DHAKA: The Airport Armed Police personnel detained a man along with gold bars worth Tk 45 lakh at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Sunday. The detainee is Abdur Razzak, son of late Amir Mollah of Alamnagar village in Char Bhadrashan upazila of Faridpur district. Police

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) has decided that it will also give national ID cards through online with a view to reaching their service to people’s door. Before implementing the decision, they will hold meeting with experts of Dhaka University, BUET, Computer Council, BASIS and

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recorded the statement of five government officials, including power, energy and mineral resources secretary Abu Bakar Siddique, regarding Tk 150-crore taka corruption. A three-member team led by ACC chairman Mohammad Badiuzzaman conducted the

DHAKA: The Parliamentary Committee finalized the report of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Bill-2014 keeping provision of punishment for unauthorized test, preserve of DNA. The violators, in this regard, will be jailed up to five years and Tk 300,000 fine. For DNA profiling without

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained two men with a good number of pirated pornographic compact discs (CDs). They also seized Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) making equipments during the drive in city’s Paltan area on Sunday noon. The detainees are Ibrahim and Uzzal.

DHAKA: 11 members of Uranium smuggling gang were placed on 5-day remand for police interrogation. Magistrate Anwar Sadat passed the order remand after the hearing when police produced them before the court with seven-day remand plea. Earlier, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited the residence of slain Awami League leader Ivy Rahman, who was killed in August 21 grenade attack.  The premier visited at Ivy Tower in city’s Gulshan area to attend a Doa mahfil at 5:20pm Sunday. Earlier in the morning, she along with

CHITTAGONG: Coast Guard personnel seized 200,000 pieces yaba tablets worth of Tk 10 crore from KAFCO area on river Karnaphuli in the district early Sunday. Sources said, on suspicion, a patrol team of Coast Guard signaled a boat to stop around 2:00am Sunday but people on-board tried to

DHAKA: A deal has been signed between Bangladesh Power Development Board and Indian Company Larsen & Toubro to set up 225-megawatt (dual fuel) power plant at Shikal Baha in the port city Chittagong.  Power Secretary Manwar Islam, Petrobangla Chairman Dr Hussain Mansur and Larsen &

SUNAMGANJ: Border Security Force (BSF) of India detained three Bangladeshi nationals from Laurergorh frontier under Tahirpur upazila of the district on Sunday noon. The identities of the victim could not be known immediately.  Sources said the people went to the area to collect

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed case against eight people, including former mayor of the then Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Sadeque Hossain Khoka, for irregularities in shop allotment.  ACC Assistant Director M Mahbubul Alam filed the case with Shahbagh Thana on Sunday

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed case against eight people, including former mayor of the then Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Sadeque Hossain Khoka, for irregularities in shop allotment.  ACC Assistant Director M Mahbubul Alam filed the case with Shahbagh Thana on Sunday

DHAKA: Mosud Mannan, Bangladesh Ambassador to Kyrgyz Republic, put emphasize on possible collaborations with Bangladesh in the coming days. He made the remarks while addressing the inaugural program of ‘The Annual International Business Forum’ in Isyk Kul, Kyrgyz Republic

JAMALPUR: Two people were killed and over others 100 injured in a clash between residents of two villages at Melandah upazila of the district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Murad, 30, resident of Tupkarchar village in the upazila and Harun, 25 of Khanpara area of Shahjadpur

DHAKA: August 24 is another shameful day as it is recalling the history of Yeasmin’s murder, 19 years ago. On this day of 1995, Yeasmin, a 15-year old girl was killed after being gang-raped by a police team in Dinajpur. Policemen, who found Yeasmin waiting in Doshmile for a bus to go

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is recording statements of five government officials, including power, energy and mineral resources secretary Abu Bakar Siddique,  regarding 150-crore taka corruption.A three-member team led by ACC chairman Mohammad Badiuzzaman is conducting

DHAKA: A girl, who was brunt in Narayanganj medicine shop blast, succumbed to burn injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Popy Akhtar, 17, resident of Narayanganj. Her mother and brother too died on the same accident.On August 18, 7

DHAKA: A Dhaka court here on Sunday granted bail to Abdul Mannan Khan, former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Affairs in a case filed by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).Sources told banglanews that Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haque passed the order after a bail plea

DHAKA: Abdul Mannan Khan, former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Affairs, surrendered before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Sunday in a case filed by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).It is scheduled to hold hearing on the case on Sunday at court of Metropolitan

DHAKA: Two persons were killed in a road accident on Bangabandhu Bridge road in Afimtola area under Mirzapur at 10:00am Sunday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Locals said that a pick van collided with a North-Bengal-bound passenger bus, leaving two dead on