DHAKA: Executive Director of rights organization ‘Ain o Salish Kendra’ Advocate Sultana Kamal on Saturday said “militancy is a game of international politics”. She came up with the observation while addressing a discussion on ‘Threats of Militancy: Bangladesh Perspective’

DHAKA: A businessman was killed in a road accident in Jatrabari area in the capital on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Mainuddin, 45, resident of Dhalpur area under Jatrabari Thana of the capital.Police sources said that a rashly driven CNG-run auto-rickshaw knocked Mainuddin down

DHAKA: Editor of the Daily Samakal Golam Sarwar on Saturday urged the authorities concerned to form a special tribunal for curbing militancy in the country.The senior journalist of the country came up with the plea while addressing a seminar on ‘Threats of Militancy: Bangladesh’s

DHAKA: Around 1,01,000 pilgrims are to perform Hajj in Mecca from Bangladesh this year where only 10-thousand people get a chance under government management and rest pilgrims by non-government management.The President of Hajj Agency Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) M Ibrahim Bahar said

DHAKA: Body of an unidentified youth, aged about 25, who was crushed under train wheels, was found at the rail line of city’s Kamlapur Railway Station on Saturday.Police sources said that on information, Railway Police recovered the body from the rail line of platform-7 around

DHAKA: There are around 40 militant organizations in the country including Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Jama`atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and so on.The lawyer of the Apex court of the country Barrister Abdur Rashid was addressing a program at capital’s Radisson Hotel,

DHAMRAI, DHAKA: At least 20 passengers were injured in a road accident in Joypura area on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Saturday morning.The accident took place around 11:00am.Witnesses said a passenger bus heading to Satkhira from Dhaka collided head-on with a brick-laden truck in the area,

DHAKA: A businessman, who was drugged by a gang of Agyan Party on Friday midnight at Karwan bazar, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Delwar Hosain, 55, hailed from Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur district.The members of Agyan

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Siraj, key planner of Kishoreganj Sonali Bank loot, from Bhairab early Saturday. Robbers made away with Tk 16.40 crore from a Sonali Bank branch in Kishoreganj by digging a tunnel into the bank’s vault.Some 17 people including 12 officials of

DHAKA: The Malaysian police rescued 11 Bangladeshis who were abducted by a human trafficking syndicate, reports the Star.    Besides, four Myanmar citizens were among the 15 foreigners rescued by police in raids in George Town, Penang.They were found in a room when the police raided

CHITTAGONG: Rafique Uddin, father of head of marketing of banglanews24.com Sirajul Islam, died on Friday noon for old age complexity.  He breathed his last on the way to Chittagong Medical College Hospital. He was 80.He left behind six sons, five daughters and many well wishers including

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said there was no country in the world which had to fight for their mother language like Bangladesh.  “Bengali is our mother tongue and we had to sacrifice lives for it. We had to fight for it. Bangladeshis got the mother language by fighting,” she

TANGAIL: A woman and her son were killed and a motorcyclist husband was injured in a road accident in Bhuapur of the district on Friday noon. The deceased were identified as Maya Begum, 25, wife of Jewel of Jugihati village of Ghatail upazila and her son Miraj, 2. Sources said that

CHITTAGONG: The customs officials seized 90 pieces abandoned gold bars, weighing about ten kilogram from a flight of Bangladesh Biman (BG-022) at Shah Amanat International Airport of Chittagong on Friday morning. Airport Customs Assistant Commissioner Mashiur Rahman told banglanews,

COMILLA: Two persons were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Comilla-Noakhali road in Harishchar Bazar area of the district on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Harishchar College teacher Fakhrul Islam and another remained unidentified instantly.Local

TONGI, GAZIPUR: A private university student was chopped to death by muggers in Cherag Ali Ceramic Market area of Tongi in Gazipur on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Mahir Uddin Khokan, 24, son of Jahirul Islam.Sources said that Khokan, along with his friend, was returning

NATORE: Three people were killed and six others injured in a road accident on Natore-Dhaka highway in Hoybatpur area of the district on Friday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Locals said that a Dhaka-bound passenger bus collided on a passenger laden

DHAKA: The members of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) formally approved that the 18th summit of SAARC will be held in November.Foreign ministry sources said that Nepal made the proposal during the 35th meeting of the SAARC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting held

COMILLA: At least three Awami League activists sustained bullet injuries as they locked into clash with activists of BNP over paying tributes to the language martyrs at Debidar upazila of the district early Friday.The injured--Saddam Hossain, Abu Hanif and Masud Rana of the upzila—were

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia paid homage to the martyrs of the historic language movement by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar Friday.The former prime minister arrived here around 1:00am to place the floral wreaths to the martyrs.Acting Secretary General of the party