DHAKA: A total of 155 members of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka on Monday to join United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti. Assistant Inspector General (media) Jalal Uddin of police headquarters confirmed the matter to banglanews. Sources said a team consisting of 140 male and 15

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said the doctors in district and upazila levels would be provided transport facilities in ensuring their stay. The health minister made the assertion while addressing the parliament. He said, “The doctors will get transport

DHAKA: External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj will visit Bangladesh on June 25. She will hold talks with the PM Sheikh Hasina during her visit. She will also hold talks with her Bangladeshi counterpart, zeenews.india.com reports. This will be Sushma’s maiden trip overseas

LALMONIRHAT: Two children drowned in Dharla River at Mogolhat union in the district Sadar on Monday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Nirob, 9, son of a late Nur Islam and Rafiqul Islam, 8, son of Saidul Islam, hailed from Karnapur village of the union. Local sources said Nirob

DHAKA: A teenager boy was chopped to death centering a football match in city’s Jhigatola area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Aiyat Haque, 17, son of Sahidul Haque, passed SSC examination from Dhanmondi Govt Laboratory School and resident of Hatirpool area of the city.

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeal to withdraw the names of nine accused, including High Court justice Ruhul Kuddus Babu, from a case. A SC three-member bench led by Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana passed the order. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam

DHAKA: Former Chittagong city mayor and president of city Awami League ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was sued among 13 people over a clash centering a disputed land of Premier University campus. Nazrul Islam filed the case on the court of Justice Ahmed Sayed on Monday. The court ordered the

Grameen Bank started out with a tiny initiative in the village of Jobra in 1976. In 1983 it became a formal bank. Now in 2014 it has over 8.5 million borrowers. Right from the beginning we paid attention to two things: 1) borrowers build the habit of savings by putting money every week in

DHAKA: Police detained four fake DB police personnel from Banani mosque area in capital on Monday morning. The detainees are- Mamun, Abu Bakar, Mostafa Kamal and AL-Amin Dipu.  Sources said that a man was returning office around 11:00am withdrawing money from an ATM Booth. Then the

DHAKA: The International Youth Leadership Summit 2014 is going to be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city from Wednesday. Following the programme, Youth Leadership center organized a press conference at national press club VIP lounge in the city on Monday.

DHAKA: Five additional justices of the High Court have been regularized in the services on Monday.  President Abdul Hamid has confirmed the service of the judges with the consultation of Chief Justice according to Article 95 of the Constitution.  Ministry of law on Monday published

DHAKA: Peoples’ most favorite seasonal fruit mango turned to be poisonous itself following use of formalin and other chemicals, reveals a number of investigations carried out by banglanews teams. The contamination causing serious health hazards starts in growing level of mango and

DHAKA: Ahmed Hossain Khan, Director General of the Directorate General of Food has been sued for taking illegal financial advantages from consultant of a project funded by the World Bank.  Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed the case with Shahbagh Thana on Monday. Besides,

NAOGAON: Lightning claimed lives of a man and his wife when a thunderstorm swept Azul village under Mahadevpur upazila of the district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Matin, 27 and his wife Benu Begum, 22.  Sources said that lightning struck the victims while

HABIGANJ: Rapid Action Battalion recovered huge amount of arms and ammunitions from deep forest of Satchhari in the district on Sunday night. Huge amount of arms and ammo including 54 anti-tank shells of canon, a barrel of machine gun and 633 rounds bullets of machine gun and rifle were

MUNSHIGANJ: A youth was shot dead by robbers in Shekhernagar Bazar area under Sirajdikhan upazila of the district on Monday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Sources said that some 15/20 robbers started looting the houses in the area around 3:30am.

DHAKA: Bangladesh is likely to give an agreement proposal to neighbour Myanmar about Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) to reduce dispute and tension in the border line of the two countries.   Bangladesh will raise the issue in a director general level meeting of Border Guard

FENI: In a latest development in Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul killing case, police arrested another accused, who incepted the car of Ekramul, from Birinchi area of the district town on Sunday night. The detainee is Saiful Islam Papan, 17. Confirming the matter, Feni Model Thana

MANIKGANJ: Three people were killed when a truck overturned in Shibaloy upazila of the district early Monday. The deceased were identified as Khalil Uddin, 60, Shamidul, 30 and Soyra, 40 of Alokdia char of the upazila. The accident took place around 5:00am, reported our Manikganj

DHAKA: Five people, including two members of Rapid Action Battalion, were held while they were grabbing land for a person illegally. The detained RAB men are Abdullah Al Mamun and Mizanur Rahman. Later, they were handed over to Uttarkhan Thana police. Uttarkhan Thana Officer-In-Charge