DHAKA: Awami League Lawmaker of Dhaka-6 constituency Mizanur Rahman Dipu breathed his last at Apollo Hospitals early Saturday due to brain hemorrhage. He was 49. His secretary Abu Ahmed Lipu said that Dipu fell ill suddenly on Friday night and he was rushed to Apollo Hospitals where he

DHAKA: The European Union (EU) has decided to halt ‘for now’ the preparations for the deployment of an Election Observation Mission in Bangladesh as main political parties here could not create the necessary conditions for transparent, inclusive and credible elections.“The High

DHAKA: Army will be deployed from December 26 to January 9 to maintain law & order during the 10th general election.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed came up with the disclosure to the journalists after a meeting of Law and Order Committee of Election Affairs on

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-42) personnel seized a total of 108,260 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sluice Gate area of Naf River under Teknaf upazila of the district on Friday.BGB Battalion-42 Commander Lieutenant Cornel Abujar Al Jah confirmed the matter to banglanews.He

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized at least 100 crude bombs, huge explosives and nabbed two people from a residence near Babar road in Mohammadpur area in the city.The explosives were seized by RAB-2 personnel and arrested two people were allegedly involved with the sabotaging

DHAKA: Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali expressed deep shock at the demise of Zohra Tajuddin, wife of first prime minister of Bangladesh Tajuddin Ahmed. In separate condolence messages, they said in Zohra Tajuddin’s death, AL and nation has lost a skilful

DHAKA: A man was killed in a road accident in capital’s Adabar area on Friday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said that a vehicle knocked the victim down in front of Shaheen petrol pump while he was crossing road at around 5:00am, leaving him

DHAKA: A newly trained assistant police super committed suicide at capital’s Mohammadpur on Thursday night, said Mohammadpur thana police. The deceased is identified as Tauhidul Islam Imon, 27, son of Nurul Islam Bablu.Sources said that Imon committed suicide by hanging himself from

DHAKA: The second Namaz-e-Janaza of Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and wife of the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tajuddin Ahmad, held at the party office at city’s Bangabandhu Avenue on Friday afternoon.Later, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid her

MUNSHIGANJ: Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi river route halted for five and half an hours for poor visibility due to dense fog since early Friday.Later, the ferry services resumed at around 9:30am after visibility returns.Confirming the matter BIWTC Mawa Office Manager Sirajul Haque

DHAKA: Greek Cyprus handed over a sum of 51 illegal Bangladeshi migrants to Bangladesh immigration police early Friday.Airport sources said that a special flight of AZI-628 carrying the migrants arrived at Shahjalal International Airport amid tight security at around 3:20am.Later, they

DHAKA: Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, wife of Tajuddin Ahmed, prime minister of Mujibnagar government, passed away in the city on Friday morning.BDST: 1157 HRS, DEC 20, 2013Edited by: Rubaiat Saky, Senior Newsroom Editor

COMILLA: A 52-Kilomiter traffic gridlock on Dhaka-Chittagong highway from Daudkandi to Paduar Bazar Biswaroad on Friday morning pushed thousands of passengers into immense sufferings.Witnesses said that the traffic jam was created from 3:00 am Friday as all types of vehicles started to

BRAHMANBARIA: A train engine derailed in Brahmanbaria as miscreants removed fishplates and nut-bolt of rail line on Friday morning.Dhaka-bound train communication from Chittagong halted after the accident while no causalities were reported immediately.Confirming the matter Akhaura railway

DHAKA: A person was killed and 10 others were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Dhamrai upazila of the district on Friday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said that a Dhaka-bound

BHOLA: Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a motorbike and a human hauler (Tempo) on Char Fashion-South Aicha road in Charfashion upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Taslim, 20, son of Mosharef and Naeem, 18, son of Bakhtiar

DHAKA: A driver of CNG-run auto-rickshaw was burnt as miscreants set fire to his vehicle in capital’s Sadarghat area on Thursday night, the last day of 72-hour blockade called by 18-party alliance.The victim is identified as Jahangir, 35, hailed from Meradia of Khilgoan of the

DHAKA: “A COUP by installments” is how a European diplomat describes efforts by Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister, to extend her rule. The main opposition is to boycott a parliamentary election on January 5th. So Sheikh Hasina’s party, the Awami League, is assured of

DHAKA: Airport customs authority recovered four Kilograms gold from a flight of Tiger Airways at Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Thursday night.Customs Assistant Commissioner Wazed Ali told banglanews, “Custom officers found four gold bars weighing one kilogram each in an

DHAKA: The hearing of the case over the maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) of The Hague completed on Wednesday.The verdict is expected to be passed within six months, sources from the ministry of foreign affairs said.The