COX’S BAZAR: One found dead and 26 others went missing as a ship hit a fishing trawler about 27 nautical miles away from Saint Martin on Friday morning. The identities of the deceased or missing are yet to be known. Sources told banglanews that the incident took place when a ship hit

DHAKA: Bangladesh candidate Captain Moin Uddin Ahmed was elected as the next Director General of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) at a contested election held during the 23rd session of the IMSO Assembly in London on Thursday.Captain Moin Uddin Ahmed led by

LONDON: Bangladesh on Thursday elected the director general (DG) of the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO), an inter-governmental organization whose primary purpose is the oversight of certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided by mobile

MUNSHIGAN:  Several hundred vehicles fell stranded on the both side of river Padma as Ferry services at Mawa-Kawrakandi crossing points has been disrupted due to heavy fog since Thursday night.Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Mawa jetty supervisor Nurul Amin told

DHAKA: Police recovered body of an unidentified man in Kaptanbazar area under Wari Thana in the city early Friday.Wari Thana Sub-Inspector Swapan Kanti Deb told baglanews that police rescued him unconscious from Kosail Gully place of the area and rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested ‘Razakar’ Shamsuddin Ahmed on war crimes charges from Nandail upazila of the district on Thursday nightShamsuddin was taken to district Sadar Thana where he would go under interrogation. District Superintendent of Police Anwar

DHAKA: The authorities of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday announced that hundreds of expatriates classified as runaway or huroob cases can avoid jail and go home within 72 hours upon fulfilling some requirements.The authorities said the runaway expatriates must have no

DHAKA: Police recovered the hanging body of a youth from a hotel in Fakirapool area of the city on Thursday evening.The deceased was identified as Omar Faruk, 32, son of Maulana Delwar Hossain of Shibchar upazila of Madaripur district. Omar resided at Ikuria area of Keranignj of the

FROM KATMANDU: In the latest development, the long-awaited South Asian power cooperation agreement has been inked at the eleventh hour of the 18th SAARC Summit  on Thursday afternoon.After the concluding session, Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala was talking to reporters.“The

MALAYSIA: A total of 220 illegal expatriates, including 61 Bangladeshis, were held from Malaysia’s Cameron Highland area in a special drive against illegal migrants started from November 1.The detainees are also from India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Cambodia and Sri

DHAKA: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Indian Footwear Components Manufacturers Association (IFCOMA) and Leather goods and Footwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) on Thursday.The signing ceremony was held at the venue of

RAJSHAHI: A Rajshahi court on Thursday granted four accused on different terms of remand in a case of Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam murder.Judge Sharmin Akhter of Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 passed the remand order after Officer-in-Charge (OC) Alamgir

CHITTAGONG: The authorities on Thursday sacked two members of Detective Branch (DB) of police for their involvement in giving chance to some arrestees to make phone calls illegally from police station in the district.The suspended two DB personnel are Khorshed Alam and M Ayub.Deputy

DHAKA: Students of three private universities cannot be lawyer as Bangladesh Bar Council suspended giving registrations to them as cases are under trial against them.The universities are Darul Ihsan University, America Bangladesh University and IBAIS University.Vice-Chairman of the

NARAYANGANJ: A man was burnt to death and wife sustained severe burn injuries as a fire broke out in Masdair area under Fatulla upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Abed Ali, 70, former Union Parishad (UP) member of Enayetnagar of the upazila.Locals said

DHAKA: The government will introduce online Hajj registration from this year. The interested devotees are asked to complete the registration and submit fees from December 15 to January 30.Religious Affairs Minister Motiur Rahman made the disclosure to the journalists after an

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has collected information of 40 thousand criminals. Moreover, the elite force has also collected details of them who are now under custody of law enforcers. RAB officials disclosed the matter on Thursday morning at the inaugural session of the

KATHMANDU (NEPAL): The ‘Kathmandu Declaration’, focusing on more connectivity and cooperation among the SAARC countries, will be announced in the final hours of the summit on Thursday afternoon. The heads of the SAARC countries will speak here on the follow-up and future plans of the

NETROKONA: A district court sentenced three people on Thursday to life imprisonment for killing a rickshaw puller. The court also fined each of them Tk 50,000, in default, ordered them to serve five more years in jail.  Additional district judge Abdul Hamid pronounced the verdict in

DINAJPUR: The Phulbari unit of National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports has barricaded Dhaka-Phulbari highway in Nimtala Mor and Dhaka Mor area on Thursday morning for second consecutive day. The strikers blockaded the area by piling rickshaws and vans on