DHAKA: Customs authorities detained a passenger and recovered 2.3 kilograms of gold from his possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday.The detainee is identified as Abdul Jalil, 38, passenger of a flight of United Airways which landed at the airport around

DHAKA: A daylong meeting of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday decided to give promotion to 47 of its officials.According to the decision, five deputy directors will be promoted as directors and seven assistant directors as deputy directors.A number of participants confirmed the

DHAKA: United Nations resident coordinator and also United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative Robert Watkins commented that hartal and blockade are painful for a developing country like Bangladesh.The UN envoy made the remark during his visit to Prime Minster

DHAKA: The High Court summoned three officers of Apex Factory in Gazipur, including its managing director (MD), over the incident of giving birth to a baby by a worker in toilet.The HC bench of Justice Reza-ul-Haque and Justice Abu Taher M Saifur Rahman passed the suo-moto order. The

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the authorities concerned for undertakings necessary steps in resolving the problems of two private export processing zones (EPZs) to make them functional.The PM gave the directives in the 18th meeting of the Board of Governors of the

KURIGRAM: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran said the friendly relation between the two countries has further deepened through passage of the Land Boundary Agreement bill in the Lok Sabha.According to the 1974 Indira-Mujib agreement, enclave residents will soon get

TANGAIL: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four persons with pistols and bullets in drives conducted in Beguntal village in sadar upazila of Tangail district on Sunday.The arrestees included Purba Bangla Communist Party ML regional leader Afzal Hossain, son of Abdul Karim

DHAKA: Narayanganj ward commissioner Nur Hossain, the prime accused of killing seven people after abduction in April 2014, was suspended after more than one year of the incident.Nur Hossian was suspended under the Local Government Act-2009 and the suspension order was published on

DHAKA: A devastating fire broke out at a multi-storied building named Molla Tower opposite to Rampura Television Station in the city on Sunday afternoon.On information, 11 fire fighting units have been sent to the spot but six of those were brought back to the station, fire service

DHAKA: A couple received bullet injuries in city’s Dhalaipar Masjid area on Sunday afternoon.The victims were identified as Habul Sardar and Rina Akhtar, residents of the area.Victims’ close relative Baharul Uddin told banglanews that Habul and his wife Rina were walking to Nawabpur.

DHAKA: Prosecution submitted formal charges before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 against five razakars of Kirshoreganj for their alleged crimes against humanity in 1971.The accused are Nasir Uddin Ahmed, 62, a former army officer, his brother Shamsuddin, 60, a member of

DHAKA: Bangladesh ambassador in Bangkok Saida Muna Tasneem on Friday met some 16 Bangladeshis migrants rescued from Thailand's southern Songkhla province.Bangladesh embassy in Bangkok disclosed the matter through a press release on Sunday morning.Earlier on Thursday, Saida accompanied by

DHAKA: A total of 92 out of 123 migrants rescued from a jungle of Thailand's southern Songkhla province on Friday, claimed themselves as Bangladesh nationals.Sources of Bangladesh embassy in Bangkok, quoting Royal Thai Police, confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday morning.According

COX’S BAZAR: A human trafficker was killed and two policemen sustained bullet injuries during a gunfight in Sonarpara area under Ukhia upazila of the district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Farid Majhi, 40, while details of the injured could not be known.Assistant

DHAKA: The International Mother’s Day is being observed in the country as elsewhere across the world on Sunday, honoring mothers, motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. Usuallym the Day is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most

MEHERPUR: Two people including a woman were killed as thunderbolt struck them in separate places in Gangni Upazila of the district on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Bilkis Ara, 25, wife of Saudi Arabia expatriate Liton Hossain, of Kazipur village and Atiar Rahman, 60, a

BAGERHAT: A leader of a robber gang and his cohort were killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Nandabala canal in Chandpai Range of Sundarbans early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Alamgir, 35, deputy-head of ‘Mayjhya Bahini’– a forest robbing gang of

DHAKA: A school student died after falling from the rooftop of an eight-storey building at Patuatuli Lane under Kotowali Thana in city Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sajjad Hossain Risad, 12, son of one Firoz Alam, resident of the building and student of Class IV of

COX’SBAZAR: Gunfight between a group of dacoits and police left four policemen hurt in Chakaria Upazila of the district on Saturday noon.Moreover, police detained a bullet-hurt dacoit identified as Khorshed Alam Chhotan (37) during the fight that took place in Phasiakhali Bridge area on

GAZIPUR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday said it proves that Bangladesh is benefited from the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with India.The Prime Minister said her previous governments did not talk about the land boundary agreement. In 1996, her government raised the issue for a