DHAKA: Government has chalked out elaborate programs to mark the 116th birth anniversary of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.The main program will be held in Comilla from May 25.Culture ministry public relations officer (PRO) Mollah Ahmed Kutubuddin said this on Thursday.Theme of the

COXSBAZAR: Detective branch police arrested war crimes accused Zinnah Ali, Nurul Islam and Osman Goni from their houses in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. Acting on tip-off, police teams detained them after raiding their houses in Moheshkhali upazila in the afternoon.District DB OC Dewan Abul

DHAKA: The government will give special security to ten noted individuals including Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique and Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, State Minister for Home Affairs, made the remark on Thursday, a day after a letter

PANCHAGARH: Lightning killed two women in Aloakhoya union of Atoari upazila in Panchagarh district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Budo Rani (50), wife of Palanu Chandra Singh and her neighbor Sabita Rani (30), wife of Ishwar Chandra.Witnesses said the women were busy in their

MALAYSIA: Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak asked the authorities concerned to search and rescue the illegal migrant boats in the sea.He made the order on Thursday.Expressing his deep concern over the plight of migrant people on the shores of southeast Asian countries, the premier said

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) Thursday postponed Bar Council Election for three months following writ petitions alleging anomalies in the existing voter list.An HC bench comprising Justice Kazi Rezaul Haq and Justice Abu Taher M Saifur Rahman passed the order and issued a rule asking to

DHAKA: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 17 Bangladeshis while they were trying to intrude Malaysia from Shahporir Dip area of Teknaf early Thursday.Among the detainees, 10 people hail from Narsingdi, three from Narayanganj and Chittagong each and one from Habiganj.BGB

DHAKA:  Prominent photo journalist Monwar Ahmed died at city’s Banganadhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) early Thursday.He was 75.Monwar Ahmed had been suffering from several diseases including Liver Cirrhosis for last six months.He breathed his last at the hospital around

DHAK: A three-day Bangladesh International Tourism Fair-2015 has been kicked off at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in city Thursday, with a target to earn 15 million USD from the event.Organized by Bangladesh Foundation for Tourism Development (BFTD), Civil Aviation and

DHAKA: Malaysia will repatriate about 1,000 Bangladeshi illegal immigrants who came ashore in Langkawi, an archipelago in the Andaman Sea, 30 kilometers northwest of Malaysia, on May 11.Kuala Lumpur-based English newspaper The Malay Mail, the state-run news agency Bernama, reported on

DHAKA: All services of National Identity Registration Wing of the Election Commission (EC) will remain closed till May 25 due to up-gradation of server stations.EC's public relations department Director SM Asaduzzaman confirmed the matter to banglanews.Asaduzzaman said that receiving

DHAKA UNIVERSITY (DU): Death threat issued to Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique, Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Prime Minister’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam and Ganajagaran Mancha spokesman Imran H Sarker among 10 noted individuals.A letter written

DHAKA:  Rail communications on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet routes have come to normalcy after three hours halt since three bogies of a mail train derailed near Akhaura Rail Station early Thursday.Akhaura Railway Station Lokoshed in-charge Enamul Haque confirmed the matter to

JOYPURHAT: An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with police in Maheshpur area under Ketlal Upazila of the district on Wednesday night.Details of the deceased could not be known immediately.Police sources said that a gang of robbers was carrying out robbery on Moalmgari-Shibpur road

DHAKA: Nazrul Academy has chalked out a four-day program from May 22 to commemorate the 116th birth anniversary of rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.Academy’s general secretary Mintu Rahman made the announcement in a press conference at National Press Club in city Wednesday.Mintu said

GAZIPUR: The administration on Wednesday closed the factory of Partex Group’s soft drink RC Cola in Gazipur for polluting the environment.An investigation committee, led by additional district magistrate, also was constituted to probe into the matter.Deputy Commissioner M Nurul Islam

DHAKA: Water Resources Minister of Bangladesh Anisul Islam Mahmud met his Dutch counterpart Ms. Melanie Schultz on Monday at the latter’s office in The HagueThe two leaders reached at a consensus for working towards a broad range of water related cooperation, says a press release issued

DHAKA: The certificate award ceremony of 98th Junior Command and Staff Course of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was held at Bangladesh Air Force Command and Staff Training Institute (CSTI) at BAF Base Bashar Wednesday.Seventeen officers from Bangladesh Air Force and one officer each from

FROM GABTOLI TERMINAL: Hundreds of commuters remained stranded as the transport owners and workers are enforcing strike in south-western districts.Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, the strike was imposed as a protest of arresting transport workers over a robbery in a Sohag Paribahan passenger

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against Sohel Rana, owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza, for not submitting wealth report within the given time.ACC deputy director M Mahbubul Alam filed the case (non-submission) with Ramna Model Thana of the city on Wednesday.ACC deputy