DHAKA: The voting in 97 Upazilas in first phase Upazila Parishad election is underway on Wednesday morning.The polling started at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break.The Election Commission (EC) Secretariat declared poll schedule to hold election at first phase in 102

NOAKHALI: Four people were killed and 25 others injured in a road accident   in North Wapda area on Sonapur-Char Jabber road under Sadar upazila in the district Tuesday night.The deceased were identified as Nabin, 40, Masud, 38, Nur Nobi, 27 and Azad, 27.Witnesses said a truck carrying

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) summoned the Investigating Officer (IO) of the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi.AN HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order on Tuesday as the investigation work did not advance.The HC bench

Dhaka: About 50 crore youths of the emerging Asian markets including Bangladesh will likely to be connected to internet for the first time through mobile phone, says a forecast of Telenor group. Telenor hopes that within the next three years about 8.50 crore children of those countries

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday nabbed a youth for his alleged involvement in circulating the so-called audiovisual message from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. RAB personnel also seized three mobile phone sets, two laptops and several books related to extremism, it was

DHAKA: Trading firm Glencore won a tender to supply 50,000 tonnes of wheat to the country after submitting the lowest offer at $303 a tonne including CIF liner out. This was the lowest price it has paid in tenders for wheat in the current financial year that began in July 2013.The source

SYLHET: Prime Minister Sheikh Haisna, also ruling Awami League president, is set to visit Sylhet on February 28.Central organizing secretary of the party Misbah Uddin Siraj confirmed the matter to banglanews.Source said the Premier will visit Sylhet to inaugurate the newly made divisional

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel, in a drive, held one person and recovered Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) tools worth Tk one crore from Mohammadpur area of the city on Monday night.Operation officer of RAB-4 Quamrul Hasan told banglanews that acting on tip off they

COX’S BAZAR: Ambassadors from 20 countries along with state minister for foreign affairs of Bangladesh are now at world’s longest sea-beach Cox’s Bazar.Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan, Netherland, Turkey, Russia, Malaysia, North-Korea, South-Korea ambassadors among 20 other

JHENIDAH: Rail communications of Khulna with rest of the country halted as a bogey of a cargo train derailed at Kaliganj upazila of the district on Monday evening.Station Master of Mobarakganj Rail Station Fazlur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.He added: “We have informed the

RAJSHAHI: US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena is set to go to Rajshahi on a two-day visit from Tuesday, said a press release.The news release added that the ambassador would arrive in the town at noon to open the newest American corner and inaugurate the interior renovation of the

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: Law enforcers detained one suspect after he attempted to kidnap a student of the university on Monday.The detained is Ujjal Hossain, son of Golam Mostofa from Darikhorbona village under Boalia upazila of Rajshahi district.Witnesses said two unidentified persons,

DHAKA: The audiovisual message from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was released from United States of America.  Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) made the disclosure on Monday.The BTRC has already closed the website named jihadology.net from which the message

DHAKA: A defamation case of Tk 1,100 crore was filed against Jugantor, a national newspaper, by East West Property Development (Pvt) Ltd, flagship company of Bashundhara Group, and its chairman Alhajj Ahmed Akbar Sobhan. The case was filed in the District Judge Court on Monday

DHAKA: Petrobangla, the state-run oil company, signed a landmark procurement sharing contract for two gas blocks with Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) of India on Monday afternoon. The deal singing ceremony was held at 3:30pm at Petrobangla office in Kawranbazar area in the

LAMA, BANDARBAN: An Ansar VDP member was killed at his house as soil-built wall collapsed Kedarbanpara of Faitang union under the upazila on Monday dawn.The deceased was identified as M Alauddin, 50.The incident took place around 5:00am while Alauddin and his wife Taslima were sleeping,

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Secretary M Faizur Rahman on Monday said the investigation against current and former ministers, lawmakers and secretaries is not eyewash.The anti-graft body came up with the assertion in a monthly briefing at ACC secretariat office at Segunbagichha

DHAKA: A special prayer and mourn was offered in all the schools across the country on Monday commemorating the tragic bus accident that killed seven and injured 30 primary school students in Chaugachha upazila of Jessore district on Saturday.Following the accident, Primary and Mass

MYMENSINGH: Mother and son were electrocuted in Trishal upazila of the district on Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Rina Begum, 42 and her son Imran, 15, hailed from Naodhar area of the upazila.Police and local sources said Rina Begum came in contact with electric wire while

DHAKA: A cleaner died from electrocution in Nurerchala area under Vatara Thana of the city on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Moslem Mia, 30.Family sources said that the victim came in contact with a live electric wire while he was working in the area around 9:30am, leaving