DHAKA: One Bangladeshi national along with eight other foreign nationals has taken hostages by the Islamic group ISIS from Al-Ghani oil field south of the city Sirte of Libya on Friday. The abducted is Helal Uddin, PP No.: B0156553, hailed from Jamalpur.As per confirmation by Bangladesh

NILPHAMARI: At least 30 houses were gutted when a fire broke out at a cowshed in West Dalirampur village under Kishoreganj Upazila of the district early Monday.Senior Station Master Enamul Haque of Nilphamari Fire Service confirmed the matter to banglanews.Quoting locals Enamul said

DHAKA: The government has decided to suspend Song Yang Nam, first secretary (economics and commercial) of North Korean Embassy to Bangladesh, over gold smuggling.The foreign minister sources on Monday also said they will inform the matter to North Korea government.Customs authorities

DHAKA: A fair styled as ‘Education Fair’ is going on in the Bangladesh capital with pomp and grandeur to prey the Bangladeshi innocent students.  A so-called consultancy firm named Malaysian University Application Center (MUAC) has organized the fair with eight educational

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday adjourned till April 1 the hearing on the review petition of war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman against its verdict that upheld the death sentence to him.The four-member bench of appellate division, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, fixed the

    DHAKA: Sajeeb Wazed, Joy Information and Communication Technology Affairs adviser to the Prime Minster, said the masterminds of attempting to abduct and kill him, no matter how high up they may be in the BNP, will have to face the trial.Joy, also son of Prime Minister Sheikh

BRAMANBARIA: A Bangladeshi man was killed in a road accident in the Al-Hasa area of Saudi Arabia on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Rahmat Ullah, 37, son of Montaj Mia of Narayanpur village under Nabinagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria.Deceased’s family sources confirmed the matter

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD:  State minister for home Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday told parliament that all the information with pictures of convicted killers of Bangabandhu has already been sent to important airports in the world in cooperation with Interpol.In reply to a query of Mahmud Us Samad

DHAKA: TVEL, a subsidiary of Russia’s State Nuclear Power Corporation- ROSATOM has signed a fresh contract with the Indian Department of Atomic Energy for the supply of enriched uranium fuel pellets. The fuel pellets will be used by Nuclear Fuel Center, a fuel assembly production plant

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday informed the parliament that a total of 1139 death-row convicts are kept waiting in different jails across the country. Of the convicts, 20 are female prisoners, he added.Replying to a query of AFM Bahauddin

DHAKA: Eleven people were held on Sunday noon for attempting to withdraw some Tk 90-crore through forgery from Gulshan branch of BRAC Bank in the capital.The detainees are Hasibul Hasan, 34, Sirajul Islam, 34, Sabbir Rahman, 40, Nazrul Haque, 42, Sahabur Rahman Bablu, 65, Khorshed Alam,

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has made a list of the killers of blogger and writer Avijit Roy following the information given by the sole detainee Shafiur Rahman Farabi during his remand.DMP detective branch joint-commissioner Manirul Islam made the

DHAKA: A group of miscreants attempted to kidnap a businessman showing their fake identity of detective branch (DB) of police in city’s Shahjadpur area on Sunday noon.Moreover, they also tried to snatch Tk 2.50-lakh from the businessman Masudur Rahman Mashqur.The victim told banglanews

DHAKA: Tribhuvan International Airport of Nepal resumed its operation after 85-hour shut down as a Turkish Airlines plane overshot the tarmac blocking the airport's only runway. More then 160 flights have been canceled and over 24,000 passengers, including 500 Bangladeshis, remained

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said that a vested quarter in the country wants to confine women using the religion. The PM made the comment while inaugurating the programs of International Women’s Day at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in city on Sunday.

DHAKA: The High Court Sunday re-fixed March 15 for delivering the order on its long-pending rule asking the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why the Barapukuria graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others should not be quashed. A bench of Justice Moinul

DHAKA: A trader, who sustained burn injuries in petrol bomb attack on a bus in Tiger-pass area of Chittagong, lost his battle for life at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) Sunday afternoon.  The victim was identified as Subhash Chandra Som, 56, son of late Birendra Kumar of

LONDON: Two British parliamentarians submitted an Early Day Motion no. 846 before its parliament seeking their government’s role in investigation into Bengali US citizen, writer and blogger Avijit Roy murder.  In the early day motion, former Labour Party minister Jim Fitzpatrick, MP

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said Bangladesh fails to enjoy human rights fully and its socioeconomic developmental gains run at risk due to climate change impacts.He elaborated that the risk threaten the effective and full enjoyment of a range of human rights like

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) fixed Monday for hearing the review petition of war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman against its verdict that upheld the death sentence to him by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2.Chamber Judge Hasan Foyez Siddique passed the order Sunday.On March 5,