BENAPOLE: A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security force (BSF) along Agrabhulot frontier in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Parvez, 21, son of Sujan Master of Agrabhulot village. Locals said BSF members of Jahodanga frontier in India

DHAKA: Two people were crushed under train wheels in Moghbazar and Malibagh areas in the city on Sunday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Sources said that an unidentified man was cursed under train in Malibagh rail crossing area early Sunday and another in

COMILLA: Three people were killed and two others injured in a road crash on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Jhagurjuli area under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Locals said that a Chittagong-bound covered van

MUNSHIGANJ: A 12-year-old football fan was electrocuted in Gopalpur village of Sirajdikhan upazila on Saturday night while hoisting the Argentine flag ahead of upcoming World Cup. The victim was Shihab Hossain, son of expatriate Muktar Hossain and class VI student of Shekernagar Roy

DHAKA: Former lawmaker of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Amanullah Chowdhury died at a private hospital early Sunday.  BNP Chairperson’s Media Wing member Shairul Kabir Khan confirming the matter to banglanews said he breathed his last at 1:30 am. The Namaz-e-Janaja will be held

GAZIPUR: At least 50 workers of a readymade garment factory in Konabari Jarun area of the district fell sick after taking tiffin on Saturday night. Sources said that the workers of T Design Sweater Factory started vomiting immediately after taking the tiffin supplied by the factory

DHAKA: Two siblings were killed in a road accident at Mayor Hanif Flyover intersection in Jatrabari area of the city on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Nazrul and Rasel.  Officer-in-Charge of Jatrabari Thana Abani Sankar Kar told banglanews that a passenger bus crushed

RANGPUR: Three people were killed as lightning struck them at Badarganj upazila of the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Taskul Islam, 15, of Gutirdanga of Kalupara union, Mujibur Rahman, 50, from the same village and Nur Nabi, 45, of Kazipara under Madhurpur union.

DHAKA: US Ambassador Mozena will travel to the United States in June. In addition to participating in official consultations within the US Government and with Members and staff of Congress, Ambassador Mozena will speak to the Heritage Foundation (Washington) on the US-Bangladesh

DHAKA: Somali pirates, in the evening, have released seven Bangladeshi crews, who were on board of a Malaysian flagged-vessel MV Albedo that was hijacked on 26 November 2010. The released crews have flown to Nairobi by a special aircraft of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

DHAKA: US Coordinator Macon Phillips of the Bureau of International Information Programs will travel to Bangladesh from June 8-11. During his visit to Dhaka, Phillips will visit the Edward M. Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts, one of the Department's premier American Spaces,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh categorically said that Bangladesh would very much like to have China as a valuable partner in prosperity and progress. Indicating business people, she said, “I hope that you would surely find a very attractive environment and opportunities of business in

DHAKA: A man was killed in a road crash in front of Mirpur University College in city’s Mirpur area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Waheduzzaman, 50, son of Abdur Razzaq, residing in Manipur of that area. His brother-in-law told banglanews that collision of two buses

DHAKA: Bangladesh CNG Filing Station and Conversion Owners Association called off the indefinite strike, scheduled to be started from 6:00am Sunday. Confirming the matter, president of the organization Zakir Hossain Nayon told banglanews: “We held a meeting with Communications Minister

FROM NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: The third namaj-e-janaza of veteran journalist, also former editor of ‘The Independent’ Mahbubul Alamm, was held after the Zohr prayer at the National Press Club on Saturday. He will be buried at the Azimpur Graveyard later in the day, family sources said

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel detained 17 Bangladeshi citizens including three middle men at Raghunathpur village in Benapole of the district on Saturday morning. The detainees are- Rubel, 18, Jakir, 45, Arafat Ali, 30, Biplab Hossain, 18, Tarikul Islam, 19,

MANIKGANJ: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Zoka area under Ghior upazila of the district on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Rubel, 22, son of late Ibrahim and Mofazzel, 23, son of Munzil Ali. Confirming the matter, Ghior Thana

BARISAL: Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Fullosree village of Bakal union under Agailjhara upazila of the district on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Poli, 7, daughter of Siraj Mollah, and Mim, 8, daughter of Shahjahan Talukdar. Sources said that the victims were

DHAKA: Bangladesh Flying Academy (BFA), situated at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the oldest flying training institution in Bangladesh which facilities to general aviation will have to be shifted from the country’s main airport by December 31.  Bangladesh Civil Aviation

DHAKA: CNG filling station owners would go on an indefinite strike across the country from Sunday morning to press home their seven-point demand. Bangladesh CNG Filing Station and Conversion Owners Association called the indefinite strike. On December 31, Ministry of Energy and Mineral