DHAKA: Bangladesh Navy did not find the Malaysian missing plane in the Bangladesh maritime area of Bay of Bengal in their five-day long frantic search.   Three ships of Bangladesh Navy have searched 87,059 squire kilometer areas by dividing eight blocks.          These were

DHAKA: Ambassador William Hanna, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh, visited Sylhet division to see the progress of a number of European Union funded projects in the region.The visit covered an array of projects ranging from capacity building of tea plantation workers

DHAKA: A top terrorist of Bangladesh was held by INTERPOL in the United State of America.The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) detained the terrorist and sent back to Bangladesh.Confirming the matter, Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Abu Yusuf told

DHAKA: A top terrorist of Bangladesh was held by INTERPOL in the United State of America.The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) detained the terrorist and sent back to Bangladesh.Confirming the matter, Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Abu Yusuf told

DHAKA: Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) member Dr Selim Mahmud said that if there is any specific complain against power department officials, the commission will take action.He came up with the assertion while replying a question of the readers of banglanews on the special

DHAKA: Bangladeshi expatriate in New York Ibrahim Chowdhury and consumer at Dhaka Al Mamun Hawladar urged the authorities concerned to withdraw the increased power price. They came up with the demand while taking part in a ‘Public Opinion’ program on power price hike arranged by

DHAKA: Solar energy cannot play a big role in Bangladesh socio-economic perspective. Solar energy can only be provided at free of cost when gridline cannot be established under green climate fund. Journalist Rafiqul Bashar came up with the assertion in reply to a comment of audiences at

DHAKA: Though the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent body, the government’s conflicts of the interest are involved into it.Dr Salim Mahmud, a member of BERC, came up with observation in reply to a question taking part “Public Opinion” program on power price

DHAKA: The consumers’ interest is not considered during the power price hike, opined Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Energy affairs adviser professor M Shamsul Alam.The CAB adviser came up with the comment in reply to a question taking part in “Public Opinion” on power

DHAKA:  After setting up of quick rental power plants in 2011, the government several times made a pledge of decreasing power price by 2014 explaining that the average cost of electricity general would go down. “But the price increases, why” Rafiqul Islam from Chittagong raised the

DHAKA: Consumers will have to pay more money for electricity consumption from this month. The energy regulator of the country on March 13 raised electricity prices by 6.96 percent.As a citizen, you have your say on the power price hike. Banglanews24.com has arranged a “Public Opinion”

DHAKA: Prior to the electricity price hike, necessary measures should be taken to reduce illegal power connections and stealing and curb corruption at the offices of power distributing companies, said Mohammad Belal Hossain, a private-service holder at Chittagong .Belal came up with the

DHAKA: Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, will arrive in Dhaka on March 22 for a curtain raiser to the 16th General Elections in India scheduled to be held from April 7 to May 12, 2014.During the visit, Dr. S.Y. Quraishi will attend an Open House Workshop on

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court Sunday placed former Rab officer MM Rana on a 7-day remand in sensational Narayanganj 7-murder case for police interrogation. Magistrate KM Mohiuddin passed the order after police produced him before the court with a 10-day remand plea in the afternoon.

NARAYANGANJ: Recording of depositions of the civil society’s members on the gruesome seven-murder in Narayanganj has begun at the district Circuit House on Sunday. The administrative investigation committee began recording of statement at 3:00pm where 20 people, including local

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted BJP leader Narendra Modi, who is going to be next Indian premier.The premier, also ruling Awami League president called Modi at over phone and congratulated him on Sunday morning.Sheikh Hasina congratulated Modi on behalf of people of Bangladesh

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted BJP leader Narendra Modi, who is going to be next Indian premier. The premier, also ruling Awami League president called Modi at over phone and congratulated him on Sunday morning. Sheikh Hasina congratulated Modi on behalf of people of

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday summoned former chief election commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda for his “derogatory remarks” over the court.He was asked to explain appearing at the court on June 3. An HC bench comprising Kazi Rezaul Huq and ABM Altaf Hossain passed the suo-moto

BAGERHAT: A Bagerhat court on Sunday awarded death penalty to four forest robbers and life term imprisonment to six others in a murder case.District and Session Court Judge SM Solaiman handed down the verdict in presence of the five awardees.The court passed the order after the

COMILLA: The rail communication of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet was resumed on Sunday afternoon. Earlier the rail service was halted after derailment of a compartment of a container train in Rasulpur of the district on Sunday morning. Four wheels of Dhaka-bound goods-laden train