RAJBARI: A youth was electrocuted at Sadar upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Sujan Sheikh, 20, son of Shamser Sheikh, of Dhuldijoypur village under Wahabpur union of the upazila.Locals said Sujan came in contact with electric while climbing a tree at 2:00pm

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: Parliament on Monday passed a bill keeping the provision of giving special allowances in a rate of 50 percent of the basic salary.Law Minister Anisul Haque placed the bill ‘Supreme Court Judges (Remuneration and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill-2014’.With Speaker Dr

TANGAIL: Miscreants torched a vehicle of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the remote area of Madhupur upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.Locals said that RAB-14 personnel were conducting a drive to nab an accused in that area keeping microbus at a remote area and they found their

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a youth with 9,852 pieces of yaba tablets at Maricha Check Post in the district on Monday.The detainee was identified as Fayez Uddin, 22, son of Shamsul Alam, residing in PMKhali under Sadar upazila.At that time BGB also seized a

NARAYANGANJ: A 35-year-old unidentified man was killed in a road accident in Signboard area of the district on Monday afternoon. Witnesses said a rashly-driven pickup van ran over him in the area around 3:15 pm, leaving him injured critically.He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College

DHAKA: English daily ‘The Daily Star’ and ‘Ekushey Television (ETV)’, one of the private television channels in the country, were banned to covering any programmes of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A competent source from the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: India`s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran opined that the relationship and spirit of good neighborliness between Bangladesh and India won’t be affected even if the power changes in any country.The Indian envoy came up with the observation in a discussion meeting at the

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) is planning to hold sixth phase of polls to rest 20/22 upazilas within the first week of May.The EC also will announce the polls schedule after of Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed returns from the USA on April 14.Election Commissioner

DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid on Monday gave his consent in the Speedy Trial Bill (amendment), 2014 which was passed in the current session of the 10th parliament. Through President’s consent the bill turned into an act. This was the first bill passed in the 10th parliament.Earlier,

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Monday sentenced Hafizur Rahman Khan to 10-year rigorous imprisonment in sensational Milon murder case.    Dhaka-3 Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman passed the verdict in a crowded court.   The court also fined Hafizur Tk 50,000, in default ordered

DHAKA: Cabinet declined to take responsibilities of the scam of gold crests, which were designed for the foreign nationals for their contribution to Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.Cabinet secretary M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made the assertion after a cabinet meeting, chaired by

DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid, also Chancellor of Dhaka University, on Monday urged the students to relate intellectuality and creativity with the education.“There should be no education merely for getting certificates and passing through cramming rather education should relate

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday summoned BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy to appear before it on April 20 to explain his “derogatory comment” on the court.An HC bench comprising Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the suo motu order. On Sunday,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said that her government was firmly committed to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Agreement completely.“The CHT region witnessed unrest and conflict for a long time before 1996. But Awami League government during its tenure

CHITTAGONG: A woman was killed and several others were injured in train accident in Abu Nagar area under Mirsarai upazila of the district on Monday noon.                    The deceased was identified as Nasima Akter, 35, wife of Nazim Uddin of Ramu upazila of Cox’s

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is quizzing Managing director of Sonali Bank Prodip Kumar Datt and ABM Reza, brother of Chief Whip ASM Firoz, for giving loan to Patuakhali Jute Mill violating rules.After quizzing Sonali Bank Prodip Kumar Datt, ACC assistant director and

RANGPUR: The indefinite strike of students is underway at Begum Rokeya University, demanding three points in the district on Monday.The strike has begun from Monday at 10:00am.The students complained that there is no student’s hostel. Though two dormitories were built but authority kept

DHAKA: Professor Rolf Heuer, Director General of European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), was conferred Doctor of Science degree by Dhaka University.President M Abdul Hamid, also the Chancellor of the university, handed over the degree to him in the 48th convocation of the

BANDARBAN: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovered some 35,535 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Ashartali of Naikkhongchhari near Myanmar frontier.Confirming the matter to banglanews, BGB Commander Lieutenant Colonel Shafiqur Rahman said, acting on tip-off BGB men conducted

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion raided a fake saline factory and held five people for their alleged involvement in making fake saline in capital’s Badda area on Monday morning.Magistrate Anwar Pasha is leading the drive, started from 9:45am, along with a team of RAB-1.During the drive,