COX’SBAZAR: Ten Chhatra Shibir-BNP activists were detained after they hurled three cocktails at the car of police super Shyamol Kumar Nath on Wednesday midnight.Witnesses and police said that three 20-party groups, consisting around 50 activists, blasted eight cocktails within a

GOALANDA, RAJBARI: Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route in the Padma river was disrupted on Thursday morning due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. M Shafiqul Islam, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) in Daulatdia, said the authorities

DHAKA: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali briefed the Ambassadors of the European Union countries and the Head of Delegation of the European Union in Bangladesh on the current political situation in the country.The briefing was organized as part of the Foreign Minister’s regular

DHAKA: Two books of road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader will be available in the upcoming Ekushey Book Fair, to begin from February 1 on Bangla Academy premises in city.Publishing house ‘Somoy’ will bring the books, an autobiography titled ‘Sob Mone Nei’ and a

DHAKA: Three secretary-level members have been appointed in Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Wednesday.Secretary Uzzal Bikash Dutta and M Abul Kalam Azad have been recruited after canceling the post-retirement leave.Moreover, former PSC member Dr Shah Abdul Latif also

RIYADH: The Interior Ministry of Saudi Arabia will issue visas online for families of expatriates without visiting the Passport Department or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.A source said the move would save time and prevent overcrowding at visa offices for expatriates wanting to bring

DHAKA: Heads of Mission of the EU resident in Bangladesh on Wednesday shared their concerns regarding the current situation in Bangladesh while holding a meeting with the Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali.The delegates regretted the on-going violence and disruption in the country,

RIYADH: Bangladesh embassy in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia has closed the activities of Machine Readable Passport (MRP) for an indefinite period due to hitches in enrollment machines.Deputy mission chief of Bangladesh embassy Mohammad Ayub confirmed the matter to Bangladesh.Another competent

RAJBARI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Rajbari on Thursday.Sources told banglanews that she will visit Baliakandi on occasion of winter exercise of Bangladesh Army.The premier, on a special helicopter, is expected to reach Rajbari around 11:30am to join the programs,

DHAKA: Customs intelligence on Wednesday seized 14 kilograms gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city.The gold was seized at 3:45pm from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.Customs department joint commissioner Mohammad Zia Uddin confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST:

JESSORE: Four motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Begaritala area under Monirampur upazila of the district on Wednesday noon. The deceased were identified as Shafiar Rahman, 42, son of Iman Ali Gazi, residing in Mathurapur village under Monirampur upazila of the district,

DHAKA: A medical board has been formed by the city’s United Hospital authorities to ensure a better treatment of Khaleda Zia's adviser Reaz Rahman, also the former state minister for foreign affairs, who sustained bullet wounds on Tuesday night.The hospital officials made the statement

DHAKA: British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson expressed concern and sadness over the attack on former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Reaz Rahman and deaths in Rangpur.The concern came from a statement sent by the British High Commission on Wednesday afternoon. He

DHAKA: Miscreants torched three vehicles in separate places in the capital as 20-party blockade underway Wednesday.Sources said two buses and a private car were torched in Gulistan, Dhanmondi-27 and Asad gate.Police detained a suspected blockader from spot in Gulistan.BDST: 1400 HRS, JAN

DHAKA: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday said that they will talk to former state minister for foreign affairs Reaz Rahman, who was shot on Tuesday night in city’s Gulshan area.CID inspector Arif Iftekhar told the media after visiting the spot and collecting

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 ordered 49 eminent personalities to explain their statement on its verdict against David Bergman, British journalist, and punishment to him for contempt of court.They were also asked to place their explanations before the tribunal on their

DHAKA: Over 120 jhut shops, those sold scrap garments fabrics, were gutted in a devastating fire at Jhut Potti in city’s Mirpur on Wednesday noon.Duty office of fire service control room told banglanews that on information, some 12 fire fighting units rushed to the spot and doused the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday urged the nation to stand against violence and terrorism in the name of political movement.She said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists are killing people by throwing petrol bombs and setting fire on passenger

DHAKA: The newly appointed Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Benazir Ahmed categorically said attack on justices meant attack on state.He made the remark while visiting Magistrate Abdul Quader, who sustained injury in blockaders’ attack in Feni, at National Eye Institute

DHAKA:  Hearing on the appeal of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid against his death sentence for committing crimes against humanity during the war of independence in 1971 was not held on Wednesday.The four-member Appellate Division led by Justice SK Sinha passed ‘not