CHITTAGONG: Police held eight Myanmar nationals and three Bangladeshi agents at Baklia Thana of the port city. They were nabbed from city’s Shah Amanat Bridge area at 8:30am on Sunday. Baklia Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Mohsin told banglanews that eight Myanmar nationals

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred until November 24 the recording of deposition against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. Sources told banglanews that Judge Bashudeb Roy of the Special Judge’s Court-3 passed the order in

RANGPUR: Ten teachers of Begum Rokeya University resigned from 19 administrative posts as they were denied promotion. The teachers are- Dean of Bangla Faculty, also provost of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujbi Hall Dr Saidul Haq, assistant provosts of the same Hall Sheikh Mayez, Saidur Rahman,

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking government to explain within two weeks why 16th Constitutional amendment that allowed parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges, should not be declared illegal.  An HC bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice

DHAKA: The government has moved for allowing foreigners to get citizenship of Bangladesh upon fulfillment of certain conditions including marriage. The Home Ministry has already prepared the draft of “The Citizenship Bill - 2014” that will allow citizenship through marriage. The

DHAKA: A young man was electrocuted in Begunbari area of Tejgaon Thana of the city on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, 22, a waiter in a hotel.A local, M Biplob, said Delwar came in contact with a live wire when he was working with the wire in the roof of the hotel

DHAKA: Banglanews24.com, the leading bilingual online news portal of the country, has started publishing news items for the readers at home and abroad.Banglanews has developed new design and URL for its English version.Henceforth, readers will, hopefully, get better experience in news

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain within four weeks why Indian TV channels--Star Jalsha, Star Plus, Zee Bangla--should not be banned in Bangladesh.An HC bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice M Ashraful

DHAKA: Building on the New York Climate Summit momentum, the fourth Global Green Growth Forum (3GF), scheduled to take place on October 20-21, in Copenhagen, is gathering top leaders from all regions of the world to accelerate green solutions and follow-up action. The 3GF is where

DHAKA: For at least five years, the Andaman coast of Thailand has been the scene of some horrific abuses, mainly against ethnic Rohingyas, a Muslim minority group fleeing persecution in Myanmar, also known as Burma. In 2009, the Thai Navy was found to be towing boats packed with

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Primary and Mass Education Ministry officials to take steps to form a separate commission for recruiting teachers. The premier made the push while visiting and exchanging views with the ministry officials around 11:00am. She said

DHAKA: Doubts are now emerging about whether all of the 134 boatpeople from Bangladesh, rescued from their abusive captors in Thailand this week, are genuine kidnap victims. The discovery of the men and boys, carried south on a fishing trawler then hidden in secret camps on swampy

COX’S BAZAR: A school teacher was killed and five members of his family sustained bullet injuries as miscreants opened fire in Digarpankhali area of Chakaria municipal early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Narayan Das, 33, son of Profulla Ranjan Das.  Sources said that

DHAKA: Eleven more Bangladeshis, who performed the holy hajj this year and were supposed to return home by this month, died in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) last week.According to the Bangladesh religious affairs ministry, the deceased include 10 men and a woman. Of them, eight

DHAKA: A contractor was electrocuted in Pakuria Khantech area of Turag Thana in the city on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Aiyub Ali, 48, son of M Shahadat Hossain of Harirampur village of Parbatipur Thana in Dinajpur.Sub-inspector (SI) Ashraful Alam of Turag Thana said Aiyub

KUALA LUMPUR: A Bangla learning institution named Red and Green Academy is expected to be open in Malaysia from Saturday.According to the organizers, the academy, set in Wangsa Walk area in Kuala Lumpur, will be the first of this kind in Malaysia.They think that the academy aims to teach

DHAKA: Spain has sought the support of Bangladesh in the upcoming election that is being held on Thursday in New York, for the temporary membership in UN Security Council (UNSC) by writing a request letter in Bangla.This innovative campaign for seeking vote has overwhelmed the

KISHOREGANJ: A Kishoreganj court on Wednesday awarded lifetime imprisonment to four people for their involvement in killing of a person in the district.Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Al Mamun pronounced the verdict.The convicts are Golap Mia, Farid, Samsher Ali and

DHAKA: The government has appointed two new secretaries in Industries and Public Works Ministries. Public administration ministry issued a notification in this regard on Thursday.Former member of Privatization Commission M Mosharraf Hossain has been transferred to Industries Ministry as

DHAKA: The Public Service Commission (PSC) has appointed some 189 labour inspectors from those who passed in the 33rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination.The disclosure came from a press release issued by the PSC on Thursday afternoon.BDST: 1634 HRS, OCT 16, 2014