DHAKA: ICC full member Zimbabwe are chasing ICC Associate Membership holder Netherlands set 141-run target to win in the qualifying round of Group B of ICC World T20, 2014 on Wednesday afternoon.    Earlier, Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat at Sylhet Cricket Stadium.  

Dhaka: A bagger was run over by a speedy truck in Banani area of the city Tuesday night.The deceased, Babul Mian, 40, used to live in Korail Slum of Mohakhali area and was hailed from Sylhet.Witness Mofiz Mian said, Babul, a physically-challenged person, used to begging in Gulshan and

DHAKA: Election Working Group (EWG), a platform of non-party civil society’s organization, claimed that the third phase of the fourth upazila election was not held free and fair. The EWG came up with the disclosure in a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday.They claimed

CHANDPUR: Chandpur district unit Chhatra League Vice President Habibur Rahman Hitu was suspended for violating discipline of the party discipline on Tuesday.Central Executive body of Bangladesh Chhatra League suspended him.Chhatra League’s central office secretary Sheikh M Russel

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) issued a legal notice seeking wealth statement of former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan and his wife Syeda Hasina Sultana on Tuesday.The notice was issued asking him to submit the details of the fixed and liquid money

RANGPUR: Two men were killed in a road crash in Mirbagh area under Kaunia upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as driver of the trolley Sujan Kanto, 25 and helper Milon Mia, 27, residents of Singarkura Bahagili of the upazila.Police sources said that a

DHAKA: Boycotting of 342-day parliament working sessions out of 418-days by the then main opposition BNP has wasted worth Tk 4.87 crore.      They have created a record in the history of parliament remaining absent from businesses while they took all the financial benefits from

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will take an initiative to bring back the laundered money of BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain from abroad.      Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain acknowledged that he has around Tk 9.53 crore in United Kingdom’s bank but

MYMENSING: A Mymensingh court on Tuesday placed two members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 10-day remand for their alleged involvement in killing police constable and militant-snatching incident of Trishal upazila.The accused are JMB members Jakaria, 30, hailed from

DHAKA: Two Officers-in-Charge of Rampura Thana in the city have been closed on Tuesday with the allegation of mismanagement in gold bar recovery.They are Kripa Sindhu Bala, OC and Nasim Ahmed, OC (Investigate).Ashrafuzzaman, deputy-commissioner of Motijheel Zone, informed banglanews that

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Advocate Anisul Haque claimed that the report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is biased.The law minister came up with the observation while talking to journalists after a meeting with Norwegian Ambassador to Bangladesh

DHAKA: Indian Coast Guard ship ‘ICGS Vajra’ will pay a goodwill visit to Chittagong Port from March 20-23, 2014.The goodwill visit is aimed to further enhance friendship and bilateral co-operation between the two neighbouring Coast Guards.High Commission of India in Dhaka made the

MOULVIBAZAR: Miscreants set fire in a rubber garden at Agatila area in Rajnagar Upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.Sources said that some miscreants set fire in the 32-acre garden adjacent to Rajanagar Tea garden. Locals doused the fire with their own efforts.Confirming the matter

Savar (Dhaka): A pedestrian was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar bazar bus stand area, outskirt of the capital on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Labu Hossain, 30, a bus driver, son of one Toffazzel Hossain of Dargah Sing village at Tentulia

NARAYANGANJ: A fire broke out at a readymade garment factory at Bangladesh Small & Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) industrial area in Fatullah in the district early Tuesday.The cause of fire origination could not be known immediately.On information, three fire fighting units of

BAGERHAT: Three suspected robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ between Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and robbers in Tambul Buniakhal of Sundarbans Chaptai range of the district on Tuesday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.RAB-8 commandar confirmed the

Sylhet: A week long book fair will begin at Dargah Gate in Sylhet city Thursday.Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Samsad (KEMUSAS) organized the event remembering its former president late Dewan Mohammad Azraf.A total of 30 different book publishers from Dhaka and Sylhet have set up their stalls in

New York: US ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena, who is now on a visit to USA, categorically said he would take the relations of USA with Bangladesh to the maximum height. He came up with the assertion in a view exchange meeting in New York on Monday.Even on Sunday he traveled among

DHAKA: A man was killed and six others injured in a head-on-collision between a bus and a truck in Paltan area of the city early Tuesday.The identity of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.Police sources said that a passenger-carrying bus collided with a truck in the

DHAKA: At least five police men and an Ansar member were injured as a truck knocked a police patrol van in Rampura Bridge area in the city early Tuesday.Of the injured lawmen, five were identified as -- Constable Abdul Momin, Shah Alam, Mobarak, Al Amin and an Ansar man Rafiqul Islam.