MYMENSINGH: Two siblings drowned at Panchruthi village under Nandail upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Panna, 5 and Kadir, 2, offspring of Ratan Mia, hailed from Panchruthi village of the upazila.Sources said Kadir fell in a roadside pond and his

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: A platform, consist of teachers, students, officers and employees of Jahangirnagar University (JU) confined two pro vice-chancellors of the varsity demanding stay of teacher representative election to senate.The pro vice-chancellors are professor MA Matin and

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran held a meeting at Ershad’s Baridhara residence on Wednesday afternoon.JP Presidium Member Ziauddin Bablu, also recently appointed advisor to the Prime Minister, told the journalists that

HABIGANJ: At least 60 people were injured in a fierce clash between two groups at Ikram village of Baniachang upazila of the district.The clash started from 9:00am on Wednesday and continued till 10:00am.Locals said two groups led by Kawser Mia and Shamim of Ikram village locked into

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate newly built multistoried building for Dhaka Bar Association on November 25.Dhaka Bar cashier Nazrul Islam Shamim confirmed the matter to banglanews on Wednesday.The premier would also inaugurate foundation stone of multistoried building

DHAKA: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has observed that Bangladesh would be a developed country with middle income from its current status of Least Developed Country (LDC) by 2027.The think tank organization of the country came up with the observation at a programme of launching the

DHAKA: The law enforcement agency arrested Barrister Fakhrul Islam, counsel Salah Uddin Quader Chowdhury, on charge of leaking war crimes verdict against the BNP lawmaker.A team detective branch (DB) of police arrested the lawyer from his chamber in Kakrail area of the city on Wednesday

DHAKA: Election Commissioner Shah Newaz on Wednesday said the Election Commission is planning to announce the schedule for the 10th parliamentary election next week. “We will sit in a meeting to discuss the schedule for next parliament elections within a day or two and have a plan to

DHAKA: An adolescent was killed in a road accident at Abdullapur in Uttara in the capital on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Nuruzzaman, 12, son of Imran Ali hailed from Palash upazila of Narsingdhi district.Uttara West Thana Sub-Inspector Shahidul

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel held three persons with huge explosives from Chaumuhani area of the port city early Wednesday.The identity of the detainees could not be known immediately.RAB’s Chittagong Zone Deputy Commander Squadron Leader Nazmul Haque told

CHITTAGONG: Customs officials of Shah Amanat International Airport held a person with eight and half kilogram smuggled gold from an aircraft of Bangladesh Biman on Wednesday morning.Chittagong Customs Assistant Commissioner Moshiur Rahman Mondal told banglanews: “During regular checking

DHAKA: A hearing over prevailing political crisis of Bangladesh is going to be held in US Sub-committee for Asia and Pacific Regional Foreign Affairs. The subject was fixed as ‘Bangladesh in Turmoil: A Nation on the Brink?”The US Congress Foreign Affairs House Committee, in its

ASHULIA, DHAKA: The authorities of 30 garment factories declared shut their factories on Wednesday amid workers protest in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka city. Sources said that following the workers protest some workers of garments factories took position on roads and started

DHAKA: Notable poet and ATN Bangla chief adviser Saiful Bari died of old age complications at a city hospital on Wednesday morning. He was 77.Saiful Bari breathed his last at LabAid Hospital early hours of the day.He had been under treatments at the hospital for prolonged illness. The

DHAKA: Primary School Certificate (PSC) and equivalent examinations 2013 for class v have begun from Wednesday morning (November 20).The PSC examinations will end on November 28 as per schedule. Minister for Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Ameen made the announcement at the

KUSTIA:  Rail services on Khulna- Ishwardy route halted for three and half an hours on Wednesday morning after a collision between goods-laden train and a Truck in BGB rail crossing area at Mirpur of the district. Mirpur rail station master Mir Israil Hossain told banglanews that a salt

FROM JATIYA SANGAD: The parliament on Tuesday passed the Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill-2013 with a view to making the government`s legal aid providing activities more dynamic and service-oriented.Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed moved the bill in the

SYLHET: Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Fajilpur of Golapganj Thana of the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Salah Uddin, 30 and Zakaria Ahmed, 28 of Bianibazar and Jakiganj upazila.Eyewitness said a Sylhet bound CNG-run auto

TANGAIL: A district court Tuesday sentenced seven people, including two siblings, to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2004.The convicted are Sahar Ali and his brother Alauddin, Ghatu Mia, Ershad Ali, Hayat Ali, Bablu Mia and Yusuf Ali from Kalihati upazila of the district.The

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed on Tuesday said requested President M Abdul Hamid to ensure the participation of all-party polls. He also said the President was requested to take initiative so that all the parties take part in the upcoming polls.The chief