DHAKA: Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office on Wednesday.In the meeting, the Prime Minister laid importance on making poverty free South Asia, saying, it’s possible if South Asian leaders work

GAZIPUR: Opposition BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Thursday protesting police attack on activists of 18-party alliance.The shutdown will start from 6:00am and it will continue till 6:00pm.Gazipur Municipality BNP President Mir Halimuzzaman Noni confirmed the matter ton

DHAKA: The speedy trial tribunal-4 will pronounce the verdict in much-talked-about tailor man Biswajit murder case against 21 Chhatra League activists on December 18. Tribunal-4 judge ABM Nizamul Haque fixed the date of pronouncing verdict on Wednesday after completion of a six-day long

DHAKA: A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Wednesday challenging the legality of signing the much-talked about Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (TICFA) with the US. Supreme Court Lawyer Mokhsedul Islam filed the petition with concerned department of the

DHAKA: Commonwealth will take decision on sending observers to monitor the upcoming 10th national polls after assessing ongoing political situation of the country.Head of democracy of Commonwealth Martin Kasirye came up with the assertion while talking to journalists after meeting with

DHAKA: Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan, 48, accused of conspiring with employees of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. to bribe Bangladeshi officials and help the company for contract of Padma Bridge, surrendered on Tuesday to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP) national division. Mr. Ali Bhuiyan, a

DHAKA:  The visiting foreign secretary of India Sujatha Singh had a meeting with foreign minister AHA Mahmood Ali on Wednesday. The hour-long meeting started at around 11:30am at the foreign ministry.Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran was present in the meeting. Ministry

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SATKHIRA: A freedom fighter (FF) was chopped to death by miscreants at Bharashimla village under Kaliganj upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Alauddin Khokon 63, of the area.Locals said that a gang of miscreants chopped him mercilessly with lethal

NARAYANGANJ: Around 12 passengers of a Shallow engine-run vehicle were injured as an armored personnel carrier (APC) of Industrial Police knocked it on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Mahna area of the district on Wednesday morning.The injured were identified as garment workers of Bentex factory

DHAKA: Foreign Secretary of India Sujatha Singh has arrived Dhaka Wednesday on a two-day long visit. A special flight of air India carrying Sujatha landed at Shahjalal International Airport around 10:30am.Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Mohammad Shahidul Islam and India’s high commission

NEW YORK: The US Department of State alerts its citizens traveling to or living in Bangladesh following the ongoing political stalemates in the country ahead of the upcoming national elections that are scheduled for January 5, 2014. This Travel Alert expires on January 7, 2014.

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Vice- chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) professor Anwar Hossain still confined by a section of agitating teachers of the varsity demanding his resignation and vice-chancellor panel election.Earlier, the protesting teachers besieged him at his university

DHAKA: A student, who sustained burn injuries when miscreants set fire to a bus near Shishu Park in the capital on November 28, dies early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Wahidur Rahman Babu, 22, a first year student of political science department of Dhaka College.He breathed

DHAKA: Custom officials seized 120 gold bars weighing around 14 kilograms from a flight of Regent Airways landed at Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning.Assistant Commissioner of airport customs, Ferdous Arefin, told banglanews that acting on a tip off, a team of custom

KHULNA: The rail communications of Khulna and Chandpur with other parts of the country halted due to derailment of Nakshikantha Express and Meghna Express early Wednesday.Sources said that five compartments of Nakshikantha Express derailed at around 1:30am as blockade supporters removed

DHAKA: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday said the actual reason of boycotting the election by the BNP is that they fell behind in the polls and can no longer win an election.The adviser to the premier made the observation through his facebook post at

MEHERPUR: At least four Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel and three sources of the elite force were injured in mass beating at Gangni upazila of the district on Tuesday.The villagers also snatched their two revolvers and set fire to two of their motorbike during the incident taken

DHAKA: The government appointed new divisional commissioner of Dhaka and deputy commissioner of Khulna on Tuesday as per the demand of Election Commissioner (EC).Additional Secretary of Health and Family Planning Ministry M Zillar Rahman was made Dhaka divisional commissioner.Besides,

DHAKA: A deaf person was killed as a train knocked him down from behind in city’s Karwan Bazar Rail Crossing area on Tuesday noon.The deceased was identified as Kazi Abdul Kuddus 65, resident of city’s Siddheshwari area.The victim’s son Sami Hasan said that a train hit his father at