DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed on Saturday said there is no scope of attack on neighboring country using the territory of Bangladesh. The BGB chief came up with the observation in a press conference at BGB Headquarters at city’s Pilkhana

RANGPUR: Two minor girls drowned in a pond of Amashu Kukrul area of the district on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Srishti, 7, daughter of Selim Miah and class I student of Zummapara govt Primary School and Lambi, 6, daughter of Shamsul of the area and also class I

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it is not possible to disband country’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) suddenly as it has become an institution.  “BNP is now demanding to disband RAB, though they formed and didn’t raise voice during operation clean

BANDARBAN: Myanmar Border Police (BGP, former NASAKA) returned the body of BGB personnel Naik Mizanur Rahman at 5:45 pm Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Shafiqur Rahman, commander of BGB-31, confirmed the matter to banglanews. Earlier on Friday, BGP exchanged fire with BGB in Naikkhangchari

BANDARBAN: The missing four members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was in deep forest in Dochhary-Painchhary frontier of Naikkhangchari, said BGB sources. They went missing in a gunfight with Myanmar Border Police (BGP, former NASAKA) on Friday. The missing personnel are Habildar

SYLHET: Three minor boys were injured in cocktail blast in Teroratan area in the district on Saturday noon. Rahmat Ullah, Additional Deputy-Commissioner (Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said the boys got hurt in the blast while they were playing with the ball like cocktail which

DHAKA: A young lady allegedly committed suicide in Sabujbagh area of the capital on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Runa Akhter, 23, daughter of Jaynal Abedin of South Rajarbagh Batpara area of the city. Her cousin Naser told banglanews that Runa might have committed suicide

DHAKA: The Ambassador of Myanmar to Bangladesh Myo Myint Than was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the second time on Saturday morning handed over a note verbal strongly protesting the unprovoked eruption of gunfire from the Myanmar border force in the afternoon on 30 May

DHAKA: Civil society people on Saturday sought intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to protect Dhanmondi playground and make it open to all.   “We are urging the premier to take immediate steps to remove all illegal establishments from Dhanmondi playground and make it open to

DHAKA: Leaking question papers in public examinations have become almost regular incidents. None is taking responsibility even the administration is silent on this issue. But some are being vocal against question leak. Eminent educator Muhammad Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal University of

DHAKA: Bangladesh foreign affairs ministry strongly criticized Myanmar ambassador to Dhaka U Myo Myint Than on Saturday. Earlier in the morning, ministry held a meeting with the envoy at state guest house Padma and expressed their protest for the incident of firing along the

BANDARBAN: A tense situation is prevailing at Naikkhangchari frontier of the district following a day after Myanmar Border Police (BGP, former NASAKA) shot dead a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) man.  Additional BGB personnel were deployed in the border area to tackle any attack by the

DHAKA: Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh U Myo Myint Than has been summoned again to the ministry of foreign affairs on Saturday. A meeting, to ease tension on Bangladesh-Myanmar border, is underway from 10:30am on the day at state guest house Padma in the city.Foreign ministry’s

CHUADANGA: Three people were killed and 29 others injured as thunderbolt struck them in different places of Jibonnagar and Damurhuda upazilas of the district Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Sader Ali, 24, son of Abul Hashem,  Sayedur Rahman, 26, son of Ali Kador of

COX’S BAZAR: Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a human hauler at Chakaria upazila of the district earlySaturday.  The deceased are M Idris, 25, son of Shah Alam of Harbang Katakhali and Helel Uddin, 20, son of Nur Ahmed of Harbang

DHAKA: BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman dissatisfied to seven top leaders, who were assigned for gathering corruption information of family members of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her cabinet, for negligence of their duties. A reliable source of the party made the disclosure

BARISAL: A police official was killed and 10 other were injured as a bus carrying them plunged into roadside ditch in Uzirpur on Dhaka –Barisal highway Saturday morning. The identity of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately. Witnesses said a passenger bus of Eagle

DHAKA: At least nine people were killed in the NCR region, including six in Delhi, as a massive thunder storm lashed the region crippling road traffic, metro services and flight operations and hitting power supply. Delhi Police said six people died and 13 were injured in various areas of

NARAYANGANJ: A man allegedly killed his wife and daughter over a family dispute at a rented house in Siddirganj of the metropolitan city early Saturday. The deceased were indentified as Moyna Begum, 29 and daughter Nurjahan Akter Swapna, 13, hailed from Akhaura of Brahmanbaria. 

COMILLA: A person was killed and 30 others were injured in a road accident in Khila area under Manoharganj upazila of the district on Friday. The identities of the casualties could not be known immediately. Locals said that a Comilla bound passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch in