DHAKA: The High Court Thursday declared illegal a government decision which said Hajj pilgrims can fly to Saudi Arabia by two airlines for performing the holy Hajj.A bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice M Habibul Gani passed the verdict after hearing a rule in this

DHAKA: Secretary General of the Commonwealth Kamalesh Sharma invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to join in the working group of the Post-2015 Development Agenda to advance global inter-governmental negotiations in London.Following the Commonwealth summit in Colombo in November, 2013, a

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken three-tier security measures to ensure overall security of Central Shaheed Minar area on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.In a press conference at Shaheed Minar premises, RAB director general Mokhlesur Rahman came up with the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday handed over ‘Ekushey Padak’ to 15 noted poets, fiction and non-fiction writers and in various other sectors for their contribution in different sectors of country and society.The programme started at 11:00am at the Osmani Memorial

NARSINGDI: Four people were killed and 20 other injured in a road accident in Narayanpur bus stand area under Belabo upazila of the district early Thursday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said a bus collided head-on with a microbus in the area on

DHAKA: Some four Awami League-backed and four BNP-backed candidates won in the first phase upazila elections after a daylong peaceful voting in 40 districts on Wednesday.Manikganj: At Daulatpur upazila, BNP-backed candidate Tojammel Haque Toja got 45,146 votes while his nearest candidate

DHAKA: Bashundhara City Shopping Mall has become a role model in South East Asia not only for its aesthetic beauty also in the field of fire prevention and extinguishing. So, the trainees of Fire Service & Civil Defense department are coming to the shopping mall for practical

TANGAIL: A Tangail court on Wednesday placed Rasel Bin Sattar on a 10-day remand on charge of his involvement with the circulation of audiovisual tape of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Tangail Shahadat Hossain passed the remand order after he

DHAKA: Architect Mohammed Rezwan is the founder of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a not-for-profit development organization in Bangladesh. He invented “solar-powered floating school” to ensure access to year round and quality education in flood-prone regions. He developed, expanded,

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi delegation led by foreign secretary Shahidul Haque met with US assistant secretary of state Nisha Desai Biswal at her office on Tuesday.In the meeting, Nisha Biswal said she wanted to portray US- Bangladesh relations to the senate committee in a balanced manner within

DHAKA: Awami League-backed backed candidates won unofficially at Bajitpur and Nikla upazilas in Kishoreganj district in first phase polls on Wednesday.At Nikla upazila, AL candidate Karar Saiful Islam bagged 19,838 votes while his nearest BNP-backed candidate got 14,538 votes in all 32

DHAKA: Sammilito Islami Janata formed a human-chain in front of the National Press Club demanding to build a mosque by demolishing Jamuna Future Park as it was built on mosque and graveyard soil.             The organization demanded to build a mosque naming Jamuna Jame Mosque

DHAKA: Two people were found dead in Gabtoli area of the city on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Azharul Islam and Rafiqul Islam.On information, law enforcers recovered the bodies.Second Officer of Darus Salam Thana Imranul Kabir told banglanews that police recovered

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court issued arrest warrant against four top industrialists of the port city in cheque fraudulent cases filed by commercial banks.The accused are Noorjahan Group’s Merin Vegetable Oil Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Jahir Ahmed, Masers Jusmia Vegetable Oil

JHENAIDAH: The Election Commission has postponed voting in two centers of Shailokupa upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.Police and witnesses said that centering the Upazila election, supporters of BNP and Awami League locked into clash at around 9:00am, leaving 20 people

DHAKA: BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in nine upazilas for Thursday protesting vote rigging and capturing polling centres in the first phase upazila polls.Joint secretary general of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement in a press conference at Naya Paltan party office

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Wednesday granted bail to popular singer Arefin Rumi on condition of negotiation in a case for repression allegations over dowry filed by his wife Ananya.Women and Children Oppression prevention tribunal Dhaka-5 Judge Tanjina Ismail of the court passed the order.

RAJSHAHI: US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena visited three vote centers in Mohanpur Upazila Parishad elections in the district on Wednesday morning.The US envoy went to Mohanpur Government High School polling center first then visited two other centers.He was given special security by

LONDON: BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman met Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, the Deputy Secretary-General of Commonwealth, at its headquarter in London.Local BNP sources said that in the meeting Tarique talked with the Commonwealth Deputy Secretary General regarding ongoing political and

DHAKA: Police held three high-ups of Hotel Dhaka Regency including its director of for their alleged involvement in embezzling money on Tuesday night.The detainees are- Hotel Regency Director Musleh Ahmed, 38, his business partner Arif Motahar, 44 and Manager Kayes Munshi, 43. Sources