DHAKA: Cabinet approved the draft of Safe Food Act-2013 keeping provision of minimum 5-year jail and Tk 5 lakh fine for food adulteration.Cabinet secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan came up with the disclosure after the meeting.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting at

DHAKA: Cabinet, in a meeting on Monday, approved the Strategy Papers for Rohingyas (Myanmar nationals) residing in Bangladesh.Cabinet secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan disclosed the matter in a briefing after the meeting.The meeting was held at secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh

DHAKA: The government has decided to take legal action against Nobel Laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus for income tax irregularities.The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.Cabinet secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan confirmed the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court awarded seven people lifetime imprisonment on charge of killing Dhaka district judge court lawyer Advocate Emdadul Haque.The convicts are Belayet, Kazi, Billal Mridha, Ishrafil, Mizan, Monir, Ibrahim and Romas Hawladar.The court also fined all accused to pay Tk 20

SIRAJGANJ: Two people went missing in Jamuna River as a sand laden boat capsized on Monday morning.The missing duo was identified as Liton 25 and Sohel 29. They are workers by profession.Sources said 18 workers were going to Hardpoint by a sand laden boat around 10:00am. On the way the

The US National Security Agency can access user data from smartphones produced by all leading manufacturers, German weekly Spiegel reports, citing NSA documents it has seen which refer to Apple iPhones, BlackBerrys and the Google Android mobile OS. Data which can be tapped include contact

BRAHMANBARIA: US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena will come to Brahmanbaria Monday on two-day visit. District Police Special Branch Officer M Mainuddin confirmed the matter to banglanews.Mozena will stay at Ashuganj Power Station rest house on Monday night.He will visit Ashuganj river

KUSHTIA: Border Security Force (BSF) Jawans of India strangled a Bangladeshi farmer on Doulatpur border area of Kushtia on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Bazlur Rashid, 30, son of late Azahar Ali, hailed from Mohammadpur village of Ramkrishnapur union under Doulatpur

DHAKA: The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is investing 14.3 million Norwegian kroner ($2.35 million) for the Ethical Trading Initiative Norway (ETI) whose aim it is to “actively pursue programmes to improve conditions for textile workers in China, Vietnam, India

DHAKA: Country’s largest mobile phone operator GrameenPhone (GP) has planned to introduce Third Generation (3G) services from October in Dhaka and Chittagong.GrameenPhone Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vivek Sood made the disclosure in a press conference at a city hotel on Monday. Vivek

GOPALGANJ: A man was killed and another one injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopinathpur area of the district on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Mitu Sikdar, 35, son of Moslem Sikdar of Sadar Upazila.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Sub-Inspector of

CHITTAGONG: Law enforcers arrested robber Yasin who allegedly shot dead 27 fishermen at Kutubdia point of Bay of Bengal.Police also arrested his cohort and recovered two firearms and bullets from them.The detainees were identified as Yasin, 30, son of Abdul Jabbar, hailed from Boroghona

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry sent letters to Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia urging to hold dialogue in a bid to resolve ongoing political crisis.Confirming the matter on Monday, vice-chairman of BNP Shamser Mobin Chowdhury told banglanews, “Kerry put emphasis on

NOAKHALI: A fisherman died and two other went missing as a trawler capsized in south Bay of Bengal near Nijhum Dwip (Island) in Hatia upazila of the district on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Ashraf Mistri, 36.Owner of the Trawler Dhinaj Majhi told banglanews, “While

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Some 46 Bangladeshis including women and children returned here on Sunday night after serving 3-year in Dum Dum Central Jail of Kolkata in India.Border Security Force (BSF) and India police members opened the barbed wire fence and sent them to Bangladesh.Later in the

DHAKA: The 121st birth anniversary of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, renowned Bengali politician and lawyer celebrated on Sunday through arranging programmes.Marking the day various organizations took different programs includes— discussion, placing floral wrath at his grave and arranging

DHAKA: International Literacy Day observed in the country on Sunday as elsewhere across the globe through various programs.Globally this year’s International Literacy Day-2013 theme is “Literacies for the 21st Century” while the day’s theme in Bangladesh is “We will become

DHAKA: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman on Sunday said that India staged a drama in the name of Felani murder trial to uphold its image internationally.  “We have been deprived of the fair justice in the Felani murder trial. We should tell our speech

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said any undemocratic force must face trail for assuming power unconstitutionally.The premier, also ruling Awmi league president, came up with the forewarning while addressing a view-exchange meeting with grassroots level leaders at

PANCHAGARH: A Bangladeshi cattle trader was beaten to death by Border Security Force (BSF) of India at Singroad Pradhanpara frontier of the district.The deceased was identified as Mantazul Islam, 26, son of late Mofiz Uddin Bahira of Chaklahat union under Sadar upazila.Sources said Border