DHAKA: The parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed the 'Bangladesh Hotels and Restaurants Bill 2014' making the arrangement of chemical test on foods dirking water mandatory. The bill was passed on voice vote after Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon placed it before

JATIYA SANGSAD BHABAN (DHAKA): Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Wednesday said the government is preparing a list of Al-Badar and Al-Shams men. The minister came up with the disclosure while addressing the parliament in response to a supplementary question from

SUNAMGANJ: Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) returned five Bangladeshi nationals after they were picked up from Lalghat border in Tahirpur upazila of the district on Wednesday. The five Bangladeshis are Shahidullah, 34, son of Abdur Rahim, Aminul Islam, 35, son of Anu Uddin, Ritan Mia,

LALMONIRHAT: A district Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 awarded life-term imprisonment to three people for violating a girl in Lalmonirhat.  Justice M Siddiqul Arefin Chowdhury of the tribunal passed the order on Wednesday noon. The convicts are Mansur Ali, 30,

DHAKA: Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, Saida Muna Tasneem, reaffirmed the commitment of Bangladesh to work closely with the UNESCAP. Tasneem, recently appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UNESCAP, remarked this when

DHAKA: A tribunal on Wednesday awarded seven years imprisonment to a man and fined Tk 100,000 in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. Dhaka Cyber Crime Tribunal judge KM Shamshul Alam delivered the order. The tribunal also acquitted two other

DHAKA: US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Wednesday observed that women’s development means country’s development. A country enjoys development if there is women's development, he added. The US diplomat was addressing the launching ceremony of a campaign titled ‘Narir Joye

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasized connectivity between Bangladesh and Bhutan with a view to boosting up trade relations. The premier, also ruling Awami League president, came up with the observation when Bhutan ambassador to Dhaka Pema Choden paid a courtesy call at her

MUNSHIGANJ: A police constable received bullet injury was shot in a gunfight between police and terrorists in Ganakpara area of the district on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, identified as Zia (30), was admitted at Munshiganj General Hospital. Police also arrested two criminals, Kana

DHAKA: Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Kamalapur and Banani areas of the city on Wednesday. A worker Razaul Karim, 35, was crushed after falling between a lorry and a covered van while he was working at Kamalapur Inland Container Depot around 2:30pm. Rezaul’s

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court sent five including deputy general manager (DGM) of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines on four-day remand over gold smuggling allegation. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court judge Mohammad Erfan Ullah passed the order on Wednesday in response

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1 detained three foreigners from Uttara of the city on Wednesday for living illegally. The detainees are from Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Assistant Director of RAB’s Media Wing Major Maksudul Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews. He

NEW YORK (USA): Bangladesh ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin met Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee at her Capitol Hill office in the USA.This influential Congresswoman is a Congress member of Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security subcommittee and a ranking member of

RAJSHAHI: A Rajshahi court Wednesday sent 11 persons on 2-day remand for police interrogation in Rajshahi University (RU) teacher professor AKM Shafiul Islam killing case.The remanded people are-- Humayun Kabir, principle of Binodpur Islamia College adjacent to the Rajshahi

DHAKA: Two sustainable construction projects located in Bangladesh have won “Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction 2014” for the first time. Nusrat Jahan Mim, an architect-lecturer from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology has won the prize for her project

CHITTAGONG: Two separate cases have been filed with Patenga Thana early Wednesday against 98 Bangladeshis and Myanmarian, who were held along with 635 fortune seekers on Monday.Executive Officer of BNS Durjoy Lieutenant Commander Mahbubur Rahman filed the cases under Human Trafficking

DHAKA: A good travel tip is one that is not just up-to-date but also private. The travel tips you read in popular books and magazines are often more a like a tip sheet for which places will soon be overrun and ruined.In this respect, guidebooks (and other publications and programs

TANGAIL: Miscreants chopped dead a lawyer early Wednesday at Futani Bazar area of the Sadar town.The deceased was identified as SHahidul Islam Jewel, 35, executive member of Tangail Ainjibi Samity and hailed from Binnafair village of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge of Tangail Model Thana

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) Police detained deputy general manager (DGM) Imdad Hossain among five high officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines for their alleged involvement in gold smuggling.The others detainees are- captain Shahid, manager Tozammel haq, money exchange trader Harun and

DHAKA: Supreme Court Appellate Division rejected the review petitions of death row convicts Rashedul Islam and Anwar Hossain in a case filed for killing Kushtia JSD leader Kazi Aref among five.A 6-member Appellate Division bench led by chief justice Mozammel Hossain passed the order