DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Wednesday said immediate action will be taken if any allegation of irregularities against the officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is proved.Obaidul Quader said this at a meeting with BRTA officials at its headquarters in

DHAKA: Foreign Minister of Brazil, Russian Ambassador and the Secretary General of SAARC congratulated the new State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam of his assuming of office.Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Minister of External Relations of Brazil congratulated Shahriar Alam,

DHAKA: Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her re-election as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.The UNCTAD chief congratulated Hasina in a letter sent to foreign ministry on

DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday ruled out any possibility for holding dialogue with BNP over the next elections. The senior politician of the country came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat office.  In response to a query over foreign

DHAKA: Canadian High Commissioner to Dhaka Heather Cruden met state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam on Wednesday morning.The meeting was held at foreign ministry office at 11:00am.During the parley, they discussed many bilateral issues between the two countries, said a

DHAKA: Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her re-election as the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.Director (Media) of External Publicity Wing of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nripendra Chandra Debnath

DHAKA: Jamal Uddin Ahmed has been appointed again as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.A full-flagged Board of Directors is going to be constituted by Prime Ministers’ Office on Wednesday.Earlier on Tuesday, PM office finalized the appointment of Jamal

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Police, in a special drive, detained three foreign citizens and seized equipments for printing counterfeit dollars in capital’s Uttara area on Tuesday night.Of them, two were identified as Cameroonians and another as Guatemalan.Confirming the matter,

DHAKA: A person was killed as a bus hit him in capital’s Sayedabad area on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ripon, 32, driver of a minibus.Owner of the minibus Abdul Hamid told banglanews that a bus of Anabil Paribahan hit Ripon at 11:00am while he was crossing

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatia river route, which came to a halt since Tuesday night due to poor visibility caused by dense fog, resumed after 11-hour.Sources said that the authority has stopped the ferry services from 11:30pm to avoid accident.Confirming the matter,

NATORE: Three people were killed in a road accident on Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Agran area under Baraigram upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as truck driver Selim, 35, helper Nazrul, 22 and labourer Meher, 25.Confirming the matter, Bonpara

CHITTAGONG: A teenage boy was burnt alive and seven houses were gutted as a fire broke out at Firoz Shah Colony in the port city early Wednesday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The cause of the fire, broke out at 2:55am, could not be known immediately.Sources

DHAKA: A new coastal shipping line is scheduled to operate from March between Chittagong, Mongla, Narayanganj and Teknaf ports in Bangladesh and Maungtaw, Pathein, Sittwe and Yangon in Myanmar. Plans for the line have been delayed for a couple of years but now look to be on track.Trade

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatia river route came to a halt since Tuesday night due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Sources said that the authority has stopped the ferry services from 11:30pm to avoid accident.Confirming the matter, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport

BOGRA: Two people, including a teacher, were killed in two separate incidents in the town on Tuesday night.The deceased were identified as teacher Abdul Baki, 28, and Abdul Mazid, 25 of the town.Sources said Abdul Baki was killed by the miscreants around 8:30pm at Zero-point of the

DHAKA: Malaysian government arrested over 1000 illegal workers, so far, including 255 Bangladeshi immigrants in a special drive which started from Monday evening.  All arrestees are nationals of Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh.Bangladesh embassy labor

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the United Arab Emirate (UAE) to recruit more manpower from Bangladesh, particularly the skilled and semiskilled workers.The premier, also ruling Awami League president, made the plea when newly appointed UAE Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr

DHAKA: Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong, President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa and SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem Tuesday has congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her assuming of office as prime minister.Lee Hsien Loong congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh

DHAKA: A fire broke out at a cotton warehouse in city’s Hazaribagh on Tuesday.Sources said the blaze erupted in a cotton storehouse around 4:00pm near Beribadh area of Hazaribagh.On information, four fire fighting units rushed to the spot to douse the blaze.Fire service control room

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah in three cases, including the May 5 Hefajat mayhem in the city.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge M Jahurul Haque passed the order after the hearing of the cases.Advocate Sanaullah Mia,