All News
Myanmar inquiry into treatment of Rohingya criticised after finding no evidence of rape
04:18 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayA Myanmar government-backed inquiry that dismissed allegations of genocide against the Rohingya has been condemned as a deeply flawed cover-up, after it failed to interview a single victim of rape...
Chargesheet against 3 Farmers Bank officials approved
03:40 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved chargesheet against three officials of the Farmers Bank Limited (Now Padma Bank) in an embezzlement case...
E-passport is a ‘Mujib Barsho’ gift for nation: PM
03:16 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today launched the much-awaited electronic passport (e-passport) along with the automated border control management programme, saying that it (e-passport) is a gift for the nation in the “Mujib Barsho”...
BGMEA building demolition begins
01:33 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayDemolition of the BGMEA Building, illegally built on the Hatirjheel in the capital by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) violating the laws of the land, begins today. Housing and Public Works Minister S M Rezaul Karim inaugurated the demolition works in front of the building around 12:45pm...
HC bans laminated election posters
01:18 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to immediately stop production and display of laminated posters in electoral areas of Dhaka’s two city corporations. The court also issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to stop production and display of laminated posters across the country...
Jeff Bezos’s phone ‘hacked by Saudi crown prince’
10:30 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone “hacked” in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message that had apparently been sent from the personal account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, sources have told the Guardian...
US deports Iranian student despite ACLU efforts to block his removal
09:35 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayU.S. immigration officials on Monday deported an Iranian student headed to a Boston university despite efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocates to block the removal...
PM inaugurates e-passport
09:16 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayBangladesh today launched e-passport as the 119th country in the world. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the e-passport and automated border control management at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) at 11am. At the function, she received her e-Passport. Home Minister Asaduzzman Khan Kamal handed over the passport to her...
New China virus: US announces first case
08:42 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe United States has confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus on its territory. The Centers for Disease Control said the virus, which originated in China, had been diagnosed in a US resident who arrived in Seattle from China...
First-ever cadaveric kidney transplant in Bangladesh expected in ‘Mujib Borsho’
09:20 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayBangladesh’s first-ever cadaveric kidney transplant will be conducted during the ‘Mujib Borsho’ marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Real Madrid signs $33m teen in hunt for new Neymar
08:51 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayReal Madrid signed promising teenager Reinier Jesus for an estimated $33 million on Monday, as the Spanish club continues its search for the next Brazilian superstar...
68000 poors to get homes in 'Mujib Borsho'
08:27 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayThe government will build a paved home for a poor family in some 68,038 villages each during 'Mujib Borsho' marking the 100th birth anniversary of father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Iranian politician 'offers $3m to whoever kills Trump'
07:12 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayAn Iranian politician is reportedly offering a $3m "award" for "whoever kills Trump"...
Trial of every crime to be held as per law: Anisul
06:22 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayExpressing his reaction to the verdicts in the CPB rally bomb blast and 1988 Laldighi Massacre cases, Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said it has been proved with the judgments that no criminal is above the law, no matter how powerful they are...
Woman staged drama after killing step son
06:12 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayA woman in Tangail brutally killed her eight-year-old step son over a trivial matter and then, staged drama saying that the miscreants committed the homicide to loot ornaments...
Tk 20,526cr project okayed to establish technical school & colleges
04:23 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayECNEC on Tuesday approved a Taka 20,525.69 crore project to set up some 329 technical school & colleges at upazila level in a bid to build skilled Human Resources in the country...
Women take lead in India's citizenship protests
04:03 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayWith a toothless grin and a clenched fist raised to the heavens, 90-year-old Asma Khatun chanted exuberantly. “Azadi,” she cried, using the Hindi word for freedom and joining a loud chorus that rang out across Shaheen Bagh, a neighbourhood in South Delhi that over the past few weeks has become a nationwide symbol of resistance...
Tabith Awal comes under attack in city
02:30 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayBNP’s Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls mayoral candidate Tabith Awal came under attack during election campaign in the city’s Gabtoli area on Monday...
AL lawmaker Ismat Ara passes away
01:03 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayAwami League lawmaker of Jashore-6 constituency Ismat Ara Sadique passed away on Tuesday. She was 78. Ismat, also former State Minister for Public Administration, breathed her last while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in the capital around 11:30am...
Abrar murder: Hearing on charge framing Jan 30
12:05 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayA Dhaka court today fixed January 30 for hearing on charge framing against 25 accused in a case filed for murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge K M Imrul Kayes passed the order after taking the charge sheet into cognizance...