DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday denied bail to Destiny 2000 Limited Managing Director Mohammad Rafiqul Amin and Chairman Mohammad Hossain over two money laundering cases.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Meher Nigar Suchona passed the order after hearing on Thursday.On July 31 in 2012,

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict any day on war crimes charges against fugitive BNP leader Jahid Hossain alias Khokan Rajakar.Tribunal-1 kept the verdict pending till a later date after trial proceedings ends Thursday.Some 11 charges have been brought against

DHAKA: Situations at the Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) Hospital is now normal since the doctors returned workplaces on Thursday morning calling off their strike.Patients were seen crowding at the hospital’s

DHAKA: Victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse died making clothes sold in western high street stores. 28 brands have been linked to the factory complex including Primark, Matalan, Benetton, Bonmarché, El Corte Inglés, and Mango.Huge numbers of people use shopping as their primary

DHAKA: The government has made a new record on power generation. Some 7,356MW supplied to the national grid on 30th March.Power Development Board (PDB) Director (Public Relations) Saiful Hasan disclosed the matter.He said that the previous feat of power generation was 7,138 MW recorded on

SAVAR (DHAKA): Fire broke out at New market in Savar bus stand area on Thursday morning.The fire originated at the 1st floor of the four-stored building of the market at 9:30am.Three fire fighter units are trying to extinguish the fire.Fire Service control room duty officer Shajadi

KISHOREGANJ: An Awami League leader was killed as lightning struck him in Chipahati village under Itna upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Matiur Rahman, 60, president of Itna Upazila Krishak League.  Sources said that Matiur came out from home to

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to mark the historic Mujibnagar Day on Thursday morning.The premier placed the flower wreaths at Bangabandhu’s portrait at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi area of

DHAKA: One crore twenty five lakh senior citizens will get identity cards beside the recognition as the architect of society and civilization. Academically they are called ‘senior citizen’. According to work plan very soon they will be getting the cards for facilitating accommodation

DHAKA: The nation is observing the historic Mujibnagar Day on Thursday commemorating the formation of the maiden government of the country with father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as President.Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes placing flower wreaths at the

COMILLA: Rail communications on Chittagong-Sylhet-Dhaka routes resumed on Thursday morning after six hours halt. The train movement became normal at 4:00am. Station Master Abdur Rashid confirmed the matter to banglanews.Earlier, the rail communications on the routes were halted as two

DHAKA: British police didn’t find any evidence of criminal activities against Bangladesh-origin Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman.The Guardian publishes this report on Wednesday.The influential daily said that a police investigation into allegations of fraud and financial mismanagement

DHAKA: One crore twenty five lakh senior citizens will get identity cards beside the recognition as the architect of society and civilization. Academically they are called ‘senior citizen’.According to work plan very soon they will be getting the cards for facilitating accommodation

DHAKA: The agitating doctors of Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) called off their strike on Wednesday.The decision came from a meeting with health ministry officials and leaders of Bangladesh Medical Association in

DHAKA: A fire broke out at the first floor of Mukti Bhaban in Purana Paltan area of the city on Wednesday afternoon.Fire Service Control Room sources said the fire broke out around 5:40pm. Later, two fire fighting units brought the blaze under control within a few time after the fire

DHAKA: Additional Police Super (ASP) of Dhaka district ABM Masud was withdrawn on Wednesday afternoon for his alleged involvement in attack on BIRDEM doctors.AIG (Media) of Police Headquarters Jalal Uddin Ahmed confirmed the matter to banglanews.Five doctors, including a female one, were

DHAKA: Agitating doctors at Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) Hospital will form a human chain on Thursday at Shahbagh intersection demanding immediate arrest of attackers.Dr Razib, on behalf of the doctors, made the

RIYAD: Three Bangladeshi nationals won gold medals as best shopkeepers 2013 from Al Jabr laundry and dry cleaning, the largest laundry of Saudi Arabia.Recently the company gave prizes to their best employees at a program attending by all the shopkeepers of Al Jabr.The three Bangladeshi

NETROKONA: A Netrokona court on Wednesday awarded death penalty to one person and three others life-term imprisonment, and two others to three years imprisonment in the much-talked-about Tofazzel Hossain killing case.The court also fined the life-term awardees Tk 50,000, in default, to

DHAKA: Miscreants abducted husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan in Fatulla area of Narayanganj district.Rizwana’s husband Abu Bakar Siddique, a lawyer-entrepreneur, was abducted in front of the Bhuiyan Filling Station while he