DHAKA: Former state minister for foreign affairs ministry Abul Hasan Chowdhury got exemption from the much-talked-about Padma Bridge corruption case. A Canadian court discharged him from the allegation. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice suspended the case as Chowdhury was a foreign

RANGPUR: An indefinite bus strike, enforced by Rangpur District Motor workers Union, is underway on Rangpur-Dinajpur route from Monday noon protesting the assault of a bus conductor.  The movement of all types of buses from the district to Dinajpur remained stopped from 12:00pm, causing

DHAKA: Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran said that this is not the appropriate time to comment on illegal immigrants in India.   He came up with the assertion while addressing a meeting with foreign secretary Shahidul Haque in city on Monday. Pankaj Saran said that voting breeze is

DHAKA: Services at outdoor of Dhaka Medical College Hospital halted again as intern doctors locked the door of ticket counter of hospital.  Following the incident hundreds of patients and their relatives coming from different parts of the country are facing immense sufferings.

DHAKA: The physicians will observe a one-hour work abstention from 12:00pm to 1 pm on May 14 across the country protesting the harassment of fellow doctors. Bangladesh Medical Association secretary general Iqbal Arslan made the announcement at a press conference at BMA Bhaban in city’s

DHAKA: Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) will hold a protest rally demanding trial of killers of journalists’ couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in front of its office on Jun 30. DRU president Shahed Chowdhury made the announcement while addressing a protest program on same demand in

DHAKA: Police Headquarters has sent the order to Narayanganj district police to arrest three officers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) for their alleged involvement in the sensational 7-killing. Sources in the headquarters confirmed the matter to banglanews. However special branch

DHAKA: International Crimes Trubunal (ICT)-1 issued arrest warrant against ex-Jatiya Party MP Abdul Jabbar taking war crimes charges into cognizance formally. ICT-1 led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order Monday fixing June 2 as next date of hearing. Prosecution brought five

Many of them could not believe that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina herself is in their front. It was an unbelievable event for them to talk to the Prime Minister. “For Allah’s sake, I can’t believe that you are talking to us,” said a laborer in Mymensingh dialect. In reply, the PM

NARAYANGANJ: The mass hearing over the sensational 7-murder case is underway at Narayanganj circuit house from Monday morning as part of investigation into alleged involvement of law enforcement agencies’. The Administrative investigation committee, formed in accordance of High Court

SUNAMGANJ: A woman and her 2-year-old son were killed as lightning struck them in Amrabandh village under Bishamvarpur upazila of the district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Parvin Begum, 25, wife of Anwar Hossain and their son Arman. Locals said that lightning

DHAKA: The bi-annual Government Consultations between Bangladesh and Germany were held in Dhaka on May 7 and 8, 2014. The Consultations have been chaired by Additional Secretary Abul Mansur Md. Faizullah Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance. The German delegation was

RAJSHAHI: A person was killed and two others were injured in a road crash in Shalbagan intersection area of the metropolitan city on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Anisar Rahman, 45, resident of Bagmara upazila of the district. Police sources said that a rashly driven

DHAKA: The US Embassy Dhaka, including the Consular Section and the American Center with the Archer K. Blood American Center Library and the EducationUSA Student Advising Center, will be closed on Tuesday.  The closure notice has been issued in observance Buddha Purnima, a Bangladeshi

DHAKA: The drives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) against the vehicles with colored glasses are underway across the capital for the second consecutive day. From Monday morning, the police sergeants were seen busy in detecting the vehicles under that category and awarding them with a

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Three people were killed as nor’wester lashed Shibganj and Nachole upazilas of the district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Razia Sultana,11, daughter of Rozbul Haque, Babu, 16, son of Azizul Haque and Fatema Begum, 55, wife of Jhoru Mia. Locals said

DHAKA: Self-exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has been diagnosed with breast tumors at a hospital in New York, which is supposed to be cancer. Taslima herself disclosed the information on Sunday evening in her twitter account. She twitted that the doctors found the tumors

SAVAR (DHAKA): At least five people were injured in the fire incident at a food product factory in Savar, outskirt of the capital on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses said that the fire originated in the factory named Badhan Food Products in Hemayetur area around 3:30pm. Seeing the fire at

SAVAR (DHAKA): A businessman was shot to death by miscreants in Ghoshpara area of Savar, outskirt of the capital Dhaka, on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Azad Rashid, 50, Savar Jatiya Party vice-president. Witnesses said the victim was returning home around 9:30pm in the

DHAKA: The family members of Chandan Sarker, who was abducted and killed with six others in Narayanganj, met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday evening.   They entered Gono Bhaban, official residence of the premier, around 7:00pm and stayed there over an hour.  On April 27,