DHAKA: Local administration started eviction drive from Wiseghat to Shyambazar areas from Thursday morning.A team led by executive magistrate Sarwar Alam starting evicting illegal shops and other establishment from around Sadarghat amid protest of traders at 12:00am.Protesting the drive,

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is keen to develop waterway communication with Bangladesh aimed at boosting the trade and economy.She expressed her interest in this regard while visiting Sundarbans with government official on Tuesday (December 9). Mamata asked the

BAGERHAT: The salvage barge ‘BD Rising’, dragged the sunken oil tanker to Joymoni Forest Station 3.5 kilometer away from the spot to anchor it there on Thursday noon. The barge of Khan Jahan Ali (R) Salvage Enterprise (KSE)’, began the rescue operation of the sunken oil

DHAKA: Former District and Sessions Judge of Dhaka Kazi Golam Rasul, who delivered verdict of Bangabandhu Mujibur Rahman murder case, died of old-age complications on Thursday morning.He was 72.Rasul, a former member of Bangladesh Public Service Commission, breathed his last in city’s

DHAKA: A prison guard of Dhaka Central Jail was electrocuted at Bagan Bari Government Staff Quarter in the city Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Ratan Khan, 35.Farman Ali, senior jail superintendent at Dhaka Central Jail, confirmed the matter to banglanews.Farman Ali

DHAKA: Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route on the River Padma resumed in Thursday morning after a 12-hour suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Earlier, eight ferries, carrying vehicles and passengers, were forced to anchor in the mid river as those distracted

DHAKA: In the latest move after oil-tanker 'OT Southern Star 7' capsize, the government banned the movement of all kinds of water vessels in Shela River along Sundarbans. Ministry of Shipping issued a press release on the matter on Tuesday night, which says the ban will remain

DHAKA: Fog has disrupted service at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Thursday, with three flights diverted to Kolkata Airport.Three flights of Kuwait and Turkey Airways were diverted to Kolkata Airport due to the bad weather, said sources concerned.Airport officials, however, feared

DHAKA: Ferry services came to a halt at Mawa-Kawrakandi water ways on the River Padma since Wednesday night after eight ferries distracted from course due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Banglanews Munshiganj Correspondent Kazi Dipu reported at around 8:00am that the trapped

DHAKA: Police detained three suspected members of banned Islamic militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh in the city’s North Badda area Wednesday night.The detainees are Amzad Hossaiin Sujan, 34, Nur Alama, 27, and Mahnudul Alma Anikm 18.Police, however, seized a good number of

DHAKA: The European Union (EU) wants consensus of most political parties about participating in the next general election instead of an immediate polls in the country.Chairperson of European Union’s Committee on South Asia Jean Lambert, also a Member of the European Parliament

GAZIPUR: Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar upazila and Tongi area of the district on Wednesday.In Tongi, a van driver, Sirajul Haque, 40, was severely injured as a rashly driven truck crushed into a goods-laden van as its driver lost control over the steering

DHAKA: Law Minister Advocate Anisul Haque on Wednesday said the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 would be amended to bring Jamaat-e-Islami under trial instead of banning for the party’s crimes against humanity during Liberation War in 1971.The minister made the assertion at

DHAKA: Three Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members were directly involved in gruesome Narayanganj seven-murder case.The probe committee of RAB submitted the report saying that former commander Tarek Sayeed and two company commanders Arif Hossain and MM Rana of RAB-11 had a direct

DHAKA: The government has agreed in principle to take initiatives in launching dual apprenticeship for students who obtained Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC).State Minister for Labour and Manpower Mujibul Haque Chunnu was addressing a workshop on ‘National Consultation on

DHAKA: Edouard Beigbeder assumed his duties on Wednesday as the new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Bangladesh, says a media release.As the new UNICEF Representative, Beigbeder presented his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abul Hassan

DHAKA: A total of 181 people were killed and some 8,752 injured in political violence from January to November of this year.Coordinator of Networking and Mobilization Division of Sushashoner Jonno Pracharavijan (SUPRO) (Campaign for Good Governance) Dil Afroz Duti made the disclosure

DHAKA: The government is going to appoint some 16,000 assistant teachers for primary schools of the country. A circular titled ‘Primary Assistant Teacher Recruitment Circular-2014’ was published on Wednesday.Applications are sought from all districts in the country except Rangamati,

NAOGAON: A freedom fighter was hacked to death by miscreants at Ushti village in Patnitala upazila of the district on Tuesday night in the month of country’s victory.The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin, 60, resident of the village.Sources told banglanews that miscreants hacked

SUNDARBAN (BAGERHAT): A three-member probe committee was formed on Wednesday to investigate sink of the oil-tanker carrying 357,664 liters of furnace oil in a river in the Sundarbans. On the other hand, two rescue vessels of BIWTA, Prattay and Nirbhik have been headed to the spot from