DHAKA: Bangladesh Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque selected as a member of the 15-member Governing Board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF). The GCERF has been launched in Geneva on Tuesday to support local community-level initiatives in some areas and

DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday said there no alternative to make skilled engineers to face the challenge of the world. “We have a lot of human resources and they can contribute to the national development if they can be skilled in information technology,” he said. The

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) has withdrawn the exemption letter of state Minister for Local Government Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Moshiur Rahman Ranga as JP Presidium Member. The party issued a press release signed by Ershad’s Press and Political Secretary Shunil Shuva Roy

DHAKA: The probe committee submitted the progress report to the High Court on Tuesday on the gruesome Narayanganj seven-murder case. An HC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore fixed December 10 for further order of next steps. Earlier on

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved eight projects, including Ashuganj-Bhulta 400kv Transmission Line, involving Tk 2,228 crore. The approval came from the ECNEC meeting on Monday held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla

DHAKA: A construction contractor died after falling from the rooftop of an under-construction house at Kajla in the city on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ataur Rahman Khokon, 35, resident of Jatrabari. Fellow workers, who witnessed the accident, told banglanews that

DHAKA: Dr Ferdinand von Weyhe, the Chargé d’Affaires of the German Embassy in Dhaka, travelled to Tangail in remembrance of Monir Hossain, an arson victim who faced an unfortunate death amidst the unrest situation that prevailed in the country during last fall. To pay homage to the

DHAKA: The Global Terrorism Index (GTI), a publication released by non-profit think tank Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) says Bangladesh is at considerable risk of terrorist activity. The country has been ranked 23 among 162 nations in the Global Terrorism Index. The index scores

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank asked all taxpayer identification number (TIN) account holders of scheduled banks and financing institutions to update their 12-digit TIN number. A circular signed by BB’s Department of Financial Institutions and Markets (DFIM) deputy general manager Mohammad

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted two cocktails in front of Hotel Victory, adjacent to BNP’s Naya Paltan central office on Tuesday noon.Quoting witnesses, Sub-Inspector of Paltan Thana Hasan told banglanews said, “the cocktails blasted around 1.55pm and we have sent out our team there to

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) held three foreign nationals from city’s Moghbazar area for staying illegal in Bangladesh.The detainees included two Liberians and a Chadian.Confirming the matter RAB Headquarters Legal and Media Wing director Major Rumman Mahmud told

DHAKA: India’s anti-terror organization National Investigation Agency (NIA) is now staying at city’s Police Headquarters to hold a meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) at Tuesday noon.The visiting team is scheduled to hold a meeting with the Inspector General of

DHAKA: Citing his favorite word ‘preparedness’, US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena elaborated that it is possible to minimize casualties during a disaster by ensuring adequate preparedness. Mozena came up with this assertion at a program of fire extinguishing equipment handover to

DHAKA: For the fourth year, Hay Festival Dhaka is scheduled to be held from November 20–22 at the historic ground of the Bangla Academy in city. Hay Festival Dhaka Director Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi announced about the three-day long festival in a press briefing at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU)

It may give a sense of a nation’s pride and glory when the freedom fighters are in headlines days after days even 43 years after the liberation war. Unfortunately there is little to rejoice.  Years after years on previous occasions, we found the freedom fighters who fought for a new

DHAKA: Former Minister for Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping of Greece Dr Louka T Katseli on Tuesday said it would be better for Bangladesh economy to come out of its dependency on ready made garments sector. The Professor of Economics at the National Kapodistrian University of

HABIGANJ: Two youths were killed in a road accident in Ratanpur village under Madabpur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Kaptan Mian, 25, son of Mafiz Al, and Mohsin Mian, 26, son of Onu Mian. Both hailed from Kandura village of Nasirnagr upazila of Brahmanbaria

DHAKA: Ten engineers have left Biman Bangladesh Airlines at a time as the authorities neither increased their salaries nor gave any promotion. Due to the resignation of the engineers, who had Basic licenses, engineering and material management wing, Biman faced a huge loss as they used

DHAKA: A cleaning worker was killed when a human-hauler ran over him in Gulistan area of the city Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Joynal, 42. On-duty police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ahad at Gulistan police box told banglanews that a leguna (human-hauler) hit the man

DHAKA: Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven assured that his government will continue to provide assistances to the garment industry of Bangladesh to gain a world level quality. Stefan made the assurance when Bangladesh Ambassador to Sweden and Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland,