DHAKA: A total of 101,758 pilgrims will perform hajj from Bangladesh this year under the government and private management. Of them, 10,000 pilgrims will perform hajj under the government management while the rest 91,758 pilgrims under private management. Members of the parliamentary

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived in Yangon on Saturday for a three day visit to Myanmar at the invitation of British Council in Myanmar.  Professor Yunus is invited to speak to members of the government, civil society and business community about the potential of

DHAKA: The cabinet committee on law-and-order rejected the proposal of Human Rights Watch (HRW) to disband country’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab). The decision came from a meeting held at Home Ministry on Monday. After the meeting, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said

DHAKA: Flight operations at Cox’s Bazar Airport resumed on Monday after 22 hours of halt following an accident of United Airways.The Civil Aviation Authority removed the aircraft around 4:00 pm.After the accident on Sunday, no aircraft could land or take off from the airport.Earlier,

DHAKA: To reduce human pressure on the capital, it has become urgent to decentralize the administration. Industrial units also shall have to be relocated outside the capital. Everybody wants to stay at Dhaka. We should come out of this mentality. The districts should be empowered. 

KOLKATA: The prime accused of Narayanganj’s gruesome 7-murder case Nur Hossain revealed the reasons behind his arrival in India. He said that his life was jeopardized in Bangladesh so that he fled to India. He made the disclosure to the journalists while he was produced before the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Monday strongly criticized the media. “Media has been publishing negative reports about some recent irregularities in banking sector though the central bank has taken stern actions against them,” he said. The central bank boss

DHAKA: The law enforcers have decided to arrest Mirpur Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Salauddin over the murder of Mahbubur Rahman Sujan, a Jhut (garments waste) trader of the area.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) official sources said this to banglanews on Monday.The sources said that

RAJSHAHI: Two brothers drowned at Mokhterpur village under Charghat upazila of the district on Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Marzan Ali, 8 and his younger brother Mizanur Rahman Mizan, 6, sons of one Tara Mia, a Habildar of Bangladesh Police Academy at Sardah.Inspector

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong mobile court on Monday fined Agora, a reputed chain super shop, for selling date-expired products.The court also seized a huge amount of goods from Agora’s Afmi Plaza branch at Prabartak intersection of the port city.Led by executive magistrate Tamim Al Yamin,

DHAKA: A case was filed on public interest to stop making a vehicular stoppage and illegal occupation on pavements in front of Sheikh Mujib Medical University and BIRDEM Hospital.Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Prashanta Kumar Karmakar filed the case with Chief Metropolitan

DHAKA: Dr MA Hannan Firoze, former vice chancellor of Stamford University, was placed on a two-day fresh remand in a case in a case filed for attempting to kill ex-BCL president AKM Enamul Haque Shameem. After completion of six-day remand, police produced Dr Hannan, trustee broad

THAKURGAON: Border Security Force (BSF) of India returned teen age boy after two hour of abduction from Dabri frontier under Haripur Upazila of the district on Monday. The victim is- Wasim, 12, son of Altaf Hossain, hailed from Monnatuli Geruadangi village of Haripur Upazila. Local

DHAKA: Communications minister Obaidul Quader complained that some media outlets are publishing old pictures on roads and highways. The minister came up with the allegation while visiting Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover construction works in city on Monday noon. He said that almost 80 percent

DHAKA: Liberation War Affairs Ministry has cancelled Freedom Fighter certificate and gazette of 35 government employees.  The ministry issued a notification in this regard on Monday. Liberation War Affairs Ministry deputy secretary M Salimullah signed in the notification as per the

SIRANGANJ: Two people were killed and five others injured in a road accident in Mohisluti under Tarash Upazila of the district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Dipok, 42, son of Deben Haldar and Jakaria, 32, son of Abul Talukdar.  Sources said that a Dhaka-bound truck

DHAKA: The joint forces held 10 persons from Kamalapur railway station on Monday morning for their alleged involvement in selling advance train tickets on black market. The force included Rab, GRP, railway security, APBn and Ansar operated the drive around 9:30am. According to law

CHITTAGONG: Members of the Narcotic Department in a drive seized two drug dealers along with 6,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Nasirabad area under Panchlaish Thana of the port city on Monday morning. The detainees are- Ziaur Rahman, 32 and Monir Hossain, 26.  Narcotic Department

DHAKA: Human Rights Watch on Monday in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said it government should disband the elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), HRW published the news on its website.    Until it is disbanded, RAB should be made into an entirely civilian force by

INDIA: Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) submitted a memorandum to the State Governor J.B Patnaik on Saturday against the State Cabinet's decision of giving refugee status to Bangladeshi nationals who face religious persecution in their country. On Saturday, after a meeting held by AGP President