COMILLA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Comilla to inaugurate the main program of the occasion marking the 116th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in Town Hall premises of the district Monday afternoon.Festive mode has been remaining in the area ahead of PM’s

DHAKA: A young man was killed by police firing while allegedly taking preparation for mugging in Kutubkhali Shantek area under Jatrabari Thana of the city early Monday.The deceased was identified as Sohel, 26. Police claimed that Sohel was a listed accused in many cases.Officer-in-Charge

DHAKA: A 28-year-old Bangladeshi worker has been killed in a workplace mishap at the Tun Razak Exchange Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) underground construction site in Kuala Lumpur early Sunday.The worker, identified as Safikul, was dismantling a temporary structure used for slab work with a

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina mourn for the death of suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.However, at least 21 people were killed and over 100 injured in the attack.They issued the condolence messages to Saudi Arabia King

DHAKA: The government formed a monitoring cell to supervise the arrest of accused in the cases for crimes against humanity as per the order of International Crimes Tribunal-1.  The law enforcing authorities informed the matter through a letter to the tribunal’s registrar on Sunday.The

DHAKA: At least thirteen people were killed and 41 others injured in separate road accidents in Rangpur, Satkhira, Sirajganj and Natore districts Sunday.Banglanews District Correspondents reported from the respective areas.In Rangpur, four people were killed and 10 injured in a head-on

DHAKA: Liu Yandong, vice-premier of China, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon in a three-day official visit.The aircraft, carrying the Chinese vice-PM and her entourage, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:15pm.Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali welcomed her at the

RANGPUR: At least four people were killed and 10 injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a tempo in Hajirhat area on Rangour-Dinajpur highway in Rangpur district on Sunday evening.Identities of the victims could not be known immediately.Rangpur district police super

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) asked authorities concerned to transfer two police officers aiming to hold Magura-1 constituency by-election in free and fair manner.Election Commissioner M Shah Nawaz Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.He said EC ordered police headquarter

DHAKA: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to deliver a speech in Hindi for the people of Bangladesh during his upcoming visit in the country.Bangladesh foreign secretary Mohammad Shahidul Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday afternoon.He said PM Modi will deliver

DHAKA: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to deliver a speech in Hindi for the people of Bangladesh during his upcoming visit in the country.Bangladesh foreign secretary Mohammad Shahidul Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday afternoon.He said PM Modi will deliver

DHAKA: British High Commissioner Robert Gibson and Australian High Commissioner Greg Wilcock visited Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) in Tangail and Bogra.CLP aims to improve the livelihoods, incomes and food security of 1 million extremely poor and vulnerable women, children and men on

PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): At least five people were killed and scores injured as a storm lashed different parts of Dinajpur district on Saturday night.The victims included Mitu Roy (22), pregnant wife of Mukul Chandra Roy of Phulbari upazila, Aleya Begum of Chirirbandar upazila and Sirajul

DHAKA: In the latest bid to prevent human trafficking, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to ensure punishment not only for the traffickers but also for the victims.  She directed the authorities concerned of Ministry of Labor and Expatriate Welfare while visiting the ministry on

KUSHTIA: A district court on Sunday gave six people life tern imprisonment for killing a man in Khoksa upazila of the district.The court of Additional District and Session Judge Reza Mohammad Jahangir passed the order at noon.The convicts are Khokon, Munsur, Shaheb Ali, Asim Kuman Apu,

DHAKA: Muggers snatched Tk 33.27 lakh at gunpoint from an officer of a private organization in city’s Moghbazar area on Sunday.The victim, Selim Akhter, 29, said four to five miscreants riding motorcycle intercepted Selim and his office staff Pintu Das while they were going to deposit

DHAKA: Mass graves believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been found in Malaysia, the country's home minister said.Police discovered 30 large graves in two locations in the northern state of Perlis, which borders Thailand, local media reported

DHAKA: Liu Yandong, vice-premier of China, is set to arrive in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon in a three-day official visit.Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali will welcome her at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:00pm, said foreign ministry sources.During her tour, no bi-lateral meeting

DHAKA:  Ahead of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka next month, its National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval said that Bangladesh is India’s most important neighbor and called for exploiting the full potential of bilateral cooperation.Doval further gave full

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 sent four ‘Cox’s Bazar razakars’ to jail in cases filed for their alleged crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.  Three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Obaidul Hasan, passed the order on Sunday after hearing.The four accused