DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the media on Friday afternoon over her recent Malaysia visit and the SAARC Summit held in Nepal. The press conference will be held at 4:00pm at Ganobhaban, the official residence of the PM. Media Adviser to the premier Iqbal Sobhan

JESSORE: The re-autopsy of Dr Shamarukh Mahjabin, daughter-in-law of former Awami League lawmaker Tipu Sultan, ended on Thursday afternoon. Acting supervisor of 250-Bed Hospital of Jessore Dr Yakub Ali Mollah told banglanews that the doctors completed the post-mortem at the hospital

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers' League (BRTWL) on Thursday organized protest programs featuring human chain, procession and effigy burning of British journalist David Bergman for his controversial remarks on Liberation War. They organized the protest

DHAKA: The Global Social Business Summit took place in Mexico City from November 27-28.  It was inaugurated by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on the morning of November 27 at Expo Bancomer convention centre in Mexico City.   Professor Yunus made a keynote speech highlighting

NEW YORK: Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has expressed hope that every family in Bangladesh would get equal support for ensuring sustainable development in the country.She also hoped that like others, mentally and physically challenged people also will

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday sentenced SOM Kalim Ullah, former managing director (MD) of state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL), to four months’ imprisonment on charge of contempt of court. An HC bench comprising Justice MR Hasan passed the order. The

DHAKA:  Certificate awarding ceremony for the Officers’ Gunnery Staff Course (Field) –16 was held Thursday at Artillery Centre and School, Halishahar, Chittagong.  General Officer Commanding, Army Training and Doctrine Command Lieutenant General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy, BB, SBP,

DHAKA:  Certificate awarding ceremony for the Officers’ Gunnery Staff Course (Field) –16 was held Thursday at Artillery Centre and School, Halishahar, Chittagong. General Officer Commanding, Army Training and Doctrine Command Lieutenant General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy, BB, SBP,

DHAKA: Since the government is set to constitute ‘Bangladesh Food Safety Authority’ (BFSA) within a week or two, recruitment process is underway.Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam on Thursday came up with the development while addressing an inaugural session of a workshop on food

JESSORE: The body of Dr Shamarukh Mahjabin, daughter-in-law of former Awami League MP Tipu Sultan, has been dug out from the grave on Thursday for a re-autopsy. The body was exhumed from Karbala graveyard of the town at 11:15am and sent to Jessore 250-seated Hospital morgue after 21-day

MALAYSIA: Concluding three-day official visiting to Malaysia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Dhaka Thursday. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines landed at Shahjalal International Airport at 1:40pm carrying the premier and members of her entourage. Earlier in the day,

COMILLA: Rail communication on Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes was restored after three hours of disruption following a train derailment in Moynamoti of Comilla district on Thursday morning. Train service resumed around 1:00pm after a rescue train from Laksham managed to

DHAKA: New Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Kolkata Zokey Ahad is “hopeful” that the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) will complete its usual round in Indian Parliament and “finally get settled.”Talking to media persons, he also said: “Both countries are now confident,

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned businessman Moosa Bin Shamser alias Prince Moosa for quizzing him on allegation of acquiring illegal wealth and money laundering. A letter signed by ACC deputy director Meer M Joynul Abedin Shibli was sent to Moosa asking him to appear

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 will deliver its verdict any day in the war crime case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan as the trial proceedings concluded Thursday. The tribunal headed by its chairman Justice Obaidul Hasan kept the case waiting for verdict after both

DHAKA: Law enforcement agencies detained five carjackers and six muggers in separate drives across the city throughout Wednesday night.Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) nabbed five members of a carjacking gang from different places of the city and seized two private

DHAKA: Law enforcement agencies detained five carjackers and six muggers in separate drives across the city throughout Wednesday night. Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) nabbed five members of a carjacking gang from different places of the city and seized two private

FENI: An on-duty policeman was killed when a truck ran over him on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Mahipal intersection of the district Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as a traffic constable Moinul Islam, 55, son of late Abu Taher of Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria district.

COMILLA: Railway communication of Chittagong with Sylhet and Dhaka was halted after a train derailed in Moynamoti of Comilla district Thursday morning. The four wheels of a compartment of Chittagong-bound inter-city Jalalabad Express veered off the tracks in Jangalia area around 9:55am,

MALAYSIA: Concluding three-day official visiting to Malaysia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Kuala Lumpur (KL) for Dhaka Thursday. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines left KL airport at 11:55am (local time) carrying the premier and her entourage. Malaysian deputy minister for