GOALANDA (RAJBARI): Due to heavy fog, the authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) temporarily halted the ferry services between Daulatdia-Paturia.Master of Shah Makhdum ferry Monir Hossain told banglanews that the decision to halt ferry services was taken

DHAKA: Veteran journalist and poet Arunav Sarker breathed his last at his Dhanmandi residence in city on Thursday. He was 74.Family sources said he died from lung diseases. According to his last wishes his body will be donated to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday.Jatiyo Press

DHAKA: The Parliamentary Committee asked five ministers and 10 members of parliament (MPs) to leave the NAM flat within January 15 next year.The committee also recommended taking necessary steps to boost up the security system of the NAM building.They made the recommendation in the

DHAKA: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) conducted an eviction drive in city’s Karwan Bazar area to free the roads and footpaths from illegal establishments on Thursday.At least 500 illegal shops and settlements were evicted during the drive launched from 2:00pm and continued till

DHAKA: In response to a request from the government of Bangladesh, the UN system in the country has mobilized an international team of experts to support the government’s cleanup efforts of the oil spilled in the Sundarbans. The government of Bangladesh has requested UNDP on December

DHAKA: Outgoing US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena called on Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at his secretariat office on Thursday.During the parley, the ambassador appreciated the role of the foreign minister and congratulated him for his leadership at the foreign office. He also

DHAKA: A cleaner was electrocuted in city’s Demra area Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 50, hailed from Barisal.Victim’s colleague Sultan Ahmed told banglanews that Abul Kalam came into contact with an abandoned live electric wire while they were cleaning

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 fixed Sunday for recording deposition of the 8th witness against three war crimes accused of Bagerhat district in eight charges. The accused are Latif Talukder, Akram Hossain Khan and Siraj Master. A three-member tribunal led-by Justice M

DHAKA: A gang of dope party locally known as ‘Agyan Party’ snatched Taka 20 thousands from a police official in city’s Mohakhali bus terminal area on Thursday afternoon.The victim is identified as Pradip Kumar Roy, 40, Sub-Inspector of Narsingdi Sadar Thana.Pradip’s neighbor

BOGRA: A district Court dismissed the case filed against eminent journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury for terming Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman a ‘living mad’.District Senior Judicial Magistrate Ferdous Wahid Shanto passed the order

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday sent 22 students of Dental College to jail rejecting their bail pleas. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) M Anwar Sadat passed the order after hearing of the plea. Earlier on Wednesday, police arrested 22 students, including ‘BSc Dental

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday sent 22 students of Dental College to jail rejecting their bail pleas. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) M Anwar Sadat passed the order after hearing of the plea. Earlier on Wednesday, police arrested 22 students, including ‘BSc Dental

DHAKA: DATCO Group Chairman Dr Moosa Bin Shamsher on Thursday said he would invest in much-talked-about Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project if his some $7 billon seized in Swiss Bank is freed. He came up with the assertion while talking to reporters after he was quizzed by Anti-Corruption

DHAKA: The Consulate General of Bangladesh on Tuesday celebrated the 43rd anniversary of Victory Day in New York in a festive and befitting manner.A press release, signed by the consulates’ first secretary Sayeda Jesmin Sultana Milky, said on Wednesday.According to the release, the

DHAKA: Two minor boys were killed when a wall of an abandoned building collapsed at Kodalia village under Nagarkanda upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Ramjan, 8, son of Shawkat Matubbar and Johan, 7, son of Zahid Matubbar of the village.Both were the

DHAKA: Convicted war criminal Mobarak Hossain of Brahmanbaria appealed to Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday challenging the verdict of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1.Mobarak’s lawyer Joynal Abedin submitted the 862-page appeal before the Appellate Division seeking cancellation

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid left the city for India on Thursday morning on a six-day official visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee.A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying Hamid and his wife Rashida Khanom, departed from Hazrat Shahjalal

DHAKA: The flow of water, soil in the river bed and the movement of fishes were highly considered in constructing Padma Bridge. This is a big challenge and we are moving forward with satisfactory progresses. Professor Dr Jamilur Reza Choudhury said while he was talking about the ongoing

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the nation is proud of its armed forces for their contribution in earning victory over the occupation forces with light weapons during the war of independence in 1971.She came to this statement while delivering her speech at the graduation ceremony

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is interrogating DATCO Group Chairman Dr Moosa Bin Shamsher on Thursday morning for allegedly siphoning off money and accumulating wealth illegally.ACC deputy director Mir Joynul Abedin Sibli started quizzing him at its head office in