BENAPOLE (JESSORE): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over six Bangladeshis, including women and child, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), through Benapole check post on Tuesday afternoon.They were detained by BSF on accusation of entering India illegally.The detainees are

DHAKA: A four-day Global Social Business Summit 2014 will be kicked off in Mexico City on November 25, said a press release on Tuesday.Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto will jointly inaugurate the summit.The motto of this year's summit is

DHAKA: Democracy International (DI) kicked off its fifth class of the political fellowship program here on Sunday (November 23). This class consists of 30 mid-level political leaders and will continue until April 2015. Over the next six months, the fellows will receive different kinds

DHAKA: A fourteen-year old boy was found dead in Basabo area of the city on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Noor Nabi alias Bijoy, son of Shaheed Mia, hailed from Kishoreganj district.Police sources said he might have committed suicide.However, on information, police recovered the

FROM PARLIAMENT: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday categorically said the new pay scale would be implemented soon after submitting ‘Pay and Services Commission-2013’ report within December 15.The finance minister made the disclosure while addressing the parliament in response

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to preserve the house of world-famous scientist Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose in Munshiganj district.An HC bench comprising Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Mohammad Ashraful Kamal passed the order after the primary

FROM NEPAL: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Nepal to join the 18th Summit of SAARC scheduled to be begun in Katmandu, capital city of Nepal, on Wednesday.The premier, also ruling Awami League president, will address the inauguration session along with other heads of the state

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule upon the government to explain within three weeks how Mosharraf Hossain became the minister for Housing and Public Works despite holding an office of profitable post in a company.An HC bench comprising Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and

DHAKA: Former post, telecommunications and ICT minister Latif Siddique was sent to jail on Tuesday afternoon in a case related to hurting religious sentiment.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court Judge Atikur Rahman passed the order after police produced Siddique before the court

DHAKA: Both war crimes convicts and government sides can file review petition within 15-day after publication of full judgment by Supreme Court Appellate Division.Besides, death row convicts can’t be hanged till the review is settled, while the convict can seek Presidential mercy

NETROKONA: A Netrokona court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to four persons for their involvement in killing of a man in the district.District and Sessions Judge Dr AKM Abul Kashem, also judge of Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, passed the order around 1:00pm.The

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday published the full judgement of cancellation of Quader Mollah’s review petition.The five-member bench of the SC led by Justice M Mozammel Hossain published the full verdict in the noon.The other judges of the bench are,

DHAKA: As a part of drive against jaywalking in the capital, the mobile court fined over 200 people at Karwanbazar and Banglamotor areas for not using foot over-bridge, zebra-crossing and underpass.Dhaka district administration executive magistrate Sarwar Alam led the court, which

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) commissioner Shamsuddin said they want to be reconfirmed about all information, acquired from detainees, over the killing of Rajshahi University professor AKM Shafiul Islam.Shamsuddin was addressing a press conference at RMP Headquarters

BOGRA: Seven people were killed and seven others injured in two separate road accidents in Adamdighi and Kahaloo upazilas of the district on Monday night.Kahaloo Thaana Officer-In-Charge (OC) Kamruzzaman told banglanews that a locally made human hauler ‘votvoti’ plunged into a

DHAKA: The countrywide dawn to dusk hartal called by Nationalist Democratic Front (NDF) demanding the arrest of sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique, is underway on Tuesday.However, the thoroughfares’ were seen busy like other days’ morning.Inter-district buses were seen leaving

DHAKA: Nationalist Democratic Front (NDF) alliance led by National People’s Party (NPP) called countrywide daylong hartal for Tuesday to press home their demand of Latif Siddique.NDF President Shawkat Hossain Nilu told to banglanews on Monday night that they would observe

DHAKA: A young girl died after falling from a high-rise building in city’s Azimpur area on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Najat Faija Swagata, 18, daughter of Nazibul Haque, hailed from city’s Dholaikhal area.Sources told banglanews that Swagata, a student of Dhaka

DHAKA: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is set to introduce Garments Industries Transparency Initiative (GITI) system aiming to ensure more transparency in RMG sector.Transparency International (TI) founder Dr Peter Eigen said in his keynote paper at a press conference at

DHAKA: Police recovered a body of an 8-year old boy from a water tank in city’s Dakkhin Khan area on Monday after three days of his missing.The victim was identified as Farhad, son of Abdur Rashid Sarder, of the area.Sub-Inspector (SI) Aziz and also Duty Officer of Dakkhin Khan Thana