Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered ziarat of the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) at Masjid Al-Nabawi in Saudi Arabia. She along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana also offered Asr prayers and Fateha at the mosque and sought divine blessings for the people of

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu was picked up from his sister’s home in the Cantonment area in Dhaka early Monday. A team of about 15 people, identifying themselves as members of detective branch of police, picked him up sometimes after 12:00am.

Two buses were set on fire in the capital on Sunday (November 5) evening.   One bus was set on fire at 6:30 pm at Banglamotor area while another bus named Shikar Paribahan set on fire 6:58pm in Mirpur. Talha bin Jassim, media officer of the Directorate of Fire Service and Civil

Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged for reducing the airfare for next year’s hajj. HAAB President M Shahadat Hussain Taslim confirmed the matter to Banglanews. Underscoring the need for forming a technical committee

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday (November 5) reached Madinah of Saudi Arabia to attend the International Conference on Women in Islam to be held in Jeddah. A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the PM and her entourage landed at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdul

A trial train left Chattogram Railway Station today (November 5) to inspect the newly-built rail tracks from Dohazari to Cox's Bazar as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the route on November 11. Locomotive Master Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman, with Assistant Locomotive

Two persons were burnt and injured after unidentified arsonists set a bus on fire in Dhaka's Meradia on Sunday (November 5) morning. The victims are Md Sabuj, a driver of Ramjan Paribahan, and its helper Sabbir.  The incident occurred at at7:30am today at Bashpattali

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (November 5) arrested 23 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) this morning to attend the International Conference on Women in Islam to be held in Jeddah.   The Kingdom in coordination with the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is

As the main opposition BNP and its ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have called a two-day blockade starting today (November 5), law enforcement agencies have been placed on high alert as part of the government's measures to ensure public safety and maintain law and order during the

Four buses were set on fire within two and a half hours in Dhaka’s Elephant Road, New Market, Gulistan and Sayedabad areas on Saturday evening. According to station officer of Fire Service Talha Bin Zasim,  a passenger bus of Mirpur Link Paribahan was torched in front of

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the second phase of metro rail service from Agargaon to Motijheel today (November 4). She inaugurated the Agargaon-Motijheel section from Agargaon station at 2.34 pm. After the inauguration, the prime minister along with the high officials

The meeting of Election Commission (EC) with President Mohammed Shahabuddin has been deferred to November 9. The office of Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal confirmed the matter on Saturday. Earlier, the meeting was scheduled for November 5. All the four election

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the metro rail service from Agargaon to Motijheel today (November 4). She will inaugurate the Agargaon-Motijheel section at 2.30pm today from the Agargaon station. Then, the premier will take the metro to Motijheel for another

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Saturday (November 4) arrested 25 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) tomorrow (November 5) to join the International Conference on Women in Islam to be held in Jeddah. Saudi Arabia in coordination with the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Three Bangladeshi workers were buried alive in a landslide while working at a highway construction site near Kampung Maka, Pulai Chondong, in Malaysia afternoon. Machang police chief Supt Mohd Adli Mat Daud confirmed receiving a report about the 2.30pm incident from the public.

Members of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBN) detained six members of a Rohingya family at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport allegedly of transporting 6,275 pieces of yaba tablets. APBN arrested the family members on Thursday evening.  Additional superintendent of APBN

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered a bomb-like object from the rail track in Ishwardi Rail Junction area early today (November 3). Ishwardi Railway Security Force Chief Inspector Feroz Hossain confirmed the matter to Banglanews. Additional DIG Maruf Hossain is the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the countrymen to get united and form a strong resistance against arson terrorists in the country. She came up with the call while addressing a programme marking the Jail Killing Day, at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka on