DHAKA: Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) signed a memorandum of understanding with Payra Port Authority (PPA) on Thursday to set up the Payra Seaport at Rabnabad channel in Patuakhali district. Under the MoU, the CPA will provide taka 50-crore to construct the country’s third seaport.

DHAKA: The High Court Thursday summoned registrar of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Abu Bakar Siddik for publishing a press release on a sub-judice matter and not responding its rule.  An HC bench of Justice Kazi Reza-Ul-Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order.  The court

DHAKA: Brac Bank Limited, one of the leading private commercial banks of the country, is axing its work force in the name of reducing expenditure. A total of 28 officials were allegedly terminated in past few days without any prior notice. Sources inside said that there is a list of

DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines brought two Boeing 777-200 ER aircrafts from Egypt on lease with Tk 50 crore as advance payment. Many officials at Biman called the amount of advance payment unprecedented. “It is also a mystery,” said an official. The monthly rent for the two old

DHAKA:The hearing, on the progress report of investigation submitted by Administrative Probe Committee formed by the government as per the High Court order to look into in sensational Narayanganj seven-murder, will be held on Thursday afternoon. Earlier in the morning, an HC bench of

DHAKA: Robi Axiata Ltd, a leading mobile-phone operator in the country, opened another new lounge at Jamuna Future Park in the city on Thursday morning. Cutting ribbon and cake, company Chairman Tan Sri Ghazzali Sheikh Abdul Khalid and his wife inaugurated the lounge around 10:50am.  

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be given VIP status at Passport Office in city’s Agargaon area though does not get any government privileges. A competent source in the office confirmed the matter to banglanews. The Passport and Immigration Office sources said though Khaleda

CHITTAGONG: Two people, including a doctor, were killed in a head-on-collision between a covered van and a bus in Bashbaria area under Sitakunda Upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Dr Sanchita Biswas, 28 and Barek, 35. Sources said a Dhaka-bound covered

DHAKA: Three cyclists are likely to visit Toronto of Canada from Alaska, a state of United States of America (USA), crossing some 3000-kilometer by cycling. Two of the three cyclists are Bangladeshi nationals Kanak Adhikari and Muntasir Mamun. Another cyclist of the group is Australian

DHAKA: The 8th National Debate Festival (NDF)-2014 will be held at Bangla Academy Auditorium in the city on May 16-17.  The event will start at 9:00am where some 2000 teachers, students and debating club moderates from various government and private schools and colleges will join in the

DHAKA: The first budget session of the new government would be started on June 3, said parliament sources. Already files were sent to the President’s office from parliament secretary after fixing possible dates to convene the budget session.  President Abdul Hamid may convene the

DHAKA: An RSS internal survey has suggested that the NDA may not get an absolute majority – another cause of worry for the top RSS, which necessitates its presence in Delhi to be available to guide the party if the situation warrants. According to the exit poll conducted by the Sheela

DHAKA: The carpet of the House of the Jatiya Sangsad is going to be replaced 34 years after it was first set. Officials at the Parliament Secretariat informed that the replacement will take place before the coming budget session. The session is set to start on June 3. Chief Whip ASM

THAKURGOAN: Truck, Tank-lorry and Workers Union put blockade on Dhaka-Thakurgoan-Panchagarh highway from early Thursday protesting the detention of eight workers for extortion and gambling. Hundreds of vehicles remain stranded in a two-kilometer long tailback on both sides of the

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court on Wednesday ordered to confiscate all moveable properties of Nur Hossain, main accused of sensational seven-murder, including panel mayor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Sarker. Senior Judicial Magistrate of Narayanganj KM Mohiuddin passed the order

DHAKA: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (Widely known as Mark Zuckerberg), co-founders of the social networking website Facebook reached 30 on Wednesday. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Till April 2013,

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) seized 1,200 bottles of phensedyl along with a pickup van and nabbed five people from different areas of the city on Monday and Tuesday. A press release from DMP media cell made the disclosure on Wednesday. It said: “Police,

CHITTAGONG: A gold trader is allegedly missing for two days in the port city. The missing businessman is identified as Palash Dhar, 38, residing in Nasir Kolony of Dhaniarpul area under Chalkbazar Thana, owner of MN Jewelers of the area. His family alleged to banglanews that Palash

DHAKA: The incumbent government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looks towards a fresh and forward-looking engagement with the international community in its current tenure for realizing the vision for a secular, democratic, stable and socio-economically vibrant Bangladesh, said

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her profound shock at the unfortunate death of few hundred of Turkish labour in a coal mine accident in Soma district in Turkey on Tuesday.