DHAKA: A five-member team of defence lawyers reached the Dhaka Central Jail Saturday morning to meet the convicted war criminal Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid. The team members include Advocates Shishir Monir, Mashiul Alam, Kamal Uddin, Nazibur Rahman and

LALMONIRHAT: More than 50 people were injured in a head-on collision between two trains on Lalmonirhar-Burimari route in Kaliganj Upazila of the district on Saturday morning. Lalmonirhat railway Thana Officer-in-Charge Golam Mostafa confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1120 HRS, JUN

DHAKA: NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog has decided to commission the proposed 15-km Bangladesh-India railway project along Tripura by 2017.A top official of India’s Tripura state said it on Friday, reports Zee News.Indian premier Narendra Modi and Bangladesh

DHAKA: Three people were killed and 42 others injured in separate road accidents at different places, including capital, on Friday night.Banglanews Correspondents reported from the areas.In capital, a cycle rickshaw-puller was killed as a speedy motorcycle hit his rickshaw in Mirpur

JOYPURHAT: A man allegedly hacked four members of family, indulging his minor son, to death at Bhimpur tribal village in Panchbibi Upazila of the district early Saturday. Police, however, arrested the suspected killer-- Sumon Hembrom, son of Nabin Hembron of Nowana village of the

DHAKA: A five-member team of defence lawyers will meet the convicted war criminal Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid at the Dhaka Central Jail Saturday morning.  The team members include Advocates Shishir Monir, Mashiul Alam, Kamal Uddin, Nazibur Rahman and

DHAKA: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon declared that food adulterators must be fined and jailed.The mayor came up with this assertion while visiting iftar selling spots in Chakbazar area of the capital on Friday.After the visit, he told reporters that 10 teams are

FROM GHUMDHUM BORDER: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members brought back 37 Bangladeshi trafficking victims whom the Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar rescued.BGP members handed over to the BGB members after a flag meeting between two sides held at Dhekubnia BGP camp around 11:00pm for

DHAKA: Malaysia Immigration Police arrested more than 150 Bangladeshis on Thursday from Sunway Pyramid shopping mall and its adjacent areas in Subang Jaya city for alleged misuse of student visa.Witnesses said around 80 Bangladeshis were detained from several restaurants in Sunway Complex

DHAKA: The US visa processing has remained halted since June 8, due to technical problems with its visa systems in the Bureau of Consular Affairs of US Department of State.No US embassies or consulates have been processing visa since June 8 as they became unable to print most immigrant

DHAKA: Indian company receded from submitting tender for the installation and post-installation support services of Bangabandhu-1 satellite despite the move of reported lobbying by Indian diplomat for securing tender.Along with the USA’s company Boeing, India’s Antrix Corporation

DHAKA: Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members detained one person along with 4-kilogram gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Friday.APBn Assistant superintendent (media) Tanjina Akhter told banglanews they searched Mizanur Rahman on suspicion in the canopy area of

DHAKA: Police detained laboratory assistant of Dhaka University Water and Environment Department and three chemical traders for supplying explosives to militants.Montasirul Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) media center confirmed the matter to banglanews.

DHAKA: Law enforcers, in several drives, detained four fake Detective Branch (DB) police and four muggers from various areas of the city early Friday.Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) media center Muntasirul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews around

DHAKA: Three people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a truck and a pick-up van on the slope of Banni flyover in front of city’s Army Stadium early Friday.The deceased were identified as Arif, driver of the truck, Shamim, helper of the truck, and, Mizanur,

DHAKA: A two-day Workshop on Capacity Building for the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons and the Arms Trade Treaty was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 17-18.The Workshop was organized in partnership with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and

DHAKA: A total of 361 BCS (education) cadre lecturer-level officer have been recommended to include in selection grade or seventh grade scale.A committee in this regard recommended it in a meeting chaired by Education Minister Nazrul Islam Khan at the Education Ministry on Thursday. Then

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina condoled the death of Süleyman Demirel, ninth President of the Republic of Turkey and former Prime Minister of the Government of Turkey. They expressed their sorrow in separate condolence messages sent to Turkish President

DHAKA: 61 Bangladeshis, who were trafficked through sea route, returned home from Malaysia on Thursday. They arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a BG 178 fight around 5:00pm, says the airport source.They will be handed over to family after interrogation by law enforcing

FENI: A Juba League leader was shot dead by miscreants in Vangarpur area under Sadar upazila on Thursday noon.The deceased was identified as Md Manik, 28, son of one Shahjahan and vice president of Baligaon union Juba League.District Juba League convener Shusen Chandra told banglanews,