DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be given VIP status at Passport Office in city’s Agargaon area though does not get any government privileges. A competent source in the office confirmed the matter to banglanews. The Passport and Immigration Office sources said though Khaleda

CHITTAGONG: Two people, including a doctor, were killed in a head-on-collision between a covered van and a bus in Bashbaria area under Sitakunda Upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Dr Sanchita Biswas, 28 and Barek, 35. Sources said a Dhaka-bound covered

DHAKA: Three cyclists are likely to visit Toronto of Canada from Alaska, a state of United States of America (USA), crossing some 3000-kilometer by cycling. Two of the three cyclists are Bangladeshi nationals Kanak Adhikari and Muntasir Mamun. Another cyclist of the group is Australian

DHAKA: The 8th National Debate Festival (NDF)-2014 will be held at Bangla Academy Auditorium in the city on May 16-17.  The event will start at 9:00am where some 2000 teachers, students and debating club moderates from various government and private schools and colleges will join in the

DHAKA: The first budget session of the new government would be started on June 3, said parliament sources. Already files were sent to the President’s office from parliament secretary after fixing possible dates to convene the budget session.  President Abdul Hamid may convene the

DHAKA: An RSS internal survey has suggested that the NDA may not get an absolute majority – another cause of worry for the top RSS, which necessitates its presence in Delhi to be available to guide the party if the situation warrants. According to the exit poll conducted by the Sheela

DHAKA: The carpet of the House of the Jatiya Sangsad is going to be replaced 34 years after it was first set. Officials at the Parliament Secretariat informed that the replacement will take place before the coming budget session. The session is set to start on June 3. Chief Whip ASM

THAKURGOAN: Truck, Tank-lorry and Workers Union put blockade on Dhaka-Thakurgoan-Panchagarh highway from early Thursday protesting the detention of eight workers for extortion and gambling. Hundreds of vehicles remain stranded in a two-kilometer long tailback on both sides of the

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court on Wednesday ordered to confiscate all moveable properties of Nur Hossain, main accused of sensational seven-murder, including panel mayor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Sarker. Senior Judicial Magistrate of Narayanganj KM Mohiuddin passed the order

DHAKA: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (Widely known as Mark Zuckerberg), co-founders of the social networking website Facebook reached 30 on Wednesday. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Till April 2013,

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) seized 1,200 bottles of phensedyl along with a pickup van and nabbed five people from different areas of the city on Monday and Tuesday. A press release from DMP media cell made the disclosure on Wednesday. It said: “Police,

CHITTAGONG: A gold trader is allegedly missing for two days in the port city. The missing businessman is identified as Palash Dhar, 38, residing in Nasir Kolony of Dhaniarpul area under Chalkbazar Thana, owner of MN Jewelers of the area. His family alleged to banglanews that Palash

DHAKA: The incumbent government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looks towards a fresh and forward-looking engagement with the international community in its current tenure for realizing the vision for a secular, democratic, stable and socio-economically vibrant Bangladesh, said

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her profound shock at the unfortunate death of few hundred of Turkish labour in a coal mine accident in Soma district in Turkey on Tuesday.                                                                    

PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): Some nine army personnel were injured as two grenades blasted at Shaheed Mahbub Cantonment here in the district on Wednesday afternoon. Of the injured, three are Warrant Officer Ketab Ali, 45, Sergeants Fazlu, 40 and Ramjan Ali, 40. Regiment-16 Staff Officer of

NEW YORK:  Member of the US House of Representatives Joseph Crowley, also Co-Chair Congressman of Bangladesh Caucuses in US Congress, assured that US would take adequate steps to remove all discrimination in tariff on Bangladeshi products.       The assurance came when Dr AK Abdul

DHAKA: Bangladesh Medical Association, a professional body of the doctors’, observed work abstention across the country for one hour on Wednesday. The doctors remained themselves off-duty from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm protesting the attacks on their fellows at Dhaka Medical College and

DHAKA: The name of the medicines produced by Incepta Pharmaceuticals Limited has been scraped from the probe reports over the tragic deaths of four babies those allegedly died of pushing the medicines.  The four new born babies died at the Tangail General Hospital several hours after

DHAKA: A fire broke out at the third-floor of a fifth-storey building in Baridhara DOHS area on Wednesday noon.    Fire service sources said the fire broke out at a house at 2:30pm on Road No-11 road of the area.      However, the reason behind the fire incident could not be known

DHAKA: The officials concerned of different ministries have been asked to place progress report over using Bengali in everywhere to the public administration ministry within 15 days. Senior Secretary of Public Administration Ministry Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury made the disclosure while