DHAKA: Alison Blake has been appointed British High Commissioner to Bangladesh in succession to Robert W Gibson.According to the British government website, outgoing high commissioner Robert W Gibson will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.Blake will take up her

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday brought back another batch of 103 trafficking victims, rescued from the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea by Myanmar authorities.A 21-member Bangladesh delegation comprising BGB, district administration and police force brought back the trafficking victims

DHAKA:  Police arrested five members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its regional commander, in a case filed for attempt to murder of a Baptist Christian mission priest.Pabna police super (SP) Alamgir Kabir said this at a press conference around 12:00pm Monday.The

SAVAR: A readymade garments (RMG) worker was killed in a road accident in Ashulia of Savar on Monday morning that resulted vandalism on highway.The deceased was identified as Phoolbanu (32), an operator of Ayesha Clothing of Palman Group and wife of one Ayub Ali of Gopalpur village of

DHAKA: Government has taken decision to arrange local government elections using party banners and symbols.The cabinet approved the drafts of Union Parishad (Amendment) Law-2015, Upazila Parishad (Amendment)-2015 and Zila Parishad (Amendment) Law-2015 and City Corporation

DHAKA: Government has decided to recruit 10,000 more senior staff nurses aiming to provide better services patients in hospitals across the country.Besides, age limit of staff nurses and senior staff nurses has been increased by six years.Cabinet secretary Mohammad Mosharaf Hossian

DHAKA: A group of miscreants chopped a youth and snatched Tk nearly 2 lakh from him in city’s Banani area Sunday night.The victim was identified as Belal Hossain (22).Belal’s accompany Al Amin said that they, employees of M/S Rumana Traders and Mayer Doa Enterprise, were returning

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) framed charges against five ‘razakars’ of Kirshoreganj district for their alleged crimes against humanity in 1971.The three-member tribunal led by chairman Justice Mohammad Anwar ul Haque passed the indictment order on Monday.Seven war

DHAKA: The government has issued gazette notification recognizing 41 biranganas, women violated during 1971, as freedom fighters.Liberation war affairs ministry on Monday issued the notification in this regard.According to the gazette, they will get government facilities, given to freedom

SYLHET: A child and women torture case accused, who escaped from jail custody while undergoing treatment at Osmani Medical College Hospital, has been arrested from Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district early Monday.Madhabpur Thana sub-inspector (SI) Bimal Chandra arrested the handcuffed

COX’S BAZAR:  The flag meeting between the Bangladesh delegation comprising of BGB, district administration, police force and Myanmar delegation is underway at Dekibania in Myanmar to bring 103 Bangladeshi trafficking victims back to home.Earlier, the delegation reached Myanmar through

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) asked Gaibandha-1 constituency lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton to appear before it at 1:00pm Monday in the case filed for shooting a boy Saurab.The HC bench of justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Bhismadev Chakrabarti passed the order while hearing an

CHITTAGONG: Seven people were killed and four others injured after a rice-laden truck plunged into roadside ditch in Jorarganj area under Mirsari upazila of Chittagong early Monday.The accident took place near to factory of Omera Petroleum Ltd at Sonapahar around 5:30am.The deceased were

DHAKA: The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility (CHTDF) of UNDP said that its program for supporting governance and conflict prevention in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) will be extended with support from Swedish embassy.The project commenced on 1 July, 2014 in partnership with the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her deep concern on Sunday over the atrocities of Israeli occupation forces on Palestinians that left causalities.‘I am deeply saddened and concerned about the recent atrocities perpetrated by Israeli occupation forces during the

DHAKA: The number of Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims, who died in Mina stampede, reached 89 and missing 70.Religious affairs secretary Dr Chowdhury Babul Hasan disclosed the toll at his secretariat office in city on Sunday.He said that according to the available data, as many as 89 Bangladeshi

SIRAJGANJ: A man and his seven-year-old son drowned in river Karatoya in municipality area of Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district Sunday noon.The deceased were identified as Hasu, 30, Satbaria village of the upazila and his son Shakil, 7.Locals said Shakil slipped into the river after

KOLKATA: With the slogan of ‘Banglanews in Two Banglas’ Bangladesh’s one of the largest online newsportals Banglanews24.com will join web fair in Kolkata of India’s West Bengal province.The fair, started on Sunday afternoon on Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) premises in Salt

DHAKA: A workshop on biogas and its potentials in Bangladesh was held in a Dhaka hotel on October 10.International Finance Corporation (IFC), Royal Denmark embassy in Dhaka and Bangladesh Biogas Development Foundation (BBDF) jointly organized the workshop.IFC senior principal officer

DHAKA: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan categorically said mystery of killings of two foreign nationals in the country will be revealed noon.He said, “We are investigating into the matter (killings) giving it the highest importance. Intelligence, police and other security forces are