FENI: Six sub-inspectors of Feni Model Thana have been transferred to various Thanas of the district 11-day after Fulgazi upazila Ekramul Haque murder incident.  District additional police super Saiful Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday morning. The SIs are---- Alamgir,

PABNA: A Sramik League activist, who sustained bullet injuries on Saturday night at Pushpapara Bazar, succumbed to his injuries on way to Dhaka early Sunday.  The deceased is Rafiqul Islam Kalu, 40, son of Sirazul Islam of Dharmagram village under sadar upazila.  Sadar Thana Awami

GOLONDO, RAJBARI: Vehicular movements through the ferry ghats of the Daulatdia-Paturia river channel stopped due to shortage of ferry from Saturday afternoon. Among 15 ferries, at present, nine are being used to carry the vehicles as six ferries are not functioning. As a result,

DHAKA: Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab will battle out in the Grand Finale of IPL 2014 to lay their hands on the coveted IPL Trophy and for the winner’s purse. The match will be held at 8:30pm Sunday at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. They have already met three times this

DHAKA: Leaking question papers for public examinations have become almost regular incidents. None is taking its responsibility. Even the administration is silent on this issue. But some are being vocal against question leak. Eminent educationist Muhammed Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal

MADARIPUR: Miscreants shot and slaughtered two people, including a madrasa teacher, dead in Tekerhat area of the district on Saturday night. Of the deceased, one was identified as Maulana Abul Basar, 50, Assistant Professor of an Alia Madrasa. Officer-in-charge Moniruzzaman of Rajoir

PABNA: Three local Awami League activists were shot dead and two others injured critically in Pushpapara Bazar area in the district town on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Sultan Hossain, 40, son of Kamal Sikder, resident of Sadar upazila, Fazlu, 35, son of Sadek Pramanik

FENI: A Feni court on Saturday placed two accused--Mir Hossain Swapon and Jahidul Islam—on a two-day in a case of killing of Phulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haq Ekram. Senior Judicial Magistrate Khairul Amin passed the remand order after Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Feni

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed on Saturday said there is no scope of attack on neighboring country using the territory of Bangladesh. The BGB chief came up with the observation in a press conference at BGB Headquarters at city’s Pilkhana

RANGPUR: Two minor girls drowned in a pond of Amashu Kukrul area of the district on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Srishti, 7, daughter of Selim Miah and class I student of Zummapara govt Primary School and Lambi, 6, daughter of Shamsul of the area and also class I

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it is not possible to disband country’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) suddenly as it has become an institution.  “BNP is now demanding to disband RAB, though they formed and didn’t raise voice during operation clean

BANDARBAN: Myanmar Border Police (BGP, former NASAKA) returned the body of BGB personnel Naik Mizanur Rahman at 5:45 pm Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Shafiqur Rahman, commander of BGB-31, confirmed the matter to banglanews. Earlier on Friday, BGP exchanged fire with BGB in Naikkhangchari

BANDARBAN: The missing four members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was in deep forest in Dochhary-Painchhary frontier of Naikkhangchari, said BGB sources. They went missing in a gunfight with Myanmar Border Police (BGP, former NASAKA) on Friday. The missing personnel are Habildar

SYLHET: Three minor boys were injured in cocktail blast in Teroratan area in the district on Saturday noon. Rahmat Ullah, Additional Deputy-Commissioner (Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said the boys got hurt in the blast while they were playing with the ball like cocktail which

DHAKA: A young lady allegedly committed suicide in Sabujbagh area of the capital on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Runa Akhter, 23, daughter of Jaynal Abedin of South Rajarbagh Batpara area of the city. Her cousin Naser told banglanews that Runa might have committed suicide

DHAKA: The Ambassador of Myanmar to Bangladesh Myo Myint Than was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the second time on Saturday morning handed over a note verbal strongly protesting the unprovoked eruption of gunfire from the Myanmar border force in the afternoon on 30 May

DHAKA: Civil society people on Saturday sought intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to protect Dhanmondi playground and make it open to all.   “We are urging the premier to take immediate steps to remove all illegal establishments from Dhanmondi playground and make it open to

DHAKA: Leaking question papers in public examinations have become almost regular incidents. None is taking responsibility even the administration is silent on this issue. But some are being vocal against question leak. Eminent educator Muhammad Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal University of

DHAKA: Bangladesh foreign affairs ministry strongly criticized Myanmar ambassador to Dhaka U Myo Myint Than on Saturday. Earlier in the morning, ministry held a meeting with the envoy at state guest house Padma and expressed their protest for the incident of firing along the

BANDARBAN: A tense situation is prevailing at Naikkhangchari frontier of the district following a day after Myanmar Border Police (BGP, former NASAKA) shot dead a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) man.  Additional BGB personnel were deployed in the border area to tackle any attack by the