DHAKA: An investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal is going to visit the frontier-district Sherpur Tuesday for spot investigation into mass killings during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.The team would inquire into the killings there during liberation war, a competent

DHAKA:  At least 18 people were killed, three went missing and 62 others injured in fatal road and waterway accidents in seven districts Monday, turning holidaying into grim tragedies. In two major mishaps the joys of eid-vacationing ended in heartrending tragedy for two families as four

MUNSHIGANJ: The joys of eid-holidaying ended in a heartrending tragedy for a family as four of its members drowned in a boat capsize in a brimming canal at Purba Deulbhog village in Srinagar upazila early Monday. The dead were identified as Khokon, 35, and his cousins Rajon, 25, Rafiqul

COX’SBAZAR: A few hundred people laid a siege to the deputy commissioner’s office following a rumour about eviction of the residents in the coastal district on Monday morning. The agitating people demonstrated in front of the DC office, sources said.The residents of Ghonarpara,

BAGERHAT: Three passengers went missing as a trawler carrying a group of tourists from Meherpur capsized in the River Pashur within the Sundarbans haunts in Mongla on Monday morning.The missing people are Basedul, 17, Samin, 18, and Mohan, 14, of Meherpur frontier district.Witnesses said

SAVAR: At least three people were killed and 30 injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Balitha in Dhamrai on Monday afternoon, reportedly for rash driving.  Police and witnesses said the Gopalganj-bound bus of Suborno Express from the capital skidded off the Dhaka-Aricha

THAKURGAON: A convicted BDR mutineer died of severe chest pain in Thakurgaon District Jail on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Selim Mia, 40, son of Abdul Jalil, hailed from Birampur village under Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar district.Sources said he was rushed to

KHULNA: A Sub-Inspector of police was killed in fatal a road accident near Rupsha Bridge connecting the southern Khulna city on Monday morning.Emdadul Haq, hailed from Ukilpara of Bogra, was going for duty in Batiaghata Thana when he was run down by a badly driven bus, witnesses said.

FARIDPUR: A Krishak League leader was killed and 25 other people were injured in a violent clash between two rival groups in the poura area of Bhanga upazila Monday morning. The dead was identified as Montu Sheikh, 38, general secretary of the municipal unit of Krishak League, the peasant

DHAKA: Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun Monday said the government wants to curb terrorism, militancy and drug peddling once for all with the cooperation of journalists.   Terming the press, the fourth estate, as the associate of the government, Sahara said, “We’ve changed our

CHITTAGANG: Two people were killed and 10 injured in two road accidents on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitakunda upazila Monday.SI Abul Kashem of Kumira Highway police outpost told banglanews that a Chittagang-bound bus from Noakhali ploughed into a roadside shop as the driver lost

KUSHTIA: At least four people were killed and 20 injured as a badly driven bus turned turtle on the roadside at Bheramara in Kushtia district Monday. Two among the deceased were identified as Uzzal and Ashraf, the latter hailed from Amdaha in the district. The injured were admitted to

CHITTAGANG:  A youth was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend-turned-foe in Mozzartake area under Karnaphuli Thana in the port city on their way home after eid-holidaying early Monday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Rana, 26, the owner of a tea-stall in Hill View residential

DHAKA: The titular Tax Ombudsman eventually goes, sitting virtually idle for five years, as the Cabinet Monday scrapped the law that introduced the constitutional watchdog body.       In its weekly meeting at the secretariat, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, the

DHAKA: Four girl children of a family drowned and two were injured as a country boat capsized in the Meghna in a tragic accident during eid-holidaying on Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Sajeda, 12, Saida, 15, Ankhi, 9, and Ratri, 7, all sibling and cousin sisters. Injured Mim,

DHAKA: Dhaka University students staged a demonstration on the campus on Sunday night in protest against the ransacking of a temple at Gosaildanga in Chittagong.After parading the campus thoroughfares in a procession, several hundred students of different halls held a rally at Raju

KUSHTIA: At least two people died after drinking rectified spirits on Sunday evening at Targunia Bazar in Daulatpur upazila in the district, as they took recourse to taking cheaper drink. The deceased are Rokon Uddin Biswas, 42, brother of a lawmaker, and Pinu Sarder, 40. Another two fell

DHAKA: The government has decided in principle to create the post of senior coordinator of the investigating team of the International Crimes Tribunal, which proceeds with the trial of war-crime suspects amid some initial discord. An additional IGP-ranked police official will be

DHAKA: The trouble-ridden Biman Bangladesh Airlines has made major changes to its administration, and the shakeup will be seen Monday, when government offices will open after the eid vacation. "The decisions were taken before Eid while the officials given transfers and postings will take

DHAKA: Country’s seven rivers, including the major ones, went into spate, flowing above the danger levels in the last 24 hours to 6pm Sunday. The sudden swelling of waters in the rivers deteriorated the situation of late flooding in several districts, according to an official flood