DHAKA: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will take physicians, nurses and teachers from Bangladesh.Economic Relations Division (ERD) senior secretary Mohammad Mesbah Uddin informed the media on Thursday, the 2nd day of 2-day Bangladesh-KSA joint meeting.He said that Saudi Arabia has expressed their

PATHARGHATA (BARGUNA): A group of miscreants abducted at least 42 fishermen with 22 trawlers in the Bay of Bengal about 50-km off Patharghata of Barguna district.Barguna district fishermen association president Golam Mustafa informed banglanews on Thursday.According to him, the abduction

DHAKA: Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is currently ambassador of India to Thailand, has been appointed as the next India high commissioner to Bangladesh.He will replace current ambassador Pankaj Saran.The India high commission issued a press release on Thursday regarding the appointment of

DHAKA: Former professor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was killed under the wheels of a train at Maghbazar Wireless Railgate area in city Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Dr Mohiuddin Molla, 60.Railway Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Majid confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Rahman Masud, special correspondent of country’s leading online newsportal Banglanews24.com has received the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) Best Reporting Award-2015 for his investigative reports.He was awarded in the Online Category.Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu handed

DHAKA: The first phase of Bishwa Ijtema will be held from January 8 to 10 and the second phase from January 15 to 17 at Tongi, outskirt of Dhaka.The government has been taking preparations to ensure security of the Ijtema ground.BDST: 1449 HRS, NOV 19, 2015SR/SMS

DHAKA: Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said passenger and cargo vehicles will begin plying across the borders of four countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) – from January of 2016.He came up with the observations at a press conference

GAZIPUR: At least two people were killed and five injured as a passenger bus hits a roadside makeshift restaurant on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district.Salna Konabari Highway Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Daud said the accident took place around

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled her tour to 5-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta, scheduled to begin on November 25.A competent source from the foreign ministry confirmed the matter to banglanews.However, the reason for cancelling the tour was not

DHAKA: At least five people of a family sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at Natun Court Talla Boro Bari area of the district Thursday morning.The injured were identified as ready made garment (RMG) worker Minara Begum, 28, her husband Monir Hossain, 35, nephews Ripon,

NOAKHALI: Miscreants shot dead a Bangladeshi businessman in Cape Town of South Africa on Tuesday night (local time).The deceased was identified as Khalilur Rahman, 45, hailed from Paschim Maizdi of Noakhali Sadar Upazila.Victim’s relative Mahiuddin Chowdhury Liton told banglanews that

DHAKA: An Italian citizen, who sustained bullet injuries in attack by miscreants in Dinajpur town on Wednesday morning, was admitted to Combined Medical Hospital (CMH) of Dhaka in the afternoon.The injured is identified as Dr Piero, physician of Sanvin Sento Hospital in Dinajpur.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commissioner (BTRC) on Wednesday kept the social media closed following the request of country’s top security authorities.A BTRC official made this assertion following the shutting down popular social media sites including Facebook,

DHAKA: Law enforcers on Wednesday detained four fake members of detective branch (DB) of police while they were trying to kidnap a businessperson from Paikpara area of Mirpur in city.Police also rescued businessman and seized a walkie-talkie and hand-cuffs from their possession.Mirpur

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed three persons on five-day remand each in a case filed over the murder of secular blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy.Judge Kaisarul Islam of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court of Dhaka passed the order after IO (investigation officer) of the

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed in the capital to keep law and order situation under control.The paramilitary will patrol city roads from 6:00pm Wednesday to 6:00am Thursday.BGB public relations (PR) official Mohsin Reza informed the media on

DHAKA: Queen Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti of the Netherlands said that her country is always ready to assist Bangladesh in implementing its ‘Vision 2021’.The visiting queen made this assertion in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban in city

DHAKA: Security has been beefed up in the city to avert any untoward situation following the Wednesday’s verdict that upheld death penalty for condemned war criminals BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mujahid. Dhaka Metropolitan Detective and criminology

DHAKA: Licenses of 69 agencies have been cancelled on charge of trafficking 11,485 people into Saudi Arabia in the name of umrah hajj.As per degree of crimes, the agencies were also fined up to Tk 2 crore, said religion affairs minister Principal Motiur Rahman.The minister, at a press

DHAKA: State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim categorically said that a high-ranking committee will be formed to investigate the corruption of government-owned mobile phone operator Teletalk.She made this disclosure to the media after a meeting with the officials at