CHITTAGONG: Coast Guard personnel detained 36 Malaysia-bound people and seized a trawler on the river of Karnaphuli under Patenga Thana in the port city Tuesday night. The fortune seekers were held at 9:00pm in a drive conducted by Coast Guard during regular patrolling in the area.

DHAKA: An agreement and three others memorandum of understanding (MoU) have been signed between Bangladesh and Malaysia following a bilateral meeting between PM Sheikh Hasina and her counterpart Nazib Tun Abdul Razak.The signing ceremony was held at Perdana Square of Putrajaya in

MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh will soon be the investment destination among the Asian countries with the implementation of all development initiatives taken by her government. The Premier expressed the hope at the ‘Dialogue on Investment and Trade Opportunities

DHAKA: An unidentified man was killed and 10 others were injured in a collision between two trucks at Purana Paltan intersection in the city early Wednesday. Identities of the injured could not be known yet. The accident took place when a gas cylinder-laden truck (Dhaka Na 59-942)

MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that she is ready to make highest sacrifice for the greater interest of the country and its people.  In this regard she firmly mentioned that any kind of attacks including grenade attacks could never refrain her from serving the

MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that she is ready to make highest sacrifice for the greater interest of the country and its people.In this regard she firmly mentioned that any kind of attacks including grenade attacks could never refrain her from serving the people

KUALA LUMPUR: Visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a meeting with Malaysia’s influential former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday. The Malaysian influential leader made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Hasina at Hotel Grand Hayatt here in the evening and she

DHAKA: The government has stopped telecast of Channel 16 in Bangladesh as it has not taken renewed permission to air programs after expiration on Nov 30, 2013.The information ministry stopped the broadcasting of the private channel from Tuesday afternoon.Senior assistant secretary M

DHAKA: A private university student was killed as a bus knocked him down in Merul Badda area in the city on Tuesday.The victim was identified as Sadi Morshed, 20, a BBA student of Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB) and son of SM Alam, of Uttar Kamlapur.Deceased’s mother

DHAKA: An unidentified man aged around 30-year was beaten to death near BG press gate in city’s Tejgaon industrial area on Tuesday.Industrial Thana Sub-Inspector (SI) Rokonuddin said the deceased was a drug addict.According to the SI, the victim was severely beaten by another addict

MADARIPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Gobindapur area of Rajoir upazila in the district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Mizan Howlader, 35, of Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj and Shamim Munshi, 32, from Bogra district.Officer-in-Charge (OC) Anwar

RAJSHAHI: A Rajshahi court on Tuesday placed five accused on a two-day remand in a case of Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam murder.Judge Sharmin Akhter of Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 passed the order after Officer-in-Charge Alamgir Hossain of Motihar Thana,

DHAKA: European Union Ambassador, Pierre Mayaudon, on Tuesday said the project financed by EU increased the nutritional status of 10,000 households directly through nutrition education.He made the assertion while addressing assembled delegates of the closing workshop for the

DHAKA: Bashundhara Group and East West Media Group Limited (EWMGL) Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan on Tuesday called upon the journalists to practice bold investigative journalism in ensuring development of the society and state.The eminent business personality of the country was

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Tanvir Rahman, accused of the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi. An HC bench comprising Justice Nizamul Huq and Justice Nurul Huda Jaigirdar passed the order in the noon. Earlier, the lower court and High Court

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will take responsibility of late journalist Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury’s family, said road transport and bridge minister Obaidul Quader. The minister said at a joint meeting of transport owners, workers and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday ruled that British journalist David Bergman was guilty of contempt for demeaning the tribunal through derogatory post on his blog. The court ordered him to pay a fine of 5,000 taka or go to prison for seven days.  The ICT-2 led

CHITTAGONG: Customs officials detained a passenger of Biman Bangladesh Airlines with 14 gold bars and 70 gold chains at Shah Amanat International Airport on Tuesday morning. The detainee was identified as M Rashid. Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate assistant director

NARAYANGANJ: A district court Tuesday placed three RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) personnel on 7-day remand in sensational 7-muder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate Monwara Begum granted the remand when police produced them before the court with 10-day remand plea in the morning.

MALAYSIA: Thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates in Malaysia have been waiting eagerly for the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s three-day visit to the country believing that the tour would bring solutions to many of their problems. Leaders of Bangladeshi community told the banglanews