We spent a memorable day on Sunday September 28, 2014 at majestic Steven Falls which is not however listed in Melbourne and Victoria tourist attraction. Only an hour’s drive from our Melbourne residence we were not aware of it. Shuvro planned to visit Mount Baw Baw. But Rozy got up late

DHAKA: The customs authorities arrested a man along with two gold bars, weighting 2kilograms from Shahjalal International Airport in capital early Monday.The arrestee is Rony, 37, hail from Shirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj.Director General (DG) Moinul Khan of Customs Intelligence and

GAZIPUR: A fire broke out in a packaging factory in Rajendrapur area under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday night. The fire originated around 8:45pm at the factory and spread out rapidly. Deputy Director of Gazipur Fire Service Aktaruzzaman Liton said three fire fighting units

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members, in a drive, seized around 90,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 2.70 crore from switch gate area in Teknaf upazila of the district on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the BGB team conducted a drive in the area and recovered the huge

DHAKA: Eight more Bangladeshi pilgrims, who went to perform the holy hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), died in the last week. However, with them the death toll now reached to 30. According to the Bangladesh religious affairs ministry, the deceased included 24 men and six women.

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General (DG) Mokhlesur Rahman will also be quizzed in connection with the gruesome Narayanganj seven-murder. Sources said the special administrative investigation committee, formed following the court order, will quiz him on Monday. The probe

PABNA: Secretary of Atgharia municipality under Sujanagar upazila of the district succumbed to his injuries at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified Abdur Rashid, 42, son of Biru Pramanik and resident of the area. Sujanagar Thana sources said that

DHAKA: Over 200 hajj pilgrims are in an uncertain situation as they were being cheated by several hajj agencies. The deceived pilgrims are staying at the hajj camp. Even the alleged agencies have taken their passports as well. However, Monday is the last day of hajj flights from

DHAKA: The government has decided to appoint Ambassador Syed Muazzem Ali as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India.The disclosure came from a press release issued by external publicity wing of the foreign ministry on Sunday.Ambassador Syed Muazzem Ali joined erstwhile Pakistan

FARIDPUR: At least 30 people including five police personnel were injured in a clash among the villagers of two unions at Bhanga upazila of the district on Sunday.  Sources said that the residents of Gherua union and Chumurdi union locked into a clash with local weapons centering a

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted a cocktail outside of Inspector General (IG) of prisons office at Jail Directorate in Bakshibazar area of Chawk Bazar Thana of the capital on Sunday. Azizul Haque, Officer-in-Charge of Chawk Bazaar, said the cocktail hit the security wall of the office of IG

DHAKA: Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor observed that Right to Information (RTI) Act is a good initiative from the government.  The RTI is gradually getting importance and people are also step by step being conscious, he said.  He was addressing a discussion on the occasion

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday interrogated nine police officials, including two assistant commissioners (AC) of police, over the emblazing gold bars seized from Rampura in city on March 13.. Deputy Director of the anti-graft body Jatan Kumar Roy, also investigation

CHITTAGONG: Customs officials here recovered five gold bars, weighing 683 grams, from a passenger at Shah Amanat International Airport on Sunday morning.  Confirming the matter to banglanews, Shahadat Jamil, an assistant commissioner of the Airport Customs, said that scanning a carton

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday awarded death penalty to a man and life-term imprisonment to six others in a killing case.Judge of Dhaka-3 Speedy Trial Tribunal ABM Sajedur Rahman passed the order Sunday.The death convict is Abdur Rashid and life timers are Rafiqul Hasan Moksed, Biplob,

DHAKA: A teenager boy allegedly committed suicide after he got shocked over his mother death in Pallabi area of Mirpur in the city on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Ebrahim Khalil Ullah, 16, student of class seven of Pallabi Udayan School, son of Fazlur Rahman, hailed from Bhola

DHAKA: A Senior Principal Officer of Sonali Bank was killed in a road accident in Uttarkhan Master Para area of the city on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as AKM Saifullah, Senior Principal Officer of Sonali Bank head office and son of one late Abdul Gafur, hailed from

NETROKONA: Ayesha Foyez, mother of noted writer Humayun Ahmed, was laid to rest beside her mother’s grave at Mohanganj of the district on Sunday morning.Ayesha Foyez’s younger brother Mahbubunnabi Sheikh told banglanews that according to the last wish of his sister, she was laid

DHAKA: The Election Commission has decided to e-filing all of their information to save those from being missing as it does not have any archive.EC officials also need not to search piled up folders bound with string for any important document instead they would get everything in one

NETROKONA: The second Namaz-e-Janaza of Ayesha Foyez, mother of noted writer Humayun Ahmed, was held at Daultapur of Mohanganj municipal of the district on Sunday morning. The Janaza was held in the premises of Sheikh Bari Rice Mill around 10:00am. Educationist Professor Muhammad Zafar