DHAKA: A group of miscreants have stabbed a man to death in Rasulpur area of Kamrangichar in city on Sunday night.The victim has been identified as Alamgir (36) of Hazaribagh.Kamrangichar Thana sub-inspector (SI) Qamruzzaman confirmed the matter to banglanews.On information, police

DHAKA: Foreign ministers of Germany and France will arrive together in a daylong visit to Dhaka on Monday morning.Bangladesh foreign ministry confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali will receive Germany foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and

KHULNA: All sixteen accused of college student Mustafa Kabir murder case got life imprisonment on Sunday.Khulna divisional speedy trial judge (district and session judge) MA Rob Hawladar passed the order.The court also ordered the convicts to pay Tk 5,000 each or one year rigorous

DHAKA: Justice Md Tofazzal Islam and Justice Md Awlad Ali have become members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration situated in The Hague.This is the first time Bangladeshi judges will be included in this prestigious institution as member of the court.The International Bureau of the PCA

PATHARGHATA (BORGUNA): At least 20 fishermen and 50 fishing trawlers are missing due to stormy wind created in the Bay of Bengal.District trawler owners’ association president Golam Mustafa confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said that the fishermen and fishing trawlers could not

FROM KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: It was as if the dancers were flying in the air, standing on one foot. As the show started, holding the air captive, they began dancing like dolls as they wanted to keep time still.On the evening of Saturday (September 12) I arrived at the KuAsh Theatre Hall

BRAHMANBARIA: Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Sonarampur in Ashuganj upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 45, and Jabed Al, 65 of Aruail village under Sarail Upazila. Ashuganj Thana

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three.According to met office bulletin, the low over central bay and adjoining areas moved northwestwards and now lies over west central bay and adjoining

DHAKA: Customs officials detained a person with 35 gold bars, weighing four kilograms, from boarding bridge area of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city on Sunday.The detainee was identified as Faysal Hasan, 30, hailed from Comilla. But his passport mentioned that his home

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pledged to accelerate pace of economic development through good governance in a bid to make Bangladesh a middle-income country by 2021.The premier came up with this assertion in a signing of Annual Performance Agreement (APA) of the government with

NARAIL: A Narail court on Sunday granted bail to editor of bangla daily Bangladesh Protidin Naem Nizam in a defamation case.Narail senior judicial magistrate Mohammd Zakaria passed the order in response to bail plea filed by the editor Nayeem   Nizam. Earlier in the day, appeared before

DHAKA: Robbers looted 30 bhories of gold ornaments and Tk 1-lakh from a banker’s house at Goran in city’s Khilgaon area on Sunday.Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mainul Islam of Khilgaon Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews.Foyez Uddin, a tenant of the house, told banglanews that those

DHAKA:  Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained 17 members of doping gang from different places in the city early Sunday. During the drives, police seized huge sedatives and other materials from their possessions.DMP deputy commissioner Muntasirul Islam confirmed the

MYMENSINGH: Law enforcers detained four people who demanded Tk 50,000 extortion from a young couple in guise of police in Shibbari and Ganginar par areas of the district town Saturday night. The detainees are identified as Rony, 26, Amjad, 25, Habib, 28 and Rashed 27.Police said the young

DHAKA: A case has been filed against three including a University Grants Commission (UGC) assistant director Omar Siraj in accusation of question paper leak.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-4 sub-inspector (SI) Amirul Razi filed the case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana Saturday afternoon.The

DHAKA: The committee for preparing a book on Dhaka archeological heritages started visiting historical sites and rivers in Dhaka and its surrounding areas on Saturday morning.Committee chairman and also Dhaka University vice-chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the inspection

DHAKA: A group of miscreants shot dead a youth in city’s Kadamtali area on Saturday afternoon.The victim has been identified as Mohammad Sohel (22).Kadamtali Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Kazi Wajed Ali told banglanews that the youth was shot at head and had injuries of sharp weapon at

COX’S BAZAR: Police detained an enlisted human trafficker from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday afternoon.The detainee has been identified as Sabbir Ahmed (42), son of late Abdul Latif of Shahparir Dwip of Teknaf.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Teknaf

In just a few weeks, the world will adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. For my country, Bangladesh, the goal of combating climate change and its impacts is crucial, as we are on the frontline of this global threat.Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members held 26 Bangladeshis, including women and children, while trying to cross the border to India illegally.They were nabbed in drives conducted from Friday 10:00pm to Saturday 7:00am.BGB said that on tip-off, they conducted the drives