JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: The authorities suspended eight students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for harassing a indigenous student sexually on Pohela Boishakh. Deputy Registrar (education) of the university Mohammad Ali confirmed the matter to banglanews.He also said the authorities

DHAKA: Bangladesh peacekeepers are serving in extremely difficult situations in an outstanding manner, and the Netherlands would like to explore the possibility of deepening our bilateral cooperation in UN peacekeeping operations.Bert Koenders, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands made the

RAJSHAHI: Two motorcyclists were killed as a bus rammed them on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Binodpur area of the metropolitan city on Friday afternoon.The victims were identified as Ariful Islam, 32, of Debisingpara area and Anwar Hossain, 35, of Shiroail Bus Terminal area of the

DHAKA: An unidentified young man was crushed under train wheels in Kuril Bishaw Road area of the city on Friday.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kamalapur Railway Thana Abdul Mazid confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said the youth was killed crushing under a local train, started from

JESSORE: Miscreants shot and hacked two youths to death at Arpara village under Sadar upazila of the district Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Joynal, 38, son of Abbas Ali and Litu, 28, son of Abdel Ali of Tarafdarpara of Hashimpur village of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge

DHAKA: A pick-up helper was killed and its driver injured in a road accident in front of the office of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 at Mohammadpur in city early Friday.The deceased was identified as Rajon, 20, son of one Abul Hashem, hailed from Kalkini of Madaripur district and used to

DHAKA: A pick-up helper was killed and its driver injured in a road accident in front of the office of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 at Mohammadpur in city early Friday.The deceased was identified as Rajon, 20, son of one Abul Hashem, hailed from Kalkini of Madaripur district and used to

MEHERPUR: Ruling Awami League placed floral wreaths at Mujibnagar Mausoleum in the district commemorating the formation of historic Mujibnagar Government on this day in 1971.Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, also an advisory council member of the party, along with party leaders and

DHAKA: Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, MP, met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic on the sidelines of the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) in The Hague.External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday placed floral wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi in city commemorating the formation of historic Mujibnagar Government.The premier placed the wreath at 7pm. Later, she again placed another wreath along

DHAKA: The nation is observing the historic Mujibnagar Day on Friday (April 17) commemorating the formation of the maiden government of the country with father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as President.On this very day in 1971, the Bangladesh government in exile was

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday directed the inspector general of police (IG) and the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) to investigate the incident of sexual harassment against several women in the DU area on Pahela Baishakh day by one month.An HC bench comprising Justice Qazi

DHAKA: Miscreants shot at businessman and snatched Tk 16 lakh from him at Nawbabbari Pukurpar of city’s Islampur area on Thursday.The victim, a fruits trader Badal Miah, 40, told banglanews that some miscreants opened fire at him in the area around 2:15pm when he was going to a private

RAMPURA: A case has been filed against Juba League leader Monir Hossain, owner of the tin-shed house that collapsed on Wednesday leaving 12 killed in Hajipara of Rampura in the capital.Rampura Thana Police under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed the case around 4:00pm

DHAKA: In the latest development, the government has made some major transfer and OSD (officer on special duty). Separate notifications from Public Administration Ministry made the disclosure on Thursday.Eight have been made OSD, 13 officials of Additional Secretary level appointed in

DHAKA: Hajj flight will start flying from August 16 this year while the returning flights will start from September 27.Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon made the announcement at his secretariat office on Thursday.This year some 1,01,758 pilgrims are likely to perform hajj. BDST:

DHAKA: Teachers and students of Dhaka University’s (DU) fine arts faculty, widely known as Charukala, organized a human-chain protesting the invasion of RC cola in the faculty organized ‘Baishakhi Mangal Shobhajatra’, a mass procession welcoming the Bangla New Year.The protest

DHAKA: Bangladesh embassy in Kathmandu organized a Baishakhi mela on the chancery premises on 14 April 2015 in celebrating ‘Pahela Baishakh’, the first day of Bangla New Year 1422, with festivity.The day’s program began with a ‘pitha’ festival where a variety of traditional

DHAKA: The participants at an international Dialogue held in UN headquarters conversed on a consensus that the Public Private Partnership (PPP) would be critical to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The day-long dialogue titled “Global PPP initiatives in post 2015: Financing

COXSBAZAR: Sea robbers abducted some 28 fishermen along with their fishing trawler from Sonadia Channel in the Bay of Bengal in Moheshkhali on Thursday morning.Badsha, who was also with the ill-fated fishermen and managed to swim to the shore jumping out of the robbers’ boat, said that