DHAKA: The government on Saturday deployed 10 platoons Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in the city to avert any untoward situation ahead of Sunday’s hartal called by the Islamic parties.Sources said the BGB members, including other law enforcement agency personnel, have

BACK FROM MALAYSIA: Malaysian college TMC has been built through sucking the blood of the Bangladeshi students. The college keeps the passports of the students under locked attracting them by false allure of higher and standard education. The passports are not given back till the

ABU DHABI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon.Press Secretary to the Prime Minister said to the journalists that the primer offered Asar prayer there.She went round different parts of the mosque and signed the visitor book.She

CHITTAGONG: Customs officials and narcotics control department seized wine and beer worth around Tk 3 crore from a bonded warehouse in Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) here on Saturday. The law enforcers also detained six people in this connection.The officials with Rapid Action

DHAKA: The holy Ashura will be observed across the country on November 4 (Tuesday) as the moon of Muharram month was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Saturday.The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee held at the Baitul Mukarram Islamic Foundation this

DHAKA: Customs officials seized 56 iPhone sets and detained a person at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday.The accused—Moniruzzaman—landed at the airport from Bangkok by a Thai Airlines flight. Sources told banglanews that Moniruzaman brought the mobile-phone sets

DHAKA: On an average, some 29 people commit suicide each day in Bangladesh and the unwanted death toll rises to around 10,000 in a year in the country.The disclosure came from a discussion meeting on ‘Suicide Prevention Alternatives and Suggestions’ at Dhaka Reporters’ Unit

RANGPUR: Two journalists were reportedly assaulted by the doctors, interns and staff of Rangpur Medical College Hospital while collecting information on Saturday morning.They are Bayezid Ahamed, the district correspondent of private satellite television channel 71tv and Moudud Dalim,

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami former Ameer Ghulam Azam, also war crimes convict, was buried at Moghbazar family graveyard in city on Saturday afternoon after a largely-attended funeral.Earlier in the day, the namaz-e-janaza of Ghulam Azam was held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after

DHAKA: A Bangladesh caravan will leave Dhaka for Nepal on November 10 with a view to addressing the key issues of climate change, gender and food sovereignty and their interrelationships.The 4th initiative of Bangladesh Krishok Federation and Bangladesh Kishani Sabha will conclude in

DHAKA: Chemtrek Industries Bangladesh Limited signed an agreement with Good Living Australian Pty Limited on Saturday, says a press release.Under the contract, the Australian company will exclusively market the Bangladeshi manufacturer’s products in Australia and New Zealand as an

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in United Arab Emirates (UAE) Saturday on a 3-day official visit. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage landed here at 11:45am (local time). Bangladesh Envoy to Abu Dhabi Mohammad

DHAKA: The namaz-e-janaza of war criminal and former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Ghulam Azam was held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Johr prayers on Saturday amid protest. Brigadier General (retd) Abdullahil Aman Azmi conducted the janaza of his father at 1:50pm. Later Aman Azmi

DHAKA: Police on Saturday detained some 64 leaders-activists of BNP, including the president of its youth wing Jubo Dal, on allegation of plotting to sabotage ahead of Sunday’s hartal. On secret information, law enforcers conducted a special drive at   the residence of Moazzem Hossain

DHAKA: The Namaz-e-Janaza of war criminal Ghulam Azam will be held at Baitul Mukarram Mosque after Zohr prayers on Saturday. Ghulam Azam’s son Brigadier General (retd) Abdullahil Aman Azmi informed the matter to media in front of their house in city’s Moghbazar area on Friday evening

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday morning on a 3-day official visit.  A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8.40am. Prime Minister’s

BARISAL: A speeding bus in Babuganj upazila fell into a roadside pond late Friday, killing an unidentified man and injuring 12 others seriously. The mishap occurred in Purba Pangsha area on Dhaka-Barisal highway at 11:00pm when a passenger bus of Grameen Paribahan plunged into a pond

DHAKA: Detective Branch Police detained four members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) in several drives in capital and Narayanganj early Saturday.The detainees are-- Rafiq Ahmed alias Sadik, 36, Umor alias Foyjul alias Robi, 25, Nadim Ahmed alias Sumon, 30

CHITTAGONG: A student of Chittagong University (CU) was killed and another one person injured in a road accident in Baroiar Hat area of Fatikchhari upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.The student was identified as M Shahadat Hossain, student of Political Science Department of

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League on Friday expelled recently sacked Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique from the party permanently.The decision came from a party executive committee meeting that was presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,