DHAKA: United Kingdom (UK) international development minister Lynne Featherstone arrived in Dhaka on Sunday to see the actions taken to end child marriage and prevent violence against women and girls.Her visit comes in the wake of July’s Girl Summit in London, which brought

DHAKA: Bangladeshi lawyer Adilur Rahman Khan has been conferred with the International Bar Association (IBA) Human Rights Award 2014 for his outstanding contribution to rights movements.The IBA declared the award on Friday, said a press release published by the Asian Human Rights

RANGAMATI: Unidentified miscreants shot dead Sushil Chakma, 32, activist of Santu Larma-led Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS), in Baghaichhari upazila on Sunday. Quoting locals police sources said a group of armed miscreants gunned down Sushil Chakma in a local rubber garden.Claming Sushil as

DHAKA: Bibliophiles with an interest in neighboring Bangladesh’s art, culture and history have a reason to cheer now in India. A six-day Bangladesh book fair was inaugurated in Kolkata on Saturday.Hosting 30 book stalls, the fair will run at the Rabindra Sadan premises till Thursday,

DHAKA: Anne Aarnes, Assistant Administrator for Asia at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), arrived in Bangladesh Sunday on a four-day visit.   During her stay in Bangladesh, Aarnes will visit development projects in Khulna, Jessore, Baagerhaat and Munshiganj. 

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court Sunday accepted the final probe report of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in much-talked-about Padma Bridge graft case. The court also acquitted Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, former secretary of Bridge Division, and three officials of SNC Lavalin among all seven

JOYPURHAT: Six workers including a woman sustained bullet injures when a robber-gang fired gunshots during a robbery at a potato cold storage in Boiragipara area under Kalai upazila of the district early Sunday. Tarik Hossain, manager of Southpole Cold Storage, told banglanews, “A

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 50,000 pieces of yaba tablets worth of Tk 1.5 crore from the area adjacent to Naf River under Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Sunday.  Confirming the matter, BGB Headquarters’ public relations officer Mahsin Reza told

MUNSHIGANJ: Two people were killed and 15 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Pakhi point area of Gazaria Upazila early Sunday.  The passengers who died on the spot were identified as Tazem Ali, 19, Rasel Mia, 22.  Sources said that

DHAKA: At least seven workers sustained burn injures when separate explosions took place at two factories located in city’s Shampur and South Keraniganj areas early Sunday. The injured are- Abu Sayeed, 30, Bulbul, 29, Moti, 35, Mahabub, 38, Badsha Mia, 17, Arif Hossain, 18 and Sujan,

DHAKA: The government on Saturday deployed 10 platoons Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in the city to avert any untoward situation ahead of Sunday’s hartal called by the Islamic parties.Sources said the BGB members, including other law enforcement agency personnel, have

BACK FROM MALAYSIA: Malaysian college TMC has been built through sucking the blood of the Bangladeshi students. The college keeps the passports of the students under locked attracting them by false allure of higher and standard education. The passports are not given back till the

ABU DHABI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon.Press Secretary to the Prime Minister said to the journalists that the primer offered Asar prayer there.She went round different parts of the mosque and signed the visitor book.She

CHITTAGONG: Customs officials and narcotics control department seized wine and beer worth around Tk 3 crore from a bonded warehouse in Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) here on Saturday. The law enforcers also detained six people in this connection.The officials with Rapid Action

DHAKA: The holy Ashura will be observed across the country on November 4 (Tuesday) as the moon of Muharram month was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Saturday.The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee held at the Baitul Mukarram Islamic Foundation this

DHAKA: Customs officials seized 56 iPhone sets and detained a person at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday.The accused—Moniruzzaman—landed at the airport from Bangkok by a Thai Airlines flight. Sources told banglanews that Moniruzaman brought the mobile-phone sets

DHAKA: On an average, some 29 people commit suicide each day in Bangladesh and the unwanted death toll rises to around 10,000 in a year in the country.The disclosure came from a discussion meeting on ‘Suicide Prevention Alternatives and Suggestions’ at Dhaka Reporters’ Unit

RANGPUR: Two journalists were reportedly assaulted by the doctors, interns and staff of Rangpur Medical College Hospital while collecting information on Saturday morning.They are Bayezid Ahamed, the district correspondent of private satellite television channel 71tv and Moudud Dalim,

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami former Ameer Ghulam Azam, also war crimes convict, was buried at Moghbazar family graveyard in city on Saturday afternoon after a largely-attended funeral.Earlier in the day, the namaz-e-janaza of Ghulam Azam was held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after

DHAKA: A Bangladesh caravan will leave Dhaka for Nepal on November 10 with a view to addressing the key issues of climate change, gender and food sovereignty and their interrelationships.The 4th initiative of Bangladesh Krishok Federation and Bangladesh Kishani Sabha will conclude in