RANGPUR: A mother along with her daughter was killed in a road accident on Rangpur-Pirgachha road on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Anamika, 3 and her mother Bulbuli Begum, 32, wife of Anwar Hossain of Pirgachha upazila.Police sources said Bulbuli and her daughter were

DHAKA: Khalid Quadir is cofounder and managing partner of Brummer & Partners Asset Management Bangladesh, which manages Frontier Fund, the first and only private equity fund operating in Bangladesh.After finishing high school in Bangladesh, Quadir, age 48, continued his studies at

DHAKA: A youth was shot to death at an abandoned quarter of the National Cardiac Hospital at Sher-e-Banglanagar on the city on Tuesday morning.  The dead is Sazzad Hossain Swapan, 25, son of late Sultan Mia, hailed from Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.Victim’s younger brother said

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Police submitted charge sheet against eight people including seven students of North South University (NSU) on charge of killing blogger Rajib Haider.The charge sheet was submitted to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Tuesday afternoon.Sources said,

DHAKA: Newly appointed opposition Chief Whip Tazul Islam on Tuesday categorically said his party would not boycott the parliament sessions.  The JP leader made the assertion while talking to journalist immediate after he was made opposition chief whip in a meeting of Jatiya Party

BARISAL: A Barisal court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to two siblings and lifetime imprisonment to three other siblings for their involvement in sensational five murder case.Barisal first Additional Session Judge Matiar Rahman passed the order around 12:00 noon.The convicts are

DHAKA: The High Court issued a rule upon the government to make medicine pricelist public as well as to form monitoring cell in preventing fake medicines and to publish the list of medicines provided by the government on national dailies.An HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hossain Haider

CHITTAGONG: At least 56 shops were gutted in a devastating fire at Bibir Bazar in Municipal Sadar area under Fatikchhari Upazila in the district on Tuesday morning.Local sources said that the fire originated from an electric short circuit of the market at around 7:00am and soon spread out

BANDARBAN: Two people were killed as a herd of angry elephants attacked them in Bhaggokul area of Sualok union of the district early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Deloyara Begum, 45, and Sajib, 7.Locals said that a herd of wild elephants attacked the area and the elephants

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) held eight fake detective police from capital’s Banasree area on Tuesday morning.The detainees are-Mohammad Ali, 25, Ripon, 25, Abul Khayer, 20, Monir, 28, Anik, 26, Iqbal, 20, Rubel, Suman Mia, 26.Sources said that a team of police led-by

DHAKA: Jatiya Party presidium member Tazul Islam Chowdhury is going to be selected as the opposition Chief Whip.State minister for labor Mujibul Haque Chunnu made the disclosure just before the meeting on Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party (JPPP) started at Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday.  He

DHAKA: The customs authority seized gold chains weighing three kilograms from a passenger of an airbus of Malaysian airlines (MH-196) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday night.Airport Customs Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Wazed Ali told banglanews, “Acting on tip-off,

DHAKA: Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a news release on January 27, urged the government of Bangladesh to conduct an independent investigation into a recent spate of alleged extrajudicial killings by security forces.It also said: “The government should publicly order law enforcement

COMILLA: Two people were killed and three more injured in a road crash in Nayabazar area under Chauddogram Upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Halima Begum, 60, wife of Kuddus Ali and their son Mostafa, 33.Sources said that a Chittagong-bound truck

JESSORE: A suspected terrorist was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and joint forces at Ziadanga village under Abhaynagar Upazila of the district early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, second in command of Mejba Bahini, son of Abdur Rab.Abhaynagar Thana

MANIKGANJ: The ferry services on Paturia-Daulatia river route resumed Monday morning after three hours disruption due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Earlier, the ferry service was declared shut at around 3:00am to avoid accident.Confirming the matter, Bangladesh Inland Water

KHULNA: A leader of banned organization Purbo Bangla Communists Party (ML) was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Chatiantola Dighirpar area of Fultala Upazila of the district early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Tauhidul Islam Sabuj, 28, second in command of the party

DHAKA: Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, has warmly congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her re-election as the Prime Minister.In the message, the President termed the election of the Prime Minister for the third term as a clear manifestation and confirmation

CHITTAGONG: A fire broke out at the room of a Chittagong court, where evidences of some cases seized by police were kept, on Monday night.The fire broke at 7:45pm but the reason behind the origination of the blaze could not be known immediately. ADC of Police Rezaul Masud said, “The

DHAKA: Twenty eight new nuclear power units will be built in Russia before 2030. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin discloses the plant during a meeting with the students of a university in Moscow recently.  Putin said, “In Russia’s energy mix, share of nuclear power is not big, it