SIRAJGANJ: A rashly driven truck ran over a police constable on Hatikumrul-Banpara highway in Harinchara area under Salanga Upazila of the district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman, 48, a constable of Hatikumrul Highway Thana, son of Altaf Ali, hailed

DHAKA: Police recovered body of an unidentified girl aged about 15 from Farmgate area in the city on Tuesday. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana Sub-Inspector Sanjib Kumar said, “On information, police recovered the body from beside a heap of trash on a

DHAKA: Customs Intelligence seized some 565.75kg gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the fiscal year 2013-14. The price of the seized gold is around Tk 255.81 crore. Till April of the current fiscal year (2014-15) some 159kg gold, worth Tk around 71.25 crore, was

CHANDPUR: A cargo ship capsized in Meghna River in Puranbazar area of the district on Tuesday morning. Sources said that the goods laden cargo ship was hit by another cargo ship and capsized in the area around 7:30am. The cargo was carrying some 1200 tons cement clinker. Meanwhile, 12

RANGAMATI: Rangamati Bus Owners Association and Bus Sramik Union on Tuesday called bus strike for Wednesday demanding penalty of attackers during clash between transport workers and local shopkeepers at old bus stand area. Bus Owners Association president Moinuddin Selim confirmed the

Melbourne has small shires (City Councils) which are solely responsible for all kind of socio economic activities in the command area. The mayors of the city council and councilors are elected by the people and they are accountable to the taxpayers. Melbourne City Council act as

KUALALAMPUR: The families of three Bangladeshi workers, who killed in recent construction accident, will be compensated by Malaysian government. Malaysian Minister of Human Resources Datuk Dr S Subramaniam came up with the assurance while addressing a conference of at Kuala Lumpur on

DHAKA: Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Monday night said that the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) would be reconstructed after reviewing by three organizations.The minister made the disclosure to the journalists after holding a cabinet meeting on DAP

DHAKA: The Home Ministry has taken initiatives to introduce online tender system with a view to avoiding tender manipulation by the ruling Awami League leaders and activists. The government is committed to introduce the ‘e-tender’ system in their last tenure but failed to do so.

JAMALPUR: Two minors were killed and another was injured as a wall collapsed in Mukundabari area of the municipality on Monday.The deceased were identified Hira, 8, son of Kentu Sheikh and Yasin, 7.Locals said that three children were playing beside a wall of a house in the noon. At one

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two people, including a student were killed in separate road accidents in Shibganj upazila of the district on Monday.Of the deceased, the student was identified as Tareq, son of one Tozammel Haque, hailed from Biswanathpur in Kansat union of the upazila.Sub-Inspector

PANCHAGARH: A Bangladeshi cattle trader was detained by Border Security Force (BSF) of India from Ghagra frontier area under Sadar upazila of the district on Monday.The detainee is Raihan, resident of the area.BGB sources said BSF was asked to return back the cattle trader.Commanding

SUNAMGANJ: The district town is facing flood risk as the surging water of Surma River is flowing over 93 centimeters of the danger line.Several areas--Kazir Point, Shologhar Point, Ukilpara, Nabinagar, Teghria, North Arpin Nagar and Barapara--have already went under water.Sunamganj

SYDNEY: A Bangladeshi expatriate died of brain stroke at Liverpool Hospital of Sydney in Australia at 3:05pm (local time) on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali Yusuf, 52, former aircraft engineer of Qantas Airways, resided at Ingelburn of Sydney.On August 20, he was

CHITTAGONG: A clinker loaded lighter vessel, MV Rami-Sami 1, has been reported sinking near Sandwip in the port city on Monday though the 16 crews escaped.Bajlu, master of the vessel, told banglanews that the Narayanganj-bound ship, which stuck at a Char near to Char Nurul Islam-1 of

DHAKA: Doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) removed the life support of Language movement veteran Abdul Motin on Monday.BSMMU sources said he is still unconscious though his brain is functioning.Chief coordinator of Jatiya Gono Front Tipu Biswas, also his

SATKHIRA: At least 30 people were injured in an accident on Satkhira-Khulna highway at Shakdah Bridge area in Patkelghata upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.Quoting locals, Officer-in-Charge of Patkelghata Thana Mamunur Rashid told banglanews a passenger bus knocked a

FROM AHMEDABAD (GUJRAT): Blood administration components are set to go from Ahmedabad of India to Bangladesh. World Health Organization (WHO) approved the components to use in taking and giving bloods in human body. World Medical System’s proprietor Kazi Abu Bakar is taking the blood

DHAKA: Democracy International (DI) has launched a new research tool called CATSS-Computer Assisted Telephone Survey System and a website called ‘Bangladesh Barometer’ developed by DI’s Research and Technology team.DPR Chief of Party David Dettman inaugurated the website at

DHAKA: Luxury cars will be under surveillance as they might be used in carrying drugs, said Jahangir Hossain Matubbar, deputy-police commissioner of detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).He told media at DMP media centre at a press conference on Monday noon.Jahangir