Wednesday, 12 Mar, 2025

National

Owner Delwar among 13 charged

DHAKA: Crimes Investigation Department of police submitted charge sheet against 13 people including Tazreen Fashion’s owner Delwar Hossain and his wife following the devastating fire in the factory.CID police inspector Mohsinuzzaman submitted the charge sheet with Chief Judicial

BGB nabbed 13 people in Benapole

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 13 persons on Putkhali border under Benapole port thana of the district early Sunday. The detainees are Monzurul, 30, Sangkor Kumer,27, Benita Ray,18, Anower, 22, Ibrahi Hossain, 29, Sudesh Chandra, 48, Hanan Bepari, 26, Shahin,

Police put on alert in city

DHAKA: Law enforcers have been put on alert in the capital to maintain law and order on Sunday as opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance is observing nationwide 83-hour blockade.   From early morning, additional police, Rapid Action Battalion personnel were deployed at key points and

Case filed for Gopibagh six-murder

DHAKA: A murder case was filed following the incident of slaughtering six people to death in capital’s Gopibagh area under Wari Thana early Sunday.Victim’s son Abdullah-Al-Faruk filed the case with Wari police station.Wari police station Officer-in-Charge Tapan Chandra Saha confirmed

3 Janazas of Zohra Taj Sunday

GAZIPUR: Three Namaz-e-Janaza of Begum Zohra Jajuddin, the wife of first Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed, will be held in Kapasia upazila and district town on Sunday.Kapasia Upazila Awami League General Secretary Anisur Rahman Arif confirmed the matter to banglanews.Sources said that the

Paturia-Daulatia ferry services resume

MANIKGANJ: The ferry services on Paturia-Daulatia river route resumed after a two-hour disruption due to dense fog from Sunday morning.Sources said that using ten Ro-Ro ferries and two K-type ferries, the authorities was trying to keep continue the ferry services.Paturia Ferry Ghat

Gonojagoron Moncho organizer hurt in city cocktail blast

DHAKA: One of the organizers of Gonojagoron Moncho Bappa Ditya Basu, also president of Chhatra Moitri, and a rickshaw puller were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in city’s Shahbagh area on Saturday evening.Confirming the matter, the vice-president of Chhatra Moitri Samima

Khaled Khan buried in Tangail

TANGAIL: The legendary actor and director of stage and TV drama Khaled Khan was buried at social graveyard at his village home in the district on Saturday evening.Family members, relatives, neighbors and locals paid their last tribute by giving floral wreathe to his coffin.However, his

2 motorcyclists killed in Patuakhali

PATUAKHALI: Two motorcyclists were killed and another one was injured in a road crash in Rari Bridge intersection area under Mirzaganj upazila of the district on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Bayejid 25, son of Mosharraf Mia and Sabuj Mia 30, son of Hashem Mia, residents

Youth found dead in capital

DHAKA: A youth was found dead at Hazaribagh in the capital in Saturday night. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Witness said passersby found the fainted youth with blood allover his cloths and body in a footpath near Saleh School at Hazaribagh around

15 injured in N’ganj crash

NARATANGANJ: At least 15 people were injured as a passenger bus overturned on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Sonargaon upazila of the district on Saturday noon.Witnesses said that a rashly driven Dhaka bound passenger bus plunged into a road divider as the driver lost his control over the

Mahmudur self-imprisoned

DHAKA: Acting Editor of Daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman has imprisoned himself for last eight months seeking no bail in nine cases.Mahmudur’s lawyers Sanaullah Mia came up with the assertion on Wednesday while answering to the queries of journalists.Sanaullah Mia said, “Mahmudur

6 hacked dead at Gopibagh in city

DHAKA: Some six people were hacked to death at a house in Gopibagh area under Wari Thana of the capital on Saturday evening.Deputy Police Commissioner of Wari Division Ilias Sharif told banglanews that, of the deceased, the elderly man was identified as Lutfur Rahman Faruk, 60, who used

29 Indian fishermen sent to jail

BAGERHAT: Some 29 Indian fishermen were sent to jail on charge of infiltrating the water-body of Bangladesh on Saturday noon. After detaining the fishermen, police produced them before a Bagerhat court. Later, Rampal-Mongla Magistrate Court sent them to jail.Assistant Sub-Inspector of

Hasina blames Khaleda for uncontested polls

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said Khaleda Zia is suffering from “frustration” as Awami League is well organized and determined to participate in the 10th parliamentary polls.The premier made the assertion while addressing a discussion in city’s

BSF abducts farmer in Kushtia

KUSHTIA: Members of Border Security Force (BSF) of India abducted a farmer from Daulatpur frontier area of the district on Saturday noon.The victim is Ripon Mollah, 34, son of Badu Molla, hailed from Mohammadpur Charpara village of Ramkrishnapur Union of Daulatpur upazila.Ramkrishnapur UP

Russia-US energy cooperation reviewed

DHAKA: Current progress and prospects of Russia-US cooperation in the field of energy was reviewed in a recent meeting, held in Washington DC, between Sergei Kirienko, Director General of Russia’s State Corporation-Rosatom and E Moniz, US Secretary of Energy.The issues like nuclear

Journo among 2 hurt in Bogra blast

BOGRA: Miscreants blasted seven cocktails in Satmathamore area of the district town on Saturday morning.                    Witnesses said that miscreants exploded seven cocktails at around 10:50am leaving a journalist named Firoz Poshari Rana and a passer-by

MP Mizanur’s 1st Janaza held

DHAKA: The first namaj-e-Janaza of Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, ruling Awami League lawmaker of Dhaka-6, was held at south plaza of national parliament on Saturday noon.After the Janaza at around 12:00pm, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid floral wreaths to his body. Meanwhile, Prime Minister

Cocktails blasted in front of military van

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted two cocktails in front of an Army patrol van in Gabtoly bus terminal area of the capital on Saturday morning.Witnesses said that miscreants riding on CNG-run-auto-rickshaw blasted two cocktails in front of Army patrol van and left the scene at around 11:45am.