The United Embassy (US) to Dhaka today (May 23) said it condemns the use of any inflammatory language, intimidation, or threats of violence as a local BNP leader in Rajshahi recently threatened Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to “sent to the graveyard”. “The U.S. Embassy

The police recovered body of an unidentified woman from the footpath next to BUET in the capital during the storm. The incident happened around 8:30 PM on Tuesday (May 23). Sub-Inspector (SI) Azad Rahman of Chawkbazar police station confirmed the matter. He said the deceased

Six students of Dighapatia PN High School in Natore has been allegedly expelled for drinking liquor in school. The headmaster of the school, Abdul Alim, confirmed the matter on Tuesday (May 23) evening. He said yesterday the alleged students were sitting on the unused stairs of the

The government has extended the current Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General (DG) M Khurshid Hossain's tenure by one more year. The tenure of Khurshid Hossain's service is going to end on next June 5. Public Administration Ministry issued a circular in this regard

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the opening session of the 3rd Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on Tuesday (May 23). The forum is being held at Fairmont & Raffles Hotels in Lusail city from May 23-25. The premier arrived in Qatar today to attend the forum at the

Bangladesh Met office predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over the country, said a met office forecast for the next 24 hours commencing 9am today (May 23).  According to the Met office bulletin, rain or

A worker was killed while another was critically injured in a mine explosion in the border area of Ruma Upazila of Bandarban. Ruma Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Muhammad Alamgir Hossain confirmed the matter. Details will be provided soon after investigating the occurrence scene, he

State-run exploration company Bapex has extracted gas on an experimental basis from the country's newly declared 29th gas field Ilisha-1 in Bhola. The extraction was inaugurated on Monday night under the management of Gazprom, a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy

Professor Sujit Kumar Bala has been appointed as the new chairman of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Board. He will succeed former Dhaka Wasa chairman Dr Golam Mostafa. A circular signed by Md Akbar Hossain, deputy secretary of Local Government Division,

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released an updated report Monday, May 22, on the toll extreme weather has taken on the world. According to the report, from 1970 to 2021, extreme weather, climate and water-related events have killed more than 2 million people and caused $4.3

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Tuesday (May 23) arrested 37 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

Sudip Chandra Nath, staff correspondent of banglanews24.com in Tripura, has been nominated for the Green Journalist Award 2022, by Tripura Biodiversity Board.  He has been selected for the award for his regular reporting on biodiversity, nature and environment, forest,

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sent letters to seven countries seeking information on the assets of ex-police officer Pradeep Kumar Das, who is in prison after being convicted of corruption and murder of an ex-army officer. ACC Commissioner Dr Mozammel Haque Khan told this to

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested six members of a gang for their alleged involvement in stealing over Tk 1 crore by hacking BRTA’s technical support company’s server. RAB's Legal and Media Wing Senior Assistant Director (ASP) ANM Imran Khan

A Chattogram court has sentenced seven people, including a Rohingya, to life imprisonment in a drug case in Cox's Bazar. Besides, the court also fined Tk 2 lakh each.  The convicts are Md Muharram Ali, Md Aman Ullah, Abdul Munaf, Md Zahid Hossain, Noor Alam, Abdur Shukkur,

Bangladesh Met office predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over the country, said a met office forecast for the next 24 hours commencing 9am today (May 22).  According to the Met office bulletin, rain or

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka this afternoon for Doha on a three-day official visit to attend the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) 2023 to be held on May 23-25. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka

A Bangladeshi stone worker, who was shot by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Butirpukur border at Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh yesterday, succumbed to his injuries today (May 22). Deceased Polash, 35, son of Abdur Rahman, hailed from Bogulahogi village in the upazila.

A Dhaka court again asked Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to submit by June 22 the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashidul Alam passed the order after RAB's investigation officer

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that it will take at least a more month for the country's load-shedding issues to normalise. The state minister made the remark during a press conference at his resident on Monday (May 22). At this time,