DHAKA: A newly trained assistant police super committed suicide at capital’s Mohammadpur on Thursday night, said Mohammadpur thana police. The deceased is identified as Tauhidul Islam Imon, 27, son of Nurul Islam Bablu.Sources said that Imon committed suicide by hanging himself from

DHAKA: The second Namaz-e-Janaza of Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and wife of the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tajuddin Ahmad, held at the party office at city’s Bangabandhu Avenue on Friday afternoon.Later, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid her

MUNSHIGANJ: Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi river route halted for five and half an hours for poor visibility due to dense fog since early Friday.Later, the ferry services resumed at around 9:30am after visibility returns.Confirming the matter BIWTC Mawa Office Manager Sirajul Haque

DHAKA: Greek Cyprus handed over a sum of 51 illegal Bangladeshi migrants to Bangladesh immigration police early Friday.Airport sources said that a special flight of AZI-628 carrying the migrants arrived at Shahjalal International Airport amid tight security at around 3:20am.Later, they

DHAKA: Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, wife of Tajuddin Ahmed, prime minister of Mujibnagar government, passed away in the city on Friday morning.BDST: 1157 HRS, DEC 20, 2013Edited by: Rubaiat Saky, Senior Newsroom Editor

COMILLA: A 52-Kilomiter traffic gridlock on Dhaka-Chittagong highway from Daudkandi to Paduar Bazar Biswaroad on Friday morning pushed thousands of passengers into immense sufferings.Witnesses said that the traffic jam was created from 3:00 am Friday as all types of vehicles started to

BRAHMANBARIA: A train engine derailed in Brahmanbaria as miscreants removed fishplates and nut-bolt of rail line on Friday morning.Dhaka-bound train communication from Chittagong halted after the accident while no causalities were reported immediately.Confirming the matter Akhaura railway

DHAKA: A person was killed and 10 others were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Dhamrai upazila of the district on Friday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said that a Dhaka-bound

BHOLA: Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a motorbike and a human hauler (Tempo) on Char Fashion-South Aicha road in Charfashion upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Taslim, 20, son of Mosharef and Naeem, 18, son of Bakhtiar

DHAKA: A driver of CNG-run auto-rickshaw was burnt as miscreants set fire to his vehicle in capital’s Sadarghat area on Thursday night, the last day of 72-hour blockade called by 18-party alliance.The victim is identified as Jahangir, 35, hailed from Meradia of Khilgoan of the

DHAKA: “A COUP by installments” is how a European diplomat describes efforts by Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister, to extend her rule. The main opposition is to boycott a parliamentary election on January 5th. So Sheikh Hasina’s party, the Awami League, is assured of

DHAKA: Airport customs authority recovered four Kilograms gold from a flight of Tiger Airways at Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Thursday night.Customs Assistant Commissioner Wazed Ali told banglanews, “Custom officers found four gold bars weighing one kilogram each in an

DHAKA: The hearing of the case over the maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) of The Hague completed on Wednesday.The verdict is expected to be passed within six months, sources from the ministry of foreign affairs said.The

DHAKA: The law enforcers will start special drive against illegal weapons from 22nd December. Election Commission sources said that the Home Ministry will impose orders to ban all firearms from December 22 to January 7 in the country regarding security in upcoming national poll.Bangladesh

DHAKA: Prime Minister, also president of Awami League Sheikh Hasina said there could be 11th general election if they can reach in a consensus with the opposition BNP.She came up with the observation in a meeting of AL Executive Committee and Election Monitoring Committee at the Gano

DINAJPUR: Border Security Force (BSF) of India held a Bangladeshi national from Jamalpur of India other part of Dinajpur border on Thursday morning.The detainee was identified as Sujon, 26, son of Mojahar Ali, resident of South Daudpur village under Nawabganj upazila of the

DHAKA: Gonojagoron Mancha is set to stage protest processions and rallies across the country on Friday protesting police action on its activists during its programme Thursday afternoon.It will hold a protest rally at Shahbagh at 3:00pm Friday protesting the police attack on its Gulshan

DHAKA: The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Wednesday threatened to attack Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad as war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah had been executed in Bangladesh, Pakistan’s The Nation newspaper reported Thursday quoting reliable sources.Although security

DINAJPUR: Border Security Force (BSF) of India held a Bangladeshi national from Jamalpur area in India near Dinajpur border on Thursday morning.The detainee was identified as Sujon, 26, son of Mojahar Ali, a resident of South Daudpur village under Nawabganj upazila of the

DHAKA: Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance Thursday called for another spell of a 83-hour countrywide blockade from 6am Saturday to 5pm Tuesday, demanding cancellation of the schedule of the parliamentary polls and holding election under a non-party government.Party’s standing