DHAKA: Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag will arrive in Dhaka on Monday aiming to strengthening friendship and bilateral cooperation. A special fight of Indian military force, carrying the Army Chief, General Dalbir Singh, will land at Kurmitola Airbase in Dhaka around

DHAKA: The Pathology Department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) remained close from 11:00am Sunday due to power cut caused by electric short-circuit.However, the other activities of the hospital kept open using generator.But, seven lifts of DMCH new building are remaining

RANGPUR: A district court on Sunday gave capital punishment to a man along with son for killing his elder brother.The convicts are Osman Ali and his son Mohsin.Rangpur Additional District and Sessions Judge M Qamruzzaman passed the order at noon.Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) Advocate

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CHITTAGONG: A contingent of 140 members of Bangladesh Navy on Sunday left Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong to join United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).Chittagong naval region chief staff officer Captain AKMM Sirafullah was present at the airport to see off the

DHAKA:  Terming China as a great friend and a trade partner of Bangladesh, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said that Bangladesh is poised to make all endeavors to further cement its ties with China in every possible sphere.She attended Third China-South Asia Expo and 23rd Kunming Import

DHAKA: A couple allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves from a ceiling fan in Anandanagar area under Badda Thana of the city Sunday noon.The deceased were identified as Shahin, 30, and his wife Rubi, 26, lived in a rented house in the area.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Badda Thana

DHAKA: Government has been paying attention to extract its maritime resources since the country’s settlement of maritime boundaries with India and Myanmar.As Bangladesh lacks efficiency and capability in the sector, it approached China in these efforts long before. However, China was

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members detained a drug peddler with around 10,000 pieces of yaba tables in Pachlaish thana area of Chittagong port city.On a tip-off, law enforcers conducted a drive and detained Mohammad Ganu Mia (50) from the main gate of Chittagong Medical

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed her profound shock in the death of Ekushey Padak awardee, also Bangladesh Press Institute chairman, Habibur Rahman Milon.The premier, in a condolence message, said the death of Habibur Rahman created large vacuum the field of

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 will pronounce the verdict of Forkan Mollik of Patuakhali any day for his alleged involvement in five counts of crimes against humanity during war of liberation.Three-member tribunal led-by chairman Justice Obaidul Hasan kept its judgment CAV as

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained six members of fake currency making syndicate along with Tk 40-lakh forged notes in city on Saturday night.DMP assistant police commissioner (media and public relation) Iftekharul Islam confirmed the matter to

RANGAMATI: Three United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) members were shot dead allegedly by miscreants in Bhai-bon Chhara under Langdu Upazila at 7:30am Sunday. The deceased were identified as Amit Chakma, 29, Sujoy Chakma, 30 and Sumon Chakma, 30.Locals said they heard sounds of gun

DHAKA: Ekushey Padak awardee, also advisory editor of Bengali daily Ittefaq, Habibur Rahman Milon passed away at a city’s hospital early Sunday.Habibur Rahman, who was the chairman of Bangladesh Press Institute (PIB), breathed his last at Labaid Specialized Hospital around

DHAKA: Chevron Bangladesh kicked off its blood donation drives for 2015 on June 8 to mark World Blood Donor Day on June 14.This year, 419 staff came forward to donate blood from Chevron’s Dhaka office and gas field locations of Bibiyana, Jalalabad, Moulavibazar and Muchai Compressor

DHAKA: The hearing of a case filed by Moosa Bin Shamser will be held at a Switzerland court on June 15 (Monday).Tony Blair Associates, a farm established by former Prime Minister of UK Tony Blair, along with three other organizations, is moving for Moosa while the Swiss bank has its own

DHAKA: In its June 2015 report on “Global Economic Prospects”, the World Bank forecast that Bangladesh could achieve a maximum 6.3 percent GDP growth in the 2015-16 fiscal year due to the country’s political environment.The global lender made the negative forecast, which was

JESSORE: Father and son were killed as lightning struck them at Gobindapur village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Saturday noon.The victims have been identified as Andul Hamid (45) and his son Abu Huraira (14).Keshabpur Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mahtab Uddin told

DHAKA: Indira Gandhi Culture Centre inaugurated an Exhibition of Photographs (24 Photos) on Yoga by Rajesh Ramakrishnan at 5:30pm Saturday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Gulshan-1, Dhaka. Aseem R. Mahajan, the Deputy High Commissioner of India, inaugurated the exhibition. Yoga is a

DHAKA: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to provide 50 acres of land in Gujarat to Bangladeshi businesspeople.Sources from Bangladesh foreign ministry told banglanews that the Bangladeshi business community has already received the news through Pankaj Saran, Indian high