DHAKA: The government has decided to put people’s National Identity Card (NID) information to their passports for accelerating the process. Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) have already started following the instruction. Additional Director General of the DIP Mohammad

TANGAIL: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police died on Saturday who received three bullet injuries while conducting a drive in Purba Adalat Para area of the district. The deceased was Nurul Islam, an ASI of Tangail Thana. Sub-inspector Anwar Hossain of the thana confirmed the

BARISAL: The death toll in Barisal stampede now three on Saturday as another woman succumbed to her injury at Sher-e-bangla Medical College Hospital.  The deceased was identified as Bakul Begum, 35, wife of Jalal Hossain at Rasulpur village of the district. She sustained injury in a

DHAKA: Bangladesh is going to join the newly formed BRICS Bank in a bid to stop watching over by International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB). Tokyo-based online current affairs magazine The Diplomat published a report in this regard. Wishing anonymity, an officials in the

DHAKA: The first round of consultation on the initiative to draft new National Seed Policy was held in city on Friday. Seed Wing of Ministry of Agriculture was leading the initiative to draft the policy through Seed Regulatory Reform Committee (SRRC), said a press release. The

DHAKA: Curtain of the 18th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is going to be unveiled in Nepalese capital city of Katmandu on November 22, confirmed sources of the foreign ministry. Government of Nepal is likely to announce the date of the summit upon

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday categorically said this year’s Eid journey of the home-bound people remain more comfortable than the previous years.  “I could not ensure the comfort of home-bound people during Eid in past four years. There were many

DHAKA: Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP of Dhaka-9 Constituency will fight for the president post of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Bangladesh is one and only country who is fighting for the post from third world countries. Indonesia and Australia also are contesting for the post. The

TANGAIL: A police officer was shot to death by miscreants in east court para of municipal area of the district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Tangail Thana.  Sources said that acting on a tip off, the police officer went

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her firm determination to finish the trial of war criminals and said “we want to build war criminal, militancy-free Bangladesh.” She said “Our attempts to build to a happy, prosperous, democratic and non-communal country will

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina on Saturday revealed that different measures of the government have been presented before the participants at the first-ever World Girl Summit in London. The premier made the disclosure at a press conference on her three-day official visit to London at

FROM KAMLAPUR: The Eid special train service has started its journey from Kamalapur rail station on Saturday morning ease the transportation suffering for home-going people before the Eid-ul-Fitr. Kamalapur Railway Station Master Sakhawat Hossain said that Dewanganj special service

DHAKA: The participation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the first-ever World Girl Summit in London was a success, says UK Labour Party member of parliament, also Chair of the Home Affairs Committee at the British House of Commons, Keith Vaz. Thus, the success of this

LAXMIPUR: An Awami League activist was shot to death by miscreants in Poddar Bazaar area of Sadar upazila of the district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ahsan Ullah, 45, son of Sultan Ahmad. Locals said that miscreants opened fire aiming Ahsan while he was returning home

DHAKA: The country’s Muslim community observed the Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr, the night when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to the Greatest Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), on Friday night. Devout Muslims have spent the night at mosques and homes offering prayers,

MAGURA: Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on-collision between a truck and pick-up van in Kachundi area of the district on Saturday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Sources said that the accident took place around 7:00am,

DHAKA: Four people were killed and 36 other injured in separate road crashes in two districts between Friday night and Saturday morning.  Banglanews Magura correspondent reports: Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on-collision between a truck and pick-up van in

DHAKA: The press conference on recent London visit of the Premier Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to be held at Ganabhaban at 11:30 am on Saturday.PM's press secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury confirmed the matter to banglanews.Sheikh Hasina visited London, UK on a three-day tour on July 21-23

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized 20,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Najir Para area under Teknaf upazila of the district on Friday. BGB sources said, acting on a tip-off, BGB personnel conducted a special drive in the afternoon and seized the huge amount Yaba

SAVAR (DHAKA): At least 20 people were injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in C&B area at Savar, outskirt of capital Dhaka on Friday afternoon. Witnesses said that a Dhaka-bound bus plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost control over the steering while overtaking