DHAKA: A Malaysian court on Friday charged two local immigration officers with murdering a Bangladeshi detainee on October 29 - the smallest state of the country, reports native English-language daily The Star.Perlis Immigration officers M Aminnudin Mohd Yasin and Zuhairul Effendy

DHAKA: Customs intelligence on Friday detained a Malaysia-return student with 775 grams gold worth about Tk 38 lakhs from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.The detainee was identified as M Farzi Rahman, 20, a fourth year student of Bachelor of Accounting at a university in

DHAKA: Police recovered body of a Bangladesh-born British citizen from Banani area of the city on Friday.The deceased was identified as Mezbah Uddin, 71. Sub-inspector (SI) Jahangir Alam of Banani Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews.Being informed, the law enforcers recovered the

NARAYANGANJ: The authorities Friday suspended four police members including a Sub-Inspector (SI) of Narayanganj Bandar Thana on allegation of involvement in drug trading.One of the suspended is SI Masudul Haque of Kamtal police outpost of the Thana. Though, other three police

SYLHET: Police Friday detained 17 Chhatra league activists of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) with one loaded pistol and 19 sharp weapons following clash of Thursday that killed one and injured over 20. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of

DHAKA: Bangladesh will face visiting Zimbabwe in the first One Day International of five-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium of Chittagong. The day/night match will start at 1:30pm. Mashrafee Mortaza will lead the Bangladesh team in the ODI series while Elton Chigumbura will

SATKHIRA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained 13 Bangladeshis while they were trying to intrude in India through Kaliganj border on Thursday night. BGB sources said the detainees were held from Nalta Chaumuhani frontier area around 8:00pm. Acting Commander of Satkhira 34

DHAKA: Armed Forces Day, the raising day of the Bangladesh armed forces, is being observed across the country on Friday with due solemnity and enthusiasm. On this day in 1971, a deliberate attack, by the members of Army, Navy and Air force of the Bangladesh liberation war forces, was

DHAKA: The officer-in-charge (OC) of city’s Kotwali Thana has been withdrawn on Thursday evening for his alleged involvement of a past month’s gold scandal.Sources told banglanews that the withdrawn OC--Firoz Al Jalal--has been closed to the Rajarbagh Police Lines.Instead of him,

DHAKA: Bangladesh has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).The election took place at the 29th Session of the Intergovernmental Council of IPDC being held from November 20-21,

DHAKA: Pistol-wielding muggers snatched here Tk 10 lakh on Thursday night over firing a city money exchanger at Mirpur’s Janata Housing area.The victim--Sharif Nasir Hossain, 28--is now undergoing treatment at a local Delta Hospital.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place

DHAKA: Abdullah Al Islam Jakob, the deputy minister for environment and forests, in favour of the government of Bangladesh, has been elected as the vice president (VP) of the COP (Committees of the Parties) and MOP (Meeting of the Parties) to the ‘26th Meeting of the Parties to the

DHAKA: Police have recovered a bomb-like object from near the Kalabagan Thana in city Thursday night.Sources told banglanews that the object, looks like a time bomb, was found around 9:30pm in a Hamid Garment’s lane, adjacent to the police station.Police, however, after being

DHAKA: A mild tremor measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted the country early Friday. The tremor was felt at 12:14:37am, said the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter of the earthquake was located in Khawhai of neighboring India, some 330 kilometers east of the seismic centre

COX’S BAZAR: Coast Guard members in a drive rescued five people on Thursday from a Shah Porir Dip’s Majhar Para area house under Teknaf of the district.They were being taken to Malaysia illegally through the seaway, sources told banglanews.The people, who were rescued--Belal

DHAKA: Jatiya Party presidium member lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid on Thursday demanded the arrest of 42 people, including Biman Bangladesh Airlines Air Marshal (retd) Jamal Uddin Ahmed, on charges of gold smuggling.Firoz came up with the plea while addressing the parliament on the point

DHAKA: Pilot Officer Tamanna-E-Lutfy completed her first solo flight by Bell-206 helicopter in BAF Base Bir Sreshto Matiur Rahman in Jessore on Thursday.On 23 September 2014, two female officers, Flying Officer Nayma Haque and Pilot Officer Tamanna-E-Lutfy started basic helicopter

DHAKA: The government is likely to build overpass at 1,400 rail crossing points across the country to avert mishaps beside rail tracks.  ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, chairman of parliamentary standing committee on railway ministry, told journalists after a meeting of the committee at

DHAKA: Urgent action is needed to reach the benefits of innovation to millions of children through new global networks of connectivity and collaboration, says a release. UNICEF released the report titled ‘The State of the World’s Children Report--Reimagine the future: Innovation for

DHAKA: Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Sajeeb Wazed Joy have been made honorary advisors to Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina. An order from Prime Minister Office (PMO) sent to Press Information Department (PID) said on Thursday evening. Journalist Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury has been made information