CHUADANGA: A BNP leader and UP chairman of Meherpur district was abducted and slaughtered here by armed assailants on Monday night, police said. Police recovered the beheaded body of Nazrul Islam, organizing secretary of Meherpur Sadar upazilla unit of BNP and chairman of Pirojpur union,

DHAKA:  Production in Habiganj gas field resumed on Tuesday afternoon on a higher scale after over a month’s of closure for renovation. Petrobangla Chairman Hossain Mansur said, “Some 3 crore cubic feet (cft) gas is now being extracted daily from No 11 well. The produced gas will

DHAKA: A housewife was allegedly killed by her husband in the city’s Rayerbagh area under Kadamtali thana Tuesday night following a family feud.The deceased was identified as Shahana Akhter, 18, wife of Noor Alam, owner of a restaurant. The couple used to live in a rental house at

DHAKA: Law enforcers in Kolkata are now interrogating Bangladeshi ‘top terror’ Mokbul Hossain alias Mukul for his involvement in terrorist activities in the neighboring West Bengal state of India after reigning supreme in part of Dhaka’s criminal gangland. Following a manhunt by law

DHAKA: Detective teams of police started to investigate on distributed leaflets from police headquarters, containing various demands mostly of entry level policemen. A government source said police are trying to collect the copies of the leaflet and identify the distributors. Hundreds of

CHITTAGONG: A speeding truck crushed a rickshaw leaving two people dead in front of officer’s colony gate the port area Tuesday night.The deceased were identified as Dr. Khadiza Begum (30), wife of Mejbah Uddin, assistant engineer of Chittagong port and an unidentified rickshaw puller

DHAKA: The vice chancellors of private universities would be the presidents of the syndicates from now on - the finalized private university bill - 2010 that would be placed next Sunday in the parliament included this rule, said the sources from Education ministry.The parliamentary

DHAKA: Five sub-inspectors of Gulshan and Darus Salam thanas in the capital were suspended Tuesday for three custodial deaths, as court’s binding orders were followed up with a quick compliance.They were also withdrawn from their workstations and sent to Rajarbagh police lines, Dhaka

SAVAR: Police early Tuesday raided four dormitories of Jahangirnagar University and arrested 17 students in the late-night swoop conducted following Monday’s violent factional clash between rivals in Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student body associated with the ruling Awami

DHAKA: A high-level meeting sits Wednesday at the Home Ministry in order to frame a new policy for mobile-phone users, a highly placed source in the ministry said, as phony phoning is on the rise. “Important issues will be discussed and decisions made from the meeting to stop cell-phone

DHAKA: Five people were killed in separate road accidents in Natore, Khagrachhari, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria and Comilla districts Tuesday.In Natore, a speedy bus knocked down a motorbike in Dakmara area on the Rajshahi-Natore Highway at about 10 am, killing the bike rider on the spot. The

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided on further deeper cuts in the international call rates to get greater numbers of people on the phone.  With the decision, rates for international phone calls with 25 countries of the world will substantially go

DHAKA: Locals are frustrated over Rajuk’s Gazipur satellite township scheme as the capital-development agency went on touting merits of its plan in disregard of mass public protests, leaders of the protestors said. Gazipur residents apprehend that the situation may escalate as Rajuk ran

DHAKA: Farhana Rahman, a meritorious student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Bashundhara branch, can now carry on her studies carefree with her tutelage insured by Bashundhara Foundation.Founded by big business-house Bashundhara Group, the foundation, which helps deprived and

CHITTAGONG: Police on Monday night raided six student dormitories at the trouble-ridden Chittagong University but could catch only an outsider. Campus sources said police backed by the varsity authorities raided Shahid Abdur Rab Hall, Shah Amanat Hall, AF Rahman Hall, Shah Jalal Hall,

SAVAR: Police early Tuesday raided four dormitories of Jahangirnagar University and arrested 17 students in the late-night swoop conducted following Monday’s violent factional clash between rivals in Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student body associated with the ruling Awami

COX’S BAZAR: A blaze broke out at a market at Ghorokghata in Moheshkahali upazila on Sunday night, burning down 15 shops and three dwelling houses. Moheshkhali UNO AKM Kawsar Hossain told banglanews24.com.bd that the fire originated inside a fuel oil shop near Moheshkhali Dakbanglow at

COMILLA : A flag meeting between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF)  began at Dolly Resort Centre in Chouddagram upazila Tuesday morning. The Sector Commander of BDR 33 Rifles Battalion is leading the Bangladesh side while a DIG of BSF is leading the Indians.

NARAYANGANJ:  A devastating fire gutted a particleboard mill on Monday night at Haripur of Bandar thana in the district, leaving at least 50 people injured in the blaze. Fire Service officials said 12 fire-firefighting units from Narayanganj, Hajiganj, Bandar, Rupganj, Demra and Ramna

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi Medical College authorities temporarily expelled seven Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders, including RMC-unit general secretary Ashiqur Rahman, for six months for their alleged involvement in campus violence. The RMC students facing the disciplinary action couldn’t sit