DHAKA: Best Western International has signed a deal that will see it touch down country’s main international air gateway at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for the first time.The hotel company has penned a contract with Maple Leaf Hotel & Resorts Ltd for a new-build

DHAKA: The growing immigrant Bangladeshi population of Houston has been trying for years to build a permanent community center but has been stalled by a lack of funds.Now, the Bangladesh Association, Houston, is hoping to raise about $1 million in what board members hope will be a major

DHAKA: Police detained two drug dealers during a gunfight in capital’s Uttara area on Friday morning.Sources said that drug dealers locked into a gunfight with a patrolling police team at around 11:30am in the area, leaving two injured.Uttara West Thana Officer-in-Charge Rezaul Hasan

DHAKA: Montu Chandra Pal, 40, who was burnt during recent hartal, succumbed to his injuries early Friday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).So far, three people died at DMCH burnt unit who were victim during 84-hour long nonstop hartal called by BNP led 18-party alliance.Montu

HABIGANJ: Six people were killed in two separate road accidents in Shaistaganj municipality old market area and Rashidpur of Bahubal upazila of the district on Friday morning.Two of the deceased were identitied as Nurul Haque, 35, son of Abdul Mannan and Bacchu Mia, 32, son of Abdul Malek

RAJBARI: Two siblings went missing at Mouvir Ghat of sadar upazila of the district as a drager capsized on early Friday.The victims are Arif and Rakib, were worked at a drager.Confirming the matter Rajbari fire station officer Rajkumar Saha said Arif and Rakib went missing as the dragger

DHAKA: Bangladesh has declared to give one million US dollar help to Philippines as it facing natural calamity.A hand note from the government disclosed the matter on Thursday night.The hand note said government has decided that it will help Philippines in the consideration of humanity.

AKHAURA: The railway communications of Chittagong and Sylhet with Dhaka restored after two and a half hours halt.The rail service resumed at 6:15pm Thursday after a relief train from Akhaura performed the task of salvaging the bogie of the Dhaka-bound goods-carrying container train.Cabin

DHAKA: The holy Ashura, marking the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), is being observed Friday across the country with due religious solemnity.Entrapped by Yazid’s forces, on this day, 10th Muharram, in the Hijri year 61, Hazrat Imam

GAIBANDHA: Miscreants chopped a Chhatra League leader to death in Sundarganj upazila of the district on Thursday evening.The deceased was identified as Khalilur Rahman Mamun, son of one Angur Mia, hailed from Nijpara village of Ramjibon UP and president of Shah Makhdum Hall unit Chhatra

GAZIPUR: An army man was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in Haldoba area of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Joyanto, 35, corporal of Bangladesh Army. He was posted at Rajendrapur Cantonment.Military sources said the victims were

FROM KUALA LUMPUR: There is no still full Professor in Forensic Department in Bangladesh whereas a Bangladeshi Dr Nasimul Islam, the only Forensic Pathologist, is employed in Malaysia as Professor.Our “nasty politics” has rather forced him to go out of the country.In 2001 Dr Nasimul

DHAKA: President Mohammed Abdul Hamid received the credentials of Saeed bin Hajar Al Shahi, UAE Ambassador to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.The Ambassador, during the credentials presentation ceremony at the presidential palace, conveyed the greetings of President Sheikh Khalifa

DHAKA: A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Thursday seeking its directives to refrain 45 ministers and state ministers from their duties as minister.On behalf of a journalist, his lawyer Dr Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ petition with the court.It was mentioned in the writ

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Thursday said the BNP is no longer a legal political party but a terrorist party.The adviser to the premier made the observation through his facebook post on Thursday afternoon.Joy said, “I visited the burn unit at Dhaka

DHAKA: The verdict of much-talked-about money laundering case against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giash Uddin Al Mamun will be delivered on Sunday.Special Judge Court of Dhaka-3 Magistrate M Motahar Hossain fixed the date of the verdict on Thursday

NEW YORK: A 15-member delegation of British-Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce has been visiting New York and had a dinner at Bangladesh permanent mission of United Nation on Wednesday.Representative of the permanent mission at United Nation Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen welcomed the delegation and

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday placed former President of Jatyatabadi Chhatra Dal Sultan Salauddin Tuku on a 20-day remand for police interrogation in five different cases.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Hamidul Haque passed the order rejecting the bail petition when Ramna and Shahbagh

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday placed five top leaders of main opposition BNP on an eight-day remand for police interrogation in two cases filed with the city’s Motijheel Police Station.After two phases of hearings, Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim passed the order.The leaders are

DHAKA: A rickshaw puller and an RMG worker, who sustained burn injuries during last spells of hartal, succumbed to their injuries at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Nasima, 30, RMG worker of Mohamamdpur of the capital and Rickshaw