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3 to die for killing mayor’s son in Gaibandha
03:11 PM, 16 Jan 2020 ThursdayA Gaibandha court has sentenced three people to death in a case filed for killing school student Ashikur Rahman Samya, 13, son of Gobindaganj municipality mayor Ataur Rahman. Judge Deelip Kumar Bhowmik of Gaibandha District and Sessions Judge’s Court, passed the order on Thursday noon...
Petition seeks deferment of DSCC, DNCC polls
02:16 PM, 16 Jan 2020 ThursdayA petition was filed with the Appellate Division on Thursday challenging a High Court Division order that turned down a plea to defer elections to the two Dhaka city corporations slated for January 30. Advocate Ashoke Kumar Ghosh, a Supreme Court lawyer moved the Appellate Division...
Information Minister meets Modi
01:18 PM, 16 Jan 2020 ThursdayInformation Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday. Modi termed the unprecedented progress of Bangladesh as wonderful and requested the Information Minister to send his warm regards to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
RMG workers withdraw Shyamoli road blockade
12:43 PM, 16 Jan 2020 ThursdayWorkers of a readymade garment factory have withdrawn their blockade from the Shyamoli road in the capital...
Iran plans to take Trump to Hague in war crimes lawsuit
11:37 AM, 16 Jan 2020 ThursdayIran says it will take Donald Trump to The Hague over the US drone strike which killed top general Qassem Soleimani. Tehran wants to file a war crimes lawsuit at the International Court of Justice after the Quds Force commander was killed in Iraq on January 3...
Outgoing Iraq PM says US troop ouster up to next government
10:09 AM, 16 Jan 2020 ThursdayIraq's outgoing prime minister said Wednesday it was up to the next government to see through parliament's decision to oust U.S. troops...
Iran bank says it blocked US bid to seize Iranian assets in Italy
09:58 AM, 16 Jan 2020 ThursdayThe Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says its lawyers in Italy have successfully blocked a US attempt to seize Iranian assets in the European country to pay for false claims related to terrorism...
US and China sign deal to ease trade war
08:55 AM, 16 Jan 2020 ThursdayThe US and China have signed an agreement aimed at easing a trade war that has rattled markets and weighed on the global economy. Speaking in Washington, US President Donald Trump said the pact would be "transformative" for the US economy...
Russian govt in shock resignation after Putin calls for reforms
09:08 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayRussia's government resigned in a shock announcement on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin proposed a shake-up of the constitution...
US, China to sign massive purchases deal
09:00 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe US-China trade war is set to enter a new, quieter phase on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He sign an initial trade deal that aims to vastly increase Chinese purchases of US manufactured products, agricultural goods, energy and services...
Climate change to displace 4 cr people in Bangladesh: PM
08:48 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said there is a possibility that 4 crore people of 70 upazilas in the country’s 19 districts might be displaced due to climate change...
Students agitating unknowingly: EC Secy
08:20 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayHe said, "Those students are agitating with demand of rescheduling the polls, some of them, possibly, doing so knowingly and some other unknowingly but they all realize later"...
Mayor aspirant Ishraque's graft trial starts
07:08 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayA court in Dhaka has begun trial of BNP mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation Ishraque Hossain in a graft case. Dhaka Special Court 4 judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam framed charges against Ishraque, also son of late mayor of undivided Dhaka Sadeque Hossain Khoka....
Stokes wins ICC's player of the year award
06:12 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayEngland all-rounder Ben Stokes has been voted as ICC player of the year and won the Sir Garfield Trophy for his superb 12 months in both test matches and one-day internationals...
Why girls need pockets
06:02 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayWhy girls need pockets
City polls deferment: Students’ march towards EC foiled
05:00 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayPolice obstructed a group of Dhaka University students on Wednesday afternoon when they tried to march towards the Election Commission demanding deferment of the polls to the two Dhaka city corporations billed for January 30...
HC asks to take action against JUST VC
04:19 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe High Court on Wednesday asked the government to take legal action against Jashore University of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor, registrar and others concerned over distortion of photos of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh...
Results of non-govt teachers’ registration exam published
03:24 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe final results of both the school and college levels of 15th teachers’ registration examination taken by Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) were published on Wednesday...
India wants Bangladesh to buy imported onions after states withdraw demand
02:03 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe Narendra Modi government has asked Bangladesh to procure the onions that India has imported after a majority of states withdrew their demand...
Katyusha rockets target Iraqi Taji military camp
12:29 PM, 15 Jan 2020 WednesdayKatyusha rockets targeted the Taji military camp, located north of Baghdad, on Tuesday but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility...