COX’S BAZAR: An army person was killed and two others were injured in a road accident on Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong highway on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Golzar Hossain, 35, hailed from Fulbari upazila of Mymensingh district. Local sources said a truck of Corps of

DHAKA: Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid commented that a conspiracy is being hatched against him to remove from the post. He said at the 14th publication program of UNESCO Global Monitoring Report-2013 on Sunday at BANBEIS auditorium in Plassey area of the capital. The minister said

DHAKA: Cabinet Division on Sunday has sent a list of the country’s presidents from first president Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the Bangabhaban, the official residence of President of Bangladesh.  The list have prepared after BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman’s

DHAKA: The government will formulate ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)’ system in the next month to resolve cases across the country immediately.  Law, Justice and Parliamentary Minister Advocate Anisul Huq made the disclosure while addressing a workshop at Biam auditorium on

DHAKA: A writ was filed with the High Court challenging the power of clemency to any convicts by President as per constitution.    Allude to the Article No.49 of the constitution empowers President to pardon any convicts. Advocate Manzill Murshid, on behalf of human rights

DHAKA: A student, named Moinul, demanded resignation of Education Minister taking the responsibility of question paper leak. He came up with the demand after joining a public opinion program, titled ‘Question paper leak: what is the solution?’ arranged by banglanews, on Sunday

FENI: Six sub-inspectors of Feni Model Thana have been transferred to various Thanas of the district 11-day after Fulgazi upazila Ekramul Haque murder incident.  District additional police super Saiful Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday morning. The SIs are---- Alamgir,

PABNA: A Sramik League activist, who sustained bullet injuries on Saturday night at Pushpapara Bazar, succumbed to his injuries on way to Dhaka early Sunday.  The deceased is Rafiqul Islam Kalu, 40, son of Sirazul Islam of Dharmagram village under sadar upazila.  Sadar Thana Awami

GOLONDO, RAJBARI: Vehicular movements through the ferry ghats of the Daulatdia-Paturia river channel stopped due to shortage of ferry from Saturday afternoon. Among 15 ferries, at present, nine are being used to carry the vehicles as six ferries are not functioning. As a result,

DHAKA: Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab will battle out in the Grand Finale of IPL 2014 to lay their hands on the coveted IPL Trophy and for the winner’s purse. The match will be held at 8:30pm Sunday at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. They have already met three times this

DHAKA: Leaking question papers for public examinations have become almost regular incidents. None is taking its responsibility. Even the administration is silent on this issue. But some are being vocal against question leak. Eminent educationist Muhammed Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal

MADARIPUR: Miscreants shot and slaughtered two people, including a madrasa teacher, dead in Tekerhat area of the district on Saturday night. Of the deceased, one was identified as Maulana Abul Basar, 50, Assistant Professor of an Alia Madrasa. Officer-in-charge Moniruzzaman of Rajoir

PABNA: Three local Awami League activists were shot dead and two others injured critically in Pushpapara Bazar area in the district town on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Sultan Hossain, 40, son of Kamal Sikder, resident of Sadar upazila, Fazlu, 35, son of Sadek Pramanik

FENI: A Feni court on Saturday placed two accused--Mir Hossain Swapon and Jahidul Islam—on a two-day in a case of killing of Phulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haq Ekram. Senior Judicial Magistrate Khairul Amin passed the remand order after Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Feni

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed on Saturday said there is no scope of attack on neighboring country using the territory of Bangladesh. The BGB chief came up with the observation in a press conference at BGB Headquarters at city’s Pilkhana

RANGPUR: Two minor girls drowned in a pond of Amashu Kukrul area of the district on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Srishti, 7, daughter of Selim Miah and class I student of Zummapara govt Primary School and Lambi, 6, daughter of Shamsul of the area and also class I

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it is not possible to disband country’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) suddenly as it has become an institution.  “BNP is now demanding to disband RAB, though they formed and didn’t raise voice during operation clean

BANDARBAN: Myanmar Border Police (BGP, former NASAKA) returned the body of BGB personnel Naik Mizanur Rahman at 5:45 pm Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Shafiqur Rahman, commander of BGB-31, confirmed the matter to banglanews. Earlier on Friday, BGP exchanged fire with BGB in Naikkhangchari

BANDARBAN: The missing four members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was in deep forest in Dochhary-Painchhary frontier of Naikkhangchari, said BGB sources. They went missing in a gunfight with Myanmar Border Police (BGP, former NASAKA) on Friday. The missing personnel are Habildar

SYLHET: Three minor boys were injured in cocktail blast in Teroratan area in the district on Saturday noon. Rahmat Ullah, Additional Deputy-Commissioner (Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said the boys got hurt in the blast while they were playing with the ball like cocktail which