LALMONIRHAT: A Bangladeshi youth was shot to death by Border Security Force (BSF) of India at Hatibanda frontier of the district on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Shahinur Islam, 25, son of Mohammad Ali, hailed from Amjhol village of Gotamri union of the Upazila.Sources

BAGERHAT: Five fishermen were rescued after a gunfight between coast guard and the gang of robbers in Khajuria Char area of the district on Saturday morning.Coast Guard source said that the law enforcers, in an hour long dive, also recovered two guns, two LG guns and around 200 rounds of

FARIDPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed a road accident in Tetultola area under Kanaipur upazila of the district on Saturday noon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said that a passenger bus knocked down a motorcycle from behind in the area at around

KHULNA: Though cyclonic storm "Phailin", classified as "very severe", is heading for coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh at wind speeds averaging 200 km per hour but panic gripped the people living along the coastal belt of the district.They recalled their memories of severe storms as Sidr,

DHAKA: After arrest, popular singer Arfin Rumi was taken to court in a women and children oppression case filed by his wife Ananya.Earlier, police arrested him early Saturday from his Mohammadpur residence.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of Mohammadpur Thana Azizul

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive held three thieves with stolen private car from Mohammadpur area of the capital early Saturday.The detainees are- Pavel Chowdhury, 35, Mashiur Rahman Razib, 28 and Sajib, 32.RAB-2 Operation Officer Raihan Uddin Khan told banglanews, “Acting

DHAKA: Wife of a RAB official was killed in a road accident at city’s Kamalapur area on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Tanjina Begum 30, wife of Abu Saeed hailed from Shirajganj.Abu Saeed said that the accident happened while they were going to Kamlapur Bus stand to go

DHAKA: Banglalink, Bangladesh’s second largest mobile operator by active users, has launched commercial 3G services over its new W-CDMA/HSPA+ network for pre- and post-paid customers, with initial coverage limited to certain areas of the capital Dhaka and Chittagong. On the new 3G

SIRAJGANJ: The 30-Km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge highway started to ease and vehicles are slowly gaining their normal speed from Saturday morning.Highway police and local sources said that vehicles were moving slowly because of the gridlock of last two days.Besides, a

DHAKA: Untold sufferings of the people living in 30 districts of the country knew no bounds because of traffic jam, which they won’t experience anymore. They can go their way whenever through the flyover smoothly. Opening the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA: Popular singer Arfin Rumi was arrested in a women and children oppression case filed by his wife Ananya.Police arrested him early Saturday from his Mohammadpur residence.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of Mohammadpur Thana Azizul Haq said that Rumi beat

DHAKA: The very severe cyclonic storm “Phailin” (with ecp 940 hpa) over west central bay and adjoining east central bay moved slightly northwestwards over west central bay and adjoining northwest bay.It was centred at 12 noon Saturday about 815 kms west-southwest of Chittagong port,

DHAKA: The border guards of India and Bangladesh will conduct a joint retreat ceremony from Nov 6, Border Security Force officials said here.Modelled on the world famous drill at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, the ceremony was earlier slated to start from Oct 2 - the

ASHULIA (DHAKA): A district level BNP leader was killed in a road accident at Ashulia, outskirt of capital Dhaka on Friday.The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 40, assistant publicity secretary of Tangail district BNP.Eyewitnesses said while driving a motorcycle on Ashulia road

DHAKA: The International Criminal Court ruled that Libya`s Gaddafi-era intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, can be tried in Libya.The decision means that the ICC will no longer demand that Senussi be sent to The Hague to stand trial.The former military intelligence boss was indicted

DHAKA: To mark the second International Day of the Girl Child, UNICEF on Friday highlighted the power of innovation to get more girls in school and improve the quality of learning for all children.Despite the decreasing number of girls out of school, too many around the world are still

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said country’s largest flyover (Jatrabari-Gulisthan) Mayor Hanif Flyover is an Eid gift for the city dwellers.The premier came up with the observation at Osmani Memorial Auditorium after inauguration of the flyover on Friday

DHAKA: Signaling the new momentum in bilateral ties, Bangladesh decided to open additional diplomatic missions in the neighboring country India.Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told Khabar South Asia, "We decided to open three more missions after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s

DHAKA: The social network, Facebook, said Thursday that it is, as promised 10 months ago, killing off a privacy setting that allowed members to prevent themselves from appearing in search results. Facebook first put the setting, called "Who can look up your Timeline by name?," on life

DHAKA: An unidentified man was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Bijoy Sarani of the capital on Friday.Sources said that a Mirpur-bound passenger bus collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw around 3:00pm, leaving one dead on the spot and injuring three