DHAKA: Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said passenger and cargo vehicles will begin plying across the borders of four countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) – from January next.“Renovation works of roads in Bangladesh is underway to provide the

DHAKA: Kamrul Islam, the prime accused of minor boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon killing case, is being taken to Sylhet on Thursday.He will be produced before local court on Friday, said police headquarters Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Nazrul Islam.Earlier in the day, he had been brought

DHAKA: The 10th Jatiya Sangsad will go into its eighth session on November 8 (Sunday).Prior to the session to be commenced at 4:30pm, a meeting of the business advisory committee will be held to fix its duration and businesses. President Abdul Hamid on Thursday convened the parliament

COX’S BAZAR: Three people were killed and seven others injured in a road accident on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Sajid Hossain (24) of Khutakhali union of Chakaria, Mohammad Sobhan (67) of

DHAKA: Diplomats and government officials of Bangladesh will not require visa to go to Malaysia from October 15 on.Bangladesh high commission to Kuala Lumpur confirmed the matter Thursday morning.A high officials of the high commission said that the diplomats and government officials will

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday placed two accused in a case filed for killing former chairman of Power Development Board (PDB) engineer Khijir Khan on a two-day remand.Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Rashed Talukder passed the order after hearing a 10-day remand petition filed by

FROM KURIGRAM: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that her incumbent government has solved the 68-year old suffering of erstwhile enclave people in the country.The PM made this assertion while addressing a mass rally at Kurigram Sadar Government College ground on Thursday afternoon.She

DHAKA: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said that Bangladesh’s role at COP-21 is up due to the PM Sheikh Hasina’s reception of UN-sponsored ‘Champion of the Earth’.The anti-graft body made this remark at a press conference in its conference hall in city on

SIRAJGANJ: Police detained three brothers with 3,200 pieces of yaba tablets from Dargapara in Shahjadpur municipality area of Sirajganj district.The detainees are identified as Tipu Sultan (30), Nazim (35) and Nazmul (40), sons of Golam Azam. They were held from their house on Thursday

SAVAR, DHAKA: Two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Moragang area of Ashulia in Savar on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Abdul Majid Akand, 60, passenger of a taxicab, hailed from Targachh area of Gazipur district and its driver Sumon, 38.Confirming

DHAKA: Kamrul Islam, the prime accused of minor boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon killing case, has been brought back home from Saudi Arabia on Thursday.Three police officials along the accused landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 3:00pm.Earlier on October 11, they went to

DHAKA:  State Prosecution filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a hearing date immediately for the review petitions of condemned war criminals Ali Ahsan Mujahid and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.The plea was filed to the Vacation Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Syed

DHAKA: The High Commission of India celebrated the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Day at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in city on Wednesday (October 14).Bangladesh commerce minister Tofail Ahmed

KURIGRAM: The dwellers of erstwhile enclave are now the citizens of Bangladesh. Dasiarchhara is no longer an enclave; rather this area is a part of Bangladesh’s Phulbari upazila.“Phulbari is now a flower garden and each and every dwellers of this area are flowers.”Prime Minister

BANDARBAN: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained three miscreants with three AK-47 rifles in Bandarban town on Thursday.Moreover, the law enforcers seized several rounds of bullets and some cell phone sets from the detainees’ possession.Confirming the matter to banglanews,

GAIBANDHA: A Court here Thursday sent Sundarganj MP Manjurul Islam Liton to jail after rejecting his bail plea in a case filed for shooting a boy.Earlier in the day, police produced him before the court amid sporadic clashes with his supporters.A DB team picked up the lawmaker from a

GAIBANDHA: Police and the supporters of Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton locked into sporadic clashes while taking the lawmaker to district court Thursday morning.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of district DB police Shamim Hossain Sardar confirmed the matter to banglanews.He

DHAKA: The phone and fax numbers of popular online news portal Banglanews24.com has changed.Henceforth, the new phone numbers of Banglanews24.com are +880 2 843 2181-2 and the new fax number is +880 2 843 2346.Correspondents, readers and other interested persons have been requested to

DHAKA: The government has asked Dr Nasim Ahmed, the commercial councilor to Bangladesh High Commission in Canberra, Australia, to return to the country.Foreign Ministry source confirmed that a letter has already been sent to him asking to come back with family.Dr Nasim was asked to return

BRAHMANBARIA: A Bangladeshi youth was electrocuted in Yanbu’ al Bahr in the Al Madinah province of western Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as M Ashraful Haque Noman, 30, son of one retired army person Manuril Haque Kalam, hailed from Madhya Para Poa Pukur Par area