DHAKA: Yeasha Sobhan, director of the country's leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group, was honored with BlackSwan Women Empowerments Principles Leadership Award 2018 in Singapore. She was honored with the award for her leadership excellence.    She received the award

RAJSHAHI:  Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India will conduct joint patrol in the Padma River to prevent smuggling, all types of trafficking including illegal weapons and drugs. The decision was taken at a flag meeting held at the Shahebnagar BOP

DHAKA:   Army officer Major General Md Sohael Hossain Khan has been made new Director General (DG) of Department of Immigration and Passports. After appointing him, the government transferred the responsibility to Public Security Division under Ministry of Home Affairs. Ministry

DHAKA: The bilateral ties between Bangladesh and India have reached a new height during the three-year tenure of Harsh Vardhan Shringla as the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka. Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Bangladesh in January, 2016. He is leaving the country in January, 2019

DHAKA: Bangladesh lost some of its glittering stars from the showbiz realm who contributed immense to uplift the country’s music and cinema scenes. With 2018 now ending, Banglanews remembers 11 celebrities who died in the past 12 months. Siraj Haider Popular Dhallywood

DHAKA: 2018, a year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of  the year of national election for Bangladesh, the year of entering aerospace by launching Bangabandhu Satellite-1 . It was an eventful year for Bangladesh. The 11th parliamentary election was held

DHAKA: The year 2018 experienced tremendous developments in ICT sector in line with other sectors of Bangladesh. Apart from becoming one of the largest internet and mobile phone using countries in Asia, the launch of its 1st satellite, massive IT trainings, MNP service, and 4G are some

DHAKA: The country experienced a number of achievements as well as developments in the year of 2018 although countrymen witnessed preparation for national election and tensed whether it will be held with participation of all parties and maximum voters.  Below are the highlights of

DHAKA: The winners of Mr. Mango-Banglanews FIFA World Cup Football Quiz-2018 contest on Wednesday (Dec 26) received their prizes in a ceremony held at banglanews24.com’s office in Bashundhara Residential Area.  Country’s leading online news portal banglanews24.com arranged the

DHAKA: Banglanews24.com, a leading online news portal in the country, is stepping into the ninth year of its journey on Sunday (July 01). Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan inaugurated the celebration by cutting a cake on Saturday evening (June 30).  He also unveiled

BACK FROM MALAYSIA: On last December 5, one Sohel Ahmed (pseudonym), an employee of a private organization had gone to Malaysia along with his family members to enjoy leave. He reached the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at midnight flying in a private airliner. He embarked from plane

KUALA LUMPUR: Lakhs of workers including many businessmen from Bangladesh are serving in Malaysia. So the High Commission building and manpower should be increased. Taking part in a discussion organized by Bangladesh’s leading online news portal Banglanews24, expatriate

FROM HOTEL HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS (KUALA LUMPUR): Bangladesh High Commissioner in Malaysia Shahidul Islam said the Bangladesh we all know today is full of prospects, possibilities and full of sound of victory. He made the remarks in a view exchange meeting organized by Bangladesh’s

KUALA LUMPUR: Bangladesh’s leading online news portal Banglanews24 organized a discussion & views-exchanging meeting on the prospects and problems faced by the Bangladeshi expatriates in Malaysia. The discussion began at Holiday Express Inn in Kuala Lumpur, at 1:00 PM (BST) Friday

FROM KUANTAN (PAHANG), MALAYSIA: Malaysia is a very rich country of South East Asia. Expatriate Bangladeshis are residing in every nook and corner of the country heightening the image of Bangladesh. Some are giving labor, some by utilizing their merit to enrich the country surrounded by

DHAKA: It is definitely an emotional and pleasant experience for Bangladeshis in foreign lands to listen and speak in Bengali or even find the language in written. It makes Bangladeshis happy and they start to won the foreign country in no time. But when an ailing Bangladeshi

CHITTAGONG: Leading online news portal of the country Banglanews have organized a roundtable on the ongoing public sufferings in Chittagong and ways to overcome it, at Radisson Blu Chittagong Bay View hotel Sunday (August 27). The discussion titled ‘Chittagong on the Highway of

DHAKA: Ratargul Swamp Forest of Sylhet is now an attractive destination for the tourists. The venue was a little known place only five to six years ago, but it has now become a famous tourism spot of Bangladesh.   Ratargul, located at Gowainghat upazila, came in the limelight because

FROM TRIPURA: Bamboo is an essential tool for housekeeping from the primeval times. Many potential industries have grown up centering bamboo. In India, with the help of technology and processing, ‘bamboo-wood’ has been developed as an alternative of wood for making house doors,

AGARTALA, KOLKATA: Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Agartala of Tripura underscored the need to introduce online railway ticket for foreigners in a bid to boost tourism of Bangladesh.  Assistant High Commissioner Md Shakhawat Hossain, in an exclusive discussion with