BRAHMANBARIA: A Bangladeshi expatriate was killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Alam Mia, 40, hailed from Brahmanbaria district. Alam’s father said that another expatriate informed them about the accident of Alam on Tuesday

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Wednesday awarded life-term imprisonment to two accused in a rape case in the district. The convicts are Mohammad Shukkur and M Jahangir. Judge M Rezaul Karim of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 passed the order after completion of

DHAKA: The Detective Branch (DB) of Police submitted supplementary charge-sheet against Oishee Rahman and two of her friends in the case of killing father and also Special Branch (SB) Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and her mother Swapna Rahman. The two others accused are Asauzzaman Joni and

COMILLA: Two people were killed in a road accident in Suagazi Bhatpara Rastar Matha area of Sadar Dakkhin upazila in the district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam, 24, CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver and son of Jashim uddin of Bishnapur village and Manwara Begum,

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Wednesday said the Vision-2021 taken by government would be adopted in the next development agenda for 2015 of the United Nations.  The foreign minister was addressing a press conference on the UN General Assembly on September 26 at his

DHAKA: Customs intelligence officials detained a man with two gold bars, weighing 2 kilograms, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday. The detainee, Ranjit, came from Malaysia by a flight named MH-102 around 11:45am and a resident of Nababganj of Dhaka. Moinul Khan,

DHAKA: Law minister Anisul Haque has been ‘shocked’ at Sayedee’s verdict.He, however, expressed his opinion to the journalists in the noon at his own residence in city’s Gulshan area.Anisul Haque said there that he is upset after knowing that the verdict said that being member of

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested foreign investors to be part in making Bangladesh's dynamic and growing economy.“I urged you to take advantage of the very liberal and favourable regulatory regime, skilled workforce and strategic location of Bangladesh to expand their

DHAKA: Police Wednesday dispersed Gonojagoron Moncho activists from Shahbagh intersection using water canon and tear shells soon after Delawar Hossain Sayedee verdict.The action left over a dozen activists including its convener Imran H Sarkar hurt. Imran was taken to Dhaka Medical

DHAKA: Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam on Wednesday said there is no opportunity left for war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee to file review petition on the Supreme Court’s verdict.Alam was talking to the journalists in a post-verdict reaction in the

DHAKA: Noted journalist, columnist Abed Khan expressed frustration as Supreme Court commuted death penalty of Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee to jail unto death for war crimes.In an immediate reaction after verdict, Abed Khan told banglanews, “As a witness I am frustrated and

DHAKA: Activists of the Gonojagoron Mancha staged demonstration immediately after the Supreme Court commuted death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee in 2 charges on Wednesday morning.Led-by spokesperson Imran H Sarkar, 50 activists of Mancha brought out a

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 23 cocktails from behind a petrol pump in Chamagram area of Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.Acting on tip off that huge explosives are being gathered there aiming to commit subversive acts after pronouncement

DHAKA: Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to imprisonment unto death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The Supreme Court handed down the final verdict differing on ICT’s one that sentenced the war criminal death penalty.A five-member

FROM PIROJPUR:  Plaintiff and witnesses of a case against death row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee have been kept at Pirojpur police lines for security concern.Prior to that, they were kept at Parerhat marine police camp for last three days and security

DHAKA: Sazeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday said some people who have vested interests are opposing the ‘Constitution (16th amendment) Bill-2014’. Joy, in a status on his Facebook page, said, “Our Parliament should have the same powers and rights as

DHAKA: A domestic help died after falling from the rooftop of the nine-storey building in city’s Siddeshwari area on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Morjina, 16, domestic help of one Maruf Reza’s residence at eighth floor of the building.Rafique, security Guard of

DHAKA: Law enforcement agencies went on ‘high alert’ across the country to handle any untoward situation centering the appeal verdict against the war crimes convict Delawar Hossain Sayedee to be delivered on Wednesday.Sources told banglanews that surveillance has already been

DHAKA: The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on Wednesday morning on the appeal filed by death row Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee against his penalty for the 1971 wartime offences.A five-member judge’s panel of the court led-by Chief Justice Mozammel Hossain

DHAKA: Law enforces took alert position around High Court and in all important spots of the capital ahead verdict on appeals of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee. The verdict is likely to be declared on Wednesday morning.Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police