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Voting underway in Rangpur-3 by-election
11:49 AM, 05 Oct 2019 SaturdayVoting in the by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency began on Saturday morning. A total of 442,072 voters - 221,310 men and 220,762 women - started casting their votes using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at 9am and will continue until 5pm without any break...
Doctors not saying what BNP saying about Khaleda: Quader
05:27 PM, 03 Oct 2019 ThursdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the physicians of BNP chief Khaleda Zia are not saying what the party leaders are saying about her health. Quader came up with the information while talking to reporters at the Secretariat...
Huji top leader who met with bin Laden arrested in Dhaka
03:09 PM, 03 Oct 2019 ThursdayThe Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested three members of the banned militant outfit Harkatul Jihad Bangladesh (HuJi-B), including its top leader. They were arrested in the field area adjacent to the Boro Mosque of Nikunj-2 in the capital...
Jago News reach quarter-final in media cup football
01:53 PM, 03 Oct 2019 ThursdayJago News reached quarter-final spot after thrashing Banglatribune 4-1 in Kool-BSJA Media Cup football tournament at the Artificial Turf of Bangladesh Football Federation in Motijheel on Thursday...
India Economic Summit 2019 kicks off
01:30 PM, 03 Oct 2019 ThursdayA two-day India Economic Summit-2019 began here today under the theme “Innovating for India: Strengthening South Asia, Impacting the World”...
Selim Pradhan placed on 4-day remand
12:49 PM, 03 Oct 2019 ThursdayA Dhaka court has placed online casino operator Selim Pradhan and his two associates - Aktaruzzaman and Rukon - on a 4-day remand in a case filed under the Narcotics Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moenul Islam granted the remand on Thursday...
PM reaches New Delhi
12:05 PM, 03 Oct 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached New Delhi on a four-day official visit to attend the India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at Indian Air Force’s Palam Station in New Delhi around 10am on Thursday local time...
GK Shamim placed on 9-day fresh remand
04:47 PM, 02 Oct 2019 WednesdayA court here today placed corrupt contractor Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim on a nine-day fresh remand in two cases lodged under anti-money laundering and arms acts. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim passed the order, putting Shamim on a five-day remand in the case...
PM promises not to allow “termites” to eat up development benefits
04:05 PM, 02 Oct 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today pledged not to allow “termites” to eat up development benefits by plundering money from the development projects as she opened the commercial transmission of private television...
President asks navy to work efficiently for national interest
02:35 PM, 02 Oct 2019 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid today asked naval force to work more efficiently to ensure marine sovereignty and security for the national interest. “Perform the task bestowed upon you safely and successfully being imbued with the spirit of liberation war and using jetty, warships and military weapons,” he said...
Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as a ‘coup’
01:18 PM, 02 Oct 2019 WednesdayDonald Trump on Tuesday denounced the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency as a "coup," as his administration pushed back hard against the investigation...
PM opens pvt TV channels commercial transmission using BS-1
12:43 PM, 02 Oct 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the commercial transmission of all local private television channels using the feed of country’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-I (BS-I)...
Arrest warrant issued against Sefat Ullah
12:08 PM, 02 Oct 2019 WednesdayA Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against Sefat Ullah alias Sefuda, a Bangladeshi expatriate living in Vienna, Austria, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. Judge Ash-Shams Jaglul Hossain of Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal issued the warrant on Sunday. The court also fixed November 19 to submit a compliance report...
Iran President’s brother sentenced to 5 years in prison
06:00 PM, 01 Oct 2019 TuesdayAn Iranian court sentenced the brother of President Hassan Rouhani to five years in prison, a judiciary spokesman was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the semi-official Fars news...
8 OCs transferred
05:18 PM, 01 Oct 2019 TuesdayDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has transferred officers-in-charge (OCs) of eight police stations. DMP’s headquarters on Tuesday issued an order regarding the matter. As per the order, Abu Bakar Siddik, OC of Bhatara police station was transferred to Paltan police station, Mohammad Yeasir Arafat, Inspector (unarmed) of Kalabagan police station to Motijheel police station...
Uttar Pradesh police asked to identify and deport Bangladeshis
03:27 PM, 01 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe police in Indian state Uttar Pradesh have been asked to identify Bangladeshis and "other foreigners" so they can be deported, in what many see as its version of the Assam NRC. The move is "very important" for the state's internal security...
GK Shamim’s 7 bodyguards placed on 4-day remand
02:49 PM, 01 Oct 2019 TuesdayA Dhaka court has placed Jubo League leader GK Shamim’s seven bodyguards on 4-day remand in a money laundering case filed with Gulshan police station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbeer Yeasir Ahsan Chowdhury on Tuesday passed the order...
RAB raids Selim’s house, seizes liquor, money
01:17 PM, 01 Oct 2019 TuesdayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have conducted a drive at the house of online casino operator Selim Pradhan and seized huge quantity of liquor, money and currency in the capital’s Gulshan 2. The drive began at House No 11/A of Road No 99, at 3:30pm on Monday...
Jago News beat News24 TV 6-0 in media cup football
12:17 PM, 01 Oct 2019 TuesdayJago News beat News24 TV 6-0 in Kool-BSJA Media Cup football tournament at the Artificial Turf of Bangladesh Football Federation in Motijheel on Tuesday...
Grammy-winning star of opera Norman dies
11:40 AM, 01 Oct 2019 TuesdayUS opera singer Jessye Norman, one of the most renowned sopranos of the 20th Century, has died at the age of 74...