DHAKA: A court on Thursday placed Sub-Inspector Jahid and his source Nasim Sheikh on 5-day remand over the murder of Mahbubur Rahman Sujan, a Jhut (garments waste) trader of Mirpur. Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman passed the order at noon in response to a 10-day remand plea of

DHAKA: Two hundred and ninety BCS administration cadres have been posted as assistant commissioners (trainee). A gazette notification from public administration ministry’s field administration-1 said on Thursday. The trainee assistant commissioners are empowered with executive

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has dismissed a Roads and Highway Department (RHD) engineer temporarily for his negligence on duty at Ashulia-Bipail highway repairing works ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. The minister suspended engineer Ashsan Ullah on Thursday morning while he was

BAGERHAT: A district court here Thursday sentenced three people to death and life imprisonment to six others in a murder case. The court also fined Tk 10 thousands each of the six.  In case of default to pay, they have to serve one more year in prison. District and Sessions Judge SM

PABNA: Legendary actress of Bangla cinema Suchitra Sen’s ancestral house has been freed from illegal occupation in Gopalpur area in Pabna. Occupying the place, Jamaat-e-Islami had been running an educational institution called ‘Imam Gazzali Institute’. Pabna deputy commissioner

DHAKA: Railway Police detained a youth with huge chocolate bombs from an express train at Saidpur rail Station around 8:30am Thursday. After detention, he has been brought to Kamlapur Railway Station and is now being interrogated. Railway thana OC Abdul Majid confirmed the matter to

KISHOREGANJ: Police recovered body of a foreigner student of Jahurul Islam Medical College from a lake early Thursday.   The deceased was identified as Rajan Para Juli, 25, final year MBBS student, son of Krishna Prasad Para of Nepal.  Confirming the matter to banglanews,

DHAKA: The government has decided to appoint Saida Muna Tasneem, currently serving as Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the new Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand. A career diplomat, Tasneem belongs to the 11th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) Cadre. In her

DHAKA: The verdict of a case against drug company Adflame for its alleged involvement in producing adulterated paracetamol would be delivered on July 22. Drug Court Judge Abdur Rashid re-fixed the date as verdict of the case was not complete to deliver scheduled on Thursday.       

FROM BARISAL: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia called the movement after the Eid-ul-fitr that is the strategy to make revive the activists of the party. Barisal Awami League members made the remarks. They also said BNP has no issue to accumulate the people of

Men have stepped on the moon. Now they are going from one place to another within few hours. Bangladeshis can reach New Delhi from Dhaka in two and half hours, can reach Bangkok, Singapore or Kuala Lumpur in three or half hours .But the citizens of Dhaka (sometimes) cannot reach to

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her pledge to establishing a just and peaceful society on the auspicious occasion of International Criminal Justice Day (July 17) on Thursday. In a message to celebrate the day, the premier also reminded that Bangladesh joined

DHAKA: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran on Wednesday claimed about positive progress of Teesta deal and Land Boundary Treaty between Bangladesh and India. Pankaj Saran claimed this in a meeting with Foreign Affairs Secretary M Shahidul Haque at the secretariat.

DHAKA: A 15-year old girl died after falling from the roof top of a seven-storey building in Dilu Road area of the capital on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Sonia Akhter, 15, daughter of Wahid Mia, hailed from Manoharganj upazila of Comilla district. Sub-Inspector of

DHAKA: Zahidur Rahman, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Mirpur Thana, was arrested from Rajarbagh Police Lines on Wednesday on charge of killing a businessman in custody on July 12.Officer-in-Charge if Mirpur Thana Salahuddin Ahmed confirmed the matter to banglanews.Police arrested him after

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Taka one crore to the country’s physically challenged cricket team who recently returned home after winning a series against India. The PM handed over the money on Wednesday during a visit of the players and team officials to PMO. She also

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission sought a 10-day remand for Golam Mohiuddin, an official of Bismillah Group, a terry towel producer, for his alleged involvement in the embezzlement of funded loans worth over Tk 58.39 crore. Sources told banglanews that the ACC assistant director

DHAKA: Police seized 16 more gold bars and detained a youth from Kamalapur railway station on Wednesday.   The detainee is Selim, 27. Police suspects he came from Chittagong by Turna Nishita train in the morning.     GRP Thana OC Abdul Majid said police arrested Selim with 16 pieces

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will set-up formalin testing booth in 236 kitchen markets of capital Dhaka by one week to ensure foods without chemical and formalin.   DMP commissioner Benzir Ahmed made the disclosure at a discussion at Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday.   He

NARAYANGANJ: A District Court awarded death penalty to three people for killing a woman and her daughter. The convicts are- Abdul Malek, 36, Omar Farul, 37 and Abdus Salam, 39. Additional District and Session Judge Mizanur Rahman passed the order Wednesday. Case statement reads that