DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested a Chhatra Shibir activist from capital’s Bhatara on charge of posting cartoon and objectionable comment on social site facebook over Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Mujib.Acting on a tip-off, RAB arrested Shibir activist Nur Nabi Sujan

JHENIDAH: Three people, including two siblings, died and three others fell sick after drinking rectified spirit in Barbazar area at Kaliganj upazila of the district on Sunday night and Monday.The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 40, son of Bahar Ali, Mozammel Haque, 32, and Nabai

DHAKA: All-party interim cabinet will be formed soon to oversee the next general polls as the ministers and state ministers completed submitting their resignation on Monday cabinet to oversee the next parliamentary polls.Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made the disclosure

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Badiuzzaman on Monday categorically said the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Bill -2013 is controversial with the constitution. The ACC Chairman came up with the observation at a press conference at her office in city in the

DHAKA: Election Commissioner (EC) Shanewaz on Monday said the general polls lost its beauty when any political party does not participate.“The elections become attractive when all the political parties take part in it but even a party does not take part normal situation is disrupted,”

DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kevin Steele has sought apology for programme which offended people of the country.The chief executive officer of the Biman made the plea in a press release on Monday.    In the news release, he

DHAKA: Hartal supporters hurled a petrol bomb at a passenger bus at Kalshi of Pallabi Thana at city’s Mirpur area during the second day of hartal leaving six people injured.The incident took place at around 12:00pm on Monday.Eyewitnesses said a Jabale Nur bus was going to Abdullapur

LAXMIPUR: At least 30 shops were burnt to ashes in a devastating fire, broke out in Torabganj Bazaar under Komol Nagar upazila of the district early Monday.Sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at around 1:00am.Later, two units of Ramgati and Laxmipur fire

DHAKA: Picketers blasted seven cocktails near Nandipara Bridge of Khilgaon in the city from a procession on the second day of 84-hour hartal.The incident took place around 11:45am on Monday.Eyewitnesses said Sabujbagh Thana Chhatra Dal brought out a procession in support of hartal at

DHAKA: Sushmit International, authorized distributor and system integrator for several international brands in the broadcast market of Nepal, and Alo Communication, a venture of Bangladesh based Partex Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sunday. As per the MoU, Alo

DHAKA: Recently Malaysian government has become worried with the flooding illegal Bangladeshi workers into the country masquerading mostly as foreign students and sometimes as tourists.In a recent investigative report over the issue, a national daily of Malaysia ‘The Star’ said that

BOGRA: Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation called for an indefinite transport strike in 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions from Thursday.President of Bogra Motor Sramik Union Abdul Latif Mandal confirmed the matter to banglanews on Monday morning.Transport leaders

SIRAJGANJ: Four people were killed as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch on Hatikumrul-Banpara highway under Salanga upazila of the district on Sunday night.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said that a Natore-bound truck fell into a roadside ditch as

DHAKA: A number of ministers, state-ministers of grand alliance government have submitted their resignation papers to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday morning.The cabinet members submitted their resign papers immediate after the cabinet meeting started at around 10:00am with Sheikh

DHAKA: Some 386 empty cases and two live cartridges of .303 guns of the Bangladesh Liberation War were found in the field of one Rehman Maishaan in the Srimanthapur area along the Tripura-Bangladesh border on Sunday.Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have taken custody of the

ASHULIA (DHAKA): The authorities concerned declared closed more than 50 readymade garments factories in Jirabo area of Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, Monday morning amid workers unrest.Additional police forces have been deployed in the area to thwart further unrest.Besides,

NARAYANGANJ: Four people were killed and 16 others injured in a road accident in Siddhirganj area under Sadar Upazila of the district on Monday morning.The deceasd were identified as Shahinur Begum, 25, Ayesha Begum, 27, Helena Akhter, 25 and Munna, 27, the driver of bus.Sources said that

BOGRA: Rail communications of Bogra connecting other parts of the country restored four and half an hours after hartal supporter uprooted 10-feet rail line early Monday.Confirming the matter, Bogra railway police outpost In-Charge Sub Inspector Bimon Kumar said that picketers cut slippers

JESSORE: Rail communications of Khulna with other parts of the country halted after a container train derailed in Churamonkahti area of Jessore early Monday.The rail communication suspended in early hours of the day when couple of wagons of an rice-laden train derailed on the rail tracks

DHAKA: A new formula for resolving the impasse over the Teesta River Agreement provides hope. It is outlined in the latest report of the Strategic Foresight Group, Rivers of Peace: Restructuring India Bangladesh Relations.It advocates the signing of the Teesta River Agreement on the basis