DHAKA: Customs authorities detained a man along with huge amount of foreign currencies worth about Tk 75 lakhs from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday night.Details about the detainee was not disclosed for the sake of interrogation.Customs sources said the man was scheduled

GOPALGANJ: Four people including a woman were killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Char Prosonnodi area under Moksedpur Upazila Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Kamana Biswash, 35, wife of Shudhir Biswash, and Kanai Ojha, 35, son of Josho Ojha, of

JOYPURHAT: Two robbers were killed and three others, including two constables, sustained injuries in an alleged “gunfight” with detective branch (DB) of police in Panchbibi Upazila at the wee hours of Tuesday.The deceased could not be identified immediately. However, one injured

DHAKA: The oath taking ceremony of newly elected mayors and councilors of three city corporations is scheduled to be held at Prime Minister’s Office in city on May 6 (Wednesday) morning.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will administer the Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong city

MYMENSINGH: A district court on Monday sentenced four people to death over a murder case in Tarakanda upazila of the district.The court also sentenced 10 years of rigorous imprisonment to four others for the murder.Additional session judge M Zahirul Haque passed the verdict.Police

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday enjoined the officials concerned to send 10,000-MT rice and sufficient amount of drinking water to quake-hit Nepal.PM press wing informed the matter to the media at noon.The materials will be sent to Nepal by air and road, the press wing

DHAKA: The Consular Section of the US embassy in Bangladesh has changed its email addresses for the immigrant and non-immigrant visa applicants to the United States.The new address for all external visa-related inquiries is: [email protected] press release issued by

DHAKA: Police detained three young men along with a foreign-made pistol and two rounds of bullets from Rampura’s Banasree area of the city on Monday.The detainees were identified as Limon, Mahin and Ripon.Rampura Thana sub-inspector (SI) Mustafizur Rahman confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Detective branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan police joint commissioner Monirul Islam categorically said that militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team organized the killing mission of blogger Dr Avijit Roy.He made the assertion at DMP media center replying to a journalist on Monday

NARAYANGANJ: Agitated mob lynched a miscreant in Tamakpotti area under Sadar Thana of the district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman Sujon, 35, son of Ranju Miah of Naluapara area of the district.Quoting locals Narayanganj Sadar Model Thana Sub-Inspector (SI) Mahmudul

DHAKA: Owner of the collapsed tin-shed house and also a Juba League leader Moniruzzaman Chowdhury was arrested allegedly for killing people by renting the unsafe house on Rampura Jhilpar in city.A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) picked up him from Chitrabazar area of Nishchintapur in

DHAKA: Cabinet Monday gave final nod to the draft of Nuclear Power Plant Act-2015 and approved a proposal for formation of Nuclear Power Company of Bangladesh for se up and monitoring operations of such plants in the country.The approvals came from a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh

DUBAI: The security authorities of Dubai in separate drives detained at least 1,000 illegal immigrants from Bangla Bazar, China Market, Bangla Channel and Fish Market in the city of United Arab Emirates (UAE).The detainees were kept in Dubai, Al Abir, Al Baraha, Al Murakkabad and other

DHAKA: The body of former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu has been taken to party’s Naya Paltan central office in the city at 10:40am Monday.His namaj-e-janaza will be held in front of the office where BNP leaders and activists including its chairperson Khaleda Zia will pay tribute

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will go to party’s Naya Paltan central office around 10:30am Monday to pay tribute to former lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu.BNP chairperson’s Media Wing officer Shamshuddin Didar confirmed the matter to banglanews.In a press release, Party’s

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal commented that the allegation regarding former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu’s death is ill-motivated as he was provided all medical facilities in jail.Kamal came up with this remark while talking to media after a

SATKHIRA: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 17 Bangladeshis while they were trying to illegal entry to India through Debhata frontier of the district.Police sources said they, hails from Satkhira and Rajbari districts, were detained from South Kulia area of Debhata Upazila

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said more production of electricity will move the country towards more development.She was addressing an inaugural ceremony of 315-MW electricity from four plants at different places of the country through video conference from her official

DHAKA: Cultural diversity has been showcased at Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC on Saturday with the participation of 40 foreign embassies.Besides, visitors from all over the USA, including thousands of enthusiastic foreigners and tourists, joined the daylong ‘Open House’ program

DHAKA: Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) Brancg has claimed responsibility for the murder of blogger Avijit Roy at Dhaka University campus some two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.Avijit was hacked to death by two assailants with machetes on the streets of the capital