Bangladesh welcomes Hamas-Israel talks, backs two-state solution
Ashulia, nearby areas to face 16-hour gas suspension Friday
DHAKA: A powerful earthquake has jolted the country including Dhaka on Monday morning. The tremor struck around 5:05am.The magnitude of the quake was 6.7 in Richter scale and the epicenter was 60 kilometer below the surface at Monipur of India. There were no reports of serious damage due
JHENAIDAH: Three children were burnt to death and one sustained severe injuries as a man set fire to his brother’s house at Kabirpur in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah district.The incident took place Sunday evening (January 3).Police said that Iqbal Hossain locked his brother Delwar
JHENAIDAH: Two children were brunt as a house caught fire in Kuberpur of Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah district.The accident took place on Sunday (January 3) evening.BDST: 2017 HRS, JAN 03, 2016RR
DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner M Asaduzzaman Mia said permission for holding rallies of Awami League and BNP on January 5 will be given after completion of security assessment centering the programs.‘Law enforcement agencies are assessing the matters whether there
DHAKA: The gross domestic product (GDP) will increase slightly if fuel prices reduce with coordination in prices on the international market, according to research report of the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD).The information was revealed at press conference on ‘Bangladesh Economy in
DHAKA: Bangladesh Beter chief scriptwriter and wounded freedom fighter (FF) Kazi Zakir Hossain Chandan died on Sunday at the age of 61.He breathed his last at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in city around 3:45am.Chandan’s colleague Bangladesh Beter scriptwriter Mia
DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asserted that the overall development of the country will come if education is ensured among the people in root-level.“Nobody can be neglected in building a developed country,” She opined.The premier made the comments at a ceremony of giving
DHAKA: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Huq visited passport office in capital’s Agargaon area on Sunday. Department of Immigration & Passports, Bangladesh director general (DG) Brigadier general M Masud Rezwan was present during the time.He was informed about different
BENAPOLE: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 29 Bangladesh men, women and children who were detained in Bangaon border on allegation of intruding into India.Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member of Benapole check post received them from BSF members of Petrapole camp on Saturday
RANGAMATI: The daylong road and waterway blockade, called by Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), is underway in Rangamati on Sunday. The shutdown has begun from 6:00am in protest against ‘vote rigging, malpractice and biased acts of administration’ during municipality
DHAKA: A young man was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with a patrol team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Eastern Housing Society in city’s Rupnagar area early hours of Sunday. The deceased was identified as Al-Amin Jony,32. RAB-4 additional superintendent Anumong told banglanews that the
DHAKA: An unidentified man was killed under the wheels of train in city’s Khilkhet area on Saturday evening.The victim will be aged around 35.Khilkhet Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Shahhidul Haque said that they had learnt about the matter.‘The railway police will look into the matter
DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Teachers of all the public universities in the country issued a threat of abstaining from works from January 11 with the view to press home their demand of ongoing movement over salary and status in the recently implemented 8th national pay scale.Federation of Bangladesh
DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) has published the draft copy of updated voter list, adding 4,368,447 new voters.However, the commission will publish final list of voters on January 31.EC secretary Sirajul Islam disseminated the information at a press conference at media center of the
DHAKA: Speakers at an Islamic seminar opined that although persecution of minorities is currently a burning issue, there was none considered as minority in the eyes of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (S).‘Nobody belongs to minority in the eyes of the Prophet. If a person belongs to a particular
DHAKA: Pledging to take responsibilities of orphans, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government has assumed power to serve the nation in lieu of misappropriating the money of orphans.She said, ‘I have taken office to do something for the welfare of orphans as I also lost my father
DHAKA: A seminar titled ‘Exercise the ideology of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W in Digital Media’ has started at conference room of East West Media Group Limited (EWMGL) on Saturday morning.Eminent Islamic scholars, writer and researchers from different parts of the country are taking part
RAJSHAHI: Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in front of stadium market at entry point of Rajshahi city on Friday night. Two of the deceased were identified as Bachchu, 35, motor engine plumber and his assistant Ershad, 25. Witness auto driver Mizan told banglanews that
KHULNA: Former mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and former forest and environment affairs secretary of BNP advocate Sheikh Tayebur Rahman has died on Friday night at the age of 80.He breathed his last at Nargis Memorial Hospital in Khulna city around 11:00am where he was
RANGAMATI: Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq on Friday said freedom fighters (FF) will get Tk10,000 as monthly allowance.The minister further said: “The FFs also will get free treatment from any hospitals in the country and government will bear the expenses.”The