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FIFA to continue support for promotion of Bangladesh’s football
06:01 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayFederation International de Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino today assured that his organisation will continue to support for promotion of football in Bangladesh. “We’ll continue our support and cooperation for the development of soccer in Bangladesh,” he said...
Tabakkharul placed on 3-day fresh remand in Abrar killing case
04:54 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayA Dhaka court today placed Khandaker Tabakkharul Islam alias Tanvir on three-day fresh remand in a case lodged over murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad...
FIFA President gifts football jersey to PM
02:51 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayFIFA President Gianni Infantino has gifted a football jersey to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her name on its back. Gianni met the premier at Shimul Hall of Ganabhaban and presented the gift to her at 10:30am on Thursday. The premier also gave him a football jersey of Bangladesh team...
Pry teachers continue work abstention demanding 11th grade
01:24 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayThe assistant teachers of government primary schools on Thursday continued their work abstention programme for the consecutive three days across the country demanding to upgrade their salary scale from 14th to 11th grade of the National Pay Scale...
2 ‘drug traders’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
12:26 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayTwo suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Hoaikong Satgharia Para in Teknaf upazila early Thursday...
3 cops suspended for transporting mother Hilsa
12:06 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayThree policemen were suspended on Wednesday night for transporting mother Hilsa illegally, defying a government ban...
35 expat pilgrims die in bus crash in Saudi Arabia
11:55 AM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayThirty-five pilgrims have been killed in a traffic accident in Saudi Arabia after a bus collided with another vehicle on Wednesday, the Saudi Press Agency reported quoting a police spokesman. The accident happened on Hijra road, 170 km from Madinah, near the village of Al-Akhal around 7pm...
Abed invents ‘Sonali Rice’ for Diabetes patients
06:38 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayBangladeshi gene scientist and science writer Dr. Abed Chaudhury invented a rice that can help people to control diabetes. The name of this new rice is ‘Sonali Rice’, which is approved by the Bangladesh Diabetes Association...
Abrar murder: Sadat placed on 5-day remand
04:51 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayA court has placed ASM Najmus Sadat, a 17th batch student of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), on a 5-day remand in Abrar Fahad murder case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Morshed Al Mamun passed the order...
BUET students take mass oath against terrorism, end demo
02:55 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) today called off their demonstration programme over the murder of Abrar Fahad. They also took mass oath against terrorism and communal power. The mass oath-taking ceremony was held at the university’s auditorium...
PM flags off coveted ‘Kurigram Express’
01:32 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday launched the much-coveted intercity train ‘Kurigram Express’ on the Kurigram-Dhaka-Kurigram route. She also opened the new coaches of Rangpur Express and Lalmoni Express to provide better services to the passengers...
4 get death for murder in Kushtia
01:16 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayA court has sentenced four people to death in a case filed for murder of farmer Hanif Khamaruz in Kushtia. Judge Arup Kumar Goshami of Kushtia District and Sessions Judges’ Court passed the order around 11am on Wednesday. The death-row convicts are Dolena Begum, wife of slain Hanif, Mukul Hossain, Ali Mondol and Shyamol Pramanik...
Japan in non-stop search for typhoon survivors; toll at 74
12:51 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayRescuers in Japan worked around the clock Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful weekend typhoon that killed more than 70 people and caused widespread destruction...
PM urges to be responsible to avert road accidents
12:37 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all including the drivers and pedestrians to be responsible in using the roads to avoid accidents while opening a number of development projects. “Everyone should be sensible to use the roads to avoid accidents,” she said...
Abrar murder: BUET students postpone demonstration
06:57 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have postponed their demonstration programme that was enforced over the murder of Abrar Fahad. The agitators declared this at Shaheed Minar premises of the university on Tuesday evening...
GP Accelerator opens application for its 6th Cohort
06:30 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayGrameenphone Accelerator calls for applications for the 6th batch of the program. The program jointly delivered in partnership with Seedstars, invites tech-based startups with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to apply until midnight on October 20, 2019 through following link: www.grameenphone.com/gpaccelerator...
MBBS admission test results published
05:38 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today published the results of MBBS admission test for academic session 2019-20. A total of 49,413 students - 22,882 male and 26531 female - passed the test with minimum pass marks of 40 out of 100...
Abrar’s brother leaves Dhaka College
04:49 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayAbrar Faiyaz, younger brother of BUET student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death by BCL leaders, does not want to stay in Dhaka anymore after his brother’s death and wants to study in Kushtia. He along with his relatives went to Dhaka College at 1pm on Tuesday and took a transfer certificate...
Atwood wins Booker Prize jointly with Evaristo as judges break rules
03:34 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayMargaret Atwood’s “The Testaments” and Bernardine Evaristo’s “Girl, Woman, Other” jointly won the Booker Prize on Monday in a surprise double award in which the literary prize recognized its oldest and first black woman winners...
Turkey-Syria offensive: US sanctions Turkish ministries
03:17 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe US has imposed sanctions on Turkish ministries and senior government officials in response to the country's military offensive in northern Syria...