BRAMHANBARIA: At least 40 people were injured as a passenger plunged into the Titash River as its driver lost control over the steering near Rampur Bridge at Bijoynagar upazila in the district on Sunday night.District traffic sergeant M Bayezid confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said,

MONGLA, BAGERHAT: Mongla Port has been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number 3 as a low lies over North Bay and adjoining area moved slightly northwestwards and now lies over North-West Bay off West Bengal.Axis of monsoon trough runs through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against Ramna Thana Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Saidul Haque Bhuiyan in a dowry case filed by his wife.Judge of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Sadiqul Islam issued the arrest warrant.On July 31, Mariam

MONGLA, BAGERHAT: The low over North Bay and its adjacent areas moved vaguely north-west area and now lies over North-West Bay off West Bengal-Bangladesh coast.Under its influence, a deep convection is taking place over the North Bay.A Met Office bulletin said stormy weather may affect

BAGERHAT: A district court issued verdict in one Abdul Latif Hawlader murder case on Sunday sentencing his two sons to life imprisonment and his nephew to death. The convicts are Khalilur Rahman, who will walk to gallows and life-timers- Zilur and Shah Alam and Selim Uddin.The court also

LAXMIPUR: Three persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident near Chandraganj Bazar under Sadar Upazila of the district on Sunday noon.The deceased were identified as Mohin Uddin, 45, Kartik Chandra Das, 43 and Maran Chandra Das.Confirming the matter to banglanews,

DHAKA: A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking stay order on the construction of Rampal Power plant on Sunday.Lawyer of four petitioners Advocate Monzil Morshed confirmed it to banglanews.Later he told journalists that the hearing is to be held in the HC bench of Justice

DHAKA: Supreme Court’s Chamber Judge sent to the full bench the government petition seeking stay on the High Court order that annulled the Contempt of Court Act, 2013 declaring it illegal.Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order on Sunday and the hearing will be held on October

DHAKA: Thousands of the students of Polytechnic Institutes across the country burst into protest in Rajshahi, Chittagong, Jessore, Faridpur, Rangpur and Bogra including the capital to press home their two points demand.In capital, the students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute, on the second

KUSHTIA: A smuggler was shot dead in a clash with Border guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Daulatpur frontier in the district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Samirul Islam, 27, son of Abul Kashem.Police and BGB sources said BGB-32 battalion personnel challenged a gang of smugglers

CHITTAGONG: Two staffs of Bangladesh railway were killed as a mail train knocked them down in Kamaldah area under Mirsharai upazila of the district early Sunday.The deceased were identified as M Harunur Rashid 55, and M Raja Mia 56.Police sources said a Dhaka-bound mail train pushed them

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday asked the opponents of Land Boundary Agreement in India to give up their opposition to the historic measure, saying settling the vexed issue would be a "win-win" situation for both the countries.The issue of the agreement, which is stuck

DHAKA: A suspected thief was beaten to death by a mob in capital’s Maghbazar area on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Abdullah-Al-Masud Munna, 40.Locals said locals caught him as his body part touched a private car on his way to passing the road at around 10:00am and took

COMILLA: Two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on-collision between a bus and CNG driven auto rickshaw at Bakharnagar under Muradnagar Upazila of the district on Saturday night.Of the deceased, one was identified as Ayub Ali, 35, son of late Amir Hossain.Local sources

FENI: Two minors drowned at Rajapur union in Dagonbhuiyan upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Faisal, 11, son of Abul Bashar and Rafi, 9, son of Abul Kashem, hailed from Bhabanipur village of Rajapur union in Dagonbhuiyan upazila.Local sources

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus continued his week in New York addressing the special session on Haiti at the Clinton Global Initiative participated by President Clinton, Laurent Lamothe, Prime Minister of Haiti. Professor Yunus is a member of Presidential Advisory Council

CHITTAGONG: Three workers were electrocuted and another one injured in a unit of state-run Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer factory in the port city on Saturday evening.The deceased were identified as M Sahabuddin, 30, M Maruf, 20, Waiz Nur, 40.Constable of Chittagong Medical College

CHITTAGONG: A minor was killed in a road mishap in Oxygen area at Bayezid Bostami Thana in the port city on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Fatema Akhter, 8, daughter of Bashir Mia, resident of Debidar upazila of Comilla district.Constable of Chittagong Medical College

DHAKA: The students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute staged protest demo by blocking roads and ransacking building on Saturday morning to press home their 2-point demands. The agitating students blockaded at Satrastar Matha intersection in city Tejgaon industrial area that halted vehicular

DHAKA: A businessman was shot to dead by miscreants in capital’s Mirpur area on Saturday noon.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Jafrul Haque Mina, 55, a real estate businessman.Rupnagar police station officer-in-Charge Md. Shamim Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews.Quoting