DHAKA: Untold sufferings of the people living in 30 districts of the country knew no bounds because of traffic jam, which they won’t experience anymore. They can go their way whenever through the flyover smoothly. Opening the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA: Popular singer Arfin Rumi was arrested in a women and children oppression case filed by his wife Ananya.Police arrested him early Saturday from his Mohammadpur residence.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of Mohammadpur Thana Azizul Haq said that Rumi beat

DHAKA: The very severe cyclonic storm “Phailin” (with ecp 940 hpa) over west central bay and adjoining east central bay moved slightly northwestwards over west central bay and adjoining northwest bay.It was centred at 12 noon Saturday about 815 kms west-southwest of Chittagong port,

DHAKA: The border guards of India and Bangladesh will conduct a joint retreat ceremony from Nov 6, Border Security Force officials said here.Modelled on the world famous drill at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, the ceremony was earlier slated to start from Oct 2 - the

ASHULIA (DHAKA): A district level BNP leader was killed in a road accident at Ashulia, outskirt of capital Dhaka on Friday.The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 40, assistant publicity secretary of Tangail district BNP.Eyewitnesses said while driving a motorcycle on Ashulia road

DHAKA: The International Criminal Court ruled that Libya`s Gaddafi-era intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, can be tried in Libya.The decision means that the ICC will no longer demand that Senussi be sent to The Hague to stand trial.The former military intelligence boss was indicted

DHAKA: To mark the second International Day of the Girl Child, UNICEF on Friday highlighted the power of innovation to get more girls in school and improve the quality of learning for all children.Despite the decreasing number of girls out of school, too many around the world are still

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said country’s largest flyover (Jatrabari-Gulisthan) Mayor Hanif Flyover is an Eid gift for the city dwellers.The premier came up with the observation at Osmani Memorial Auditorium after inauguration of the flyover on Friday

DHAKA: Signaling the new momentum in bilateral ties, Bangladesh decided to open additional diplomatic missions in the neighboring country India.Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told Khabar South Asia, "We decided to open three more missions after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s

DHAKA: The social network, Facebook, said Thursday that it is, as promised 10 months ago, killing off a privacy setting that allowed members to prevent themselves from appearing in search results. Facebook first put the setting, called "Who can look up your Timeline by name?," on life

DHAKA: An unidentified man was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Bijoy Sarani of the capital on Friday.Sources said that a Mirpur-bound passenger bus collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw around 3:00pm, leaving one dead on the spot and injuring three

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much awaited country’s largest flyover ‘Mayor Mohammad Hanif (Gulistan-Jatrabari) Flyover’.She cut lace at 3:49pm on Friday afternoon with a view to easing traffic jam in the area.LGRD minister Syed Ashraful islam, state minister

DHAKA: An unidentified man died after being doped by city miscreants group known as ‘Oggyan Party’ early Friday.Sources said that passersby saw the man lying on the street of Moghbazar unconsciously on Wednesday night. Later, he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he

JESSORE: An extremist was chopped to death by miscreants in Ranagati village under Avaynagar Upazila of the district on Friday morning.  The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam Mallik, 32, son of Sobahan Mallik of the village.Sources said miscreants chopped to death near his village

Gazipur: A 65-kilometer-long traffic gridlock on Dhaka-Tangail highway pushed hundreds of homebound passengers into serious sufferings on Friday.The jam started from Bangabandhu Bridge to Gorai. Vehicles of some 26 district ply through the area.Besides, centering Chandra intersection, the

RIYADH: Following General Amnesty declared by the Government of Saudi Arabia for illegally working or residing foreigners, Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh will be opened during Eid vacation sans the Eid day.Bangladesh ambassador to Saudi Arabia confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said that

DHAKA: Capital’s largest flyover Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover (Gulisthan-Jatrabari) is set to be opened for plying vehicles on Friday afternoon.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the flyover at around 3:10am on Gulisthan point.As part the inauguration, plaque of flyover is to

DHAKA: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal said 15,000 illegal pilgrims have been prevented from performing Haj because they lacked permits.The prince, who is also the head of the Hajj Central Committee, said 63 unlicensed Haj-catering companies were discovered, of which one was in the

DHAKA: Metropolitan Detective police in a nightlong drive detained seven people with arms and huge drugs from Demra in capital. Meanwhile, law enforcers recovered two pistols, three magazines, nine round bullets and 1005 bottles phensidyls from the spot.Dhaka Metropolitan police deputy

GAZIPUR: Four policemen of Gazipur Metropolitan police outpost were suspended on the charge of extortion from vehicles in Mirer bazaar on Tongi-Ghorashal road.The suspended cops are- Traffic police Assistant Sub-inspector Abul Kawsar, Constables Khairul Islam, Rustom Ali and Krisna