath at 9:30am after prolonged suffering from old age complications. Kushtia District Commissioner Sayed Bilal Hossain confirmed

DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed two people on four-day remand in a gold smuggling case on Tuesday. Metropolitan Magistrate Mizanur Rahman granted the remand rejecting bail petitions after police produced then before the court seeking 10 days in remand. Earlier, Dhaka Metropolitan Police

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: At least six people including a woman and her son were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Sadar, Shibganj and Gomastapur upazilas of the district. The deceased were identified as Ayesh Uddin, 60, of Baliadanga union of Sadar upazila, Shiein Akter, 28, wife of

DHAKA: At least 50 Bangladeshis were detained by Tunisian Coast Guard in Mediterranean Sea while trespassing to Italy on June 4.  Ahsan Kibria, first secretary (labour) at Bangladesh embassy in Libya confirming the matter said “the coast guards detained 269 people of different

NOAKHALI: Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Kankirhat Bazar under Senbagh upazila of the district on Monday night.  The deceased were identified as Belal Hossain, 45 and Kawsar Ahmed, 8. Witnesses said that a passenger bus rammed the CNG run auto

SYLHET: Three members of a same family were killed as a wall of Sylhet Stadium collapsed on them due to heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning.  The deceased were identified as Nasima, 18, her brother Jahid, 14 and cousin Ruhul, 12. Locals said that the wall collapsed over the victim’s

DHAKA: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is coming to Bangladesh on June 16 for a three-day official visit with a high delegation to further enhance bilateral relations and cooperation. Citing a news statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia on Monday, Xinhua reported about

DHAKA: A total of 155 members of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka on Monday to join United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti. Assistant Inspector General (media) Jalal Uddin of police headquarters confirmed the matter to banglanews. Sources said a team consisting of 140 male and 15

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said the doctors in district and upazila levels would be provided transport facilities in ensuring their stay. The health minister made the assertion while addressing the parliament. He said, “The doctors will get transport

DHAKA: External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj will visit Bangladesh on June 25. She will hold talks with the PM Sheikh Hasina during her visit. She will also hold talks with her Bangladeshi counterpart, zeenews.india.com reports. This will be Sushma’s maiden trip overseas

LALMONIRHAT: Two children drowned in Dharla River at Mogolhat union in the district Sadar on Monday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Nirob, 9, son of a late Nur Islam and Rafiqul Islam, 8, son of Saidul Islam, hailed from Karnapur village of the union. Local sources said Nirob

DHAKA: A teenager boy was chopped to death centering a football match in city’s Jhigatola area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Aiyat Haque, 17, son of Sahidul Haque, passed SSC examination from Dhanmondi Govt Laboratory School and resident of Hatirpool area of the city.

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeal to withdraw the names of nine accused, including High Court justice Ruhul Kuddus Babu, from a case. A SC three-member bench led by Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana passed the order. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam

DHAKA: Former Chittagong city mayor and president of city Awami League ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was sued among 13 people over a clash centering a disputed land of Premier University campus. Nazrul Islam filed the case on the court of Justice Ahmed Sayed on Monday. The court ordered the

Grameen Bank started out with a tiny initiative in the village of Jobra in 1976. In 1983 it became a formal bank. Now in 2014 it has over 8.5 million borrowers. Right from the beginning we paid attention to two things: 1) borrowers build the habit of savings by putting money every week in

DHAKA: Police detained four fake DB police personnel from Banani mosque area in capital on Monday morning. The detainees are- Mamun, Abu Bakar, Mostafa Kamal and AL-Amin Dipu.  Sources said that a man was returning office around 11:00am withdrawing money from an ATM Booth. Then the

DHAKA: The International Youth Leadership Summit 2014 is going to be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city from Wednesday. Following the programme, Youth Leadership center organized a press conference at national press club VIP lounge in the city on Monday.

DHAKA: Five additional justices of the High Court have been regularized in the services on Monday.  President Abdul Hamid has confirmed the service of the judges with the consultation of Chief Justice according to Article 95 of the Constitution.  Ministry of law on Monday published

DHAKA: Peoples’ most favorite seasonal fruit mango turned to be poisonous itself following use of formalin and other chemicals, reveals a number of investigations carried out by banglanews teams. The contamination causing serious health hazards starts in growing level of mango and

DHAKA: Ahmed Hossain Khan, Director General of the Directorate General of Food has been sued for taking illegal financial advantages from consultant of a project funded by the World Bank.  Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed the case with Shahbagh Thana on Monday. Besides,