Friday, 04 Apr, 2025

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Singer Arfin Rumi taken to court

DHAKA: After arrest, popular singer Arfin Rumi was taken to court in a women and children oppression case filed by his wife Ananya.Earlier, police arrested him early Saturday from his Mohammadpur residence.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of Mohammadpur Thana Azizul

3 held with stolen car, Yaba

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive held three thieves with stolen private car from Mohammadpur area of the capital early Saturday.The detainees are- Pavel Chowdhury, 35, Mashiur Rahman Razib, 28 and Sajib, 32.RAB-2 Operation Officer Raihan Uddin Khan told banglanews, “Acting

RAB officer’s wife dies in city accident

DHAKA: Wife of a RAB official was killed in a road accident at city’s Kamalapur area on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Tanjina Begum 30, wife of Abu Saeed hailed from Shirajganj.Abu Saeed said that the accident happened while they were going to Kamlapur Bus stand to go

Banglalink launches 3G packages

DHAKA: Banglalink, Bangladesh’s second largest mobile operator by active users, has launched commercial 3G services over its new W-CDMA/HSPA+ network for pre- and post-paid customers, with initial coverage limited to certain areas of the capital Dhaka and Chittagong. On the new 3G

30km jam on Dhk-Tangail highway

SIRAJGANJ: The 30-Km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge highway started to ease and vehicles are slowly gaining their normal speed from Saturday morning.Highway police and local sources said that vehicles were moving slowly because of the gridlock of last two days.Besides, a

Eid gift for minimizing sufferings

DHAKA: Untold sufferings of the people living in 30 districts of the country knew no bounds because of traffic jam, which they won’t experience anymore. They can go their way whenever through the flyover smoothly. Opening the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Singer Arfin Rumi arrested

DHAKA: Popular singer Arfin Rumi was arrested in a women and children oppression case filed by his wife Ananya.Police arrested him early Saturday from his Mohammadpur residence.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of Mohammadpur Thana Azizul Haq said that Rumi beat

Signal-3 at seaports

DHAKA: The very severe cyclonic storm “Phailin” (with ecp 940 hpa) over west central bay and adjoining east central bay moved slightly northwestwards over west central bay and adjoining northwest bay.It was centred at 12 noon Saturday about 815 kms west-southwest of Chittagong port,

Joint retreat ceremony at Ind-BD border Nov 6

DHAKA: The border guards of India and Bangladesh will conduct a joint retreat ceremony from Nov 6, Border Security Force officials said here.Modelled on the world famous drill at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, the ceremony was earlier slated to start from Oct 2 - the

Ashulia road crash kills BNP leader

ASHULIA (DHAKA): A district level BNP leader was killed in a road accident at Ashulia, outskirt of capital Dhaka on Friday.The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 40, assistant publicity secretary of Tangail district BNP.Eyewitnesses said while driving a motorcycle on Ashulia road

Gaddafi top spy to be tried in Libya

DHAKA: The International Criminal Court ruled that Libya`s Gaddafi-era intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, can be tried in Libya.The decision means that the ICC will no longer demand that Senussi be sent to The Hague to stand trial.The former military intelligence boss was indicted

Innovation key to more girls in school

DHAKA: To mark the second International Day of the Girl Child, UNICEF on Friday highlighted the power of innovation to get more girls in school and improve the quality of learning for all children.Despite the decreasing number of girls out of school, too many around the world are still

Mayor Hanif Flyover an Eid gift

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said country’s largest flyover (Jatrabari-Gulisthan) Mayor Hanif Flyover is an Eid gift for the city dwellers.The premier came up with the observation at Osmani Memorial Auditorium after inauguration of the flyover on Friday

Govt to open new diplomatic missions in India

DHAKA: Signaling the new momentum in bilateral ties, Bangladesh decided to open additional diplomatic missions in the neighboring country India.Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told Khabar South Asia, "We decided to open three more missions after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s

Now anyone can find you on Facebook

DHAKA: The social network, Facebook, said Thursday that it is, as promised 10 months ago, killing off a privacy setting that allowed members to prevent themselves from appearing in search results. Facebook first put the setting, called "Who can look up your Timeline by name?," on life

City accident kills 1, injures 3

DHAKA: An unidentified man was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Bijoy Sarani of the capital on Friday.Sources said that a Mirpur-bound passenger bus collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw around 3:00pm, leaving one dead on the spot and injuring three

PM opens Mayor Hanif Flyover

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much awaited country’s largest flyover ‘Mayor Mohammad Hanif (Gulistan-Jatrabari) Flyover’.She cut lace at 3:49pm on Friday afternoon with a view to easing traffic jam in the area.LGRD minister Syed Ashraful islam, state minister

Oggyan party doped man dies

DHAKA: An unidentified man died after being doped by city miscreants group known as ‘Oggyan Party’ early Friday.Sources said that passersby saw the man lying on the street of Moghbazar unconsciously on Wednesday night. Later, he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he

Extremist chopped dead in Jessore

JESSORE: An extremist was chopped to death by miscreants in Ranagati village under Avaynagar Upazila of the district on Friday morning.  The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam Mallik, 32, son of Sobahan Mallik of the village.Sources said miscreants chopped to death near his village

Sufferings to home-bound people

Gazipur: A 65-kilometer-long traffic gridlock on Dhaka-Tangail highway pushed hundreds of homebound passengers into serious sufferings on Friday.The jam started from Bangabandhu Bridge to Gorai. Vehicles of some 26 district ply through the area.Besides, centering Chandra intersection, the