DHAKA: Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari left Dhaka for India Monday on a five-day official visit along with his spouse and one entourage to attend 10th International Aerospace Exposition- ‘AERO INDIA 2015’. During his visit, Chief of Air Staff will exchange views

DHAKA: Air Marshal SB Deo, AOC-in-C of Eastern Air Command of Indian Air Force (IAF), formally handed over the Dakota (DC-3) aircraft used in the paradrop operations in Tangail on December 11, 1971 during the Liberation War.The aircraft has been installed at the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF)

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a passenger bus at city’s Badda area on Monday afternoon.Fire Service sources said that a gang of miscreants set fire to a passenger bus, Turag Paribahan, in the area around 4:00pm.None was reportedly injured in the incident as the passengers managed to get

DHAKA: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan issued an ultimatum to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to withdraw hartal-blockade within 24-hour. The minister came up with the forewarning from a rally in Dhaka’s Gulshan-2 circle on Monday afternoon.Several organizations of workers and

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali will lead a three-member delegation to the ministerial component of the ‘White House Countering Violent Extremism Summit’ scheduled for February 19 at the US Department of State in Washington DC.The minister will leave Dhaka on

CHITTAGONG: A city dweller was injured in Didar Market area of Kotwali Thana following a cocktail attack on a bus Monday noon.The injured, Nasir Uddin Chowdhury, 56, was rushed to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).Sources said the incident took place around 1:00pm.The

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam to arrange Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections within the shortest possible time. The premier came up with the directive in the regular

GAZIPUR: Miscreants torched a passenger bus in Chandana area of the district on Monday afternoon.Fire fighting sources said that miscreants hurled a petrol bomb aiming at the bus around 1:30pm. The fire broke out at the bus soon after the blast, said a spot account of the incident.No one

DHAKA: The first US–funded Shaheed Minar (Martyrs’ Monument) in Paterson of New Jersey in United States was inaugurated on Sunday. M Shameem Ahsan, Consul General of Bangladesh in New York, cut the ribbon where Pedro Rodriguez, deputy Mayor of Paterson, Ruby Cotton, Vice-President of

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, has called a 3-day strike starting from Tuesday (February 17) at all educational institutions across the country.JCD president Rajib Ahsan and general secretary Akramul Hasan made the announcement through a press release Monday

DHAKA: At least six persons were injured as miscreants blasted four cocktails in Gulshan and in front of foreign ministry in the city on Monday.Among the injured, one is in critical condition and rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.A gang of miscreants blasted three

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Hanging body of a security guard was recovered from Bhasha Shaheed Barkat Memorial Museum in Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall of Dhaka University on Monday.The deceased was identified as Shangkar Chandra Roy (27).Zahurul Haque provost and also museum director Abu Mohammad

SATKHIRA: Members of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) shot a Bangladeshi on Bhomra frontier in Satkhira sadar upazila Monday morning.The injured was identified as shepherd Saiful Islam, son of Mohammad Jinnah of Garekanda village.Sources said that the BSF shot Saiful when he was

DHAKA: Aminul Haque Badsha, press secretary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be buried in Kushtia.His body is now on the way to his village.Earlier, his body was kept on National Press Club premises in the city till 12 noon Monday for people of all walks of life to pay their

DHAKA: A delegation of Subcommittee on Human Rights of European Parliament is set to arrive in Dhaka on a five-day visit on Monday to observe human rights situation in the country amid ongoing political violence.In last two decades, it will be the first tour of Subcommittee on Human

PATHORGHATA, BARGUNA: At least eight fishermen sustained bullet injuries as sea robbers attacked them in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday night.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Coast Guard official said, “We heard the news of attack some 160 kilometers deep in the Bay from

NARAYANGANJ: Some miscreants torched two compartments of a Dhaka-Narayanganj route train in Narayanganj Central Rail Station late on Sunday.Station Master Golam Mostafa of the rail station told banglanews that the two bogies were set ablaze by miscreants at 11:00am while it was waiting

DHAKA: Miscreants torched two passenger buses in city’s Gulistan and Tantibazar areas on Sunday. Police sources said that miscreants set fire to a passenger bus of ETC Paribahan in Gulistan area around 9:05pm. However, no one was reportedly injured in the incident. On information, a

SHERPUR, BOGRA: Joint forces recovered with 10 petrol bombs, books, compact Disk (CD) and secret documents on jihad from a mess in Sherpur upazila in the district on Sunday. Two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were also detained from the area.  The

DHAKA: Three people were injured as a cocktail blasted at a rally Ganajagaran Mancha in city’s Shahbagh area Sunday evening.  The injured, Ruhul Amin, 28, a staff of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital