GAZIPUR: Four policemen of Gazipur Metropolitan police outpost were suspended on the charge of extortion from vehicles in Mirer bazaar on Tongi-Ghorashal road.The suspended cops are- Traffic police Assistant Sub-inspector Abul Kawsar, Constables Khairul Islam, Rustom Ali and Krisna

GAZIPUR: Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan was released on bail on Friday morning after two months of his arrest under ICT act.He was freed from the Dhaka Central Jail, Kashimpur (Part-1) at about 10.45am, said jailer Abdul Kuddus to banglanews.Earlier on October 8, the High Court

TANGAIL: Two truck drivers were run over by another truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Bhatkura area of the district early Friday.The deceased were identified as Halim Mia, 45, of Denbari area under Savar upazila of Dhaka and lNazim Uddin, 50, of Pollabi in the capital.Alenga highway

GAZIPUR: Four people were killed and five others injured in a road accident in Naojor area of the district on Friday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Quoting hospital sources, Gazipur Sadar police outpost SI Saidur Rahman said, “A bus collided head

KHULNA: Four workers died after inhaling toxic gas in a newly-built septic tank of under construction building in the city on Thursday noon.The deceased were identified Imran, 20, Nazrul, 22, Ramjan, 22 and local rescuer Shaon.Local sources told banglanews that some workers fell sick

DHAKA: The cyclonic storm “Phailin”(with ecp 1002hpa) over east central bay and adjoining Southeast Bay & North Andaman sea moved northwestwards and now lies over east central bay and adjoining west central bay.It was centered at 9:00am Thursday about 920-km South-Southeast of

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of police, in a nightlong drive, held five members of a carjacker gang from different parts of the capital.The law enforcers also recovered 13 vehicles from their possession including nine private cars, a microbus and three motorbikes.Police Media Center

GAZIPUR: The agitated workers started protest and confined the General Manager of the factory on Thursday morning protesting the malpractice of the authority. A journalist of My TV, Masud Sarker, however, was assaulted by the authority while trying to gather information there.Hundreds of

DHAKA: Tamirul Ad-Din, a local Islamist militant group, had a plan for carrying out huge subversive acts across the country after Eid-ul-Azha.Two leaders of Harkatul Zihad Bangladesh came up with the disclosure after arrested with huge firearms and explosives by Rapid Action Battalion

NATORE: Three people were killed in a road accident on Natore-Rajshahi highway in Ekdala Babur pukurpar area of the district early Thursday.The deceased were identified as Ismail, 35, Dulal, 40 and Muktar Hossain.Sources said a buffalo-laden truck knocked roadside pillar and fell into a

SAVAR: To press the demand for due salaries, RMG workers of Liberty Fashion staged protest in Ashulia, outskirt of Dhaka, on Thursday morning.Witnesses said that the agitated workers started protest at around 9:00am at the factory premises demanding to payment of their due salaries and

DHAKA: After a three-hour halt, the rail communications on Dhaka-Chittagong-Sylhet routes restored on Thursday morning.Earlier the rail services on the routes halted at around 5:45am as a compartment of Chittagong-bound Turna Nishitha train disconnected.The rail service resumes at 9:15am,

DHAKA: A cocktail blasted at a house of Fakirerpool area in city on Wednesday night.Witnesses said a huge number of explosions were kept in a room of the house and a cocktail blasted around 08:30pm.Later, on information, police rushed to the spot and cordoned the area.Sub-Inspector of

DHAKA: A seminar on GroMore, an Integrated Crop Solution Program developed by Syngenta, was held here on Wednesday. The seminar was jointly organized by multinational agribusiness company Syngenta Bangladesh Limited and Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Research System (SAURES) at the

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Wednesday urged owners of newspapers and media houses to implement the eighth wage board properly.The information minister came up with the plea while addressing the Parliament in response to a query from lawmaker Moazzem

DHAKA: Law enforcers are looking for more firearms after nabbing top terror of Rupganj, outskirts of the capital, Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan alias Mosha Member with arms on October 6 night.Officer-in-Charge of Bhatara Thana Mohammad Ali made the disclosure the matter on Wednesday noon as

DHAKA: At least 20 workers were injured as fire broke out at A & Z Limited of Ashulia, outskirts of the capital, on Wednesday afternoon.Sources said the fire originated from dying section of the five-storey of the factory building in the noon.Hearing fire alarm, workers tried to come out

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Wednesday placed Mufti Harun Izhar, son of Hefajat-e-Islam Nayeb-e-Amir Mufti Izharul Islam, on a 10-day remand for police interrogation in two cases.Mufti Harun’s body guard has been placed on 1-day remand and three others, arrested from Lalkhan Bazar

BHOLA: A fisherman was shot dead and 19 others were abducted by sea robbers in Shibchar coastal area of the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Iqbal Ibrahim, 35, son of Mohijal Mridha of Charsiba village under Charfashion upazila of the district.Sources said the

DHAKA: A couple got severely burnt after an explosion in gas supply pipe at a residence near Dania area at capital’s Jatrabari on early Wednesday. The injured were identified as Monir Hussain, 25, and his wife Nazma, 19. Sources said fire erupts through the apartment near Dania Nur