DHAKA: International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved an ‘immediate disbursement’ of US$140.9 million to Bangladesh on Thursday. The approval came after IMF Executive Board completed the fourth review of Bangladesh’s economic program under a three-year arrangement supported by the

FROM IGC, GULSHAN : The flags of Bangladesh and India are likely to be flown atop of the North American highest mountain peak Mount McKinley locally known as Mount Denali. To hoist country’s flag, first Bangladeshi Mount Everest climber Musa Ibrahim and Indian mountain climber Satyarup

GAZIPUR: Unidentified miscreants chopped dead an activist of Swechchhasebok League in Rautkona area under Kapasia upazila of the district at 11:00am Friday. The deceased was identified as Humayun Kabir, 32. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Sub-Inspector of Kapasia Thana Afzal

DHAKA: Customs officials detained a person with six kilograms of gold bars worth about TK 1.5 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday morning. The detainee is Arif Hossain, 29. Airport customs assistant commissioner Shamsul Arefin Khan confirmed the matter to

JESSORE: A drug trader was killed in a gunfight with police in Jhumjhumpur Moylakhana area of the district early Friday. The deceased was identified as Abu Taher, 40, son of late Sona Ullah of Jhumjhumpur, suburb of the district town. Kotwali thana Officer-In-Charge (OC) Rafiqul Islam

DHAKA: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Thursday stressed on the need for enhanced commitment, responsibility and solidarity to durable peace and prosperity. Ali was addressing at the 17th session of the Ministerial Meeting of the NAM Coordinating Bureau at the Algeria’s capital city

DHAKA: 70 percent of Google’s employees are men and 61 percent of its U.S. employees are white, according to a workforce diversity report released by the company. Black workers accounted for 2 percent of the U.S. workforce, while Hispanics accounted for another 3 percent, according to

RIYADH: Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Md Shahidul Islam on Thursday joined the ceremonial washing of the Holy Kaaba at Makkah in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Earlier, the authorities concerned invited the embassy to take part in the progamme. Makkah’s governor Mishaal bin

NAOGAON: At least six people were killed and 29 others injured when thunderbolt struck them at a local paddy market in Saraswatipur under Mohadevpur upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Azizar Rahman, 40, of Shajadpur village of Sadar upazila of the

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members nabbed six persons and seized 1.1-kg gold bars from them at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday night.Sources said, acting on tip-off, APBn members nabbed six persons from a flight from Riyadh and seized 1.1Kg gold bars.Senior SP

DHAKA: The holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed on June 13 as the moon of the holy month of Shaban was not seen in country’s sky Thursday. The National Moon Sighting Committee made the disclosure in the evening after sitting a meeting, Islamic Foundation sources said. The meeting was

PABNA (ISHWARDI): An alleged terrorist was killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Hardinge Bridge area of Pakshi under the upazila of the district on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Abdul Hamid, 32. Pakshi Police Outpost In-Charge Manikuzzaman

DHAKA: Bangladesh and Algeria on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Foreign Office Consultations, the first ever bilateral agreement to have been signed between the two countries. The MOU was signed by Bangladesh Foreign Minister Mr. A.H. Mahmood Ali, MP and his

DHAKA: German Ambassador to Dhaka Albrecht Conze met Speaker Shirin Sharmin Choudhury at the latter’s parliament office on Thursday noon. They discussed about various aspects of trade, investment and development and enforced about the bi-lateral relation of the country. Speaker

DHAKA: The Ambassador of Myanmar to Dhaka was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday afternoon and was handed over a note verbal strongly protesting the firing and detaining a member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) patrolling team by Myanmar Border Guard Police along the

FENI:  A local court on Thursday placed Ziaul Bappi 5-day remand for interrogation in Fulgazi chairman Ekramul Haque murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate Khairul Amin passed the order at 5:00pm when Officer-in-Charge of Feni Model Police Station produced him before the court seeking

DHAKA: The refusal of giving treatment to a Rajshahi local photo journalist was a ‘joke’, said the investigation report. A High Court bench of Judge kazi Reza-ul Haq and judge ABM Altaf Hossain express dissatisfaction on the report. The court issued a suo-motu rule asking why the

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court on Thursday has sent ward councilor Jannatul Ferdous Neela to jail after completion of her three-day remand in a case filed for the murder of a youth.      District Senior Judicial Magistrate Ishtiaq Ahmed passed the order when Neela was produced

BENAPOLE: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized a truck of Indian clothes worth Tk 2.05 crore on Putkhali road in Port Thana on Thursday. BGB sources said that acting on tip-off they conducted a drive in the area at noon. Sensing presence of the BGB, smugglers fled

DHAKA: Two people including a minor girl were killed in a road accident in Kotapara area of the district on Thursday noon. The deceased were identified as Billal, son of Gafur Khan in Koarpur village of Sadar upazila and Sonia, daughter of Kalu Sarder in Baghia village. Locals said that