DHAKA: A fire broke out at forth floor of a six-storied building near Notre Dame College in the capital Motijheel.The incident took place at the building 2:35pm on Thursday.  On information, two fire fighting units rushed to the spot and trying the douse the blaze.BDST: 1600 HRS, FEB 06,

DHAKA: Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport has signed a contract for the sale of 24 Yakovlev Yak-130 jet trainers to Bangladesh’s Ministry of Defense, according to a late January 2014 report from Anatoly Isaikin, director general of Rosoboronexport.Isaikin said that Bangladesh paid

JESSORE: An Air Force training aircraft made an emergency landing on a paddy field of Mahidia village under Sadar upazila of the district near Jessore Airport due to mechanical fault on Thursday noon.  The two pilots of the plane managed to come out safely from the plane. They were

DHAKA: Kevin Jenkins, president of the World Vision International, a global development organization, is set to visit Bangladesh on Friday.This will be his first visit in Bangladesh after taking the office as president of the organization.Kevin Jenkins will discuss about various programs

DHAKA: Airport customs authorities held a man with two-and-a-half Kilogram gold from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Thursday noon.The detainee is Didarul.Customs Assistant Commissioner Abdul Alim told banglanews, “A gang of

DHAKA: The Indian High Commission to Bangladesh has said on Thursday that there is no change in current visa procedures insofar as Bangladesh is concerned.Spokesperson of the Indian High Commission, in a press release, came up with the assertion in response to the earlier media reports

DHAKA: Victim Support Centers (VSCs) will soon be set up in divisional headquarters across Bangladesh. These centers are already running in five districts and, by all accounts, doing a good job. VSC is a new form of policing that was introduced as a part of Police Reform Program (PRP) to

LALMONIRHAT: A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death near to Patgram border of the district early Thursday. The victim was identified as Aminul Islam, 33, a cattle trader, son of Abdul Latif of Burimari union of Sadar upazila of the district. Local sources said that Aminul was beaten

  PATUAKHALI: Fifteen students from a kindergarten school at Kolapara in Patukhali were hospitalized after they reportedly came in contact with a chemical spray used for killing mosquitoes. The incident took place on Wednesday night at Alphabet Coaching Centre near to Pouro Bhaban of

DHAKA:  Law Minister of the new government Anisul Huq has taken the initiatives to come out from the clot of cases known as the ‘Cancer’ of judiciary department.He, as part of this initiative, has started collecting information from the 64 districts of the country.All information

BRAHMANBARIA: A high official of Bakhrabad gas field was ran over by a private car in Pirbari area under Sadar Upazila of the district on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Yakub Ali Khan, 55, Bakhrabad gas field manager. Brahmanbaria Traffic Police Sergeant Bayejid told

LAXMIPUR: Miscreants chopped a local leader of ruling Awami League to death in Noldogi village of Kushakhali Union under Sadar Upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ullah, 38, member of Kushakhali UP and Union unit Awami League Joint general

NEW YORK: Terming Bangladesh a hidden economic gem, United State said that Bangladesh will be one of the world’s 11th emerging economies over the next decade. The US came up with observation in a report published in the State Magazine, by the U.S. Department of State in Washington.

SIRAJGANJ: Law enforcers recovered a body of a top terror from Konagati area under Sadar upazila of the district early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Jaban Ali, 38, son of Azizul Haque and resident of the area.He was the main accused for several murders, robbery, and so on.Police

DHAKA: The first Namaz-e-Janaza of formar Member of the Parliament Khandakar Rashiduzzaman Dudu, also Kushtia Awami League president, will be held on Friday morning. The Janaza is scheduled to be held around 11:00am at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad. Later, the body will be taken to

DHAKA: Commanding officers of India`s Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have met to resolve border issues between the two nations.  A frontier level flag meeting was held Wednesday between the two delegations at the Indo-Bangladesh border `Fulbari,` in

LAMA, BANDARBAN: A man and his wife were shot dead by miscreants in Tong Khal area under Lama Upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Thranci Tripura, 45 and his wife Haspati Tripurani, 30.Gazlia Union Parisad Chairman Bathoyaiching Marma told

  DHAKA: US ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena categorically said that the position of the United States has remained same on Bangladesh context. He came up with the assertion while talking to journalists after the meeting with Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed at the secretariat in

  DHAKA: As river routes have become an important factor for enhancing regional trade, the government plans to sign several agreements with neighboring countries on vessel movement. Foreign ministry sources said that giving importance to regional and sub-regional transit-transshipment,

DHAKA: Thousands of passengers suffered for a 30-kilometer long tailback of traffic on Dhaka-Chittagong route as a large number of vehicles took to the highway on Wednesday morningSources said that created huge traffic jam from 3:00am due to huge traffic flow and a goods-laden truck went