BAGERHAT: Two persons were killed in crane accident in Harbari area under Mongla Pashur Channel of the district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Zakir, 35 and Matin, 37. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Mongla Stevedores leader HM Dulal said that the incident took place

DHAKA: There is no mentionable improvement in more than thousand important and sensational cases which are being investigated by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police. Sources said that these are being treated as ‘dead case’ for years but CID claimed that they are taking

MANIKGANJ: Villagers confined 14 Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel from south Saljana village under Shibaloy upazila of the district early Wednesday.Sources said that the elite force members entered the village by mistake while going to Faridpur.Confirming the matter to banglanews,

BARISAL: A woman and her daughter were killed in a road accident in Atipara under Ujirpur of the district on Tuesday night while her husband was injured seriously. The deceased were identified as Mily Begum, 22, wife of Aminul Islam, residing in Moktar Bari under Kashipur of the city and

TANGAIL: For a sudden accident at Rosulpur of Kalihati upazila of the district which claimed one live caused a 40km-long tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway from Wednesday morning and thousands of people stuck there for hours.  Victim passengers said the tailback has begun around 7:15am

DHAKA: Union external affairs minister of India, Sushma Swaraj, her maiden trip to Dhaka this month, will discuss on the Kolkata to Agartala road link via Bangladesh, as it will shorten the road route by about 400 kilometres reducing fuel cost considerably for carrying goods to

TANGAIL: A woman and her daughter among three were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway at 9:00am Wednesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Confirming the matter to banglanews, Traffic Police Sergeant Jamal said, “A rashly driven truck

DHAKA: Indira Gandhi Cultural centre (IGCC) will organize a talk by Dr. C. Raja Mohan on “India-Bangladesh: Building the Bay of Bengal Community” as part of the IGCC Guest Lecture Series on June 12.  Dr. C. Raja Mohan is one of India’s foremost strategic thinkers and

JHALKATI: Two motorcyclists including a child were killed and two others injured as a BRTC bus ran over them at Nalchhiti upazila of the district on Tuesday night.  One deceased is motorcyclist Shahidul Islam, son of Nur Hossain of Krishnakathi area of Jhalkati town.  Police Super M

DHAKA: A total of 51 people were killed in different incidents, including, road crash, lightning, murder and suicide in different places on Tuesday across the country. Twenty-five others were injured. Banglanews correspondents reported from districts and upazillas on the day. BHOLA: At

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home on Wednesday after her six-day official visit to China at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage is scheduled to leave Beijing

BHOLA: At least six people were killed and 13 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Bhola-Char Fasson road in Janata Bazar area under Char Fashion upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Kanchan, Habib, Saiful, Hadis, Hamir

KHAGRACHHARI: At least 15 people including Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were injured as local people attacked the camp of 51 BGB Battalion at Dighinala of the district on Tuesday evening. The injured were rushed to the Dighinala Upazila Health Complex. Officer-in-Charge of

MOULVIBAZAR: Two were killed as lightning struck them at Sagornal union under Juri upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Kulash Tanti, 35 and Ratan Roy, 18, residents of the area. Locals said thunderbolt struck them while they were working at the

CHITTAGONG: A devastating fire broke out at a slum adjacent to a hospital of Agrabad of the port city on Tuesday evening. Fire fighters said that the fire originated around 7:00pm but the reason behind fire could not be known immediately. Agrabad Fire Service Telephone Operator

DHAKA: In the latest development, the government has decided to provide new crests made of pure gold to the foreign friends who helped during the liberation war in 1971. Liberation War Affairs Ministry has sent a letter to Advocate Monjil Morshed, lawyer of the High Court, in this regard

DHAKA:  A total of 116 fake freedom fighters’ gazette and certificates have recently been cancelled.   The government has taken the initiative to find out the guilty people from their workplaces as they were appointed earlier by the grace of the fake certificates.   Earlier,

DHAKA: Director General level meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar has started from Tuesday.    The three-day long meeting started at Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw in the morning which will continue till Thursday.   Bangladesh is

DHAKA: The Dhaka-Kolkata route Moitree Express failed to satisfy the demands of the passengers. Insufficient trip frequency, the pressure of excess passengers, sufferings in ticket procuring, hassles at immigration and customs checking have become a regular feature in this train route.

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Shoumendra Lal Chandra Soilen, assistant private secretary (APS) of former state minister for religion affairs Shahjahan Mia, on a 9-day remand in a corruption case.  Earlier, Soilen was arrested on charge of amassing wealth illegally on Monday.