BCL leader hammered during 31st night celebration

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has alleged that he was hammered and hit with ax during 31st night celebration at Sirajganj-6 Awami League lawmaker Hasibur Rahman Swapan's house...

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445 illegal entrants from India held in 2 months: BGB

Over 100 Uyghur graveyards demolished by China

78 Bangladeshis held in Malaysia crackdowns

Malaysia has detained 220 people, including 78 Bangladeshis, in a crackdown on illegal migrant workers in the country at the outset of the year. Government of the country began the drive soon after period of the programme 'back for good' for illegal migrants to return own home ended...

PM pays homage to Fazilatunnesa Bappy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Advocate Fazilatunnesa Bappy by placing a wreath on her coffin at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban in Dhaka this afternoon...

Finally 13 to vie for DNCC, DSCC mayoral posts

The Election Commission on Thursday declared valid 13 mayoral candidates, out of 14, for contesting the elections to Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) slated for January 30...

BD missions abroad directed for economic diplomacy

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has directed Bangladesh missions abroad to conduct strong economic diplomacy with a view to maintaining the country's duty free export opportunities despite its graduation from LDC (least developed country).

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College, madrasa students to enjoy 80 holidays in 2020

HC orders probe into use of Cancer Hospital ICU equipment

Nominations of 7 DSCC mayor candidates declared valid

The Election Commission has declared valid the nomination forms of all seven candidates for contesting the mayoral post in Dhaka South City Corporation polls. Returning officer Md Abdul Baten made the announcement at Dhaka’s Gopibag on Thursday after scrutinising the nomination papers of the aspirants...

50 fall sick as state-owned jute mills workers’ strike continues

About 50 workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore fell sick on Thursday as their fast-unto-death rolled into the fifth day. “Eleven of them were admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) and others were given saline in their respective mill gate areas,” said Murad Hossain...

Taiwan army chief killed in helicopter crash

Taiwan’s top general has been confirmed dead after a helicopter made an emergency landing in northern Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said on Thursday...

Nomination papers of Atiq, Tabith declared valid

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday declared valid the nomination papers of AL’s candidate M Atiqul Islam and BNP’s candidate Tabith Awal in the mayoral election of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). DNCC Returning Officer Md Abul Kasem announced this...

India welcomes 67,000 babies, world’s most, on January 1

India welcomed an estimated 67,385 babies, the highest in the world, on 2020 on New Year’s Day. It was followed by China (46,299), Nigeria (26,039), Pakistan (16,787), Indonesia (13,020) and the United States of America (10,452) among others...

AL ex-MP Fazilatun Nasa dies

Awami League former lawmaker and lawyer Fazilatun Nasa Bappy, who was on life support at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, died on Thursday morning. She breather her last at 8am, Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik confirmed her death to Jago News...

Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy compound in Baghdad

Protesters withdrew from the United States embassy perimeter in Baghdad after the Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) paramilitary force ordered them to leave, a day after their dramatic demonstration. Iraq's military confirmed on Wednesday that the protesters had left...

PM keeps no file pending for 2020

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cleared all files of 2019 within the bygone year keeping no file pending for the New Year - 2020. Sheikh Hasina, who has been serving as the Prime Minister for the fourth time, never keeps her works put off, said Khokan adding that she kept no file of 2019 pending for 2020...

Rifat murder: Charges framed against Minni, 9 others

A Barguna court has framed charges against 10 adult accused in a case filed for killing Rifat Sharif. District and Sessions’ Judge Md Asaduzzaman on Wednesday framed the charges against them in presence of nine accused around 2pm. The court also fixed January 8 for starting the trial of the case...