DHAKA: Customs official detained a youth with 36 lakhs foreign currencies at Hazrat Sahjalal International Airport early Sunday.The detainee was identified as Shushankar Mallick, 27, resident of Nawabganj of Dhaka district.Confirming the matter to banglanews, director of Customs

MUNSHIGANJ: Agitating locals, who blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at the area of Gazaria left the highway.Witnesses told banglanews that the people removed the block from highway around 2:30pm though there’s still a long tailback both the sides of the bridge Meghna.Earlier,

MUNSHIGANJ: Agitating locals blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gazaria upazila demanding the removal of Officer-in-Charge (OC) of local thana.Witnesses said that hundreds of people took to the street and block the highway from 12:15pm that causes long tailback both the

DHAKA: The Hindu community is celebrating Shuva Janmashtami on Sunday to mark the birthday of Lord Sri Krishna.According to the Hindu Purana (mythology), Lord Vishnu incarnated on earth as Lord Krishna in the prison of Raja Kangsa on this day, the eighth day of ‘Shukla Pakkha’

DHAKA: The Hindu community is celebrating Shuva Janmashtami on Sunday to mark the birthday of Lord Sri Krishna.According to the Hindu Purana (mythology), Lord Vishnu incarnated on earth as Lord Krishna in the prison of Raja Kangsa on this day, the eighth day of ‘Shukla Pakkha’

DHAKA: Two boys sustained injuries as a gas stove exploded at a Electronics factory in capital’s Shanir Akhra area on Saturday night.The injured are Shah Paran, 15 and Naeem, 13.Factory owner Nasir Uddin told banglanews that the gas stove exploded around 10:30pm, leaving the two boys

DHAKA: A total of 59 cases, following the series of bomb blasts of August 17, 2005, across the country, have remained pending though it is the 9th anniversary of the attacks on Sunday.On this day, nine years ago, around 500 bombs exploded at a time in 300 locations of 63 districts out

MEHERPUR: A Bangladeshi youth drowned here in the Mathabhanga River in Gangni on Saturday night following chase of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF). The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak (Shamim), 24, son of Shahidul Islam of Baher Majhir Char village under Daulatpur upazila

DHAKA: An auto-rickshaw driver was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants in Mirpur area of the city on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Hasan, 25, son of Abdul Mannan, resided in Mirpur-12, B-block-14, House no. 44. Family sources said that miscreants attacked

DHAKA: Singer Nancy, who attempted to commit suicide by taking 60 sleeping pills, has been shifted to Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi in the city on Sunday noon.Sources told banglanews that Nancy’s husband Jayed and her younger brother Jony with other relatives shifted her to the

DHAKA:  A two-week long short course on International Relations and Diplomacy for junior diplomats of neighboring countries commences at the Foreign Service Academy in the city on Saturday.External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a press release in this

DHAKA: The ethnic communities across the country should be given constitutional recognition and the torturers on the minorities should get exemplary punishment shortly.Advisor of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Manzurul Ahsan Khan came up with the plea while addressing a protest

MYMENSINGH: Country’s one of the popular singers, Nancy, attempted to commit suicide taking sleeping pills over family feud on Saturday.A rumor spread around 8:00pm that the singer attempted to commit suicide taking 60 sleeping pills at her Netrokona residence.In a critical

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Saturday categorically said, in an interview, killer Faruq-Rashid admitted that they had no other way without killing Bangabandhu to oust him from the government.“Ziaur Rahman tacitly complied with the

MANAMA: Two more Bangladeshi workers, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) no-801302137 and 840177631, died in separate incidents in Manama, capital of Bahrain. The deceased were identified as Abul Hossain, 34, son of Arab Ali, hailed from Nayachar village in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla

DHAKA: Four people were killed and seven others injured in a road accident in Abdullahpur Kadampur area at Keraniganj, outskirts of the capital, on Saturday afternoon. Of the deceased, one was identified as microbus driver Kaisar Ahmed, 40, son of Hasan Ali, hailed from Munshiganj

DHAKA: Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari, ndu, psc has left Dhaka to visit United Nations Headquarters in New York and UN peacekeeping missions in Congo and Côte d’Ivoire in Africa.He will also visit various establishments set up by Bangladesh Army and UN,

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League Sahara Khatun, also former home affairs minister, opined that the duty of all dwellers is to clean the city rather than only city corporations. She also sought cooperation from the city dwellers in this regard and urged people to build ‘Sonar Bangla’

DHAKA: The Hindu community will celebrate Shuva Janmashtami on Sunday to mark the birthday of Lord Sri Krishna.According to the Hindu Purana (mythology), Lord Vishnu incarnated on earth as Lord Krishna in the prison of Raja Kangsa on this day, the eighth day of ‘Shukla Pakkha’

SAVAR:  Speakers at protest rally condemned the attack on journalist Omar Faruk attackers and demanded immediate action against of the culprits.  A human chain and a protest rally were held at Ashulia in city, protesting attack of Jhut (Garment waste) traders on the banglanews