DHAKA: Bangladesh has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).The election took place at the 29th Session of the Intergovernmental Council of IPDC being held from November 20-21,

DHAKA: Pistol-wielding muggers snatched here Tk 10 lakh on Thursday night over firing a city money exchanger at Mirpur’s Janata Housing area.The victim--Sharif Nasir Hossain, 28--is now undergoing treatment at a local Delta Hospital.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place

DHAKA: Abdullah Al Islam Jakob, the deputy minister for environment and forests, in favour of the government of Bangladesh, has been elected as the vice president (VP) of the COP (Committees of the Parties) and MOP (Meeting of the Parties) to the ‘26th Meeting of the Parties to the

DHAKA: Police have recovered a bomb-like object from near the Kalabagan Thana in city Thursday night.Sources told banglanews that the object, looks like a time bomb, was found around 9:30pm in a Hamid Garment’s lane, adjacent to the police station.Police, however, after being

DHAKA: A mild tremor measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted the country early Friday. The tremor was felt at 12:14:37am, said the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter of the earthquake was located in Khawhai of neighboring India, some 330 kilometers east of the seismic centre

COX’S BAZAR: Coast Guard members in a drive rescued five people on Thursday from a Shah Porir Dip’s Majhar Para area house under Teknaf of the district.They were being taken to Malaysia illegally through the seaway, sources told banglanews.The people, who were rescued--Belal

DHAKA: Jatiya Party presidium member lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid on Thursday demanded the arrest of 42 people, including Biman Bangladesh Airlines Air Marshal (retd) Jamal Uddin Ahmed, on charges of gold smuggling.Firoz came up with the plea while addressing the parliament on the point

DHAKA: Pilot Officer Tamanna-E-Lutfy completed her first solo flight by Bell-206 helicopter in BAF Base Bir Sreshto Matiur Rahman in Jessore on Thursday.On 23 September 2014, two female officers, Flying Officer Nayma Haque and Pilot Officer Tamanna-E-Lutfy started basic helicopter

DHAKA: The government is likely to build overpass at 1,400 rail crossing points across the country to avert mishaps beside rail tracks.  ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, chairman of parliamentary standing committee on railway ministry, told journalists after a meeting of the committee at

DHAKA: Urgent action is needed to reach the benefits of innovation to millions of children through new global networks of connectivity and collaboration, says a release. UNICEF released the report titled ‘The State of the World’s Children Report--Reimagine the future: Innovation for

DHAKA: Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Sajeeb Wazed Joy have been made honorary advisors to Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina. An order from Prime Minister Office (PMO) sent to Press Information Department (PID) said on Thursday evening. Journalist Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury has been made information

THAKURGAON: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel gunned down a youth in Ratnai frontier of Baliadangi upazila of the district on Thursday. The victim was identified as Shah Alam, 22, son of Sher Ali of the upazila. Lieutenant Colonel Tushar Bin Yunus of Border Guard Bangladesh

JATIYA SANGSAD BHABAN (DHAKA): A total of 21 Bangladeshi convicts will not face execution in oil-rich gulf countries Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. Execution of eight other Bangladeshis remains halted in the two countries and some 21 others were also awarded death penalty in five

DHAKA: The Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mumbai Samina Naz sought kind assistance of Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao, the new Governor of Maharashtra for further development of relations. She came up with this assertion while paid a courtesy call on the new Governor of

DHAKA: Foreign Affairs Minister AH Mahmood Ali said Bangladesh is expected to sign three agreements at the upcoming 18th SAARC summit in Nepal’s Kathmandu. The minister disclosed the matter on Thursday at a press conference on the summit at the foreign affairs ministry in city. The

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Thursday put emphasis on more practice of culture to meet the hunger of the mind. The premier came up with the assertion while addressing a program during her visit to the cultural affairs ministry at the

KISHOREGANJ: A college student was killed as a tractor ran over him on Kishoreganj-Karimganj road in Beparipara intersection under Karimganj upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Borhan Uddin, 18, a student of class XI of Karimganj Model College, son of

LALMONIRHAT: A Lalmonirhat court on Thursday awarded life-term rigorous imprisonment to six people in a murder case. The court also fined Tk 50,000 each, in default, to serve three months more in jail. The convicts are Abu Sama, Raham Ali and his brother Jamer Ali, Rafiq, Fazar Ali and

DHAKA: Two youths were found dead in Kamlapur and Khilgaon areas of the capital and, on information, police recovered the bodies on Thursday morning. One of the deceased was identified Nayon Mia, 30, son of Muktar Hossain, a resident of Purba Para in Trimohoni area under the city’s

DHAKA: No Bangladesh national has been affected in Buffalo, USA due to snow storm there since November18 which reportedly claimed 8 lives so far. Bangladeshi neighborhood was not much affected by snow storm in the State. The affected areas are about 5 miles away from Bangladeshi