DHAKA: Ekushey Padak winning child litterateur Ekhlasuddin Ahmed, also a Bangla Academy fellow, passed away at Squire Hospital in city early Wednesday. He was 74.He had been undergoing treatment due to brain hemorrhage for one and a half months and breathed his last at 4:25am, said

DHAKA: Ekushey Padak winning child litterateur Ekhlasuddin Ahmed, also a Bangla Academy fellow, passed away at Squire Hospital in city early Wednesday. He was 74.He had been undergoing treatment due to brain hemorrhage for one and a half months and breathed his last at 4:25am, said the

DHAKA: Observers of citizens’ groups on climate affairs have called upon the persons concerned to bring forward the news of negative impacts globally due to climatic change.On Wednesday (December 24), the organizers made the plea at a press conference held at the National Press

CHITTAGONG: Customs Intelligence officials detained a man with 33 pieces of gold bars weighing around 3.50 kilograms and other ornaments of 150 grams along with seven iPhones from Shah Amanat International Airport. Officials found those goods worth about Tk two crore from Nurul Islam,

DHAKA: At least 20 people were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents in Tangail, Naogaon, Manikganj, Faridpur, Chapainawabganj, Rangpur and Mymensingh Wednesday.In Tangail, 10 people were killed and few others injured as a truck rammed a three-wheeler, locally

MANIKGANJ: Police recovered two bodies after a stone-laden truck fell into a ditch breaking a bailey bridge at Kitingchar area on Singair-Hemayetpur road on Wednesday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police said they might be the driver and helper

TANGAIL: At least 10 people were killed and three others injured as a truck crushed into a human hauler, locally known as tempo, in Ashura area under Madhupur upazila on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Salma Begum, 30, wife of Rezaul Karim, their sons Sadiqul, 10, and

NAOGAON: Four people were killed in a road accident in Hapania area on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway on Wednesday.  The identity of the deaced could not be known immediately.  Confirming the matter, Sadar Model thana Officer-in-Charge Jakirul Islam told banglanews police said a bus rammed

KUALA LUMPUR: Penang Immigration Police, in a drive against illegal migrants, detained 12 Bangladeshis among 55 foreigners at the Bukit Mertajam Fish Wholesalers Association’s market. In a two-hour raid, the foreign workers were found hidden into a water tank in the market to avoid

FARIDPUR:  A police officer was killed in a road accident in Piarpur area on Nuru Mia bypass road of the district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Saroz Kumar Roy, an inspector of Bangladesh Police.  Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) M Kamruzzaman confirmed

CHITTAGONG: Power outage halted flight operations from 6:30am to 8:20am at Shah Amanat Airport Wednesday. Confirming the matter to banglanews, manager of the airport Wing Commander Nur-e-Alam Bhuiyan said the disruption occurred after a technical problem in the power distribution panel.

JHALOKATHI: At least eight people were killed and dozens others injured as a passenger bus plunged into roadside ditch in Bishwasbari area under Rajapur upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.Of the deceased, four were identified as Shaon Hossain, 35, and his wife Kulsum Begum,

DHAKA: The government has appointed NM Ziaul Alam as new director general (DG) of Department of Immigration and Passport.The public administration ministry issued the order on Tuesday.Additional secretary Ziaul Alam was discharging duties at cabinet division.BDST: 1928 HRS, DEC 23, 2014

DHAKA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on a three-day visit on Saturday.The foreign ministry sources said Wang Yi will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here around 6:40 Saturday.During the visit, Wang Yi will meet foreign minister of

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved eight projects involving Tk 10,625 crore.The approval came from the ECNEC meeting on Tuesday held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with its chairperson and Prime Minister

DHAKA: The American Embassy in Dhaka, including the Consular Section and the American Center with the Archer K Blood American Center Library and the Education USA Student Advising Center, will remain closed on Wednesday and Thursday for observance of Christmas, an American

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday handed down death penalty to three men for killing an electrician named Rubel, concealing his body and claming extortion in Old Dhaka. Judge M Rezaul Islam of Fifth Special Judge Court passed the order in the morning.The convicts also fined Tk 25,000 each,

DHAKA: A fire broke out in a compartment of Parabat Express train at Kamlapur Railway Station in city on Tuesday.The reason of the fire could not be known immediately. The blaze is now under control, sources added.The fire originated around 4:00pm. Kamlapur Railway sources confirmed the

JHALOKATHI: At least seven people were killed and dozens others injured as a bus plunged into roadside ditch in Bishwasbari area under Rajapur upazila on Tuesday afternoon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Witnesses said a Barisal-bound passenger bus of Rupom

DHAKA: Barbara Wickham will arrive in Bangladesh on January 1 to take up her new post as Country Director British Council Bangladesh. Barbara Wickham started her professional career in 1978, when she embarked on a lifelong passion for English and education as an English as foreign