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

DHAKA: The main Eid jamaat of Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of the Muslims, will be held at the Jatiya Eidgah, adjacent to the High Court Mazar, at 8:30 am.  Islamic Foundation in a press release on Friday said that Khatib of National Mosque Baitul Mukarram Professor

FROM KAMLAPUR: Railway authority announced to run three special trains from Dhaka to Parbatipur, Dewanganj and Khulna routes from Saturday on occasion of Eid. Kamalapur Railway Station Master Sakhawat Hossain said that Dewanganj special service will start at 8:45am, Khulna special

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the demise of former lawmaker and renowned journalist Baby Moudud. PM’s press secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury confirmed the matter to banglanews. Sheikh Hasina also went to the hospital to mourn her death. Earlier, 66 years

DHAKA: Jumatul Wida, the last Friday of Ramadan, was observed across the country on Friday with religious fervor and sanctity and offering of special prayer to the Muslims of Palestine city of Gaza and elsewhere of the world. Millions of Muslims attended the prayers at the mosques across

DHAKA: Metropolitan Police’s detective unit denied the allegation of torturing college student Jisan over Ayaz murder. Detective Branch (DB) Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam at a press conference arranged at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Center on Friday noon said that the

MYMENSINGH: Two people were killed in a road accident in Kashiganj bazaar area of Tarakanda upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as expatriate Kawsar, 26, son of Md Shamsuddin of Utpara upazila and Shahin, 25, hails from Chittagong.Officer-in-charge Ali

DHAKA: Former lawmaker and renowned journalist Baby Moudud passed away at a city hospital on Friday. She was 66. She breathed her last at noon while undergoing treatment at United Hospital. Baby Moudud, school friend of Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is suffering from many diseases for

BARISAL: Two women were killed and five others injured in a stampede while collecting zakat cloths in Kathpatti area of the city on Friday morning. The incident took place at 10:45am on the day. The deceased were identified as Firoza, 50, wife of Fozle Ali of Kornakati area of Sarad

DHAKA: The country’s Muslim community will observe 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 will spend the night at mosques and homes offering

DHAKA: The country’s Muslim community will observe 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 will spend the night at mosques and homes offering

BANDARBAN: UK Ching, the only person among the indigenous people who was given the gallantry award Bir Bikram for his valiant fighting during 1971 Liberation War, passed away on Friday. He was 87. Ching breathed his last at a private hospital in port city Chittagong at 6:00am on the day.

DHAKA: British Prime Minister David Cameron has ‘agreed to work together’ with the incumbent Bangladesh government despite having ‘disappointment over the January 5 polls.’ A spokesperson of 10 Downing Street made the disclosure on Tuesday.    Earlier, Hasina held an hour-long

DHAKA: A youth drowned in a lake in Chandrima Udyan in the city on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Kahar, 20. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana Sub-Inspector Hridoy Khan said, “On information, police recovered the body at 11:45pm

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday categorically said that the government has no such plan of separating Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from regular police force.Addressing the journalists, he also said, we have not taken any such decision.Police

DHAKA: Law enforcers have recovered a housewife’s hanging body from Kalyanpur area of the city on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Santona Akhter, 19, wife of one Farhad Ahmed.Assistant Sub-Inspector of Mirpur Thana Mizanur Rahman said they recovered the hanging body

NARAYANGANJ: Nur Hossain’s cashier and also his aide Ali Mohammad on Thursday gave confessional statement over the gruesome Narayanganj 7-murder case. He gave the statement under section 164 of criminal procedure in the court of Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Chandni Rupam. 

DHAKA: The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting on Monday to review the moon sighting news for the months of Shawwal and to fix the date of Eid-Ul-Fitr.The disclosure came from a press release on Thursday.The meeting will be held at conference room of Islamic