DHAKA: The government has undertaken a project involving Tk 47 crore to prevent river erosion and dredging of Feni River.  The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has taken this initiative under the project 'Protecting Nangal Mora and Jagatjibanpur areas under Chhagalnaiya

COX’S BAZAR: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has stopped 3G and 4G mobile internet services in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas since September 9 to prevent crimes committed by Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.  But, local residents have been suffered a lot by

COX’S BAZAR: Hindu refugees living in a camp in Cox's Bazar, who fled to Bangladesh since August 2017 to escape the Myanmar military’s crimes against humanity, are eager to return to Myanmar unconditionally only if security ensured. They say, “We have no dispute with the

LALMONIRHAT:  An elephant died of heatstroke at a circus in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat on Monday (September 2). The circus event held at Hajiganj Aliya Madrasa ground in Kamalabari Union of the upazila around 4: 30 pm.  According to locals, the elephant that came from

CHATTOGRAM: Chattogram Central Jail inmates have been officially allocated food for the prisoners. The prisoners get these meals three times a day. For each prisoner, the menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner have remained specified. Lunch is allocated for the prisoners who come to

The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. Iraq had been lobbying since 1983 for the 4,000-year-old site to be added to the United Nations' prestigious list. The city was famous for its Hanging Gardens, which were among the Seven

DHAKA: Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin dismissed the concern of World Heritage Centre of Unesco which had declared the Sundarbans as being in danger. Md Shahab Uddin said: “Whatever is said about Sundarbans, I think fear of environmental danger in Sundarbans is not

CHATTOGRAM: A total of 26 pythons eggs were hatched in incubator for the first time at Chattogram Zoo. Around two months ago, a python of the zoo laid 35 eggs. Eggs were under their mother care. However, Deputy Curator Dr. Shahadat Hossain Shuvo brought the eggs to incubator as they

Pure-blooded people In a remote valley deep in India's Ladakh region live a tribe known as the Aryans, who are perhaps the last generation of pure-blooded people and holders of possibly the only untampered gene pool left in the world. For many, the term 'Aryan' has

SATKHIRA:  A fisherman narrowly escaped clutches of a tiger while catching crabs in a cannel of Sundarbans. Ashraful Islam Khokhon came under the attack at Rajakhali area under Atharobeki of Sundarbans Satkhira range on Friday morning (May 3). Ashraful Islam Khokhon, son of late

DINAJPUR: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a touchstone statue from Maherpur village in Bochaganj upazila of the district on Monday (April 20).   The touchstone statue is, weighing 21.5 kg, valued at around Taka 30 lakh. Dinajpur-42 BGB Battalion commander Lt Col

DHAKA: The Permanent Mission of Bangladesh and the Permanent Mission of Estonia to the UN on Monday (April 8) jointly organized a photo exhibition at the UN headquarters titled ‘From Island to Island-The creative journey of Louis Kahn’ where a model of the National Parliament

Expedition operators are concerned at the number of climbers' bodies that are becoming exposed on Mount Everest as its glaciers melt. Nearly 300 mountaineers have died on the peak since the first ascent attempt and two-thirds of bodies are thought still to be buried in the snow and

DHAKA: Rohingya lawyer Razia Sultana has been nominated among 10 extraordinary women from around the world to receive United States’ International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award of 2019. Razia Sultana will be honored with the award in recognition of her advocacy of human rights

February's full moon will brighten the skies on Tuesday as the biggest and brightest supermoon of the year. The super snow moon is the second of three supermoon events in the first three months of the year -- a packed lunar calendar for 2019, which marks the 50th anniversary of

DHAKA: Yeasha Sobhan, director of the country's leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group, was honored with BlackSwan Women Empowerments Principles Leadership Award 2018 in Singapore. She was honored with the award for her leadership excellence.    She received the award

RAJSHAHI:  Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India will conduct joint patrol in the Padma River to prevent smuggling, all types of trafficking including illegal weapons and drugs. The decision was taken at a flag meeting held at the Shahebnagar BOP

DHAKA:   Army officer Major General Md Sohael Hossain Khan has been made new Director General (DG) of Department of Immigration and Passports. After appointing him, the government transferred the responsibility to Public Security Division under Ministry of Home Affairs. Ministry

DHAKA: The bilateral ties between Bangladesh and India have reached a new height during the three-year tenure of Harsh Vardhan Shringla as the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka. Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Bangladesh in January, 2016. He is leaving the country in January, 2019

DHAKA: Bangladesh lost some of its glittering stars from the showbiz realm who contributed immense to uplift the country’s music and cinema scenes. With 2018 now ending, Banglanews remembers 11 celebrities who died in the past 12 months. Siraj Haider Popular Dhallywood