DHAKA: The proposed Chittagong-Cox’sbazar-Myanmar-Kunming highway for trans-border communications with China is going to be constructed soon, now that all the three countries are agreed on the scheme. Starting construction of the 150-kilometre-long highway is now a matter of time,

FENI: Three children, two siblings and their cousin, drowned in a pond at village Keronia in Daganbhuiyan upazila on Tuesday morning. The dead were identified as Nurer Rahman, 7, and Tahera Begum, 5, children of Nurul Amin of Daganbhuiyan, and their cousin Abu Tayeb, 7, son of Abul Kashem

COMILLA: A robber was caught and lynched by a mob at village Paschim Jangalia in Sadar upazila early Tuesday while fleeing after committing robbery at the house of an expatriate. SI Maniruzzaman of Comilla Kotwali Thana told Banglanews, “A gang of 15 robbers swooped on the house of

DHAKA: Two people were killed in separate mishaps in city’s Utarra and Mohammadpur areas on Monday night, including a road accident at a time when the capital’s streets still looked half-deserted for eid-festival hangover.The deceased were Sharif Uddin, 40, and Jewel Rana, 20,

DINAJPUR: Vexed by a double-crunch, thousands of villagers laid a siege to the coal-based Barapukuria Power Plant in Parbatipur upazila on Tuesday morning to press for uninterrupted supply of power and water. Army personnel were called out and deployed in the area, alongside police, to

SHERPUR: A six-member investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal here Tuesday started spot investigation into the crimes committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War with an exclusive parley with a Rajaker of that time.Deputy Commissioner M Nasiruzzaman and Police

SAVAR: At least 50 people were injured in a head-on collision between two passenger buses on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway Tuesday morning.Among the injured, 12 were rushed to different hospitals in Savar and Dhaka in critical condition.Ashulia thana Officer-in-Charge Sirajul Islam told

MEHERPUR: Police arrested a suspected regional commander of outlawed party ‘Lal Pataka’ from Hemayetpur village in Gangni upazila Tuesday morning.Police in association with local people arrested Jalaluddin alias Swapan Babu, 35, when he went to the house of one Dalim for collecting

COX`SBAZAR: A tourist drowned while bathing in the bay and seven others were rescued from the seawater in critical condition in Cox`sbazar Monday, as sea remained rough. Police and witnesses said swimmers of Yasin Lifeguards, a non-governmental organization that works at the seashore,

DHAKA: The government is going to review the recently published results of the primary schoolteacher recruitment test, sources said, adding that candidates who achieved success on the basis of quota will only come under the reappraisal. Abu Alam Md. Shahid Khan, secretary of the ministry

DHAKA: The flood situation in Jamalpur deteriorated Monday as the waters of Jamuna River kept swelling and some 150 villages were flooded as a dam collapsed in Madaripur.Jamalpur: The flood situation in the district deteriorated in the last 24 hours as the Jamuna water level rose

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