DHAKA: Some 510 rare species of turtles were seized Monday morning at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while being smuggled out of the country. Assistant Commissioner of airport customs Ruhul Amin and assistant revenue officer Mahbub-e-Khuda confirmed it to banglanews.They said

DHAKA: A security guard of Ahmed Food Product Company was killed at city’s Mirpur area on Monday morning.The deceased was identified Shahjahan, 60.Ismail, one of the colleagues of Shahjahan, told banglanews that he found Shahjahan in a critical condition at their workplace in Mirpur

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Police, in different drives, detained 10 criminals from Rampura and Mugda areas in city early Monday.The law enforcers also seized a foreign-made pistol, three rounds of bullet, two microbuses and a private car from their possession.Additional Deputy

DHAKA: A total of 10 fellows have been honored with Bandhu Media Fellowship Award for their investigating report on sexual minority people in Bangladesh. While speaking as chief guest in the award ceremony program Deputy Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament Advocate Fazle Rabbi Mia said

BAGERHAT: A total of 17,000 liters of furnace oil has been collected so far on Sunday, the sixth day after oil spilled from a tanker which sank at the river Shela in the Sundarbans area after being hit by a cargo vessel in Mongla upazila of the district.Sources said that with this

DHAKA: A training-cum-awareness building campaign of Bashundhara Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas Limited (BLPGL), one of the concerns of country’s leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group, has been held on Sunday on safe use of LP gas to avoid accident.The campaign titled

COX’S BAZAR: An air-conditioned ship MV Greenline-1 on Sunday started its sea-route journey from Teknaf to St Martin’s island aiming to provide safe and comfortable travel of the tourists in the area.This 131-seat ship will start from Teknaf at 9:00am for St Martin’s island and

DHAKA: The preliminary work on much-talked bridge over the mighty river Padma has started in full swing after many speculations, discussions and criticism.China Major Bridge (CMB) as per dateline has started the work of multi-purpose Padma bridge on last November 8. The first work

DHAKA: The government is going to appoint M Shahidul Islam as new Bangladeshi Ambassador to Malaysia.Bangladesh Embassy to Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh sources confirmed the matter.He is scheduled to join the embassy on December 22, sources added.Bangladesh Embassy to Kuala Lumpur sources said

DHAKA: The nation paid rich tributes to the glorious sons of the country, placing floral wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals’ Memorial at Mirpur in the city on Sunday.The day’s program began with paying tributes by President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed restriction on vehicular movement on some specific roads and areas in the city on the occasion of Victory Day, to be celebrated on Tuesday.The restriction will continue till the end of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s courtesy meeting

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) issued a rule upon the government to explain within three weeks why the order should not be given to stop bull-goat-cock fighting across the country. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice M Jahangir Hossain passed the order after the hearing

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday grilled Dhaka Mill Barack Range Reserve Force commandant Mizanur Rahman on charge of earning illegal wealth.He was quizzed at ACC headquarters in city’s Segun Bagicha area for one and a half hours starting from 11:00am.ACC deputy

DHAKA: An elderly person was killed as a passenger bus knocked him down in city’s Jatrabari area on Sunday.The ill-fated man was identified as Abu Hanif, 58, resident of North Jatrabari area.The deceased’s nephew Shafiqul Islam told banglanews that a rashly driven passenger bus

Friday Spot Reporting, a new initiative of banglanews, selected its hotspot on the construction areas of much-waited bridge on the banks of the mighty river Padma. The team included its Head of News Mahmood Menon, Senior Newsroom Editor Asif Aziz, Newsroom Editor Hussian Azad, Staff

DHAKA: The government is going to increase the price of collected furnace oil spilled from a tanker which sank at the river Shela in the Sundarbans. Apart from this, authorities concerned will hold meeting with the experts for foreign help to speedy removal of the spilled oil to save

BARISAL: Four personnel of Barisal Metropolitan Police have been suspended for charging baton on the students of Institutes of Health Technology (IHT).Barisal Metropolitan Detective Branch issued a press release on Sunday.   The accused police men are Monwar Hossain, M Khalil, M Rafiq

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Sunday sent Delwar Hossain, owner of Tazreen Fashion, to jail in a fraud case.Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mashfiqul Islam passed the order after he appeared before the court with bail plea.The court sources said Tazreen Fashion purchased accessories

LAXMIPUR: Two youths were killed in a road accident in Women College area on Roypur-Laxmipur road Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as M Shakil, 17, son of Belal Hossain and Azim, 18, son of Nasiruddin of Sadar upazila. Both of them were workers of Yusuf Metal

DHAKA: A “terrorist” was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Hazaribagh area of the capital on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Afjal Hossain Sattar, 50, son of late Abdul Aziz, of Hazaribagh Tannery Intersection.Brother of the deceased Motaleb said Sattar received severe