DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for joining the funeral Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid leader of South Africa, scheduled to be held on December 15.The President departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a special flight at 4:15pm on Monday.Meanwhile, Bangladesh

DHAKA: UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, International Anti-Corruption Champion Ken Clarke and International Development Secretary Justine Greening issued a joint statement to mark International Anti-Corruption Day on Monday.The 10th December 2013, marks the 10 year anniversary of the

SIRAJGANJ: Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance called hartal the district for Tuesday protesting the killing of a schoolboy in a clash with police during blockade hours on Monday morning.District BNP President Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, also adviser to the chairperson of the party, made

SUNAMGANJ: A husband along with his wife committed suicide by hanging with a rope at Salaf village under Purbabir Gaon union of Dakkhin Sunamganj of the district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Ali Ahmed, 27, and his wife Jesmin Begum, 19.Purbabir Gaon Union Parisad

DHAKA: Democracy International (DI) launched a media monitoring portal as a research tool for civil society, political parties, and other stakeholders to capture the nature of print and electronic coverage of important personalities and issues in Bangladesh. The media monitoring portal is

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted at least three cocktails in front of the Judge Court in the capital on Monday noon during blockade and hartal called by 18-party alliance and Jamaat.The incident took place at round 2:20pm on Monday.Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Thana Shah Alam confirmed the

DHAKA: Begum Rokeya Day is being marked in the country on Monday through various programs.The momentous day is the 133rd birth and 81st death anniversary of Begum Rokeya, a muslim women who fought against all the prevailing superstitions. The government, socio-cultural and women’s

DHAKA: Visiting Oscar Fernández Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, Monday expressed his hope that there is a great possibility of finding a peaceful solution to the prevailing political deadlock of Bangladesh.“I have been talking to different interlocutors

DHAKA: The International Check Post (ICP) at the Indo-Bangla international border resumed operation on Monday following temporary withdrawal of the strike by the Agartala Exporters-Importers Association (AEIA).Trade between Tripura and Bangladesh was suspended through the Integrated Check

DHAKA: Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Clay Forau Soalaoi held an exploratory meeting with a Bangladesh delegation led by the Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed at the margins of the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Bali, Indonesia on Friday.The objective of the

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: A Masters’ student of Dhaka University (DU) is missing for four days.The missing student was identified as Ziaur Rahman Shahin, MA student of Sanskrit Department of DU.Classmate Touhidul Mustafa told banglanews that Ziaur Rahman went to city’s Shewrapara area on

DHAKA: The Bangladesh High Commissioner in Singapore, Mr Mahbubuz Zaman, has called on the Bangladesh community to exercise utmost calm and restraint, and fully cooperate with the law enforcement agencies following the riot in the Little India district on Sunday night.In a statement on

SYLHET: Two booking clerks were injured and machineries were destroyed as blockade-hartal supporters threw petrol bombs aiming the ticket counters of Sylhet railway station on Sunday night.The injured were identified as booking assistant Abdul Jalil and Shafiqul Islam.Station master Abul

SIRAJGANJ: Blockaders set fire to five buses and a filling station in Neotar Gachha area under Ullapara Upazila of the district on the third day (Monday) of blockade enforced by BNP-led 18-party.  Police sources said that the blockaders set fire to buses and the filling station at around

SAVAR, DHAKA: At least 20 people were injured as an under construction building collapsed on them near Khaghan area of Birulia union under the upazila on Sunday.Sources said the front side of a two-storey under construction building collapsed around 2:30pm, leaving 20 construction workers

DHAKA: Oscar Fernández Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, held a one and half hour long meeting with civil society leaders on Sunday. He met the civil society representatives at city hotel after scheduled meeting with Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and Chief

CHITTAGONG: A bank official was killed in a road accident at Kalamia Bazar of Bakalia of the port city on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Atique Ullah Parvez, 38, son of Ejabat Ullah of Chandgaon Residential Area and officer of Shahjalal Islami Bank, a private commercial

DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid is set to join the funeral Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid leader of South Africa, scheduled to be held on December 15.Press secretary of the president Ehsanul Karim confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.Meanwhile, Bangladesh is observing a three-day

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali conferred a message regarding the 29th SAARC Charter Day celebrated at the SAARC Secretariat premises in Kathmandu on Sunday.The signing of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka in 1985 heralded a historic beginning in regional cooperation in South

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 issued the death warrant of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah after the copy of the full verdict of the Supreme Court awarding death penalty to the Jamaat leader.Three judges of the tribunal issued the warrant as per the full verdict of the