JESSORE: Communications minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to serve a show-cause notice to Khulna Roads and Highways additional chief engineer M Ali. He passed the order around 11:30am for their ‘negligence’ of duty following delay of repairing roads

LONDON: Britain Foreign Secretary Douglas Garven Alexander has expected Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s firm role in the upcoming climate change summit, scheduled to be held in Paris in 2015. The British came up with his expectation to the Bangladeshi premier when called on

FROM HILTON ON PARK LANE (LONDON): Expressing satisfaction over Vision-2021, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasian sais her government now dreaming to make Bangladesh a developed one through of Vision-2041. As Bangladesh have reached far ahead on target of Vision-2021 to make it as middle income

NARAYANGANJ: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Araihazar upazila on Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Khokon, 30, a truck helper who hails from Madaripur.   Sub-Inspector Manir Hossain of Araihazar Thana said, Khokon was killed

DHAKA: If a state fails to pass fair justice, then people lose their confidence and take the law in their own hands which lead to break down the judiciary and it is contrary to the democracy. These observations were made by outgoing US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena while he was

DHAKA: Three children sustained injuries in a cocktail blast incident at capital’s Islambagh on Wednesday morning. Injured three children are Sultana Akter, 09, Sadia Akter, 10 and Rifat, 04.    Nasima Akter, mother of wounded Sultana said some children were playing in front of

CHITTAGONG: A youth was killed and 10 others were injured in an accident at 11-mile of Hathazari in Chittagong on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Saifuddin, 18, son of Abdur Razzak, residing in Gamritala village under Nanupur union of the upazila. Witnesses told

DHAKA: Thirty Bangladeshis returned from Iraq on Tuesday by an Air Arabia flight from Erbil airport in Iraq.  The Air Arabia flight landed at Dhaka Airport at 8:00pm.   They were stranded at Tikrit and Mosul in distressed conditions since the outbreak of hostilities in Iraq.  Under

DHAKA: Staffs of Biman Bangladesh Airlines stage demonstration in their main office Balaka on Wednesday to press home their 14-point demands. As per the schedule of their movement, agitating staffs gathered in the office and starts demonstration at 9:00 am. They were echoing slogans

KHAGRACHHARI: At least 35 houses were gutted in fire in a bazaar in Panchhari upazila of the district early Wednesday. Sources said that the fire originated from a tea stall around 1:00am. Abdus Salam, Officer-in-Charge of Panchhari Thana, confirming the matter to banglanews, said

SUNAMGANJ: Two workers went missing as a sand-laden boat capsized by hit of a Bhalgate in Surma river at Panda area of Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The victims are Nur Miah, 40, son of Shamsu Mia, and Shohagh, 19, son of Khalil. They both hailed from Mohanpur village

HABIGANJ: Miscreant killed three people and left them on Dhaka-Sylhet rail line near Naowapara rail station in Madhabpur upazila of the district on Wednesday. The identity of the deceases could not be known immediately. Naowapara rail station master Maynul Haque and sub-inspector of

DHAKA: National Board of Revenue (NBR) has relaxed the rules for house rent payment through banks. From now, Landlords may deposit the rents (mandatory for over Tk. 25,000) in any of their existing bank accounts.  In a guideline, the board, on the day same, said that a landlord has to

MAKKAH: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia performed Umrah at the holy Kaba Sharif in Makkah early Wednesday along with her son Tarique Rahman, daughter-in-law Dr Jobaida Rahman and grand daughter Jaima Rahman. Sources told banglanews that they completed the Tawaf, circumambulating the Kaba

RANGPUR: Three Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists were killed in a road accident in Dulhapur in Mithapukur upazila on Tuesday evening. The deceased were identified as Mizan, 26, son of Huda Mia from Tikli Dakkhin Para village of the upazila, Firoz, 25, son of Manju Mia from the same

FROM WALWORTH CENTRE: British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his keen interest to visit Bangladesh for watching its achievement in social development and in facing fundamentalism. The British premier expressed his intention in a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA: Chief of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission and also Under-Secretary-General of UN Hervé Ladsous will arrive here on a three-day official visit on Tuesday night. Foreign Ministry Director General (Economic Affairs Wing) M Riaz Hamidullah will receive Ladsous at Hazrat

FROM LONDON: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a bilateral meeting with Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Anthony Lake at Walworth Academy 11:00am local time (BDST 4:00pm) on Tuesday. Foreign Ministry sources said they discussed about increasing

DHAKA: Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali on Tuesday categorically said a tough law would be enacted to control electronic media of the country. Mohsin, who criticized the roles of electronic media over publishing report on the gruesome seven-murder in Naraanganj, said, “Such

FROM 10 DOWNING STREET, LONDON: Bangladesh Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina held a bilateral meeting with her United Kingdom counterpart David Cameron at the 10 Downing Street at 8:30am local time (1:30pm BDST) on Tuesday. Hasina who is now on a three-day official visit to UK to attend the