DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia greeted Hindu community people on the occasion of Janmastami (birth day of Lord Sri Krishna), one of the biggest religious festival of them.In a message Khaleda paid her greetings on Tuesday.Khaleda said, “I greet all Hindu people and

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) brought back Tk 7.46 crore, which was siphoned off to Singapore by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman CoCo.Attorney general Mahbube Alam handed over the dummy cheque at a programme organized by ACC in a city hotel on

NATORE: Two siblings among three drowned in pond in Mojompur village under Bagatipara Upazila of the district Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Julekha Khatun, 8 and Saheb Ali, 5, children of Abdul Kuddis and Sultana Sahara, 8, daughter of Aber Ali.Local ward member Mojnu told

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal-1 deferred till September 26 to pass an order n contempt charge against the two journalists of The Economist for interfering in the ongoing ICT trial and violating the privacy of a judge.ICT-1 led by ATM Fazle Kabir passed the deferment order

DHAKA: Egypt authorities released two Bangladeshis, who were held on August 19 and sent to jail for violating curfew, from the jail on Monday night.The Bangladeshi nationals are--- Belayet Hossain, a student and M Nasir Majumder, a worker.Nasir Majumder will have to return to Bangladesh

DHAKA: For the first time, seven city corporations of the country are going to introduce Digital Automation System to increase the collection of taxes and give services to the receivers quickly.Sources said that the implementation of the system would reduce the tax fraudulence. Even

DHAKA: Senior Judge of Bhola Jabed Imam has been jailed for 4-year in a case filed for carrying 342 bottles contraband Phensedyl syrup.The court also fined Jabed Tk 10,000 or, in default, to suffer two months more in jail.Dhaka-2 Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Ruhul Amin passed the

DHAKA: Amid criticism in her own party Awami League, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni is going to fly again to America on September 30 to join Federation of Bangladeshi Associations in North America (FOBANA)-2013.Banglanews special correspondent from New York said that Atlanta Awami League

DHAKA: The admission tests of session 2013-14 under medical and dental colleges will be held in the first week of October.The Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhul Haque MP came up with the disclosure to journalists after a meeting at secretariat on Tuesday at around 11:00 am.The admission process

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court placed Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani, chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team, on seven-day remand for police interrogation in blogger Rajib killing case.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Harun-or-Rashid passed the order on Tuesday when DB police produced him before the court with a

DHAKA: A cleaner of Dhaka City Corporation was injured in a cocktail blast at pile of garbage in city’s Agargaon area on Tuesday morning.The victim was identified as Monju, DCC cleaner.Witnesses said an abandoned cocktail was blasted while Monju was picking up rubbish adjacent to IDB

GOALANDA, RAJBARI: The ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia river route resumed on Tuesday morning after a seven hours suspension from 10:00pm Monday.The ferry services were halted as a ferry “Amanat Shah” stuck at shoal while it was returning Daulatdia from Paturia.Meanwhile, a long

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Mongla have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as deep convection is taking place over North Bay. Squally weather may affect North Bay, adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh and the maritime ports, said a Met

DHAKA: UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Neal Walker assured to help in every necessary way so that all political parties can participate in next general election.He came up with the assurance after meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed along with 12

A young Bangladeshi artist, who specializes on miniature works of art, is hoping that his works would be included in the Guinness Book of World Records.Highly-talented artist Mintu Dey already has 15 works on mustard seed, two on hair strands, and three miniature books, one of which

PATUAKHALI: Three minor girls including two siblings drowned in a pond in Subidkhali village area under Mirzaganj Upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased were identified as two sisters Marufa Begum, 8 and Maria Begum, 5, daughters of M Fajlul Haque and Mitu, 2, daughter of M Majid

DHAKA: When school students in Bangladesh returned to their classes in January, those who are blind or visually impaired were left at a considerable disadvantage. Textbooks in Braille were months late in coming, leaving them without resources for their studies.“Millions of normal

DHAKA: The admission tests of session 2013-14 under medical and dental colleges will be held on October 4.A source of Department of Health confirmed it to banglanews.The date is likely to be finalized in a meeting regarding the admission test on Tuesday morning.Health Department source

DHAKA: The opposition BNP has proposed to make the Jatiya Party (JP) president Ershad as President of the country for contesting the upcoming parliamentary election as a component of the BNP-led electoral alliance.Confirming the matter, some of the presidium members of JP said that they

DHAKA: The 37th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being observed Tuesday, the 12th Bhadra in Bangla calendar, across the country in a befitting manner.Nazrul Islam, mostly known as rebel poet, died in Dhaka on August 29, 1976. He was buried with state honour on the