JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held bilateral talks here with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sideline of Asian African Conference Commemoration 2015 on Wednesday.The premier met Jinping at the summit venue at Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Center in Indonesia

HABIGANJ: A pregnant woman and her son died on the spot when a tree collapsed on their house at Badauri village under Baniachang Upazila early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Nurjahan Begum, 22, who was 8 months pregnant and her four-year-old son Rabin Mia.Local sources said the

SAVAR, DHAKA: Police filed a case against detained Saiful and 11 others unnamed robbers over Ashulia bank robbery that killed eight people.The case was filed with Ashulia Thana on Wednesday morning.On Tuesday, a daring bank robbery turned bloody as robbers shot dead seven people including

FROM JAKARTA, INDONESIA:  A three-day Asian-African Conference has begun in Indonesia capital Jakarta on Wednesday morning with an opening speech by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined the conference, began around 9:15am at Balai Sidang

RANGPUR: Over a thousand houses were damaged and 20 people injured as Nor'wester lashed three upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.Borodorgah Highway Thana In-Charge Nazmul Hossain confirmed the matter adding the injured were rushed to Mithapukur Health Complex and Rangpur Medical

DHAKA: 136 more Bangladeshis, including five women and five children, returned home from war-torn Yemen on Tuesday night.A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport around 9:20pm from Djibouti of Africa.State Minister M Shahriar Alam

MOULVIBAZAR: Rail communications of Sylhet with Chittagong and Dhaka has been restored five hours after nor’wester led some 35 trees to fall down on rail track in Lawachara area of Kamalganj Upazila of the district early Wednesday.Railway sources said that rail communications become

DHAKA: Three passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Shahjadpur Upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.Of the deceased, one was identified as Sunil Halder, 60. Witnesses said a speedy truck collided head-on with a CNG-run

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed said that the Election Commission (EC) ordered police to investigate the attack on Khaleda Zia’s motorcade during election campaigns and identify the criminals.The CEC made the order at a press conference at EC’s media

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed said that the Election Commission (EC) ordered police to investigate the attack on Khaleda Zia’s motorcade during election campaigns and identify the criminals.The CEC made the order at a press conference at EC’s media

FROM JAKARTA (INDONESIA): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday afternoon has arrived in Indonesia capital Jakarta to attend a three-day Asian-African Conference there.A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the primer and her entourage members landed at

DHAKA: A construction worker died falling from an under-construction building in city’s Afatab Nagar of Badda area on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as M Hannan, 35.Deceased’s fellow, Joynal Abedin, said Hannan fell from the building of one Abdul Mannan in the area around

MUNSHIGANJ: Three auto-rickshaw passengers were killed and four others injured in a road crash in Medinimandal area of Lohajang upazila of the district Tuesday afternoon.One of the deceased was identified as Siddiqur Rahman, hailed from Dohar. Another was an unidentified woman.Lohajang

SAVAR, DHAKA: Six people including branch manager of Bangladesh Commerce Bank were killed during a robbery in broad daylight in Ashulia’s Kathgara area under Savar upazila on Tuesday noon.Police said from 12 to 15 robbers riding on motorcycles entered the bank, in disguise of clients,

BAGERHAT: A district court on Tuesday sentenced five people to death over a murder case in Bagerhat.Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Mahiuzzaman passed the order around 3:30pm.BDST: 1628 HRS, APR 21, 2015BD/AKA

DHAKA: A Dhaka court awarded 17 year imprisonment to top terror Sanzidul Islam alias Imon for possessing firearms illegally.Dhaka-7 Special Tribunal passed the order on Tuesday afternoon.BDST: 1552 HRS, APR 21, 2015AKA

DHAKA: Around 30,000 pilgrims, who paid Moallem (guide) fee, will not be able to go to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj this year.Religion affairs secretary Chowdhury M Babul Hasan disclosed the matter to journalists in presence of Minister Principal Matiur Rahman.The number includes 10,000

DHAKA: At least 25 Bangladeshis are feared dead in a boat capsize on Mediterranean Sea off Libya’s coast.Authoritative source from the foreign ministry confirmed the matter to banglanews.Besides, the source also confirmed the incident of rescuing a Bangladeshi national alive that was

DHAKA: The British high commissioner in Bangladesh Robert W Gibson expressed his concerns over reports of violent incidents that have occurred during the past two weeks of campaigning for city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong.The British high commission issued a press release

BHOLA: A trawler with over one hundred passengers aboard has reportedly been capsized in the river Meghna in Manpura upazila of the district on Tuesday.Locals said that the trawler, sailing from Hazirhat union of Manpura to Hatia upazila of Noakhali district, was hit by a storm around