DHAKA: Bangladeshi Author Taslima Nasreen once again sparked controversy after she tweeted about her new boyfriend on Twitter. She posted a picture of herself with her boyfriend and gave a status “My boyfriend is 20 years younger than me. It’s cool”. Nearly 22 people retweeted the

FROM DUBAI: Dubai-based airline Emirates is considering the aviation market of Bangladesh as very important for business, said a high official of the airline.In an exclusive interview with banglanews, Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Divisional Senior Vice President at the airline, talked to

DHAKA: Bangladesh will host the 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) meeting at Dhaka in 2016.The country has won the campaign on Tuesday in both the Steering Group and Troika Meetings of GFMD held in Geneva -- said a press release  issued by External Publicity Wing of

DHAKA: The number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh has reached 12 crore, and Bangladesh’s position is now ten in the world. Around 7.1 billion people live on earth and the 6.8 billion people use mobile phone. The information has been revealed in a report at a workshop on the

DHAKA: Banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has set up base in Assam and some people from the state are undergoing training and maintaining links with the group, Director General of Police of India Khagen Sharma said Tuesday.After the October 2 explosion at

MUNSHIGNAJ:  Four people were killed in a road accident in Jamaldi bus stand area adjacent to Meghna Bridge on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Wednesday noon.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said a cement-laden truck rammed into an auto rickshaw in the area

SATKHIRA: A District Court issued an arrest warrant against Abdul Latif Siddique, recently removed as minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology, for hurting religious sentiment.Judge of Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Nitai Chandra Saha issued the arrest

DHAKA: The deposition submission of a case filed under the Explosives Act for the February 25-26, 2009 BDR mutiny was adjourned till November 10 as the court was not prepared.It was scheduled to recording deposition in the cases on Wednesday. Nabojoyti Khisha, the then

NETRAKONA:  A district court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and son.  The convict is Abul Kashem, 35.Additional District and Session Judge Abdul Hamid passed the order around 11:15am.BDST: 1218 HRS, OCT 22, 2014

DHAKA: The government is taking into account to let over 500,000 on-duty poll officials vote.However, they will participate in voting online, reports the Business Standard."More than 500,000 officials and law-enforcers are on duty during elections and don't get the chance to cast their

SAVAR, DHAKA: Police on Wednesday recovered two bodies from Savar and Ashulia, on outskirts of the capital.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, son of Shamchul Islam, resided in Ashulia’s Bhadail and Manirul Islam, 27, son of Abul Kashem, hailed from Mahendrapur village of

SUNAMGANJ: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel detained three smugglers from Tekerghar frontier under Tahirpur Upazila of the district early Wednesday. The detainees are- Kawsar, 29, son of Abu Hanif, Mohibur Rahman, 28 and Indian citizen Marak, 30. BGB said that a patrol team of

DHAKA: Winning a 3-year membership in Human Rights Council of United Nations is surely a much-awaited victory for Bangladesh.Every country has strong desire for the post which Bangladesh won for 2015-2014 term getting support from 149 out of 193 countries.However, Bangladesh contested

RANGPUR: At least 25 persons, including three policemen, were injured during a clash between law enforcers and chain master of Motor Owners’ Association at Satmatha of the district Tuesday midnight.The identities of the injured are yet to be known.Sources told banglanews that local

DHAKA: The Supreme Court fixed December 2 to start hearing the appeal filed by convicted war criminal Ghulam Azam, the former ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami.Five-member of appellate division led-by Chief Justice M Mozammel Hossain fixed the date of hearing on Wednesday.Four other justices

DHAKA: Bangladesh is going to sign deals with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to bring back confidence to the country which might warm the bilateral relations between two nations.However, Bangladesh, in this regard, is going to sign two agreements with the UAE aimed at boosting

LONDON: A Bangladeshi expatriate was shot dead by miscreants at North East Lincolnshire in Grimsby town of London on Tuesday.  The deceased was identified as Maulana Zubayer Hamidi, 50, a former Imam of East London man park mosque. Police said that on information police rushed to

DHAKA: Bangladesh won membership of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council.The country has been selected for the post for three years, said a press release signed by Khaleda Begum, senior information officer of the ministry of external affairs.Bangladesh bagged 149 votes to

DHAKA: The UK government and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have produced a study that focuses on investment issues that impact on inclusive economic growth.The UK government and USAID have jointly surveyed the investment climate in Bangladesh, said a press release

BRAMHANBARIA: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Sharan on Tuesday said the discussion is continuing over the transit through India-Bangladesh-Nepal-Bhutan, which would be benefited for Bangladesh.The diplomat came up to the assertion while visiting Brahmanbaria Ashuganj