CHITTAGONG: A mild earthquake jolted the port city Chittagong and its adjacent areas at 1:20pm on Wednesday.   The epicenter of the earthquake was the India-Myanmar border. It shook the port city and other places of the district with magnitude 4.3.  No casualties were reported

BRAHMANBARIA: A Brahmanbaria court on Wednesday directed authorities concerned to take legal action against 11 members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Shahnur Alam killing incident. Senior Judicial Magistrate Nazmun Nahar passed the order after hearing.  The court made the direction

NARAYANGANJ: RAB-12 former commander Major Arif Hossain, also one of the main accused in Nrayanganj seven-killing case, gave confessional statement before a district court under section 164. Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mohiuddin recorded the statement at 12:30pm on Wednesday amid tight

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina uses a dual-SIM cheap mobile phone set. “Two SIMs can be used in cheap phone sets and I myself have one such set,” she told the opening ceremony of “Digital World 2014” conference at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital

DHAKA: A colorful rally, organized by environment and forest ministry, was brought out in city with a call of saving environment as well as controlling the increase of sea level. Environment and forest secretary Shafiul Alam Patwari inaugurated the rally Wednesday morning at Shahbagh on

DHAKA: The Administrative probe committee, formed under directive of the High Court to investigate into seven murders in Narayanganj, is set to submit progress report on investigation to the High Court on Wednesday afternoon.  Besides, progress reports on investigation conducted by RAB,

DHAKA: The Dhaka city people are suffering to much as severe traffic jams that has been crippling different routes in the capital since Wednesday morning.   The traffic situation is so terrible that it takes hours to travel even less than a distance of half a kilometre.  The traffic

DHAKA: ‘Digital World 2014’, a four-day expo on information technology, began in the city on Wednesday to showcase potential and demonstrate development of ICT sector of Bangladesh.  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the exposition at Bangabandhu International Conference

ASHULIA, DHAKA: The fire, which broke out at Savar’s Ashulia Sramik Palli on Wednesday morning, brought under control, while 20 people got injured there. Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) fire services and civil defense station officer Sabbir Ahmed confirmed the matter to banglanews.

HABIGANJ: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday hauled arms again just after resuming drive for the second day in the deep forest of Satchhari National Park in Chunarughat upazila. RAB-9 Sreemangal Camp Commanding Officer (CO), ASP Sana Shaminur Rahman told banglanews, “We have

DHAKA: Budget session of the tenth national parliament started Tuesday afternoon with speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also leader of the House, opposition leader Rowshan Ershad attended the maiden budget session of the incumbent government.

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman M Badiuzzaman said it would investigate the involvement of former state minister for liberation war affairs ministry Tajul Islam. The investigation will also include other officials for their alleged involvement in the Liberation War

DHAKA: ABM Shamim Chowdhury was appointed as the media secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. Assistant press secretary to the premier Asif Kabir confirmed the matter to banglanews. Prior to this appointment, Shamim was the director general (DG) of Department of Films and

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved four projects involving Tk 3,394 crore. The approval came from an ECNEC meeting held at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of the city with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa

GAZIPUR: The rail communications of Chittagong halted with Dhaka and Sylhet after a train derailed in Pubail area of the district at around 2:00pm Tuesday. Witnesses said that thousands of passengers are now suffering there following the incident, while none has been reported injured.

HABIGANJ: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized huge fire arms including over two hundreds rocket launchers raiding in deep forest of Satchhari under Chunarghat upazila of the district Tuesday. Assistant Director General (operation) Colonel Ziaul Ahsan and Legal and Media wing director

DHAKA: The High Court exempted former Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda as the Daily Star authority sought pardon for publishing inaccurate news. Following the high court’s order, ATM Shamsul Huda appeared before the court on Tuesday where the lawyer on behalf of the

NETROKONA: A district court on Tuesday sentenced four people for lifetime for murder case of Abdur Rashid in the district.The convicts were also fined Tk 50,000 each, in default, they will also reward five-year more imprisonment. Netrokona Additional Sessions Judge Abdul Hamid passed the

DHAKA: A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking ban on using of national flag other than constitutional institutions.Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Hasan MS Azim filed the writ petition on behalf of lawyer Kamal Hossain Miaji and M Shamsul Islam.The writ will be

DHAKA: The investigation of sensational case of abduction and murder of seven people, including city councilor Nazrul Islam in Narayanganj, is to be settled down shortly.The investigation team members and deputy secretary of law ministry Mizanur Rahman Khan came up with the disclosure on