RAJSHAHI: The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, is set to visit the district on Saturday morning.The Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi, Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury, confirmed the matter to banglanews.Following the visit, huge preparation was seen at Sardah in the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has agreed to a proposal of Ministry for Power, Energy & Mineral Resources about hiking price of electricity. The premier approved the proposal while addressing a meeting with high officials of the ministry Thursday.Sheikh Hasina gave direction to take

DHAKA: The first Namaz-e-Janaza of former Member of the Parliament Khandakar Rashiduzzaman Dudu, also Kushtia Awami League president, was held on Friday morning.Jatiya Sangsad Jame mosque Imam Maolana Abu Nayem Ibrahim conducted the Janaza around 10:00am at South Plaza of Parliament

DHAKA: Some 17 air force personnel were given award for their bravery and distinguished role both during war time and peace time.Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari, ndu, psc, in a ceremony, handed over the medals to 15 BAF officers and two airmen in four different

DHAKA: The 90th Annual Convention of Bangladesh’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community begins on Friday at their national headquarter located on Bakshi Bazar Road in the city.The three day event, affectionately known as Jalsa Salana, will start at 3:00pm following a traditional flag hoisting

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered some eight petrol bombs and nine cocktails from the Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur are of the city on Thursday night.Acting on tip off, RAB-2 recovered these bombs and cocktails.Confirming the matter, operation officer of RAB-2 Raihanuddin told

CHITTAGONG: Customs officials of Shah Amanat International Airport of the port city Thursday seized some 420 abandoned gold bars from a Flight from Dubai.Assistant commissioner of Chittagong Customs Moshiur Rahman Mandal confirmed the matter to banglanews.He also said that they recovered

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday categorically said the agricultural lands would be protected first in ensuring food security and then coal would be extracted.The premier, also ruling Awami League president, came up with the assertion while addressing a meeting with the

DHAKA: Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah and Speaker of the National Assembly of Kuwait Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her assumption of the office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.In the message the Prime Minister of the State

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a money-laundering case against BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf with Ramna Thana on Thursday evening.Director of the anti-graft body Nasim Anwar filed the case claiming that Khandaker Mosharraf transferred around Tk 9.54

DHAKA: The Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) congratulated Sheikh Hasina for the assumption of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.The UNESCO Secretary General wished

DHAKA: A youth was found dead in Mirpur area of the city on Thursday afternoon.On information, police recovered the slaughtered body. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Police sources said pedestrians noticed a slaughtered body in the area at 1:00pm and informed

DHAKA: The reference of death awarded to 14 convicts, including two former ministers Matiur Rahman Nizami and Lutfozzaman Babar of then BNP-led 4-party alliance government, has reached to High Court.    Supreme Court registrar AKM Shamsul Alam conveyed the new development to banglanews

DHAKA: A fire broke out at forth floor of a six-storied building near Notre Dame College in the capital Motijheel.The incident took place at the building 2:35pm on Thursday.  On information, two fire fighting units rushed to the spot and trying the douse the blaze.BDST: 1600 HRS, FEB 06,

DHAKA: Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport has signed a contract for the sale of 24 Yakovlev Yak-130 jet trainers to Bangladesh’s Ministry of Defense, according to a late January 2014 report from Anatoly Isaikin, director general of Rosoboronexport.Isaikin said that Bangladesh paid

JESSORE: An Air Force training aircraft made an emergency landing on a paddy field of Mahidia village under Sadar upazila of the district near Jessore Airport due to mechanical fault on Thursday noon.  The two pilots of the plane managed to come out safely from the plane. They were

DHAKA: Kevin Jenkins, president of the World Vision International, a global development organization, is set to visit Bangladesh on Friday.This will be his first visit in Bangladesh after taking the office as president of the organization.Kevin Jenkins will discuss about various programs

DHAKA: Airport customs authorities held a man with two-and-a-half Kilogram gold from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Thursday noon.The detainee is Didarul.Customs Assistant Commissioner Abdul Alim told banglanews, “A gang of

DHAKA: The Indian High Commission to Bangladesh has said on Thursday that there is no change in current visa procedures insofar as Bangladesh is concerned.Spokesperson of the Indian High Commission, in a press release, came up with the assertion in response to the earlier media reports

DHAKA: Victim Support Centers (VSCs) will soon be set up in divisional headquarters across Bangladesh. These centers are already running in five districts and, by all accounts, doing a good job. VSC is a new form of policing that was introduced as a part of Police Reform Program (PRP) to