DHAKA: Police Headquarters has sent the order to Narayanganj district police to arrest three officers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) for their alleged involvement in the sensational 7-killing. Sources in the headquarters confirmed the matter to banglanews. However special branch

DHAKA: International Crimes Trubunal (ICT)-1 issued arrest warrant against ex-Jatiya Party MP Abdul Jabbar taking war crimes charges into cognizance formally. ICT-1 led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order Monday fixing June 2 as next date of hearing. Prosecution brought five

Many of them could not believe that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina herself is in their front. It was an unbelievable event for them to talk to the Prime Minister. “For Allah’s sake, I can’t believe that you are talking to us,” said a laborer in Mymensingh dialect. In reply, the PM

NARAYANGANJ: The mass hearing over the sensational 7-murder case is underway at Narayanganj circuit house from Monday morning as part of investigation into alleged involvement of law enforcement agencies’. The Administrative investigation committee, formed in accordance of High Court

SUNAMGANJ: A woman and her 2-year-old son were killed as lightning struck them in Amrabandh village under Bishamvarpur upazila of the district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Parvin Begum, 25, wife of Anwar Hossain and their son Arman. Locals said that lightning

DHAKA: The bi-annual Government Consultations between Bangladesh and Germany were held in Dhaka on May 7 and 8, 2014. The Consultations have been chaired by Additional Secretary Abul Mansur Md. Faizullah Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance. The German delegation was

RAJSHAHI: A person was killed and two others were injured in a road crash in Shalbagan intersection area of the metropolitan city on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Anisar Rahman, 45, resident of Bagmara upazila of the district. Police sources said that a rashly driven

DHAKA: The US Embassy Dhaka, including the Consular Section and the American Center with the Archer K. Blood American Center Library and the EducationUSA Student Advising Center, will be closed on Tuesday.  The closure notice has been issued in observance Buddha Purnima, a Bangladeshi

DHAKA: The drives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) against the vehicles with colored glasses are underway across the capital for the second consecutive day. From Monday morning, the police sergeants were seen busy in detecting the vehicles under that category and awarding them with a

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Three people were killed as nor’wester lashed Shibganj and Nachole upazilas of the district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Razia Sultana,11, daughter of Rozbul Haque, Babu, 16, son of Azizul Haque and Fatema Begum, 55, wife of Jhoru Mia. Locals said

DHAKA: Self-exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has been diagnosed with breast tumors at a hospital in New York, which is supposed to be cancer. Taslima herself disclosed the information on Sunday evening in her twitter account. She twitted that the doctors found the tumors

SAVAR (DHAKA): At least five people were injured in the fire incident at a food product factory in Savar, outskirt of the capital on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses said that the fire originated in the factory named Badhan Food Products in Hemayetur area around 3:30pm. Seeing the fire at

SAVAR (DHAKA): A businessman was shot to death by miscreants in Ghoshpara area of Savar, outskirt of the capital Dhaka, on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Azad Rashid, 50, Savar Jatiya Party vice-president. Witnesses said the victim was returning home around 9:30pm in the

DHAKA: The family members of Chandan Sarker, who was abducted and killed with six others in Narayanganj, met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday evening.   They entered Gono Bhaban, official residence of the premier, around 7:00pm and stayed there over an hour.  On April 27,

SHERPUR: A minor drowned in a pond in Dhanshail village under Jhenaigati upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Khusbu Mia, 2, son of Khokan Mia, of the village.Family sources said the victim fell in the pond water while playing in the yard of the house

DHAKA: The biggest ever IT exposition in the country “Digital World 2014”, will be held on Jun 4-7, 2014 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center of the capital.ICT Division of Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Bangladesh Association of

DHAKA: The apex court in Pakistan has admitted a five-year-old petition seeking repatriation of around 300,000 “stranded Pakistanis” in Bangladesh to take back in Pakistan.Mostly Biharis, leaving in former East Pakistan when it seceded from Pakistan to become independent Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG: Two people were electrocuted in Firingi Bazar area under Kotwali Thana of the district on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Ishtiaq Hossain, 15, a student of class-IX of Jatra Mohan (JM) Sen High School, son of Ismail Hossain, hailed from Iqbal Road area and

NARAYANGANJ: Superintendent of Police (SP) of the district Dr Khandaker Mahid Uddin said that there are lots of progresses in the investigation of sensational 7-murder case, but most of those are not visible.   He came up with the assertion while addressing a press briefing at his

DHAKA: Interns of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) went on a 48-hour work abstention from Sunday noon protesting an assault on their colleagues. The announcement came after their meeting with government and hospital authority at 11:00am.In the meeting, interns gave the