LONDON: London Metropolitan Police on Tuesday detained Barrister Abu Sayem, the newly appointed Human Rights Affairs Adviser to BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, on allegation of helping his client by making fake documents. Sources said Barrister Abu Sayem was detained from his

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed a youth, Haider Ali Mijhi, on a two-day remand for posting a photo on the facebook with derogatory remarks ridiculing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.  Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Judge Shahriar Mahmood Adnan passed the order when

FROM RIYADH: Five Bangladeshis were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Jabal al-Noor area of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning (local time). The deceased were identified as Ayub, Nazir Hossain, Farid, M Alam and Masur Alam, hailed from Eidgah area of Cox’s

DHAKA: Police Headquarters on Wednesday suspended the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sher-e-Bangla Thana and arrested its sub-inspector (SI) for opening fire on a businessman to prove him a terrorist. Deputy commissioner Biplab Kumar Sarkar of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Tejgaon Zone

DHAKA: The Steering Group of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) has unanimously accepted Bangladesh’s bid to Chair the GFMD in 2016 during a meeting at the Steering Group of the Forum held in Geneva.  Bangladesh delegation at the meeting was led by Shahidul Haque,

DHAKA: The ICC and BCB have jointly appealed against the reduction of Mohammad Ashraful's suspension, and the ruling on five others who were accused in the Bangladesh Premier League corruption case. The two boards have lodged the appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) decided to investigate into the allegations against its nine officials, including director general of the anti-graft body Kamrul Hossain Mollah, for obtaining fake freedom fighter certificates. The other ACC officials are its directors Golam Yahiya

CHITTAGONG: At least three workers sustained burn injuries in a fire at a gum factory in port city’s Kalurghat area on Wednesday. The victims are Nipur Chowdhury, Nikhil Dash, and Bidyut Barua. Sources told banglanews that the fire broke out at factory of ‘Readymade Industries’ in

DHAKA: Bangladeshi Author Taslima Nasreen once again sparked controversy after she tweeted about her new boyfriend on Twitter. She posted a picture of herself with her boyfriend and gave a status “My boyfriend is 20 years younger than me. It’s cool”. Nearly 22 people retweeted the

FROM DUBAI: Dubai-based airline Emirates is considering the aviation market of Bangladesh as very important for business, said a high official of the airline.In an exclusive interview with banglanews, Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Divisional Senior Vice President at the airline, talked to

DHAKA: Bangladesh will host the 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) meeting at Dhaka in 2016.The country has won the campaign on Tuesday in both the Steering Group and Troika Meetings of GFMD held in Geneva -- said a press release  issued by External Publicity Wing of

DHAKA: The number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh has reached 12 crore, and Bangladesh’s position is now ten in the world. Around 7.1 billion people live on earth and the 6.8 billion people use mobile phone. The information has been revealed in a report at a workshop on the

DHAKA: Banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has set up base in Assam and some people from the state are undergoing training and maintaining links with the group, Director General of Police of India Khagen Sharma said Tuesday.After the October 2 explosion at

MUNSHIGNAJ:  Four people were killed in a road accident in Jamaldi bus stand area adjacent to Meghna Bridge on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Wednesday noon.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said a cement-laden truck rammed into an auto rickshaw in the area

SATKHIRA: A District Court issued an arrest warrant against Abdul Latif Siddique, recently removed as minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology, for hurting religious sentiment.Judge of Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Nitai Chandra Saha issued the arrest

DHAKA: The deposition submission of a case filed under the Explosives Act for the February 25-26, 2009 BDR mutiny was adjourned till November 10 as the court was not prepared.It was scheduled to recording deposition in the cases on Wednesday. Nabojoyti Khisha, the then

NETRAKONA:  A district court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and son.  The convict is Abul Kashem, 35.Additional District and Session Judge Abdul Hamid passed the order around 11:15am.BDST: 1218 HRS, OCT 22, 2014

DHAKA: The government is taking into account to let over 500,000 on-duty poll officials vote.However, they will participate in voting online, reports the Business Standard."More than 500,000 officials and law-enforcers are on duty during elections and don't get the chance to cast their

SAVAR, DHAKA: Police on Wednesday recovered two bodies from Savar and Ashulia, on outskirts of the capital.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, son of Shamchul Islam, resided in Ashulia’s Bhadail and Manirul Islam, 27, son of Abul Kashem, hailed from Mahendrapur village of

SUNAMGANJ: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel detained three smugglers from Tekerghar frontier under Tahirpur Upazila of the district early Wednesday. The detainees are- Kawsar, 29, son of Abu Hanif, Mohibur Rahman, 28 and Indian citizen Marak, 30. BGB said that a patrol team of