DHAKA: Cabinet Monday gave final nod to the draft of Nuclear Power Plant Act-2015 and approved a proposal for formation of Nuclear Power Company of Bangladesh for se up and monitoring operations of such plants in the country.The approvals came from a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh

DUBAI: The security authorities of Dubai in separate drives detained at least 1,000 illegal immigrants from Bangla Bazar, China Market, Bangla Channel and Fish Market in the city of United Arab Emirates (UAE).The detainees were kept in Dubai, Al Abir, Al Baraha, Al Murakkabad and other

DHAKA: The body of former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu has been taken to party’s Naya Paltan central office in the city at 10:40am Monday.His namaj-e-janaza will be held in front of the office where BNP leaders and activists including its chairperson Khaleda Zia will pay tribute

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will go to party’s Naya Paltan central office around 10:30am Monday to pay tribute to former lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu.BNP chairperson’s Media Wing officer Shamshuddin Didar confirmed the matter to banglanews.In a press release, Party’s

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal commented that the allegation regarding former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu’s death is ill-motivated as he was provided all medical facilities in jail.Kamal came up with this remark while talking to media after a

SATKHIRA: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 17 Bangladeshis while they were trying to illegal entry to India through Debhata frontier of the district.Police sources said they, hails from Satkhira and Rajbari districts, were detained from South Kulia area of Debhata Upazila

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said more production of electricity will move the country towards more development.She was addressing an inaugural ceremony of 315-MW electricity from four plants at different places of the country through video conference from her official

DHAKA: Cultural diversity has been showcased at Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC on Saturday with the participation of 40 foreign embassies.Besides, visitors from all over the USA, including thousands of enthusiastic foreigners and tourists, joined the daylong ‘Open House’ program

DHAKA: Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) Brancg has claimed responsibility for the murder of blogger Avijit Roy at Dhaka University campus some two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.Avijit was hacked to death by two assailants with machetes on the streets of the capital

DHAKA: Three youths were killed in a road accident in bypass area of the district on Sunday noon.The deceased were identified as Sabbir, Sifat and Omar Faruk, aged around 20 years and hailed from Kabutarkhola village under Sreenagar upazila of the district.Local Rakibul Hasan told

DHAKA: Bangladesh embassy in Thailand sought details of finding mass grave that contained bodies of 32 people reportedly from Bangladesh and Myanmar in a remote jungle in Sadao district of Thailand near the border of Malaysia.There were further reports that a man from Bangladesh has

DHAKA: Bangladeshi blogger Rafida Bonya Ahmed, who has survived from brutal attacks that claimed her husband Avijit Roy’s life, won Deutsche Welle (DW) annual The Bobs awards.Bonya, along with, a Syrian team of independent media makers and a Mexican volunteer group, received the awards

TANGAIL: A teacher of a local high school was killed in a road accident in Tarutia area under Sadar upazila on Sunday.The victim was identified as Amjad Hossain Master, 50, assistant teacher of Boali BLS High School and also president of Jadabpur Union AL unit of Sakhipur upazila. Locals

RIYADH: The Saudi Ministry of Hajj blacklisted 31 agencies of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet for human trafficking in the name of umrah visa.Following the irregularities, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has stopped issuing umrah visas to Bangladeshis for the past one month. The resumption of

DHAKA: A group of miscreants shot a heroin peddler to death in city’s Kadamtali area on Sunday morning.The deceased has been identified as Manik (30).Confirming the matter to banglanews, Kadamtali Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Abdus Salam Mia said that they think that the

DHAKA: Police recovered bodies of an unidentified youth and a woman in city on Sunday.A domestic help identified as Nasima Begum (28) died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) Sunday early morning.Dulal Hossain, a relative of the deceased, told banglanews that Nasima was working

DHAKA: Chairman of the sub-committee on Asia and the Pacific of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Congressman Matt Salmon said Bangladesh is a strong and dependable ally of the US in fighting terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.He further said, ‘What really is at stake

CHITTAGONG: Customs intelligence detained two traffic department employees with 40 gold bars, worth of nearly Tk 2.30-crore, at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong.The gold bars were seized from a Dubai Air flight on Sunday morning.The detainees were identified as Belal

DHAKA: The Buddhist community celebrated their biggest religious festival ‘Buddha Purnima’ across the country as elsewhere in the world on Sunday, marking Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death.Different Buddhists organizations chalked out elaborate programs in celebrating

DHAKA: A female cleaner of Dhaka North City Corporation was killed as a speedy truck ran over her in Mohakhali rail crossing area of the city early Monday.The deceased was identified as Mousumi Akter, 35, wife of Bablu Mian, who resided at the Staff Colony in Mohakhali.Banani Thana