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SAFA BPA & ICAB awarded LankaBangla Finance Annual Reports 2018
06:09 PM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayLankaBangla Finance Limited has received the SAFA BPA Award 2018 as joint winner of first position in Financial Services Sector for Best Presented Annual Reports in 2018...
Language Movement activist Rawshan dies
05:25 PM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayRawshan Ara Bachchu, an activist of Language Movement, died in a Dhaka hospital at the age of 87 on Tuesday. She breathed her last at the Apollo Hospital in Dhaka around 3:30am...
SC verdict on convicted war criminal Qaiser’s appeal Jan 14
04:45 PM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today set January 14 to pronounce its judgement on appeal filed by Syed Mohammad Qaiser, challenging his death sentence awarded by now defunct International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on December 23, 2014...
“No-one except Bangladeshis to be allowed to enter from India”
04:16 PM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Tuesday that no-one except Bangladesh’s citizens will be allowed to enter the country from India. The minister said there is no reason to be panicked over the news...
PM leaves Madrid for home after joining COP25
03:35 PM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for home this morning after wrapping up her three-day official visit to Spain to join the “Heads of State and Government Summit” of the 25th Annual Conference of Parties (COP25)...
Prioritise public interest, their welfare: President to Army
02:48 PM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayPresident Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged the members of Bangladesh Army to work for the welfare of common people apart from ensuring the country's security and sovereignty. The President said this at the 6th reunion parade of the Signal Corps of Bangladesh Army at Jashore cantonment...
Bangladeshi karateists win 3 gold on 3rd day
02:43 PM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayBangladeshi karateists secured three gold medals on the third of day of the ongoing 13th South Asian Games in Nepal on Tuesday. Humaira Akhter Antara, who brought first bronze medal for Bangladesh, beat her Nepalese counterpart to bag her first and country's third gold in Women’s Single karate in 61 kg category...
Marzan bags Bangladesh's 3rd gold
12:42 PM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayBangladesh won two gold medals on the second day of the ongoing 13th South Asian Games in Nepal on Tuesday, totaling the number to three in two days. Bangladesh secured the third gold medal when Marzan Akter Piya won against Kawsar Sana of Pakistan 4-3 point in Women's Singler Karate 55 kg category.
Al Amin secures 2nd gold for Bangladesh
11:59 AM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayBangladesh won the second gold medal in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games in Nepal on Tuesday as Al Amin, a member of Bangladesh Army, secured it in Men’s Singler Karate 60 kg category. Bangladesh won the first gold medal when Dipu Chakma beat his South Asian counterparts in taekwondo...
Expulsion from BUET for ragging, political affiliation
10:29 AM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayStudents of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will face expulsion from the institution if they involve themselves with ragging and politics. If allegation of any student's death due to ragging is proved, accused will face suspension for life. University law official can lodge case against the accused...
Chandrayaan-2 Moon landers's debris found
09:43 AM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayChandrayaan-2's lander Vikram, which crashed while attempting to land on the moon in September, has been found by NASA, and the US space agency has credited a Chennai-based techie who spent hours comparing before and after images of the landing site...
200,000 evacuated as Typhoon Kammuri lashes Philippine
09:27 AM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayThe Philippines has evacuated 200,000 people in coastal and mountainous areas due to fears of flooding and landslides, and prepared to close the country's main international airport as a powerful typhoon made landfall...
Messi wins Ballon d'Or award
08:42 AM, 03 Dec 2019 TuesdayArgentina's Barcelona forward Lionel Messi claimed the men's Ballon d'Or award for a record sixth time on Monday, reports Reuters. The 32-year-old, who lifted the coveted trophy in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015, beat Liverpool's Champions League winner Virgil van Dijk in a vote of international journalists...
Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts plead for mercy killing
06:03 PM, 02 Dec 2019 MondayConvicts in the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi - Nalini Sriharan and Murugan, have petitioned in the Madras High Court seeking mercy killing...
Nusrat murder: 4 convicts file appeal with HC
05:40 PM, 02 Dec 2019 MondayFour of the sixteen convicts facing death sentence in a case filed over the murder of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, on Monday filed an appeal with the High Court against the lower court verdict. The appellants are madrasa principal SM Sirajuddoula, Nur Uddin, Umme Sultana Popy and Jabed...
Online news portal registration starts next week: Hasan
03:37 PM, 02 Dec 2019 MondayInformation Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the government has decided to start registering the online news portal from next week, adding steps would be taken against those which will not get registration...
Petrol pump owners suspend strike
03:17 PM, 02 Dec 2019 MondayPetrol pump owners and workers on Monday suspended their strike until December 15 after a meeting with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). The meeting was held with the high officials of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) at Segunbagicha in the capital...
Dipu Chakma wins first gold for Bangladesh
02:13 PM, 02 Dec 2019 MondayDipu Chakma has bagged the first gold medal for Bangladesh in the 13th South Asian Games at Satdobato Sports Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal. He won Gold in the 29+ age category in poomsae event of taekwondo beating athletes from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and hosts Nepal on Monday...
Masatsugu Asakawa elected ADB new president
01:14 PM, 02 Dec 2019 MondayThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Monday that its Board of Governors has "unanimously elected" Masatsugu Asakawa as ADB president...
Transport owners in trouble as petrol pump owners’ strike enters 2nd day
12:56 PM, 02 Dec 2019 MondayPetrol pump owners and workers continued their strike for the second consecutive day on Monday in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions to press home their 15-point demand...