DHAKA: Dhaka City Corporation (south) in cooperation with police administration evicted the flower shops in city’s Shahbagh area.The eviction drive was conducted at 11:00am on Saturday.The shop-owners claimed that they maintained a ‘mutual contract’ with the DCC officials to run

DHAKA: A human chain program was organized on Saturday demanding the immediate implementation of the eighth national pay scale.The government employees of the third-class organized the program in front of the National Press Club.Giving the government an ultimatum, the speakers said that

FROM KATHMANDU: Kathmandu police has taken all kinds of preventive measures against the traffic law violators on the eve of 18th SAARC Summit.They also have been using a machine ‘breed analyzer’ for checking whether the drivers of private cars are drunk.The security measures have

PIROJPUR: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the construction of much-awaited Padma Bridge is no longer a dream, it is real now.The minister was addressing a fresher reception and prize giving ceremony on the playground of Banga Mata Begum

KATHMANDU: The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit beginning on November 26 has already formulated various multi-dimensional approaches to enhance the regional connectivity that never surfaced so far since its inception. Meanwhile the Nepalese capital has

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will set up mobile courts to ensure safe road crossing through zebra crossing, over-bridge and underpass in the capital from November 25. DMP sources said, violators will face imprisonment and fine in this regard. Elaborating the matter in a press

DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ General Manager (Public Relations) Khan Mohammad Mosharraf has been removed from his post. The government removed the national carrier high official following recent media reports on involvement of Biman officials in gold smuggling, said sources.  

KATHMANDU: The Programming Committee (PC) meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is underway at Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza in Kathmandu on Saturday. Maldives will handover the SAARC Chair to Nepal in the joint secretary-level PC meeting that started at 9:30am

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been awarded with the ‘South-South Cooperation Visionary Award' of the United Nations (UN). Prime Minister’s son, and also her ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, on behalf of his mother, received the award on Friday. The award was handed over at

RAJBARI: Vice-Chairman of Pangsha Upazila Parishad Munshi Nader Hossain, also district Krishak League president, who sustained gunshot wounds in the chest, died at Faridpur Medical College and Hospital early Saturday. District Krishak League general secretary Nure Alam Siddiqui confirmed

DHAKA: US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal is set to visit Bangladesh on Thursday, said a Washington DC media note Friday night. The US Assistant Secretary will arrive in Bangladesh directly from Nepal after attending the 18th South

DHAKA: Vowing to do everything necessary, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said the armed forces are pride for the nation and the government wants to see the armed forces as disciplined, efficient, modern and well-equipped armed forces.She was addressing a reception

DHAKA: The International Literary Festival Hay Festival Dhaka 2014, which has started from Thursday, has ended for the second consecutive day on Friday at the historic grounds of Bangla Academy.                    More than 30 sessions run simultaneously at the

DHAKA: A Malaysian court on Friday charged two local immigration officers with murdering a Bangladeshi detainee on October 29 - the smallest state of the country, reports native English-language daily The Star.Perlis Immigration officers M Aminnudin Mohd Yasin and Zuhairul Effendy

DHAKA: Customs intelligence on Friday detained a Malaysia-return student with 775 grams gold worth about Tk 38 lakhs from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.The detainee was identified as M Farzi Rahman, 20, a fourth year student of Bachelor of Accounting at a university in

DHAKA: Police recovered body of a Bangladesh-born British citizen from Banani area of the city on Friday.The deceased was identified as Mezbah Uddin, 71. Sub-inspector (SI) Jahangir Alam of Banani Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews.Being informed, the law enforcers recovered the

NARAYANGANJ: The authorities Friday suspended four police members including a Sub-Inspector (SI) of Narayanganj Bandar Thana on allegation of involvement in drug trading.One of the suspended is SI Masudul Haque of Kamtal police outpost of the Thana. Though, other three police

SYLHET: Police Friday detained 17 Chhatra league activists of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) with one loaded pistol and 19 sharp weapons following clash of Thursday that killed one and injured over 20. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of

DHAKA: Bangladesh will face visiting Zimbabwe in the first One Day International of five-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium of Chittagong. The day/night match will start at 1:30pm. Mashrafee Mortaza will lead the Bangladesh team in the ODI series while Elton Chigumbura will

SATKHIRA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained 13 Bangladeshis while they were trying to intrude in India through Kaliganj border on Thursday night. BGB sources said the detainees were held from Nalta Chaumuhani frontier area around 8:00pm. Acting Commander of Satkhira 34