CHITTAGANG:  A youth was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend-turned-foe in Mozzartake area under Karnaphuli Thana in the port city on their way home after eid-holidaying early Monday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Rana, 26, the owner of a tea-stall in Hill View residential

DHAKA: The titular Tax Ombudsman eventually goes, sitting virtually idle for five years, as the Cabinet Monday scrapped the law that introduced the constitutional watchdog body.       In its weekly meeting at the secretariat, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, the

DHAKA: Four girl children of a family drowned and two were injured as a country boat capsized in the Meghna in a tragic accident during eid-holidaying on Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Sajeda, 12, Saida, 15, Ankhi, 9, and Ratri, 7, all sibling and cousin sisters. Injured Mim,

DHAKA: Dhaka University students staged a demonstration on the campus on Sunday night in protest against the ransacking of a temple at Gosaildanga in Chittagong.After parading the campus thoroughfares in a procession, several hundred students of different halls held a rally at Raju

KUSHTIA: At least two people died after drinking rectified spirits on Sunday evening at Targunia Bazar in Daulatpur upazila in the district, as they took recourse to taking cheaper drink. The deceased are Rokon Uddin Biswas, 42, brother of a lawmaker, and Pinu Sarder, 40. Another two fell

DHAKA: The government has decided in principle to create the post of senior coordinator of the investigating team of the International Crimes Tribunal, which proceeds with the trial of war-crime suspects amid some initial discord. An additional IGP-ranked police official will be

DHAKA: The trouble-ridden Biman Bangladesh Airlines has made major changes to its administration, and the shakeup will be seen Monday, when government offices will open after the eid vacation. "The decisions were taken before Eid while the officials given transfers and postings will take

DHAKA: Country’s seven rivers, including the major ones, went into spate, flowing above the danger levels in the last 24 hours to 6pm Sunday. The sudden swelling of waters in the rivers deteriorated the situation of late flooding in several districts, according to an official flood

SAVAR: The Livestock Directorate Sunday said there was no relation between anthrax and the death of huge numbers of ducks, hens and birds in Dhamrai area, allaying fears about spread of the cattle disease.“We did not find any germ of anthrax by testing the collected samples from dead

PABNA: Police Sunday arrested a regional leader of Jonojuddho, a banned outfit, at Ataikula in the district. The arrested outlaw was identified as Hakim alias Haku, 45, a regional commander of Purbabanglar Communist Party (ML). of the party. "He was a fugitive from two dozen cases,

Gazipur: One person was killed and 35 others were injured as a passenger bus fell into a roadside ditch near Tumulia Mission at Kaliganj in the district on Sunday evening, police said.The deceased was identified as Anwar hossain, 35, hailed from Noapara.     Nazrul Islam,

DHAKA: Noor Hossain Balai, an eminent film director, passed away at the age of 58 on Sunday noon. Noor Hossain’s nephew Masum Noor Tison told banglanews that he was rushed to the city’s BIRDEM Hospital when he suddenly felt sick at about 12 noon. The duty doctor of the hospital

RAJBARI: One person was killed and at least 20 others were injured as hordes of villagers fought a fierce harpoon fight over a trifling matter at Naduria village in Coshbamajail union of Pangsa upazila in the district on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Gafur alias

SAVAR: Local livestock authority asked people not to take beef following deaths of birds and domestic fowls after drinking the blood of a slaughtered cow at Dhamrai, as a precautionary prescription against a possible cattle disease.In view of the situation, the Livestock Office in Savar

DHAKA: An elderly man was stabbed to death allegedly by his insolent son in the city’s Mohammadpur area Sunday following a feud over  money-extortion by the latter.The deceased was identified as Abdul Karim, 76, a resident of Sir Syed Ahmed Road area. Police arrested the suspected

MANIKGANJ: An 11-year-old boy was crushed under the wheels of a pick-up van near Aricha ghat here Sunday morning.The deceased was named as Al-Amin, hailed from Satghar Teota village at Shibaloy upazila.Sources said that the pick-up van ran over Amin at around 10 am, leaving him seriously

CHITTAGONG: A temple was vandalized by a gang of drunks at Gosaildanga in the port city on Saturday night. Witnesses said some 5/6 drunken youths attacked Gosaildanga Shwashan Kalibari Temple at around 11 pm and damaged idols and other valuables. Following the incident, Bandar thana OC

SAVAR: A few birds like domestic ducks, hens and pigeons died drinking the blood of a slaughtered cow at Dhamrai on Saturday morning, locals said, prompting veterinarians to arrange lab tests.As a result, tension spread among the commoners in the areas, they said, as the mysterious

COMILLA: Two road mishaps left two people, one a child, dead and five others injured in Comilla district Saturday. The deceased were identified as Jui, 6, hailed from Kabila under Burichang, and Mosarraf Hossain, 25, from Daulatpur in Nangalcoat.Police and witnesses said a Feni-bound bus

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday sought assistance from all sections of people in building up a ‘poverty-free Digital Golden Bangla’ to materialize the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.She made the plea at a post-eid greetings programme at Ganabhaban with Cabinet