DHAKA: Heavy fog forced the authorities concerned to suspend ferry services at Mawa-Kawrakandi water ways on the River Padma since Thursday night. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) assistant manager Chandra Shekhar of Mawa office told banglanews that ferry service

DHAKA: A total of 124 Sub-Inspector (SI) of Bangladesh Police has been promoted to Inspector, said a press release of Police Headquarters on Thursday night.Police Headquarters’ additional inspector general of police (AIG) told banglanews that of the 124 SIs, 106 were given

DHAKA: Police arrested a listed criminal and his three associates in East Shewrapara area of the city on Thursday night.The listed criminal is Shooter Billal while identity of the 3 cohorts could not been known.Kafrul Thana Officer-In-Charge (OC) Abdul Kaium confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Police detained three suspected members of banned Islamic outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Khilkhet area in the city on Thursday night.The detainees are Nayan, 24, Musa, 25 and Ataur, 20.Khilkhet Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nazrul Islam confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Bangladesh Navy Ship ‘Shomudro Joy’ has reached Male with 100 tones of bottled drinking water and 5 desalination plants on Thursday.  These have been sent by the government of Bangladesh as assistance to Maldives to address their drinking water crisis in capital city Male, a

DHAKA: Indian High Commission made alert the people about the Visa processing to avert any illegal activities in the process. Counselor (Political and Information) Sujit Ghosh of High Commission of India to Dhaka issued a press release on Thursday. The press release said the only

MOULVIBAZAR: A person has chopped his elder brother to death in Shyamorkona area under sadar upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Bari, 65, resident of the area.Police sources said that Abdul Bari and his younger brother Afruz Mia locked into an

DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid has called upon the people for efficient use of electricity and emphasized to use renewable energy besides fossil fuel. The president made the remarks while inaugurating a three-day long power fair in Bangabandhu International Conference Center of the city

DHAKA: First resident Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of Austria Mohammed Abu Zafar presented his credentials to the Federal President of Austria Dr Heinz Fischer. They met at impressive ceremony at grand Maria Theresia Hall of historical Hofburg Palace in Vienna on Thursday.

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