DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin said that the army will stay in cantonments during the city corporations elections.The CEC made the statement on Thursday evening regarding the deployment of army in the upcoming city polls in Dhaka and Chittagong.He said the army

DHAKA: Expressing satisfaction over strong bilateral ties between two countries, Thailand Energy Minister Narongchai Akrasanee expressed his country’s keen interest in investing in base-load power generation in Bangladesh by constructing coal-fired, gas-fired or oil-fired power plants

RANGAMATI: A person was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with law enforcers in Sajek area under Baghaichhari Upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.Identity of the deceased could not be known yet.Rangamati police super Tariqul Hasan told banglanews that they came to know that an activist

JAKARTA (INDONESIA): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, in their meeting in a sideline of Asian-African Conference, have agreed to strengthen and deepen their bilateral trade and investment relations. They also agreed on a joint trade

CHITTAGONG: Customs officials detained a passenger of Dubai Air with four gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport on Thursday.The detainee has been identified as Abdul Mannan (passport no: BO 606916).Custom intelligence sources said that on a tip-off, officials searched the

DHAKA: A cleaner of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) was killed in a road accident in city’s Dhanmondi area on Thursday.The deceased was identified as M Jasim, 48, son of Ali Hossain of Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj.Sources said a speedy vehicle rammed into Jasim while he was

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 asked 23 eminent personalities to appear before it on April 29 and explain why punitive actions would not be taken against them for contempt of court.Earlier on April 1, the tribunal has brought contempt of court charges against them for issuing

DHAKA: The fire that broke out at a house in BIAM Lane under Ramna Thana of the city on Thursday morning, was brought under control after around half an hour.Sources said the fire originated at a room of the house around 11:45am and later spread to other rooms.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of

JAKARTA (INDONESIA):  Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina co-chaired the fourth plenary session of ongoing Asian-African Conference on Thursday.Egypt premier Ibrahim Mehbub was the other co-chair of the session held in Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Centre in Indonesia capital

RANGAMATI: Two people were killed as a bus overturned in Satchhori area of Sadar upazila of the district Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Mamun, 35, and M Alauddin, 18, of Reserve Bazar area under the upazila.Rangamati Sadar police confirmed the matter to banglanews.He

JHENAODHA: A Bangladeshi schoolboy was shot dead by miscreants in Baghadanga Kholashpur frontier under Maheshpur upazila of the district early Thursday.The victim was identified as Hasan Ali, 16, class IX of Kholashpur High School and son of Jahangir Ali of Bakoshpota village.Locals said

JAKARTA (INDONESIA): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is addressing the plenary session Thursday as co-chair on the third and last day of Asian-African Conference.She will also sit for bilateral meeting with three world leaders after the session.The meetings will be held at Balai Sidang

CHITTAGONG: Customs intelligence seized 40 gold bars worth of Tk 2 crore from a passenger’s bag and undergarments at Shah Amanat International Airport of the port city on Wednesday.Law enforcers also held Abdus Shukkur, hail from Fatikchhari upazila of the port city, a passenger of Oman

JAKARTA (INDONESIA): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met world leaders during her visit in Indonesia.The meetings were held at Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Centre in Indonesia capital Jakarta from 10:00am to 3:30pm Wednesday.During the meetings, they discussed different issues related to

DHAKA: Two years after the tragic Rana Plaza incident, a rather gloomy picture has been captured in a research survey conducted by the ActionAid Bangladesh. Most of the survivors are not in a good shape, be it their physical, mental and economic condition. The survey shows that 61.2

DHAKA: Two years ago, the Rana Plaza building collapsed, crushing workers and drawing the world’s attention to the readymade garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh.In one day, Bangladesh lost over 1,100 lives. Today we remember those workers and grieve their loss along with their families

DHAKA: An elderly man was run over by a passenger bus in city’s Mazar Road area on Wednesday morning.The deceased has been identified as Abu Hadi Mia (60), hailed from Itna upazila of Kishoreganj district.The victim had been living with his family members in city’s Bhatara

DHAKA: Eight people were killed as nor’westers hit different places of six districts in the country sometimes between Tuesday night and early Wednesday.The districts are Habiganj, Jamalpur, Kisoreganj, Sherpur, Dinajpur, and Gaibandha.The deceased were identified as Nurjahan Begum, 22,

JAKARTA (INDONESIA): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sat on a meeting with deputy prime minister of Qatar Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud.The bilateral meeting was held at Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Centre in Indonesia capital city Jakarta on Wednesday.During the meeting, they discussed

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her speech at the three-day Asian-African conference in Jakarta, put emphasis on the South-South and Triangular cooperation.According to the premier, despite remarkable development gains, 2.2 billion people of the world still