DHAKA: The government has appointed Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, currently serving as Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Brazil. External Publicity Wing of Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release regarding the appointment on

DHAKA: Five people were killed and eight others injured in two separate road accidents at Chakoria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district and at Chandina upazila of Comilla district on Sunday. Our Cox’s Bazar correspondent reports that a Chakaria-bound microbus from Cox’ Bazar tumbled

CHANDINA (COMILLA): At least three people were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Chandina upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Officer-in-Charge of Chandina Thana Golam Morshed told banglanews

DHAKA: United States of America will provide additional $1.7 million as grant for the advanced training of law enforcers and improvement of the judicial department.  A deal has been signed at UN conference room of Economic Relations Divisions (ERD) in city on Sunday noon. ERD Secretary

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted Leader of the Opposition in parliament Raushan Ershad on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.The Premier sent an Eid card to the opposition leader. On behalf of the premier, her Protocol Officer Sheikh Akhtar Hossain handed over the card to

COX’S BAZAR: Two people were killed and eight others injured as a microbus turned turtle in Malumghat rea under Chakoria Upazila of the district on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Shahjahan, 30, son of Jafar Alam, and Pushpo Paul, 60.  Sources said that a Chakaria-bound

KISHOREGANJ: The historic Sholakia Eidgah of the district is almost ready to hold the country’s biggest Eid congregation like previous years. Sources told banglanews on Saturday that all the necessary arrangements including waterproof shed, fans, sitting place and ablution facilities

FROM KAMLAPUR: The schedule of train service has collapsed from Saturday noon which caused immense sufferings to homebound passengers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Sources said that six trains left platform till 9:30am and among those three trains left station lately.  Rail Station sources

CHITTAGONG: A youth was poisoned to death in Agrabad residential area under Double Mooring thana of the port city early Sunday.  The deceased was identified as Mahin, 20, employee of a video shop.  Sources said that following previous enmity Mahin’s friend might have killed him.

LAXMIPUR: A suspected dacoit was killed by angry mobs in Raipur Upazila of the district on Saturday late night. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Local sources said that locals beat two suspected robbers during burglary in Mia bari area around 10:30pm,

BAGERHAT: Two schoolboys were killed as lightning struck them in Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Hridoy, 10, son of Humayun Gazi of Nagerdema village under Dema union of the upazila, also a student of class four in Nagerdema Government Primary

DHAKA: Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday detained a youth from Kamalapur Railway Station of the city with 1.5kg gold. The detainee is Ibrahim Hossain, a middle aged man. Sources said he came from Chittagong by Subarna Express Train in the morning. GRP Thana Officer-in-Charge

DHAKA: The government has decided to put people’s National Identity Card (NID) information to their passports for accelerating the process. Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) have already started following the instruction. Additional Director General of the DIP Mohammad

TANGAIL: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police died on Saturday who received three bullet injuries while conducting a drive in Purba Adalat Para area of the district. The deceased was Nurul Islam, an ASI of Tangail Thana. Sub-inspector Anwar Hossain of the thana confirmed the

BARISAL: The death toll in Barisal stampede now three on Saturday as another woman succumbed to her injury at Sher-e-bangla Medical College Hospital.  The deceased was identified as Bakul Begum, 35, wife of Jalal Hossain at Rasulpur village of the district. She sustained injury in a

DHAKA: Bangladesh is going to join the newly formed BRICS Bank in a bid to stop watching over by International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB). Tokyo-based online current affairs magazine The Diplomat published a report in this regard. Wishing anonymity, an officials in the

DHAKA: The first round of consultation on the initiative to draft new National Seed Policy was held in city on Friday. Seed Wing of Ministry of Agriculture was leading the initiative to draft the policy through Seed Regulatory Reform Committee (SRRC), said a press release. The

DHAKA: Curtain of the 18th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is going to be unveiled in Nepalese capital city of Katmandu on November 22, confirmed sources of the foreign ministry. Government of Nepal is likely to announce the date of the summit upon

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday categorically said this year’s Eid journey of the home-bound people remain more comfortable than the previous years.  “I could not ensure the comfort of home-bound people during Eid in past four years. There were many

DHAKA: Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP of Dhaka-9 Constituency will fight for the president post of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Bangladesh is one and only country who is fighting for the post from third world countries. Indonesia and Australia also are contesting for the post. The