KUSHTIA: A youth was chopped to death for alleged extramarital affair at Patikabari union in the district early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Zakir, 30, hailed from Mazila village of the same union.CA Halim, assistant police super of Kushtia, said some 3-4 assailants led by

DHAKA: Mysterious death of a young girl was reported in the city’s Jatrabari area Friday night.The deceased was identified as Farzana Akhtar, 18, daughter of Delwar Hossain of Hazibari at Maspara Matuail.Hospital sources said family members of Farzana took her to Dhaka Medical College

DHAKA: Detectives plan to interrogate banned Islamist outfit JMB chief Saidur Rahman and the three top Jamaat leaders face to face at the DB headquarters.Detective Branch of police sources said the initiative is being taken to examine Jamaat’s ties with JMB. One source of the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Betar steps up its effort to bring 75 percent of country’s population under the FM (frequency modulation) network coverage. The state-owned radio service will install 12 FM transmitters at 10 radio stations across the country in the next four months. “On completion

DHAKA: National Birth Registration Day is being observed across the country on Saturday highlighting the importance of birth registration for every child and adult.The government has chalked out various programmes to mark the day. July 3 was officially declared as National Birth

DHAKA: The doctors, butchers and cleaners of the 5 slaughterhouses of Dhaka City Corporation are getting their salary duly though they have no work to do. Besides, the environment of those butcheries has turned horrible by now, according to a spot view of the disarray.Once these

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League Saturday kicked off two-day protest programmes against the torching and vandalizing of vehicles and Faruque killing centering the June 27 hartal sponsored by the BNP-led mainstream opposition. The programmes are being staged in the metropolitan cities and

DHAKA: The suspended 45 teachers of BSMMU Friday alleged that their suspension was an outcome of “political vengeance” and a design for creating scope for Awami Leaguers.   But Vice-chancellor of the medical university Prof Pran Gopal Dutta readily rejected the allegations, saying

DHAKA: In the wake of a crisis over the new and old passports, the government will brief Sunday the envoys of the manpower-recruiting countries in Dhaka about Bangladesh’s position on the microdot Machine Readable Passport (MRP) to end the impasse. “Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni will

NARSINGDI: Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim suggested the judges to complete day’s trial tasks on the day to speed up the judicial process, as reports say courts are heaving with huge backlog of cases. His directive came while speaking at a reception accorded to him by Narsingdi

PORT ELIZABETH: Robinho gave Brazil a 1-0 lead over the Netherlands as the five-times World Cup winners dominated the opening quarter-final here on Friday.Dutch hopes of avenging their 1994 and 1998 last-eight defeats by Brazil were not helped by losing centreback Joris Mathijsen to a

DHAKA: The Ministry of Communications sought cabinet approval for the repair of 451 kilometres of road in different areas of the country at a cost of around Tk 141 crore.  Roads and Railways division of the ministry has sent a letter to the Cabinet Division seeking its approval,

RAJSHAHI:  Jamaat Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary-General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and Nayab-e Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee will be brought in Rajshahi any day of the week for quizzing in the case of Rajshahi University student Faruque Hossain killing. “A special cell

DHAKA: The Amnesty International (AI) urged Bangladesh government to immediately investigate the “violent raid” on the residence of BNP leader Mirza Abbas, an ex-minister. It also urged the government to ensure that any people hurt by security officials receive justice.  The

DHAKA:  Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni said those who are siding with the war criminals are standing against humanity and the state. The foreign minister made the oblique observation while talking to newsmen after distributing cheques of grants to the distressed in Chandpur Friday.“War

DHAKA:  BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed Friday said the ruling Awami League government itself would not go for reviving the original constitution of 1972 through repealing the fifth constitution amendment, as he mentioned some shortcomings in it.“The government is creating confusion

SATKHIRA: The employees at Bhomra land port called off their strike on Friday noon, but trans-border trading on the route was yet to resume.The announcement was made at about 12:30pm after a meeting among Bhomra C&F Agents Association, Labourers’ Association and Transport Association.

KHAGRACHHARI: A gang of burglars looted Tk 24 lakh from a branch of Janata Bank here on Friday. “The incident took place at around 4am Friday as the burglars broke the bank’s vault and fled with the amount,” Bank’s Branch Manager Saiful Alam told banglanews24.com.bd. Police

LONDON: The British ex-husband of a key figure in the Russia-US spy storm told how his glamorous former wife became "obnoxious" and dominated by her KGB father, in an interview published Friday. Alex Chapman told the Daily Telegraph he was suspicious that Anna Chapman, the flame-haired

DHAKA:  The number of drug addicts in the country is rising alarmingly, as a survey conducted by the United Nations on the situation of Bangladesh found some 65 lakh addicts. Of them, 87 percent are men and 13 percent women. Over one lakh people, including the influential quarters, women