DHAKA: First hajj flights carrying 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims left Dhaka for Jeddah of Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning.Flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines bg-1011 departed Shahjalal International Airport at 8:35am. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon and Religious Minister

CHITTAGONG: Customs authorities detained a man with 25 gold bars weighing 3-kg at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on Saturday evening.The detainee was identified as Absar Mia, a passenger of Oman Air.Chittagong customs deputy commissioner Minhaz Uddin Pahloan said Absar

DHAKA: The Embassy of Bangladesh in Bangkok observed the National Mourning Day and the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Saturday with utmost respect and due solemnity.The day started with lowering the national flag to half-mast

DHAKA: “Bangabandhu means inspiration, but sadly finished,” quipped Dr David Tuffley of Griffith University of Australia about Bangladesh father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Dr Tuffley talked to Banglanews on Saturday while enjoying a three-day show of

SYLHET: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs minister Anisul Huq earlier on August 12 categorically said the chargesheet of Rajon murder case will be submitted within 72-hour.The aforementioned time-limit ended on Friday though the chargesheet was not submitted till Saturday (August 15)

PANCHAGARH: Lightning killed a girl and hurt her mother and sister in Boda upazila of Panchgarh district on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Tania Akhtar (17), daughter of Salequl Islam and also a student of class X at Chandanbari High School of the upazila.Family and

GOPALGANJ: Home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Kamal asserted that process of bringing Bangabandhu killers back at home is underway.The minister made the assertion after paying honour to the mausoleum of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 40th martyrdom and

COX’S BAZAR: Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized a locally-made light machine gun (LMG), two rounds of cartridge and 20,000 pieces of yaba tablets.The BGB men conducted drives in Jadimora area of the the upazila.BGB-42 commander Abu Jaar Al Zahid confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Customs intelligence department detained a man with 18 gold bars worth of Tk 1-crore from green channel at Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday.The detainee Selim Udddin, passenger of an Emirates Airlines flight, arrived here from Dubai this morning and customs officers

DHAKA: After 44 years of nation’s independence, a portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been installed on the premises of National Press Club in city on Saturday morning.However, nation is observing the 40th martyrdom of Bangabandhu on the day as

JESSORE: Two women were killed and another injured as a truck hit them at Bolya village in Jhikargachha upazila of the district Saturday.The deceased were identified as Sokina Khatun, 55, wife of Abul Kashem and Kohinur Begum, 56, wife Dukkey Moral of the village.The critically

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid her rich tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 40th martyrdom anniversary placing floral wreaths at his mazar (tomb) in Tungipara of Gopalganj on Saturday morning.Later, she prayed for Bangabandhu and the martyrs of the August 15 at

DHAKA: Miscreants chopped to death a police source at Shah Ali in the capital Saturday. The deceased was identified as Jasim, 35, son of Hanif, hailed from Munshiganj.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Shah Ali Thana OC AKM Shahin Mondol said police recovered Jasim’s body from Balur

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the ruling Awami League president, paid rich tributes to Bangabandhu placing wreaths at his portrait at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum marking the National Mourning Day on Saturday.They stood in solemn silence as the

RANGAMATI: Five armed activists of MN Larma faction of Jana Sanghati Samiti killed in a gunfight with patrolling army men in Rangamati early Saturday. Khagrachhari Region G2I Major Rubaiyat Jamil confirmed the matter to banglanews. He said the gunfight held in Barobindughat’s Boradom

NILPHAMARI: Four police persons were killed and six others injured as a train hit the pick-up van, carrying the law enforcers, in Syedpur upazila early Saturday.The deceased were identified as Constables of Syedpur Thana Shamsul Haque, Faruk Hossain, Maidul Islam and Shariful Islam. Six

DHAKA: The National Mourning Day, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Bangabandhu’s tragic assassination, was observed across the country on Saturday.President Advocate Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid their rich tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) of India issued a rule asking the government and Border Security Force (BSF) why they did not file Felani murder case.Indian humanitarian organization “Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)” secretary Kriti Roy confirmed the matter to banglanews

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Friday placed two suspected killers -- Saad Al Nahian and Masud Rana -- of blogger Niloy Chatterjee on eight days remand.Metropolitan magistrate Molla Saiful Alam passed the order after the DB police produced them before the court with a 10-day remand plea in the

DHAKA: The National Mourning Day, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Bangabandhu’s tragic assassination, will be observed across the country on Saturday.Awami League has chalked out nationwide programmes to mark the day. Along with the ruling party, different political parties, and