RIYADH: President Abdul Hamid will arrive in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to perform hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and the most significant manifestation of Islamic faith and unity. Bangladesh ambassador to Riyadh sources confirmed the matter to banglanews. President will land at King

NARAYANGANJ: Two cleaners died and two others injured after inhaling poisonous gas in a septic tank in Alinagar area under Bandar upazila of the district on Monday morning.   The deceased were identified as Farhat and Shahadat.  Sources said that the workers went inside the septic

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating on recruitment fraud of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited. ACC investigation found that dozens of officials got job with fake certificates and some of them also got promotion. Following the irregularities, ACC will summon the bank

RAMU, COX’S BAZAR: Uttam Kumar Barua, main accused of Ramu violence case, is yet to be traced after two years of incident arose by an image depicting the desecration of the holy Quran posted on the his facebook wall on September 29, 2014.Rita Barua, wife of Uttam and their son

SYLHET: Eight staffs of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) were injured in a road clash in Shivbari area of Sylhet-Fenchuganj road of the district early Monday. The injured are- Sylhet Corporation Chief Conservancy Officer Hanifur Rahman, 40, Assistant Inspectors Nasir Mia, 35, Jubayer, 32,

DHAKA: A Bangladesh-origin British citizen, who fought in Syria, has been placed on a three-day remand for his alleged link to the militant party called Islamic State (IS).Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court granted the remand after the city police produced Samiun Rahman alias

We spent a memorable day on Sunday September 28, 2014 at majestic Steven Falls which is not however listed in Melbourne and Victoria tourist attraction. Only an hour’s drive from our Melbourne residence we were not aware of it. Shuvro planned to visit Mount Baw Baw. But Rozy got up late

DHAKA: The customs authorities arrested a man along with two gold bars, weighting 2kilograms from Shahjalal International Airport in capital early Monday.The arrestee is Rony, 37, hail from Shirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj.Director General (DG) Moinul Khan of Customs Intelligence and

GAZIPUR: A fire broke out in a packaging factory in Rajendrapur area under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday night. The fire originated around 8:45pm at the factory and spread out rapidly. Deputy Director of Gazipur Fire Service Aktaruzzaman Liton said three fire fighting units

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members, in a drive, seized around 90,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 2.70 crore from switch gate area in Teknaf upazila of the district on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the BGB team conducted a drive in the area and recovered the huge

DHAKA: Eight more Bangladeshi pilgrims, who went to perform the holy hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), died in the last week. However, with them the death toll now reached to 30. According to the Bangladesh religious affairs ministry, the deceased included 24 men and six women.

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General (DG) Mokhlesur Rahman will also be quizzed in connection with the gruesome Narayanganj seven-murder. Sources said the special administrative investigation committee, formed following the court order, will quiz him on Monday. The probe

PABNA: Secretary of Atgharia municipality under Sujanagar upazila of the district succumbed to his injuries at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified Abdur Rashid, 42, son of Biru Pramanik and resident of the area. Sujanagar Thana sources said that

DHAKA: Over 200 hajj pilgrims are in an uncertain situation as they were being cheated by several hajj agencies. The deceived pilgrims are staying at the hajj camp. Even the alleged agencies have taken their passports as well. However, Monday is the last day of hajj flights from

DHAKA: The government has decided to appoint Ambassador Syed Muazzem Ali as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India.The disclosure came from a press release issued by external publicity wing of the foreign ministry on Sunday.Ambassador Syed Muazzem Ali joined erstwhile Pakistan

FARIDPUR: At least 30 people including five police personnel were injured in a clash among the villagers of two unions at Bhanga upazila of the district on Sunday.  Sources said that the residents of Gherua union and Chumurdi union locked into a clash with local weapons centering a

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted a cocktail outside of Inspector General (IG) of prisons office at Jail Directorate in Bakshibazar area of Chawk Bazar Thana of the capital on Sunday. Azizul Haque, Officer-in-Charge of Chawk Bazaar, said the cocktail hit the security wall of the office of IG

DHAKA: Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor observed that Right to Information (RTI) Act is a good initiative from the government.  The RTI is gradually getting importance and people are also step by step being conscious, he said.  He was addressing a discussion on the occasion

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday interrogated nine police officials, including two assistant commissioners (AC) of police, over the emblazing gold bars seized from Rampura in city on March 13.. Deputy Director of the anti-graft body Jatan Kumar Roy, also investigation

CHITTAGONG: Customs officials here recovered five gold bars, weighing 683 grams, from a passenger at Shah Amanat International Airport on Sunday morning.  Confirming the matter to banglanews, Shahadat Jamil, an assistant commissioner of the Airport Customs, said that scanning a carton