MYMENSINGH: A Mymensingh court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to two people in a sensational case of farmer Shahed Ali murder.The court also sentenced jail to nine others people in various term in the same case.District Special Sessions Judge Humaiyun Kabir passed the verdict.The

DHAKA: Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman was freed on a 6-month interim bail on Tuesday afternoon after two months of his arrest under ICT act. On August 10, Adilur was arrested under ICT Act.It was alleged against him that Odhikar, a human rights organization, published a report saying 61

DHAKA: The government has appointed nine deputy commissioners in nine districts in a latest reshuffle in the public administration.The Public Administration Affairs issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday.As per the order, the ministry appointed Director of Prime

JHENAIDAH: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of ruling Awami League, is set to address a mass rally in the district on Tuesday afternoon.The helicopter carrying the PM landed at the helipad of Jhenaidah Cadet College at around 2:30pm.Later, she inaugurated a sculpture of

DHAKA:  A pedestrian was crushed under wheels of a train in capital’s Nakhalpara area on Tuesday noon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said a train hit the man, aged at 50, at around 1:00pm while passing through the East Nakhalpara rail crossing,

CHITTAGONG: Police filed two separate cases against 12 persons including Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury under explosives act and acid control act with Khulsi Thana of the port city on Tuesday over Monday blasts.Confirming the matter, additional deputy commissioner of Chittagong

DHAKA: Mujibur Rahman, who owns Fakenham Tandoori restaurant, is trying to raise £100,000 aiming to build a concrete bridge to connect the villages of Konaraibazar and Khaighatbazar in rural north east Bangladesh.People risk their lives daily crossing the Basia River on a

CHITTAGONG: Three labourers sustained serious burn injuries as melted iron fell on them from the furnace of Shitalpur Auto Steel Mills (SASM) Limited in Sitakundu upazila of the port city early Tuesday.The critically injured, who were identified as M Nabi, 26, M Rubel, 27 and M Tawhid 27,

BHOLA: At least 11 people were injured in sporadic clashes over spreading fishing nets in the Meghna River of Najhir Majhi area of the district on Tuesday morning.Injured Zakir, 24, Rubel, 20, Nur Nahar, 20, Kalu, 26 and Yasin 30 were admitted to Bhola Sadar Hospital while rests were

DHAKA: Police held 12 robbers from capital’s Shewrapara area on Monday midnight.Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Masudur Rahman confirmed it to banglanews.He said a team of detective branch of DMP in a drive held the gang of robbers while they were preparing for conducting

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 fixed Wednesday for issuing the verdict in the charges brought against   former BNP leader Abdul Alim for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the war of liberation in 1971.On September 22, the tribunal led-by Justice Obaidul

DHAKA: To enhance Indo-Bangla trade relations, a permanent market for Bangladesh traders was inaugurated at a trade centre in Agartala of neighboring India on Monday.The market would remain a milestone in improving trade relations in particular and neighbourly relations in general,

DHAKA: Finally, acknowledging their wrong treatment as ‘negligence’, Labaid Hospital authority agreed to take the responsibility of better treatment of Masum, a Dhaka University student.The hospital authority will send Masum to Singapore and compensate his family if the doctors in

CHITTAGONG: A student of Lalkhanbazar Madrasa, who sustained blast injuries, succumbed to his injuries at Chittagong Medical College Hospital early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Habib, 25. Earlier on Monday, a deadly explosion occurred in the dormitory of Jameyatul Ulum Al

KISHOREGANJ: President Abdul Hamid was accorded mass reception at a programme on Austagram Pilot High School ground of the district on Monday.In the programme, Abdul Hamid recalling his memory in haor area, he said, “I spent my whole life in this region. I always remember my native

DHAKA: The much-awaited Mayor Hanif Flyover is set to be opened to traffic on October 11 aiming to minimize traffic congestion and help smooth movement of vehicles in city. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the flyover.State Minister for Local Government and Rural Development

MOULVIBAZAR: A Bangladeshi expatriate was killed in a road accident in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Asdar Ali, 58 of Fatepur union under Rajnagar upazila of the district.Son of the deceased Jebu Ali said his father was returning his rented house

DHAKA: The government has given approval the proposal for ratification of Extradition Treaty with India.The approval came from the regular meeting of the cabinet at secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair Monday.After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Mosharraf Hossain

MADARIPUR: Two children drowned in a canal at Badurtola village in Kalkini upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased were identified as Fahim, 4, son of Soleman Talukdar and Lamia, 3, daughter of Sentu of the village.Local sources said Fahim and Lamia were playing on the bank of the

MYMENSINGH: Two people were killed in a clash centering cutting trees at Trishal upazila of the district on Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Rafiqul Islam, 25 and Osman Gani, 32.Local and police sources said that there was a longstanding dispute between Rafiqul Islam-Osman Gani