DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Siam, one of the main accused of sensational Moghbazar triple murder case, and his five cohorts on Saturday. Confirming the matter, RAB Additional Director General Colonel Ziaul Hasan told banglanews that details will be disclosed in a

RANGPUR: The district administration imposed the section 144 in Rangpur Public Library ground and its adjacent area on Friday night as two rival factions of Jatiya Party convened programs at same venue and time.The ban will remain effective from 6:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday.  District

FROM NEW DELHI:  The third Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting between two neighboring countries Bangladesh and India is underway in New Delhi from Saturday morning.Bangladesh foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and India foreign minister Sushma Swaraj are leading their

DHAKA: The Earth’s temperature keeps on rising due to global warming. The UN Climate Summit will be held in New York on September 23 with world leaders to discuss and debate climate action policies. With this occasion in mind, Works For Green Bangladesh and Mastul Foundation

DHAKA: The European Union (EU) Parliament has adopted a resolution on Bangladesh citing it has made significant progress in recent years, in particular towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and in its economic performance The full resolution reads as below--European

On the fourth day of our mission Tasmania we had two choices – go for Dolphin Watch to an Island spend the night at Hobart and cut short the next day visit to return to Launceston to prepare for our return voyage to Melbourne. The second option was to visit Stanley Beach on South

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel and police detained an Indian citizen and eight Bangladeshis for illegal trespassing from Benapole frontier in the district on Friday evening.  The detainees’ are- Dheman Roy, 25, son of late Mohadev Roy, hailed from North

BANDARBAN: Police detained 18 people, who were trying to cross the sea to enter into Malaysia illegally, from Kumari area of Fasiakhali under Lama upazila of the district Friday night. Sources said that brokers gathered 18 fortune seekers to send them Malaysia in the area. Acting on a

DHAKA: “Bangabandhu founded Bangladesh and his daughter, Sheikh Hasina, saved Bangladesh”, stated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while A H Mahmood Ali, Bangladesh Foreign Minister, called on him in New Delhi on Friday afternoon.  “The past, present and future of India and

FROM NEW DELHI: Visiting Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali categorically said, the meeting with Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was amicable. The minister made the remark after a meeting with Indian Minister at his residence at New Delhi on Friday evening. Abul Hasan Mahmud

DHAKA: Shapla City Limited is going to participate in Remittance and Investment Fair at Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia from September 21 to 22.  With some interesting offers for Bangladeshi expatriates, the company will join the two-day long fair.  Shapla City Managing Director Badroddoza

FROM SHAHBAGH: Two groups of Gonojagoron Mancha, Imran H Sarkar and Kamal Pasha, locked into a clash at Shahbagh area of the capital on Friday. Convener of Gonojagoron Mancha (Imran group) Dr Imran H Sarkar faded and three other injured in the clash held around 6:30 PM. One of the

DHAKA: Speakers demanded a people-centred Post 2015 development framework ensuring the meaningful participation of all concerned stakeholders where civil society in the process leading up to Post 2015 Summit.  The 69th United Nations General Assembly 2014 that is set to begin next week

DHAKA: Property Developers are supposed to enter a sacred trust to develop the property entrusted to them by the owners of land.  Yet a new development company called D.D.B.L. has been accused by land owners of using subterfuge to try to illegally occupy and grab land from the owners. 

DHAKA: Customs Intelligence officials held one person with 520-gram gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday from in city. The detainee is- Faisal Ahmed, 36, hailed from Mushiganj district.  Sources said that acting on a tip off, the law enforcers held Faisal with the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Friday placed seven members of contraband outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on four-day remand in two separate cases. Metropolitan Magistrate Rashed Talukdar of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order when DB Inspector Mozammel

FROM NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Friday categorically said ‘Saradha incident’ is India’s internal matter. The Minister came up with the assertion while talking to journalists after holding a meeting with Uma Bharti, Minister for Water Resources, River

DHAKA: US Ambassador Dan W Mozena inaugurated Cold Chain Centers under ‘Cold Chain Bangladesh Alliance’ project in Tejgaon Industrial area of the city on Friday noon in a bid to provide people formalin free vegetable and food. Golden Harvest Group, with the technical assistance of

NOAKHALI: A person was killed and 20 others were injured in a road accident in Mannan Nagar Chaurasta area under Sadar Upazila of the district on Friday morning.  The deceased was identified as Selim, 40, son of Joynal Abedin, hailed from Uttar Shullakia village of Kaladrap union of

DHAKA: Banned Islamic outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) are looking to target the motorcade of Very Very Important Persons (VVIP) in a bid to attract the attention of world media. They were working with the view to revitalize their party members and to attract the favour of