DHAKA: The 68th birthday of president of the ruling Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being celebrated across the country on Sunday. On this day in 1947, Sheikh Hasina, the eldest of five children of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was born at

DUBAI: Law enforcers of United Arab Emirates (UAE) detained 45 illegal migrants, including Bangladeshi citizens, from several markets and Bazars of Dubai on Saturday morning. Sources said that Duabi police detained them from the areas around 10:30pm and most of them worked as porter.

DHAKA: Bangladesh along with other countries of the world has been observing the ‘International Right to Know Day’ giving recognition of the people’s right to know information.Information Commission has chalked out programmes to observe the day in all divisional headquarters

GAZIPUR: A fire broke out at a ready made garments factory in Kashimpur area under Konabari Industrial area of the city around 5:00am Sunday.Some 10 fire fighting units brought the blaze under control after a four-hour frantic effort.Deputy-Assistant Director of Gazipur Fire Service

DMCH: A youth burnt his father to death in Firozpur village of Joydebpur in Gazipur district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Abbas Ali, 60. Family sources said that victim’s son Didarul Alam, 23, is an unemployed and a derailed man.  He took money from his father

FROM NEW YORK: Over the corruption allegation in Padma Bridge project, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that her government won’t take the blame as there did not do so.The premier came up with the claim while addressing a program, hosted by expatriate politician, at 9:45am

RIYADH: A total of 28 Bangladeshi pilgrims, who came to perform the holy hajj this year, died in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The deceased include 22 men and six women. Of them, 21 pilgrims breathed their last in Makkah, six in Madinah and one in Jeddah.Confirming the matter to banglanews,

FROM HOTEL NEW YORK PALACE: The long awaited first meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi was held at the other end of the globe, on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday.The meeting was held at

SATKHIRA: Two siblings--brother and sister--were run over by a speedy truck on Satkhira-Ashashuni road in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Towfiqa Jaman Ruhina, 11, class-V student of Satkhira Government High School and her elder brother Mehedi Hasan.

FROM UNITED NATIONS HEADQUAETRS (UNHQ): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the authorities concerned to make Bengali an official language of the United Nations. “I once again call upon this august assembly to recognize Bangla, spoken by more than 300 million

BOGRA: A woman along with her daughter was crushed under the wheels of a train at Sadar railway station under Alamdighi upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Anisa Begum, 48, wife of Ansar Ali and their daughter Munzila Begum, 21, residents of

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five more people, including Kamal alias ‘Jawra Kamal’, a close aide of Kala Babu, the key accused in sensational Moghbazar triple murder case. Besides Kamal, the other detainees are Raju, Opu, Sohel and Billal. RAB sources said the law

FROM UNITED NATIONS HEADQUAETRS (UNHQ): The whole Bangladesh is waiting for the Bangla speech that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will deliver at the 69th United Nations General Assembly on Saturday. The premier, in a press briefing on Friday, made the disclosure that she would deliver her

NARAYANGANJ: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandaker on Saturday said legal process is going on to bring back Nur Hossain, prime suspect of sensational seven-murder in Narayanganj, to the country. The police chief came up with the assertion after inaugurating the

JOYPURHAT: Miscreants looted about Tk 2 crore by breaking vault of BRAC Bank’s in Joypurhat branch sometimes between Friday night and early Saturday. The incident took place at the first floor of Shahjahan Manson in Bata intersection area on Bogra road. Joypurha Superintendent of

DHAKA: British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson opined that Bangladesh remained lag behind due to natural disasters.  The diplomat came up with the observation while inaugurating a solo photo exhibition by Fezit Sheikh Babu at the National Museum in city on Saturday morning. Robert

DHAKA: The first Namaz-e-Janaza of Ayesha Foyez, mother of noted writer Humayun Ahmed was held after Johr prayers at Masjid-ul-Aman mosque in city’s Mirpur area on Saturday. Educationist Prof. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, son of Ayesha Foyez, said that the body will be taken to Mohanganj

DHAKA: A fire broke out at a market in Chawk Mogholtuli area of Chawkbazar in the capital on Saturday noon.The fire originated at ground floor of the five-storey market around 1:30pm. On information, two fire fighting units from fire service headquarters and two more from Lalbagh fire

DHAKA: Litterateur Imdadul Haq Milon, also editor of country’s one of the leading Bengali daily Kaler Kantho, said people of the country became shocked at the results of Dhaka University admission tests this time. The famous novelist made the remark while addressing a roundtable at

DHAKA: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET) has been selected to Host local edition of Hult Prize as students answer former US President Bill Clinton’s “CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND THE WORD GAP” Challenge and go head to head for US$1M. Hult Prize Foundation