DHAKA: The Supreme Court has taken away Crime Investigation Department (CID) from the investigation of gruesome seven-murder case of Narayanganj. A five-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Mohammad Mozammel Hossain passed the order in response to a review petition

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) held a member of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from city’s Mohammadpur area on Monday night.The accused Ahmed Wadud Jumman alias Saiful alias Arnab was detained from a house near Shershah Suri

RAJBARI: Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Mohadebpur village under Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Subarna, 7, daughter of Akan Mondal of the village and Dola, 6, daughter of Abdur Razzak of Dayalnagar village of the upazila.Locals said they

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Mohammad Monayem, brother of main accused of India’s Burdwan blast, from Farajikanda of Narayanganj early Tuesday.Media Wing Deputy Director of RAB Maksudul Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Regarding the matter, Rab-11 CEO Anwar

Dhaka: A program of India-Bangladesh High Commissioners’ Summit being organized by University of Dhaka and the India-Bangladesh Foundation.The program will be held on Friday (November 14) at Senate Bhaban of DU.   The event will bring together former High Commissioners of Bangladesh

    DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said we decided to provide 10,000 computers to schools across the country during our first term in power.   The Netherlands wanted to help us in this regard with one condition that the computers had to be bought from them, she

DHAKA: Border guards of neighboring Bangladesh and India will sit in a meeting on November 17 to discuss terrorism and border crimes.The meeting will be held at Tamabil in Sylhet, Zee News reports on Monday.Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Additional Director General (northeastern

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed two accused on two-day remand each on charge of killing journalist couple Golam Mustafa Sarwar alias Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Nahar Runa alias Meherun Runi. Metropolitan Magistrate Tareque Moinul Islam Bhuiyan passed the remand order after a hearing

DHAKA: A fifteen member delegation comprising members of the Swiss Advisory Commission on International Development Cooperation will visit Bangladesh during November 11-18.  The main objective of their visit is to familiarize themselves with the opportunities and challenges facing

DHAKA: The government is set to add six more water buses to make the waterway journey of the city dwellers easier. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan made the disclosure to the journalists at his Secretariat office Tuesday. Mentioning that there are six waterbuses now, the minister said,

JAIPURHAT: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detained five Bangladeshis from Hatkhola border under Panchbibi upazila of the district early Tuesday. Sources told banglanews that BSF nabbed them from Uchna bordering area under Indian Territory. However, confirming the matter, Border

TANGAIL: A fire broke out at Nahian Petrol Pump at Bauikhola Gulla area of the district Tuesday morning. Six fire fighting units tried for two hours to bring the fire under control. Later, they brought foam-like materials from Gazipur Fire Service Station and brought the fire under

RANGPUR: Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation on Tuesday called for an indefinite transport strike in the division protesting vandalism at the house of its Rangpur Divisional general secretary MA Mazid and beating up his parents. MA Mazid told banglanews that no member of Rangpur

DHAKA: Chief of sea robber gang—Daroga Bahini—and his cohort killed in gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-8) in Chandpai Range of Sundarbans on Tuesday (November 11) morning. The deceased was identified as chief Enamul Hawledar alias Daroga and cohort Saiful. Rab personnel

KISHOREGANJ: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to visit the district to attend a rally of the 20-party alliance at Gurudayal Government College ground Wednesday. Organizers said Khaleda Zia, from the rally, might announce fresh programmes as part of the alliance’s movement against

NEW YORK: US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles H Rivkin is set to visit Bangladesh on November 11–13. Drawing on his background as a former corporate CEO, Assistant Secretary Rivkin will highlight the opportunities for collaboration between American

GAZIPUR: At least five RMG workers were injured as police fired bullets and teargas shells on the agitating employees of Classic Fashion in Tongi of the district on Monday.The identities of the injured could be known immediately.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place in

DHAKA: The Chinese company ‘Sinohydro Corporation’ has been given the river training works of Padma Multipurpose Bridge project.The government signed an agreement of Tk 8,707 crore with the company in this regard at Bangabandhu International Conference Center on Monday

DHAKA: Special Correspondent Rafiqul Islam of Banglanews24.com, a leading online news portal of the country, got ‘DRU-Grameenphone Reporting Award-2014’ for his report on human rights in the online media category.Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu handed over the award in

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is going to take a legal process to bring back US $25 million that death row convict Mir Quasem sent to a lobbyist firm in USA.The anti-graft body has already sent a ‘Mutual Legal Assistance Request (MLAR)’ to the US government through