DHAKA: Columnist Sayed Abul Maksud on Thursday said political criminalization is the main reason for increasing murder, disappearance, abduction in the country and none dare to do this without political favoritism. He came up with the observation while addressing a roundtable discussion

NARAYANGAJ: District police administration has transferred its three officers including Siddhirganj thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Matin and detective police OC Mahbub Reza. Among them, Siddhirganj thana OC has been transferred to Tangail, while detective police OC and investigation

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate five people including police Sub-Inspector (SI) Manzurul Islam following the remand order of court over the sensational embezzlement of smuggled gold bars from the city’s Rampura area. ACC is allowed to grill them anytime as

DHAKA: A fire broke out at BS building on New Elephant Road in the city on Thursday noon. On information, six fire fighting units rushed to the spot and are working to douse the fire. Fire service control-room duty officer Shahzadi Sultana told banglanews that the fire originated at the

NARAYANGANJ: Police detained three persons including a woman on Thursday from Narsingdi for their alleged involvement in sensation Narayanganj 7-killing. The detainees are- Mintu, Masuma and Tipu. District Police Super Khandakar Mohid Uddin made the disclosure in a press briefing at his

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked civil aviation officers to improve the service quality and assure the security of the passengers in plane. The premier showed her concern in this regard in a view exchange meeting with the officials of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on

PARBARTIPUR (DINAJPUR): Transport workers went on an indefinite strike in all routes of Dinajpur from Thursday morning centering a clash between transport workers and students of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University. Sources said that, the transport workers attacked

DHAKA: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said no opportunity will be given to invest the black money in the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2014-2015. The minister came up with the remarks while addressing the 35th meeting of the advisory committee of National Board

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard Bangladesh detained 33 people from Putkhali border of Benapole as they were crossing the border illegally amid the red alert. Government issued a red alert at the border and all immigration cheek posts in a bid to nab the listed criminals and the accused

BAGERHAT: Three members of a forest robbing gang, including the ringleader, surrendered to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday morning. The robbers are Farid, gang leader of ‘Farid Bahini’, and his cohorts Jwel and Asad. They surrendered to the RAB-8 at a place near Mrigamari

DHAKA: Sticking to what he said in his earlier meetings despite strong criticism, India’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday reiterated that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh would have to go back and claimed that Mamata Banerjee had said back in 2005 what he was

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” Here comes the birthday of great poet Rabindranath Tagore who single handedly gave a stronghold of Bengali language in the world literature. The Bangalees are

DHAKA:A pedestrian was crushed the wheels of a train in city’s Karwan Bazar Rail crossing area on Thursday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident took place around 8:00am, said Railway Police sources. However, police recovered the body from

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court placed nine people on 2-day fresh remand each in the sensational seven murder case in Narayanganj. Senior judicial magistrate of the district court Ishtiaq Ahamed handed down the orders on Wednesday after police produced them before the court with a

DHAKA: Family of an expatriate Bangladeshi requested the British government to assist for rescuing the Bangladeshi who disappeared from his home district of Sunamganj. The family asked the UK government for “diplomatic pressure on Bangladesh” so that Dhaka takes highest measures to

NATORE: At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in a road crash on Dhaka-Natore highway in Hazratpur area under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday morning. The identity of the deceased and the injured could not be known immediately. Natore highway police

RANGAMATI: Miscreants gunned down two siblings at their residence house in Pakujjechari Rubber Garden area under Baghaichhari upazila of the district on Thursday morning. The victims were identified as Shushanta Chakma Shushil, 35, and Pridev Chakma, 40, sons of Kamini Kishore Karbari of

JESSORE: A training program titled ‘Poverty Alleviation through Urban Participation’, a novice training program in the jute industry.      Private development organization Care, UPPR and Ahad Jute Mills jointly organized the event on Tuesday.    Around 200 women workers took

DHAKA: The High Court has issued show-cause notice to a super for not sending its orders to the authorities concerned about conducting investigation into RAB-11 members’ involvement in the sensational seven-murder of Narayanganj district. AN HC bench comprising Justice Rezaul Haque and

DHAKA: Fatema Sumar, the visiting US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia (Regional Affairs), paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam at Ruposhi Bangla hotel on Wednesday.    In the parley, Fatema said, “We would like to see how South