Celebration of the 5th Anniversary of Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre

DHAKA, March 11 (Xinhua) — Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) was established in Dhaka on 11 March 2010. After establishment, the organization has achieved enormous popularity through exchanging programs between India and Bangladesh in various fields of culture including music, art, dance and drama. IGCC regularly organises cultural functions by artists from both the countries; […]

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Another Bangladeshi National Abducted from Al- Ghani Oil Field in Libya

DHAKA, March 11 (Xinhua) — he Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli has confirmed that apart from Mr. Helal Uddin, another Bangladeshi has been identified who was among nine others abducted from Al Ghani Oil Field south of the city Sirte on Friday, 06 March 2015 in the same incident when gunmen invaded the oil field killing […]

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Arrest warrant issued against Khaleda Zia, two others

DHAKA, Feb. 25 (NsNewsWire) —  The Special Judge Court-3 of Md Abu Ahmed Jomadar Wednesday scrapped bails for ex-Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia and two others in two graft cases. Zainul Abedin Meshbah, a counsel for Khaleda, told journalists that Khaleda Zia, , also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), could not appear before the court for security […]

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Int’l Mother Language Day observed in Bangladesh

DHAKA, 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has  paid rich tributes to the language movement heroes  who sacrificed their lives for establishing Bangla as a state language. President Abdul and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar (language martyears memorial) in capital Dhaka one minute past midnight in the early morning of Saturday. […]

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Another 72-hour strike from Sunday

DHAKA, Feb. 20 (NsNewsWire) –Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s alliance has called 72-hour strike  form Sunday morning.  Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Spokesperson Salahuddin Ahmed made the announcement of latest strike through a press release on Friday. He said alliance will stage demonstrations across the country on Monday. BNP and its allies has declared the 72-hour road, […]

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Death warrant against Jamaat leader Kamaruzzamanllah issued

DHAKA, Feb. 19 (NsNewsWire) — The war crimes tribunal has issued a warrant of execution for Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Mohammad Kamarauzzaman, condemned to death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. The International Crimes Tribunal-2 issued the warrant yesterday on receiving the full text of the Supreme Court verdict that  gave him the […]

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Bangladesh Jamaat’s deputy chief gets death sentenced for war crimes

Dhaka, Feb. 19 (NsNewsWire) Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal has sentenced the Deputy Chief of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Party to death on three war crime charges committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 found the Jamaat Vice President Abdus Subhan guilty of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing war crimes, including […]

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