DHAKA: Bangladesh and Bulgaria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in a brief ceremony held at the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry in Sofia on July 30. On behalf of Bangladesh, the MOU was inked by Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey M Zulfiqur

DHAKA: A Greek court's decision to acquit local farmers who admitted shooting 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers when they dared to ask for months of back pay has sparked outrage in the country. Politicians, unionists and anti-racist groups roundly condemned the verdict describing it as a

DHAKA: Indo-Bangla power joint venture is set to award the construction of the plant by April 2015 and expected to start commercial generation by 2018. The power plant will cost around USD 1.2 billion. Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD of NTPC said, “We expect to award the contract next year.

SIRAJGANJ: Five bodies recovered and nine people went missing after a boat with 50 passengers on board capsized at Baguchia point of the Jamuna River in Chauhali upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Dilu Begum, 32, her husband Mukter Hossain ,

DHAKA: An expatriate Bangladeshi was killed and five other members of the family were injured in a road accident on Tuesday, the second day of Eid ul-Fitr. Deceased Nasima Jahan Silpi was the wife of Amir Firoz, member of the governing board of Bangladesh International School (BIS) in

DHAKA: The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has nabbed three members of Jama'atul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned extremist organization, from Sayedabad area of the city on Wednesday night. Police also recovered laptops and explosives from their possession.

DHAKA: Law enforcers have recovered body of a wanted mugger from South Badda area of the city on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Saddam Hossain, who is an accused of five/six cases with Badda Thana. Officer-in-Charge (investigation) of Badda Thana Quamrul Faruk

KUSHTIA: Divers have recovered three more bodies, including that of a 3-year-old girl Keya, from the Raita confluence of the Padma River in Daulatpur of the district early Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday evening, divers recovered another body of a woman who was identified as Mala Akhter

COMILLA: A sergeant of Bangladesh police along with his wife and daughter was killed and two others were injured in a road accident at Chauddagram upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam Belal, 50, wife Laboni, 30 and their baby daughter Tabassum, 3,

ISHWARDI (PABNA): Two children drowned in Char Gargari village under Sahapur union of the upazila of Pabna district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Humayun, 10, son of one late Hanif Sardar and Lima, 12, daughter of one Sadu Malitha of the area. Sahapur Union

NOAKHALI: Communications Minister on Wednesday said the government is ready to prevent movement of BNP if it is violent.   “The government will prevent the movement of BNP if it is for cutting trees, uprooting train lines and killing people with bomb attack in the name of

LALMONIRHAT: A man was crushed under the wheel of train near Teesta Railway Station in Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sirazul Islam, 55, of Teesta Tokdarpara of the upazila. Assistant station master of Teesta Station Nur Islam told banglanews

SHERPUR: A woman hacked her husband to death in Goruhat area under Jhinaigati upazila of the district on Wednesday morning as they had had family feud for long. The victim was identified as Seyedur Rahman Fozu, 57, a contractor, of the village. Meanwhile, police detained the wife, Asman

RIYADH: Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Shahidul Islam exchanged Eid greetings with the Bangladeshi expatriates and the embassy’s officials at Bangladesh House in KSA capital city of Riyadh on Tuesday night, a day after Eid-Ul-Fitr was celebrated in KSA. The

DHAKA: At least seven people were killed and 49 others injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet, Thakurgaon and Comilla districts on Wednesday.Banglanews District Correspondents report from the areas.In Sylhet, four people including a woman and a child were killed and 25 others

DHAKA: At least four people including a woman and a child were killed and 25 others injured when a passenger bus turned turtle on Sylhet highway in Otilbari area of the district on Wednesday early. Details of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured were admitted at

BHOLA: Three children drowned in two villages of Chandpur Union Parishad under Tojumiddin Upazila of Bhola district on Tuesday, the day of holy Eod-Ul-Fitr. The deceased were identified as Tania, 3, daughter of Johir of Darichandpur village, Shakil, 5, daughter of Alauddin, and Zisan,

KUSTIA: At least 15 people went missing when an engine-run boat turned over in the middle of the Padma River near Bairagi cahr in Dawlatpur upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. The boat driver, who managed to arrive at the river bank, told banglanews, “Some 20/22 youths of a

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dreamt for Bangladesh and wished to see it as a developed country by 2041.The premier expressed the hope while exchanging eid greetings with people from all walks of life at Gano Bhaban on Tuesday.The programme started from 10:00am.She said that the

FARIDPUR: At least five people were killed in two different road accidents in Bhanga upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Four people were killed as a microbus turned turtle in Maligram area of the upazila.Meanwhile,