LAXMIPUR: A truck driver, who sustained burn injures when blockade supporters hurled petrol bomb at his truck, succumbed to his injuries Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Ahsan Ullah, 40, son Ahmed Ullah.Family sources said that on Wednesday (December 18) the victim was going

NEW YORK: Bangladesh Ambassador to USA Akramul Qader had meeting with US Senate’s Foreign Relation Committee member John McCain over five resolutions passed at US senate over the political reform of Bangladesh.Embassy sources said that he has tried to highlight the efforts of Bangladesh

DHAKA: In line with actively involved in United Nations Peace Support Operations (UNPSO), some 1450 more Bangladeshi security personnel from different forces of the country are set to leave for Sudan as UN peacekeepers.The process of sending forces has already started. A special ship

KHULNA: At least 20 shops were gutted in a fire at Aysha Cotton Mill in Bezerdanga area under Fultola upazila of the city on Sunday morning.The fire originated at the cotton mill at about 8:15am and soon engulfed adjacent 20 shops of a market.On information, four firefighting units rushed

MUNSHIGANJ: Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route resumed on Sunday morning after a nine hour halt due to dense fog.Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) sources said eight vehicle-loaded ferries got stuck in mid of Padma River on Mawa-Kawrakandi route.BIWTC authority

RANGPUR: Rail communication of Rangpur with the capital city was halted due to derailment engine a Lalmonirhat-bound container train in Babu Para area of the divisional city on Sunday morning. Sources said that this accident occurred at around 9:45am. Confirming the matter, Rangpur Rail

DHAKA: Crimes Investigation Department of police submitted charge sheet against 13 people including Tazreen Fashion’s owner Delwar Hossain and his wife following the devastating fire in the factory.CID police inspector Mohsinuzzaman submitted the charge sheet with Chief Judicial

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 13 persons on Putkhali border under Benapole port thana of the district early Sunday. The detainees are Monzurul, 30, Sangkor Kumer,27, Benita Ray,18, Anower, 22, Ibrahi Hossain, 29, Sudesh Chandra, 48, Hanan Bepari, 26, Shahin,

DHAKA: Law enforcers have been put on alert in the capital to maintain law and order on Sunday as opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance is observing nationwide 83-hour blockade.   From early morning, additional police, Rapid Action Battalion personnel were deployed at key points and

DHAKA: A murder case was filed following the incident of slaughtering six people to death in capital’s Gopibagh area under Wari Thana early Sunday.Victim’s son Abdullah-Al-Faruk filed the case with Wari police station.Wari police station Officer-in-Charge Tapan Chandra Saha confirmed

GAZIPUR: Three Namaz-e-Janaza of Begum Zohra Jajuddin, the wife of first Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed, will be held in Kapasia upazila and district town on Sunday.Kapasia Upazila Awami League General Secretary Anisur Rahman Arif confirmed the matter to banglanews.Sources said that the

MANIKGANJ: The ferry services on Paturia-Daulatia river route resumed after a two-hour disruption due to dense fog from Sunday morning.Sources said that using ten Ro-Ro ferries and two K-type ferries, the authorities was trying to keep continue the ferry services.Paturia Ferry Ghat

DHAKA: One of the organizers of Gonojagoron Moncho Bappa Ditya Basu, also president of Chhatra Moitri, and a rickshaw puller were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in city’s Shahbagh area on Saturday evening.Confirming the matter, the vice-president of Chhatra Moitri Samima

TANGAIL: The legendary actor and director of stage and TV drama Khaled Khan was buried at social graveyard at his village home in the district on Saturday evening.Family members, relatives, neighbors and locals paid their last tribute by giving floral wreathe to his coffin.However, his

PATUAKHALI: Two motorcyclists were killed and another one was injured in a road crash in Rari Bridge intersection area under Mirzaganj upazila of the district on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Bayejid 25, son of Mosharraf Mia and Sabuj Mia 30, son of Hashem Mia, residents

DHAKA: A youth was found dead at Hazaribagh in the capital in Saturday night. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Witness said passersby found the fainted youth with blood allover his cloths and body in a footpath near Saleh School at Hazaribagh around

NARATANGANJ: At least 15 people were injured as a passenger bus overturned on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Sonargaon upazila of the district on Saturday noon.Witnesses said that a rashly driven Dhaka bound passenger bus plunged into a road divider as the driver lost his control over the

DHAKA: Acting Editor of Daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman has imprisoned himself for last eight months seeking no bail in nine cases.Mahmudur’s lawyers Sanaullah Mia came up with the assertion on Wednesday while answering to the queries of journalists.Sanaullah Mia said, “Mahmudur

DHAKA: Some six people were hacked to death at a house in Gopibagh area under Wari Thana of the capital on Saturday evening.Deputy Police Commissioner of Wari Division Ilias Sharif told banglanews that, of the deceased, the elderly man was identified as Lutfur Rahman Faruk, 60, who used

BAGERHAT: Some 29 Indian fishermen were sent to jail on charge of infiltrating the water-body of Bangladesh on Saturday noon. After detaining the fishermen, police produced them before a Bagerhat court. Later, Rampal-Mongla Magistrate Court sent them to jail.Assistant Sub-Inspector of