DHAKA: Three agreements and a memorandum of understanding (MoU)   between Bangladesh and Cambodia were signed on Tuesday.  The signing ceremony was held at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s office at 3:30pm.  The agreements and MoU are Establishment of a Joint Commission for Promoting

COX’S BAZAR: At least three people killed and 15 others injured in a road accident in Dargah area of Cox’s Bazar Sadar on Tuesday. Of the deceased, two were identified as Jafor Alam, 55, of Rashidnagar under Ramu upazila, Shamsul Alam, 60, of Joaria Nala area of the upazila. Cox’s

DHAKA: Some six people were detained for their alleged involvement in gang rape in Ahmadnagar area under Mirpur of the city on Monday night. Police also held a woman who allegedly helped the “rapists”. The detainees Mahbub Ahad, Alamgir Hossain, Abu Bakar Siddique, Limon Anis

DHAKA: A clash between Bihari and local people locked into a clash in Bihari Canp area near Section-11 Bus Stand at Mirpur in the city on Tuesday noon.Witnesses said the Bihari people locked into an altercation with the local people over a trivial matter while they were coming from a

SAVAR (DHAKA): A Sample man of a garment factory was beaten to death on Tuesday by a group of agitated workers, who were staging protest to pay dues and increasing the rate of pieces in Genda area of the upazila.Industrial police Director Mustafizur Rahman confirmed the matter to

THAKURGAON: Border Security Force (BSF) members detained a Bangladeshi cattle trader from Dharmagar frontier in Ranisankoil upazila of the district on Tuesday.The detainee is Abdur Rahim, 21, son of Nurul Haq of Maradhar village of Haripur upazila.Confirming the matter about

DHAKA: A construction worker was electrocuted in Islambagh Eidgahmath area of Old Dhaka of the city on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sajeeb, 30, who resided in Ali Ghat of the city’s Chawk Bazar area. Coworkers Faruk and Shaid told banglanews, “Sajeeb came to contact to a

Riyadh: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will call on Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general Iyad Ameen Madani at the Kingdom of Saudi Arab (KSA) capital city Jeddah on Tuesday. Ali is now staying the KSA to attend the 41st Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his two girl children in Durlavpur para village under Gomastapur upazila of the district early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Morshedul Haque, 30 and his daughters Opi, 10 and Oni, 6. Locals said that following a

NEW YORK: President Abdul Hamid will visit United Nations (UN) Headquarters and call on UN secretary general Ban-ki Moon at New York on Thursday. Bangladesh permanent representative to the UN ambassador Dr AK Abdul Momen confirmed the matter to banglanews. Earlier the President, who is

DHAKA: The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB), the platform of all six cellular operators’ in the country, announced Ziad Shatara, CEO of Banglalink and Vivek Sood, CEO of Grameenphone as Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the association’s Executive

DHAKA: A prescheduled meeting between visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has been cancelled as Hun fell sick on Tuesday.The minister, meanwhile, visited the ailing Hun at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka Hotel in the city.After

DHAKA: A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in city’s Uttara House Building area on Monday evening. The deceased was identified Mokhlesur Rahman Abir, 40, hailed from Bhuapur upazila of Tangail district. Quoting witnesses, Assistant Sub Inspector of Uttara West Thana Hafiz,

TONGI: An 8-year old minor girl was killed after a wall of a school collapsed upon her in Faydabad area of Dakkhinkhan Thana in capital on Monday. The deceased was Rakiba, daughter of Ripon Mia of the area and student of Faydabad Primary School. Sources said a wall of Faydabad Model

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Benzir Ahmed on Monday categorically said they would file attempt to murder cases against those involved in mixing formalin in the food items. The city police chief came up with the assertion in a discussion meeting on the occasion of

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: Bifurcated Dhaka City Corporations (North and South) have some Tk 195.43 crore due for municipal taxes.  Of the total amount, South has Tk 60.52 crore due while the North has Tk 135.91 crore municipal tax due. These include residential and business taxes. Local

DHAKA: In a latest development in the public administration, some seven no-cadre officials were made as assistant secretaries.Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular in this regard on Monday. The newly promoted assistant secretaries are health ministry’s personal official

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is going to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday to join the 41st Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of Islamic countries. The session will be held in Jeddah on June 18-19, for ‘Exploring Areas for Islamic Cooperation’. Wishing

DHAKA: A deal has been signed as per which Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will lend Tk 9,196 crore for five projects of Bangladesh. Secretary M Mesbah Uddin of Economic Relations Department (ERD) on behalf of Bangladesh and Mikio Hatada from JICA signed the agreement in a

JESSORE: Twin sisters drowned in a pond at Dhalda village under Sharsha upazila of the district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Rimi and Jhimi, three and half years old and daughters of Shahidul Islam of the area. Family sources said the two siblings went missing around