DHAKA: Customs Intelligence officials held one person with 6 gold bars weighing 6 kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday.The detainee is – Tanzilur Rahman.Confirming the matter, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate assistant commissioner Abu

GAZIPUR: War crimes convict Mohammad Kamaruzzaman is being taken to Central Jail on Tuesday after Supreme Court upheld his death penalty for crimes against humanity.A reliable source in Central Jail confirmed the matter saying, “A condemned cell has been made prepared for

GAZIPUR: War crimes convict Mohammad Kamaruzzaman has been brought to Central Jail around 2:00pm on Tuesday.A reliable source in Central Jail confirmed the matter saying, “A condemned cell made prepared for him.”Earlier a prison van carrying him left Kashimpur Jail at 12:00pm for

KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA): Once upon a time Malaysian students used to go to Bangladesh for higher education. Names of Malaysian students were a regular phenomenon in the admission test lists of Dhaka University. But the scenario has now drastically changed; rather the scene has fully

DHAKA: Muslims all over the country are observing the holy Ashura on Tuesday with due religious solemnity, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).On this day, 10th Muharram in the Hijri year 61, Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA),

DHAKA: A woman was killed in a road accident in Cantonment area of the capital on Monday afternoon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Police sources said a private car knocked the woman down in the area around 3:30pm, leaving her dead on the spot. “She was a

DHAKA: Biannual negotiations on development cooperation between the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany were held in Dhaka on November 2 and 3. The German delegation was led by Dr Wolfram Klein, Head of the South

DHAKA: Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi hosted an event titled "Art Talk" at the Maitry Hall of the Chancery in the evening of November 2.The evening's festivities included a display of the very recent works of Rafiqun Nabi, Ahmed Shamsuddoha, Jamal Ahmed, Kanak Chapa,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday categorically said all the verdicts of war crimes trial would be executed gradually during her current regime.“The trial of the war crimes is people’s demand and it is our pledges to nation. We will execute all the verdicts to make

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque on Monday categorically said the death penalty to Muhammad Kamaruzzaman would be executed within 21-28 days.  The minister was talking to journalists at his Gulshan residence in the afternoon.In response to a

Now the key question is as to when the war criminal Kamaruzzaman will see the end of his infamous life. The procedural experiences of Abdul Kader Mollah shows it could be at best three months.Remember the dates followed the last days of Mollah.After the surprising verdict awarding him

DHAKA: Three people died after taking toxic liquor at Slum-1 of Kalyanpur of the capital on Monday.The deceased were identified as Ripon, Bablu and Sagor.Officer-in-Charge of Mirpur Thana Salauddin confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1511 HRS, NOV 03, 2014

DHAKA: The Cabinet on Monday has okayed the list of public holidays for 2015.Sources told banglanews that the draft of the proposed public holidays suggested by the public administration ministry had incorporated 23 days of leave, including 15 general holidays.The approval came in the

COMILLA: Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists blasted here a dozen of cocktails at Chauddagram bazaar on Monday.Sources told banglanews that the upazila Jamaat unit along with its student wing organized a demonstration protesting the Supreme Court’s upholding of the death sentence of

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, hurled 12 cocktails at Ray Saheber Bazar in old section of the city on Monday.Sources told banglanews that the Shibir men exploded the cocktails around 11:00am there supporting the hartal imposed by

Dhaka: Supreme Court Appellate Division Monday ejected David Bergman, a British-born journalist in Dhaka, from the court room as he was attempting to use a mobile phone violating the court rules.This happened while the Appellate Division was uttering the verdict on appeal petition of

DHAKA: Immediately after Supreme Court upheld death penalty to Jamaat leader Kamaruzzaman Monday, Prosecutor Ziad Al Malum said there is no scope of reviewing the verdict.In its verdict, SC Appellate Division in the morning upheld the verdict of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2

DHAKA: Special security measures have been taken at the important points of the capital including High court, press club, Doyel Chattar area on Monday over the verdict of Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.Police forces were seen patrolling in the

DHAKA: The Supreme Court Appellate Division on Monday upheld the death sentence against Jamaat assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.A four-member SC bench of the Appellate Division led by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the verdict on an appeal filed by Jamaat leader

DHAKA: Police detained two activists of Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from city’s Kajla in Jatrabari while vandalizing buses Monday dawn.Sources told banglanews that among the detainees, one has been identified as Rokonuzzaman Rony, a student of Islamic Studies