DHAKA: An authentic Moon Boat from Cox’s Bazar is on display in the International Nautic Show from December 5-14 at the exhibition center of Porte de Versailles in Paris. A French NGO ‘Watever’ brought the 28-foot long beautifully designed traditional country boat to Paris from

GAIBANDHA: Gaibandha Sadar upazila chairman and also Jamaat-e-Islami district unit secretary Abdul Karim was sent to jail.Denying Karim’s bail plea, Gaibandha senior judicial second court judge Taskinul Islam passed the order on Thursday afternoon.Earlier on October 2, the local

DHAKA: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will come to Bangladesh on a three-day visit on December 27. The foreign minister is scheduled to attend a bilateral meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart AH Mahmood Ali. A Bangladesh foreign ministry source said that the upcoming 40th

JOYPURHAT: At least five people were killed and 25 others injured after falling off the roof of an oil tanker train at Shimultoli area under Panchbibi upazila on Thursday afternoon. Of the deceased, three were identified as night guard of Joypurhat Collectorate School Azhar Ali, Sadikul,

Critical crisis triggered from oil tanker capsize in River Shela Criss- Crossing the lone World Heritage and lifeline of Bangladesh the Sundarbans Mangrove forest has already threatened survival of many endangered species.  The place of incident is unfortunately the habitat of Irrawaddy

JESSORE: An awareness building campaign on safe use of Liquid Petroleum (LP) gas of Bashundhara LP Gas Limited (BLPGL), one of the concerns of country’s leading conglomerate Bashundhara Group, was held in Jessore on Thursday. The campaign titled ‘Nirapad Nibash (Safe Home)’ was

DHAKA: The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) Thursday formed a nine-member probe committee to investigate into the capsize of the oil-tanker, carrying 357,664 liters of furnace oil, in a river along Sundarbans. The committee, led by additional secretary M Nurul Karim of the

DHAKA: The government has sent joint secretary AKM Jahangir, an officer on special duty (OSD), on forced retirement for breaching public service rules.The public administration ministry issued a gazette notification, signed by additional secretary (APD) Mahibul Haque, to this effect

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved charge-sheet against seven people, including an official of finance ministry, for swindling Tk 1.31 crore.The ACC submitted the charge-sheet at its headquarters in city’s Segunbagicha area on Thursday.Deputy Director SM Sahidur

PATUAKHALI: Inaugurating the first-ever Coast Guard (CG) Training Base “Agrajatra” on Thursday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said it  would help improving the quality of Coast Guard.Praising the coast guards, she also said the role of the force is very important in protecting the

DHAKA:  International Crimes Tribunal-1 fixed January 7 for the hearing on charge framing against two war crimes suspects of Netrokona district in six charges.The tribunal led-by Justice M Inayetur Rahim passed the order after taking the charge against them into cognizance.The accused

DHAKA: Local administration started eviction drive from Wiseghat to Shyambazar areas from Thursday morning.A team led by executive magistrate Sarwar Alam starting evicting illegal shops and other establishment from around Sadarghat amid protest of traders at 12:00am.Protesting the drive,

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is keen to develop waterway communication with Bangladesh aimed at boosting the trade and economy.She expressed her interest in this regard while visiting Sundarbans with government official on Tuesday (December 9). Mamata asked the

BAGERHAT: The salvage barge ‘BD Rising’, dragged the sunken oil tanker to Joymoni Forest Station 3.5 kilometer away from the spot to anchor it there on Thursday noon. The barge of Khan Jahan Ali (R) Salvage Enterprise (KSE)’, began the rescue operation of the sunken oil

DHAKA: Former District and Sessions Judge of Dhaka Kazi Golam Rasul, who delivered verdict of Bangabandhu Mujibur Rahman murder case, died of old-age complications on Thursday morning.He was 72.Rasul, a former member of Bangladesh Public Service Commission, breathed his last in city’s

DHAKA: A prison guard of Dhaka Central Jail was electrocuted at Bagan Bari Government Staff Quarter in the city Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Ratan Khan, 35.Farman Ali, senior jail superintendent at Dhaka Central Jail, confirmed the matter to banglanews.Farman Ali

DHAKA: Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route on the River Padma resumed in Thursday morning after a 12-hour suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Earlier, eight ferries, carrying vehicles and passengers, were forced to anchor in the mid river as those distracted

DHAKA: In the latest move after oil-tanker 'OT Southern Star 7' capsize, the government banned the movement of all kinds of water vessels in Shela River along Sundarbans. Ministry of Shipping issued a press release on the matter on Tuesday night, which says the ban will remain

DHAKA: Fog has disrupted service at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Thursday, with three flights diverted to Kolkata Airport.Three flights of Kuwait and Turkey Airways were diverted to Kolkata Airport due to the bad weather, said sources concerned.Airport officials, however, feared

DHAKA: Ferry services came to a halt at Mawa-Kawrakandi water ways on the River Padma since Wednesday night after eight ferries distracted from course due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Banglanews Munshiganj Correspondent Kazi Dipu reported at around 8:00am that the trapped