DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali on Friday has been brought to the Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur Jail ahead of his verdict in war crimes related cases.  Earlier, a prison van carrying the war crimes accused left Kashimpur Jail around 12:10pm for Dhaka. On April 1, Mir

DHAKA: US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena said that the women of the Bangladesh can build a prosperous country through their dedication and strong volition. He came up with the assertion in the inauguration program of Home Economics Association of Bangladesh (HEAB) at the

DHAKA: Country’s leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group Friday laid the foundation of country’s biggest mosque named ‘Bashundhara Central Mosque’.  The mosque is going to be founded at ‘N’ block of Bashundhara Residential area on 3.50 bighas of land to accommodate

BAGERHAT: Bangladesh Navy detained 28 more Indian fishermen for intruding into the naval territory of Bangladesh. Sources told banglanews the detainees are going to be handed over to the Mongla Thana. However, Navy detained at least 92 Indian and 20 Sri Lankan fishermen in last two

KATMANDU, NEPAL: The library of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat has no collection of Bangladeshi newspapers due to lack of proper step of Foreign Affairs Ministry. Bangladeshi officials working at the library, however, get the updates with

DHAKA: A three-member probe committee has been formed over the fire that broke out at the top floor of the BSEC Bhaban at capital’s Kawran bazar Friday. The investigation committee has been asked to submit the report within seven days, said Fire Service and Civil Defense Director

DHAKA: NTV and Rtv, country’s two private TV channels, halted transmissions temporarily as the fire at city’s BSEC building damaged their earth stations on Friday.  Rtv halted its transmission at around 12:00pm while NTV at 1:00pm.  NTV Senior Reporter Ahmed Pipul told banglanews

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-12) arrested JMB chief coordinator Abdun Nur along with four cohorts from Sirajganj on Friday. The other detainees are--- Nur Islam, Nuruzzaman Arif, Abul Kalam Azad and Faruk Ahmed, activists of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). RAB-12 sources

DHAKA: After hours-long frantic effort of 20 fire fighting units, the fire came under control at BSEC (Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation building) Bhaban at city’s Karwan Bazar area Friday noon. The Fire Service and Civil Defense Director General Brig Gen Ali Ahmed Khan made

DHAKA: A fire that broke out at Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation building (widely known as BSEC Bhaban) at Karwan Bazar has been brought under control, said Ali Ahmad Khan, Director General of Fire Service.100 fire fighters of 20 units from several fire stations tamed the

DHAKA: Private TV channels RTV and NTV have halted broadcasting immediately after devastating fire broke out at the top floor of the BSEC Building at capital’s Kawranbazar Friday. Broadcast departments of the TV channels confirmed the matter to banglanews. Fire service control room

DHAKA: Police detained seven people from in front of National Press Club in the city on Friday. Details of the detainees could not be known immediately. Witnesses said that a precession was brought out in the area at 10:15am demanding release of Jubo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal.

DHAKA: Government is likely to go for imposing ban on staging rally and demonstration in the city without holidays to ease the traffic congestion, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday. The minister was addressing a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar premises

NARAYANGANJ: A woman and her daughter were killed in a road accident at Missionpara area on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Shirin Begum, 28, resident of that area, and her daughter Jayeeta, 6. A recklessly driven truck knocked down the rickshaw carrying the woman and

DHAKA: A fire broke out at Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation building (BSEC Bhaban) in the capital’s Karwan Bazar area Friday noon. Witnesses told banglanews that the fire is sweeping through the multi-storied building that houses the daily Amar Desh along with private TV

DHAKA: National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume its domestic fights in December after adding two jets in its fleet, said a top official of Biman. Biman’s acting managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) AM Mosaddique Ahmed told banglanews that

DHAKA: The publication of Saptahik 2000, a Transcom Group published weekly magazine, shut down because of continuous loss. Publisher of the magazine Mahfuz Anam, also Editor of The Daily Star, shared the news of shutting down with the employees on Thursday. Confirming the matter,

BOGRA: A local Awami League leader was chopped and shot dead by miscreants at Anandabazar area in the Sadar upazila on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Moazzem Hossain, 55, vice-president of Ward-7 of Sakharia Union Awami League of the Sadar upazila.Wishing anonymity, two

DHAKA: Two messages are clear like crystal from question-answer session of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s post-UAE visit press conference at Gono Bhaban in this autumn afternoon. That she does not rule out the possibility of snap polls, and that she has firmest determination to carry

DHAKA: PeopleNTech has inaugurated activities of its Dhaka campus in city on October 24 with a target to make 10,000 IT graduates in Bangladesh.PeopleNTech founder and CEO Engineer Abu Bakar Hanip told banglanews that the organization set out its journey to train the talented and