DHAKA: Customs detained a Pakistani citizen with one crore Indian currency at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city on Friday noon. The detainee was identified as Haris Uddin, 39. Confirming the matter, Customs Joint Commissioner Kazi Ziauddin told banglanews that the law
DHAKA: The railway authorities Friday started evicting illegal shanties and shops along Karwanbazar rail tracks, a day after trains killed 4 running over a crowd there.Railway (Dhaka division) assistant officer Nurunnabi Kabir told banglanews, illegal establishment on the both sides
DHAKA: The railway authorities Friday started evicting illegal shanties and shops along Karwanbazar rail tracks, a day after trains killed 4 running over a crowd there.Railway (Dhaka division) assistant officer Nurunnabi Kabir told banglanews, illegal establishment on the both sides
DHAKA: Humayun Ahmed’s mother Ayesha Fayez was admitted at Intensive Care Unite (ICU) of Labaid Hospital in city.Ayesha Fayez’s younger son Ahsan Habib, founder of satire magazine ‘Unmad’ told banglanews that his mother was ill for couple of days and then she was admitted to
RIYADH: Approximately 1 crore Bangladeshis are staying in different countries across the world. Their earnings are running the lives of some 6 crores family members inside the country. For the expatriates, Bangladesh is going forward today and the country’s economy is becoming
PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): Two people were sued over a shipment of 300 metric tones of coal by submitting fake slip and bank certificates at Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) at the upazila on Wednesday. Shakil Ahammed, a computer operator of BCMCL’s sales department, and
RAMU, COX’S BAZAR: A teenager was electrocuted in Nayapara area of north Chakmarkul union under Ramu Upazila of the district on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Jahid, 14, a student of clash eight, son of Amir Hossain. Witnesses said that the victim was shaking an
TANGAIL: Police detained four fake DB police personnel from east side toll plaza of Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu Bridge in the district on Thursday morning. The detainees are- Shahjahan Hawladar alias Bachhu Shikdar, 40, son of Lal Mia, Yunus Khan, 50, son of Sobahan Khan, Joy Mahmud, 32,
DHAKA: Bangladesh UN peacekeeping members in mission get off the ground next week in the Central African Republic, one of Africa's most fragile states, despite questions over what peace there is to keep.About 1,500 troops from Pakistan, Indonesia and Morocco, including Bangladesh,
DHAKA: Eminence Associates for Social Development and the Global Citizens’ Forum on Sustainable Development will host two side events to take place in New York, USA during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Summit 2014, convened by the
CHITTAGONG: Customs officials here recovered 14 gold bars weighing 1.7 kilogrammes from shoes of two passengers returned from Oman at Shah Amanat International Airport on Thursday night.Sources told banglanews that the two passengers, who earlier landed by a flight of Biman
DHAKA: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to organize the inaugural ceremony of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Secretariat on 13 September at the Secretariat premises at Gulshan-2 in city. External Publicity Wing of the
DHAKA: M Khair Ahmed, father of Senior Newsroom Editor of banglanews24.com Rubaiat Sultana Saky, passed away at a clinic in the port city Chittagong on Wednesday evening.He was 60.M Khair Ahmed was a government service holder. He performed his duties as District Primary Education
DHAKA: Some 36 Bangladeshi nationals were retuned home from Thailand jails, says a press release by the Foreign Ministry on Thursday.On September 12 and on September 20, some 16 and 20 Bangladeshis were brought back to the country.Foreign Ministry is bringing back those Bangladeshis,
FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: The government has cancelled some 182 fake freedom fighters’ certificates and gazette as per the recommendations after investigations by National Security Intelligence (NSI). Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque made the disclosure while addressing
DHAKA: A woman was found dead in Kafrul area of the capital on Thursday noon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said a couple had rented a room on September 1, but they were not seen in the house for past three days.The owner of the house informed the
BARISAL: At least 35 students were affected by mass hysteria at Nalchira High School in Gaurnadi upazila of the district on Thursday noon.Headmaster of the school M Nurul Islam told banglanews that suddenly the students of class VII and Class VIII were affected by hysteria around
DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday placed four people, including sub-inspector Asaduzzaman of Special Branch (SB) of police, on a 3-day remand in an arms case.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Anwar Sadat passed the remand order when Officer-in-Charge of Uttara Thana Kazi Shahan Haque
RAJSHAHI: Three labourers were killed as they fell in a septic tank at Charghat upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Mozammel Haque, 50, Mukul, 38 and Jamal Uddin, 45.Nimpara Union Parisad Chairman Abdul Kuddus Palash confirmed the matter to
DHAKA: An 11-year-old girl was found dead at bathroom of a residence in Amligola area under Lalbagh Thana of the city on Thursday.On information, police recovered the hanging body.The deceased was identified as Sumaiya, 11, daughter of Mobarak Baburchi and student of Halima Sadia Mahila