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Messi and Rapinoe named Fifa footballers of the year
12:09 PM, 24 Sep 2019 TuesdayBarcelona’s Lionel Messi and the USA World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe have been crowned players of the year at Fifa’s The Best awards, held at the stunning Teatro alla Scala...
PM conferred with ‘Vaccine Hero’ award
11:48 AM, 24 Sep 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with the prestigious “Vaccine Hero” award in recognition of Bangladesh’s outstanding success in vaccination. Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisations (GAVI), a global Vaccine Alliance, conferred the award on the prime minister at a ceremony at the UN...
Stern actions to be taken against criminals: Home Minister
06:02 PM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said those who will commit crimes will face stern action and exemplary punishment for their misdeeds...
Upbeat Tigers eyeing first T20 trophy
05:34 PM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayBangladesh is determined to come all guns blazing to clinch their first T20 trophy in their history as they take on Afghanistan in the final of the Tri-nation series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The match starts at 6.30 PM...
27 JCD men, 3 journos injured in ‘BCL attacks’ at DU
04:17 PM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayThirty people, including twenty-seven Chhatra Dal leaders and activists and three journalists, were injured in attacks allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League men on Dhaka University (DU) campus on Monday afternoon...
Drive to continue until corruption, drugs uprooted: Quader
02:56 PM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayRoad, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said the ongoing drives against corruption, drugs and criminalisation will continue until the menaces are uprooted. “The Prime Minister told not to spare anyone even if they are affiliated with the ruling party,” he told reporters at the Secretariat...
7 dead after Kenyan classroom collapses
01:28 PM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayAt least seven children have died after a classroom collapsed at a school in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials say...
Trump, Modi vow relentless fight on extremists in mass rally
01:09 PM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayUS President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared themselves united in a relentless fight against "terrorism," vowing a close, personal alliance in front of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans...
Dental admission test Nov 1
12:32 PM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayThe admission test for Bachelor of Dental Surgery under the academic year of 2019-2020 will be held on November 1...
PM reaches NY to attend 74th UNGA
11:56 AM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Sunday afternoon local time via Abu Dhabi on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...
3 militants including a woman arrested from Narayanganj
11:40 AM, 23 Sep 2019 MondayPolice today arrested three alleged militants including a woman while they conducted overnight anti-militant drive in a house at Takkar Math in Fatullah here...
Police conduct raids at 4 sporting clubs in Motijheel
05:31 PM, 22 Sep 2019 SundayPolice are conducting drives at four sporting clubs in Motijheel area of Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. The clubs are Mohammedan Sporting Club, Arambagh Krira Sangha, Dilkusha Sporting Club and Victoria Sporting Club. The drive was started at 3:20pm...
2005 series bomb blast: 5 JMB men get 12-yr jail
04:17 PM, 22 Sep 2019 SundayA special tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced five JMB members to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over the series bomb blasts across Bangladesh in 2005. Judge Md Al Mamun of Special Tribunal-2 passed the verdict in presence of three convicts - Abdullah Al Sohain, Abdur Rahman Mashuk, Nurul Islam alias Uzzal...
DNCC launches drive to free roads, footpaths
03:33 PM, 22 Sep 2019 SundayThe Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday removed over a hundred illegal establishments as part of an eviction drive to free the roads and footpaths from illegal encroachment from Sonargaon Janapath in the city’s Uttara...
26 people killed in bus crash in Pakistan
02:51 PM, 22 Sep 2019 SundayAt least 26 people, including children, were killed when a passenger bus crashed into a hill in northern Pakistan on Sunday, an official said...
PM leaves Dubai for New York to attend UNGA
02:27 PM, 22 Sep 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here today on the way to New York on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). She will deliver the country statement at the 74th Annual General Debate of the UNGA in New York on September 27...
World Bank VP, UN special envoy on road safety due Monday
01:20 PM, 22 Sep 2019 SundayWorld Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, Hartwig Schafer, and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Road Safety, Jean Todt, are scheduled to arrive here on Monday. They will discuss the challenges and opportunities to improve road safety in Bangladesh...
2 killed, 8 injured in South Carolina bar shooting
12:45 PM, 22 Sep 2019 SundayAt least one person opened fire inside and outside a crowded South Carolina bar early Saturday, killing two people and injuring eight others before fleeing, authorities said. The shooting happened at the Ole Skool sports bar just outside the city of Lancaster around 2:45 a.m. ET, the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said...
Shakib leads Tigers to confidence-boosting victory ahead of final
11:49 AM, 22 Sep 2019 SundaySkipper Shakib Al Hasan played a sublime 45-ball 70 not out as Bangladesh snapped Afghanistan’s four-match winnings streak against them by securing a four-wicket victory in the last match of the Tri-nation T20 series group phase on Saturday at the Zahur Ahmed...
Kalabagan Club President placed on 10-day remand
06:05 PM, 21 Sep 2019 SaturdayA Dhaka court today placed Kalabagan Krira Chakra Club President Shafiqul Alam Feroz on 10-day remand in two cases lodged over possessing illegal arms and narcotics. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Mahmuda Akter placed him on five-day remand in arms case and five-day remand...