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,

DHAKA: As the new crescent moon brings in the holy month of Ramadan, US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama send their warmest greetings to all those observing the month of fasting in the United States and around the world.A press release from US embassy to Dhaka sent on

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested four ‘professional killers’ from city’s Rupnagar area.Moreover, four foreign-made pistols, a single-barrel shooter, three knives and 21 rounds of bullets were seized during the drive, conducted on Thursday early morning.The

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested 21 thugs of notorious ‘aggyan party’ conducting special drives in different parts of Dhaka city.The drives were conducted from Wednesday night to Thursday morning in Jatrabari, Shahbagh and High Court areas in the city.A mobile court,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s newly appointed press secretary Ihsanul Karim joined the office on Thursday morning.He was replaced of outgoing press secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury.Earlier, eminent journalist Ihsanul Kaarim was made press secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

DHAKA: Neighboring India has moved for securing the installation and post-installation works of ‘Bangabandhu Satellite Launching Project’ as an Indian diplomat has been reportedly lobbying for tender.The first-ever domestic geostationary communications satellite is scheduled to be