KUSHTIA: Two people sustained burn injuries as pickets hurled petrol bombs in a sand laden truck in Mirpur upazila of the district on Saturday night.The injured as truck driver Asadul, 35 and his fellow helper Sazal, 23 hailed from Meherpur district. Officer-in-Charge of Mirpur Thana

SAVAR, DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-4) personnel held eight people with 49 cocktails and three sharp weapons from Jamgora-Savar area, outskirt of Dhaka on Saturday.RAB officials said that, acting on tip-off RAB personnel held them while they were preparing for sabotage ahead of 10th

DHAKA: Bangladesh will go to the polls on Sunday amid a boycott by the BNP-led 18 party opposition alliance demanding elections under a caretaker government which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina refused to concede.  The government today announced it has taken all precautions for free, fair

JHEENAIDAH: A presiding officer was killed in a road accident in Sastar Bazar area under Moheshpur upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Abul Bashar, 45, an assigned presiding officer of the area for 10th parliamentary polls and Lecturer of Moheshpur

JESSORE: At least four people were injured, including a RAB official, in a clash between Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Jamaat-Shibir activists at Rupdia union under Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.Sources said the clash started as a group of Jamaat-Shibir men chucked

NILPHAMARI: Two schoolboys were found dead at Nauatari village under Domar upazila of the district on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Sumon, 14, and Shanto, 13. They both were JSC-passed students and residents of Ambari village under Gomanoti union of the upazila.Zorabari

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed categorically said that false news over upcoming parliamentary elections can be dangerous for nation.He came up with the assertion while addressing an inauguration ceremony of media center at election commission secretariat in

SIRAJGANJ: Bangladesh Army has distributed warm clothes to the poor people in different areas of the district on Friday night.Bengal Regiment-36 distributed the clothes to destitute in Bazar station, Kata Wapda, rail gate and Thana road areas.Commander Colonel lieutenant Bashir Ahmed,

DHAKA: Security along India-Bangladesh border was further tightened and paramilitary troops were on high alert on Friday in wake of the ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh ahead of the January 5 general election.The Border Security Force (BSF) has been put on high alert in Lankamura

DHAKA: A leading Bangladeshi educationist has mooted a four-point formula to break the political stalemate casting a shadow on the legitimacy of Sunday elections to the national parliament. Harun-Or-Rashid, Vice Chancellor of National University says the current crisis can be resolved by

DHAKA: University Grand Commission (UGC) chairman Professor AK Azad Chowdhury categorically said violent situation has been created in the country to foil trial of war criminal not for protesting the 10 th parliamentary elections.He came up with assertion while addressing a seminar at a

NATORE: At least nine passengers injured as miscreants hurled cocktails and petrol bombs in a train at Natore railway station on Saturday morning.Rail station sources said that in guise of passenger, some hartal supporters blasted petrol bombs and broke windows of the train while

DHAKA: Professor of Dhaka University Mezbah Kamal alleged that a class of intellectuals was still trying to implement Minus-2 formula.“They are saying it is fight of two women. But in fact, it is a fight between two ideologies,” he added.He came up with the observation in a seminar

DHAKA: The government has imposed a restriction on the plying of motorcycle from January 3 midnight to January 7 midnight in order to maintain law and order and to avert sabotage.The precaution was taken in a bid to hold the national election on January 5 smoothly. Any violation to the

DHAKA: Police recovered six hand bombs from a polling center in Kadamtali Thana of the capital on Saturday morning.Confirming the matter, Kadamtali Thana Officer-in-Charge Majharul Islam told banglanews, “Miscreants kept those hand bombs at Kadamtali KM Mainuddin High School to create

DHAKA: The Bengali Business Association of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Tuesday called upon the political leaders of Bangladesh for restoring peace and stability to strengthen economy of Bangladesh and to build positive image in abroad.Guest Speakers of the Gala Event for New Year 2014

NARAYANGANJ: At least eight shops were gutted in a devastating fire at a market at Siddirganj under Sadar Upazila of the district on Saturday morning.Witnesses said that the fire originated from a shop of the market and spread out to adjacent area.On information, two ire fighting units of

DHAKA: BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman called upon the people of the country to boycott the Sunday’s 10th parliamentary election.He came up with urge through a video message from London, the capital of United Kingdom on Saturday. Tarique said “As we Bangladeshis believe in the

DHAKA: Miscreants set fire to 56 polling centers across the country in between Friday night to Saturday morning as indefinite blockade and 48-hour hartal underway across the country protesting the Sunday’s 10th parliamentary elections.Banglanews correspondents report from districts:In

KHULNA: Two people were shot to death in Dumuria Upazila of the district on Friday night.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, a member of Dhamali Union Parisad of the upazila and Sohan, a listed criminal. Wishing anonymity a police source said that Union Parisad member Shahidul