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Safe voluntary return of Rohingyas to homeland is only solution: PM
11:55 AM, 26 Oct 2019 SaturdayCalling upon the international community in resolving the Rohingya crisis as it not only destabilizes Bangladesh but also beyond the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today...
Woman killed in Dhanmondi building fire
11:46 AM, 26 Oct 2019 SaturdayA woman was killed in a fire that broke out at a multi-storey building in Dhanmondi area on Saturday morning. The identity of the victim could not be confirmed yet but doctor said she appeared to be around 65 years old. She was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital along with Shaheda, 12...
Misha re-elected president of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti
11:38 AM, 26 Oct 2019 SaturdayActor Misha Sawdagor has been re-elected president of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti, defeating actress Arifa Pervin Zaman Moushumi in the biennial election. The Misha-Zayed panel won 18 out of 21 posts and will lead the association till 2021...
PM leaves for Azerbaijan to join 18th NAM Summit
04:53 PM, 24 Oct 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Baku this afternoon on a four-day official visit to Azerbaijan to attend the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
Satisfied with Nusrat murder verdict: Quader
02:51 PM, 24 Oct 2019 ThursdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the swift announcement of verdict in Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case...
Bangladesh improves in ease of doing business rankings
01:25 PM, 24 Oct 2019 ThursdayBangladesh rose to 168th in the global ease of doing business rankings this year from 176th in the previous year. Bangladesh carried out three business reforms during the past year, the most in a decade, and would need to accelerate the reform pace to further improve its regional and global competitiveness...
Saudi Arabia appoints new FM, transport minister
12:35 PM, 24 Oct 2019 ThursdaySaudi Arabia appointed Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud foreign minister and Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser transport minister, according to royal decrees published by Saudi Press Agency on Wednesday...
We call off the strike and will return to playing: Shakib
12:08 PM, 24 Oct 2019 ThursdayBangladesh's cricketers, who went on strike on Monday, will return to action after officials from the BCB and the players' association assured them that nearly all their demands would be met...
Nusrat murder: 16 get death penalty
11:32 AM, 24 Oct 2019 ThursdayA special tribunal has sentenced sixteen people to death in the case lodged over murder of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Judge Md Mamunur Rashid of Feni Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal passed the order around 11:15am on Thursday...
Khaled remanded in Khilgaon murder case
04:58 PM, 23 Oct 2019 WednesdayA here court today placed former Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan on a seven-day remand in a murder case lodged with capital’s Khilgaon Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atikul Islam passed the order as investigation agency Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) pleaded to show him...
39 bodies found in a truck container in southeast England
03:54 PM, 23 Oct 2019 WednesdayPolice have launched a murder investigation in southeast England after 39 people were found dead in a truck container at an Essex industrial park. One of the victims was in their teens. Authorities believe the truck, which originated in Bulgaria, entered the UK through the Welsh port of Holyhead over the weekend...
2,730 more edu institutions brought under MPO scheme
01:58 PM, 23 Oct 2019 WednesdaySome 2,730 new educational institutions have been enlisted under the monthly pay order (MPO) scheme across the country as the Prime Minister disclosed the names of the newly enlisted institutes. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina revealed the names at an event at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city...
Primary teachers threaten to boycott PEC exam
01:46 PM, 23 Oct 2019 WednesdayDemonstrating teachers of primary schools on Wednesday announced that they would boycott the Primary Education Completion (PEC) examination if their demands are not met...
Swechchhasebak League president relieved of post
01:10 PM, 23 Oct 2019 WednesdaySwechchhasebak League President Advocate Molla Mohammad Abu Kausar has been relieved of his post as per the order of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader made the announcement while attending the extended meeting of Dhaka Metropolitan North AL...
DUCSU VP Nur’s Facebook account hacked
12:29 PM, 23 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe Facebook account of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur has been hacked...
Dr Shah Alam murder: Prime suspect killed in ‘gunfight’
12:07 PM, 23 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe prime suspect in doctor Shah Alam murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Bashbaria in Sitakunda upazila early Wednesday...
Ex-UP chairman shot dead in Rangamati
11:47 AM, 23 Oct 2019 WednesdayA former Union Parishad chairman was abducted and killed at Haludia Para in Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Dipomoy Talukdar, a former chairman of Haludia Union Parishad. He was also a vice-president of BNP’s upazila unit...
Players’ strike is a part of conspiracy: BCB president
04:57 PM, 22 Oct 2019 TuesdayNazmul Hassan, president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), has said the players’ strike is a part of conspiracy to destabilize Bangladesh cricket. The BCB president said this while addressing a press conference held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Academy at Mirpur in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon...
Doctors remove 52kg plastic from cow’s stomach in Tamil Nadu
03:20 PM, 22 Oct 2019 TuesdayA team of veterinarians removed 52 kilograms of plastic waste from inside the stomach of a cow through a surgery that lasted over five hours in Vepery, Chennai...
President joins Japanese Emperor’s enthronement ceremony
02:56 PM, 22 Oct 2019 TuesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid today attended Japanese new Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony where the emperor proclaimed his ascension to the throne as Japan’s 126th monarch...