DHAKA: A couple allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves from a ceiling fan in Anandanagar area under Badda Thana of the city Sunday noon.The deceased were identified as Shahin, 30, and his wife Rubi, 26, lived in a rented house in the area.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Badda Thana

DHAKA: Government has been paying attention to extract its maritime resources since the country’s settlement of maritime boundaries with India and Myanmar.As Bangladesh lacks efficiency and capability in the sector, it approached China in these efforts long before. However, China was

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members detained a drug peddler with around 10,000 pieces of yaba tables in Pachlaish thana area of Chittagong port city.On a tip-off, law enforcers conducted a drive and detained Mohammad Ganu Mia (50) from the main gate of Chittagong Medical

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed her profound shock in the death of Ekushey Padak awardee, also Bangladesh Press Institute chairman, Habibur Rahman Milon.The premier, in a condolence message, said the death of Habibur Rahman created large vacuum the field of

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 will pronounce the verdict of Forkan Mollik of Patuakhali any day for his alleged involvement in five counts of crimes against humanity during war of liberation.Three-member tribunal led-by chairman Justice Obaidul Hasan kept its judgment CAV as

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained six members of fake currency making syndicate along with Tk 40-lakh forged notes in city on Saturday night.DMP assistant police commissioner (media and public relation) Iftekharul Islam confirmed the matter to

RANGAMATI: Three United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) members were shot dead allegedly by miscreants in Bhai-bon Chhara under Langdu Upazila at 7:30am Sunday. The deceased were identified as Amit Chakma, 29, Sujoy Chakma, 30 and Sumon Chakma, 30.Locals said they heard sounds of gun

DHAKA: Ekushey Padak awardee, also advisory editor of Bengali daily Ittefaq, Habibur Rahman Milon passed away at a city’s hospital early Sunday.Habibur Rahman, who was the chairman of Bangladesh Press Institute (PIB), breathed his last at Labaid Specialized Hospital around

DHAKA: Chevron Bangladesh kicked off its blood donation drives for 2015 on June 8 to mark World Blood Donor Day on June 14.This year, 419 staff came forward to donate blood from Chevron’s Dhaka office and gas field locations of Bibiyana, Jalalabad, Moulavibazar and Muchai Compressor

DHAKA: The hearing of a case filed by Moosa Bin Shamser will be held at a Switzerland court on June 15 (Monday).Tony Blair Associates, a farm established by former Prime Minister of UK Tony Blair, along with three other organizations, is moving for Moosa while the Swiss bank has its own

DHAKA: In its June 2015 report on “Global Economic Prospects”, the World Bank forecast that Bangladesh could achieve a maximum 6.3 percent GDP growth in the 2015-16 fiscal year due to the country’s political environment.The global lender made the negative forecast, which was

JESSORE: Father and son were killed as lightning struck them at Gobindapur village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Saturday noon.The victims have been identified as Andul Hamid (45) and his son Abu Huraira (14).Keshabpur Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mahtab Uddin told

DHAKA: Indira Gandhi Culture Centre inaugurated an Exhibition of Photographs (24 Photos) on Yoga by Rajesh Ramakrishnan at 5:30pm Saturday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Gulshan-1, Dhaka. Aseem R. Mahajan, the Deputy High Commissioner of India, inaugurated the exhibition. Yoga is a

DHAKA: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to provide 50 acres of land in Gujarat to Bangladeshi businesspeople.Sources from Bangladesh foreign ministry told banglanews that the Bangladeshi business community has already received the news through Pankaj Saran, Indian high

DHAKA: A youth was killed as a passenger bus knocked him down when he was crossing the road in city’s Saidabad area on Saturday morning.The victim has been identified as Farid Ahmed, son of Mansur Ahmed of Ramganj upazila of Laxmipur district.Farid’s relative Abdul Barek told

MUNSHIGANJ: Over 400 vehicles have remained stuck on Shimulia and Kaorakandi route on Saturday morning due to the disruption in ferry service on river Padama.Most of the vehicles are goods-laden trucks.Mawa river post police sub-inspector (IS) Mohammad Yunus told banglanews that the ferry

RETURNING FROM PATURIA-DAULATDIA: At least 500 trucks carrying essentials, have remained stranded on both sides of the Paturia-Daulatdia ferry ghats due to heavy downstream.Moreover, two of the 11 ferries running on the route remain out of order.Truckers have to wait at ghat for

BARISAL: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) on Saturday morning announced a ban on the movement of vessels under 65 feet in the internal routes of Barisal district due to rough weather.The ban will continue till the further notice.Barisal river port naval security and

FARIDPUR: The ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a gunfight with police while preparing for committing robbery in Kanaipur area of the district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as M Selim Sheikh alias Selim Dakat, son of M Mohibul Haque of Gopalpur Upazila under

LONDON: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reunited with her daughter Saima wazed Putul, sister Sheikh Rehana, and her niece Tulip Siddiq on Friday for the first time since Tulip become the Member of British Parliament.Tulip met her aunt at London Hilton on Park Lane hotel around 8:00pm local