DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday sent nine suspected members of banned Islamist militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team and Harkatul Jihad (HuJi) to remand in different terms.Magistrates Yusuf Hossain and Shamsul Arefin of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka passed the order after

LONDON: Newly elected British Labour Party lawmaker Rupa Huq, a Bangladeshi origin, is keen to work for the interests of Bangladesh along with Britain’s.She expressed her willingness in an interview with Banglanews on Saturday noon at a restaurant in London.Rupa told Banglanews that as

DHAKA: Preliminary test for National Board of Revenue (NBR) recruitment will be held on June 19.The test, for Dhaka center, will begin at 10:00am. A press release from Public Service Commission (PSC) informed the media on Monday.The test will be held for assistant revenue officer post.The

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said nine members of newly formed 'Bangladesh Jihadi Group’ were planning to collect fund for the militant outfit.Law enforcers arrested them from city’s Banasree and Sutrapur areas. Among the arrestees, six were held

COX’S BAZAR: A total of 150 Bangladeshis, who were rescued in Myanmar sea boundary, have returned home Monday.Earlier in the day, a 10-member delegation of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) went to Myanmar through Ghumdhum frontier in Bandarban and held a meeting with Myanmar Immigration

DHAKA: A proposal has been taken in the cabinet meeting thanking and congratulating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a fruitful visit of her Indian Counterpart Narendra Modi in the country.It also mentioned that Sheikh Hasina has huge contribution behind the visit of Modi in Bangladesh.

ASHULIA (DHAKA): Police recovered two dead bodies, including a schoolgirl, from Ashulia and Dhamrai of Dhaka district on Monday.The deceased were identified as Sumon (22) and Kajali Akhtar (10).Police recovered the hanging body of a garment worker Sumon from Gazirchot area of Ashulia this

DHAKA: The government has approved draft of the agreement on road connectivity between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.The approval came from a regular cabinet meeting on Monday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Once this agreement is inked, private, public and

CHITTAGONG: Sever gas crisis in Chittagong has been hampering productions of several hundreds of factories. Household burners are also remaining shut as supply from Bibiana Gas Field is halted.The crisis has become acute on Monday.Productions of heavy industries including of rod and

DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshis continue to languish in prisons of India’s West Bengal even after they have completed their term. Records of the West Bengal Correctional Homes show that 932 prisoners who have completed their sentences are still behind bars, reports the

GAZIPUR: At least 50 houses were gutted as a fire broke out in Kadir Market area under Konabari Upazila of the district early Monday.Fire service and police sources said the fire originated at the house of Anwar Hossain around 3:00pm and soon engulfed the adjacent houses.Being informed,

DHAKA: The Lighting Asia Bangladesh program of IFC has started training its last mile partners for promoting quality assured Solar Lanterns in Bangladesh.One such training program was conducted on June 5 for Prism Bangladesh Foundation in Noakhali.A press release, sent on June 8, informed

DHAKA:  The second budget session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad will resume on Monday afternoon. The day’s proceedings will begin at 5:30pm, with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury in the chair. Earlier on June 4, the session has been adjourned for two days due to visit of visit of

CHITTAGONG: Police, in overnight special drives, detained 95 people from several upazilas of the district.During the raid at robber Adhuya’s den in Satkania Upazila, the law enforcers also recovered two LG rifles, six rounds of cartridges and four cocktails.Additional Superintendent of

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will pronounce its verdict on Tuesday in war crimes cases against fugitive Syed Md Hasan Ali.Three-member tribunal led by Justice Enayetur Rahim will deliver the 19th verdict of war crime cases.Earlier on April 20, the ICT-1 kept the

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate drives arrested nine members of banned Islamist militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team and Harkatul Jihad (HuJi) from different parts of the city on Sunday night. DMP media center confirmed the matter to

COX’S BAZAR: A Rohingya member of human trafficking gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between two rival groups in Alukhali Salt Field in Teknaf Upazila of the district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Amanullh, 30.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Thana Ataur Rahman

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his concluding speech at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre mentioned, “We (Bangladesh and India) are beside each other, we are together and we will march together in the path of progress”. He was addressing an elite gathering and was

DHAKA: Miscreants shot a businessperson to death in Jurain area of Kadamtali in the city early Monday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ibrahim, 23, son of Abdul Khalek of the area.Deceased’s elder brother Harun said some miscreants shot Ibrahim around 2:00am after blasting

DHAKA: The Kolkata-Agartala bus service via Dhaka reached Agartala Sunday midnight amid warm welcome from people of Tripura.Senior state officials received the bus at the Indo-Bangla border of Tripura, reports NDTV.comPeople waved at the bus as it passed through different areas and halted