DHAKA: The newly appointed Bangladesh High Commission to India Syed Muazzem Ali presented his credentials to the President of India Pranab Mukherjee.He gave the credentials at a colorful ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan (Presidential Palace) in India’s capital New Delhi on

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday recalled the summons issued to agriculture secretary and agriculture information service director for ignoring a court order.The HC will deliver new order in this regard on Wednesday.An HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi M Ejarul Haque

DHAKA: Public administration ministry has identified the government officials who met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on December 4.State minister for public administration ministry Ismat Ara Sadique made the disclosure through public relations officer M Towhidur Rahman on Tuesday.Ismat

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved nine projects involving Tk 7,900 crore. The approval came from the ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with its chairperson Prime Minister Sheikh

DHAKA: Police recovered body of an unidentified elderly person from city’s Paltan area on Tuesday.Police sources said that they recovered the body of a person aged around 60, from the area around 11:00am.According to them, the man might earn his livelihood by begging in the area.The

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed December 30 for submitting the report on investigation into journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi killing case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Maruf Hossain passed the order as investigation officer of the case Wares Ali, also

DHAKA: A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in city’s Shukrabhanga Turag area on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Kulsum Akhter, 28, wife of Mohammad Hossain Mia, resident of the area.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place at noon.Confirming

MUNSHIGANJ: Three buses were set on fire in Lichutala Bus Stand area of the district early Tuesday.According to the sources, miscreants set on fire at two Dighirpar Transport Line buses and a Kusumpur Paribahan bus parked at that area around 3:15am.Locals, later, doused the blaze, said

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DHAKA: Two cases have been filed against Supreme Court (SC) lawyer Tuhin Malik on allegation of derogatory remark about Constitution and hurting religious sentiment. Assistant Secretary of International affairs of Chhatra League central sub-committee Golam Rabbani filed the law suits

DHAKA: Chief Minister of West Bengal in India Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the West Bengal fishermen, who were detained by the Bangladesh authorities, from the Sunderbans region for entering its territory would return home soon. She made the disclosure to reporters during her trip to

BAGERHAT: An oil-tanker, carrying 350,000 litres oil for a power plant in Gopalganj, sank in a river near Chandpai range of Sundarbans after being hit by another tanker early Tuesday. All of nine crews but its master Mokhlesur Rahman, 50, managed to swim to the bank.Joint secretary of

BAF BASE BASHAR (DHAKA): The first United Nations blue-helmet team from Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is set to join in peacekeeping mission in west African country Mali this month. Two BANAIR contingents of 240 BAF personnel will leave the city for the United Nations Multidimensional

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday categorically said Bangladesh has set an example in making the writer and social reformist Begum Rokeya’s dream of Naristhan (Land of women) come true to some extent. Mentioning that the premier, opposition leader, speaker of the

DHAKA: Four persons were detained with cocktails and cocktail-making materials from city’s Khilgaon area during a night long drive on Monday. The detainees -- Riyad, 26, Hajrat, 25, Jamal, 27, and Hridoy, 24 -- were involved in terrorism, claimed police. Sources told banglanews that

MUNSHIGANJ: Ferry services on Mawa and Kawrakandi route resumed Tuesday after more than 11 hours of disruption due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. Sources told banglanews that 12 ferries, which were forced to anchor in the mid Padma, started for their respective destinations at

GAZIPUR: Railway Minister Muzibul Haque on Tuesday inaugurated the DEMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) train services ohn Dhaka-Tongi route at Tongi Station.The minister inaugurated the train service at 7:30am where director general of Bangladesh Railway Tofazzal Ahmed, Secretary Munsur Ali

ASHULIA (DHAKA): Authorities of a readymade garment Tuesday closed its factory for indefinite period in Old DPEZ area in Savar amid workers unrest.  Around 2,000 workers of Padx Garment Factory went to the workplace in the morning and found a factory closure notice hanging on its

DHAKA: December 9 is being observed as International Anti-Corruption Day since 2003 after a declaration by the United Nations (UN).With the theme “Jagroto Bibek, Durjoy Tarunya, Durniti Rukhbei”, Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) have

LAXMIPUR: A terrorist was killed and three law enforcers injured in a ‘gunfight’ between ‘Zishan Bahini’ and police in Latifpur village under Sadar upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as M Roni, 30, whom police claimed as chief body guard of the ringleader. Law