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US to send troops to Saudi Arabia after attacks on oil facilities
02:55 PM, 21 Sep 2019 SaturdayThe US has announced plans to send forces to Saudi Arabia in the wake of attacks against the country's oil infrastructure...
2 Jubo League leaders arrested for extortion
01:09 PM, 21 Sep 2019 SaturdayPolice arrested two leaders of Jubo League’s Kushtia Sadar upazila unit in an extortion case on Friday night...
BSMRSTU closed over students’ movement
12:11 PM, 21 Sep 2019 SaturdayBangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) has been closed till October 3 following the movement of the students. The students were also asked to leave their respective halls within 10am on Saturday. Professor Ashikuzzaman Bhuiyan, Proctor of the university, confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Body found in Hatirjheel
11:41 AM, 21 Sep 2019 SaturdayPolice recovered the body of an unidentified man from Hatirjheel at Kunipara in the capital early Saturday. Locals spotted the decomposed body and informed police. Later police recovered the body. Abdur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Hatirjheel Police Station, said: “There was no injury mark on body. The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.”
Crackdown on illegal clubs, businesses to continue: Home Minister
05:45 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the crackdown on unauthorised casinos in the city was carried out based on intelligence information and such drive will continue against all the illegal clubs...
Myanmar should take back Rohingyas: PM
04:55 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayDescribing Rohingyas as a big burden for Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Myanmar should take back their citizens. She said this when two separate delegations of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) paid a joint courtesy call on her at the official residence Ganabhaban here...
BNP leader Dudu sued for threatening PM
04:03 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayA case has been lodged against BNP leader Shamsuzzaman Dudu with Chief Judicial Magistrate Court here today for threatening to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Md Nurul Alam, President of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Rangunia Upazila unit filed the case against Dudu...
Mithai opens outlet in Sylhet
03:14 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayMithai, a popular retail chain shop of PRAN Group, has opened its two outlets in Sylhet. Monirul Islam, Deputy General Manager (Marketing) inaugurated the outlets on Tuesday in Shibganj bazar and Ambarkhana point of the city...
30 civilians killed in air strike in eastern Afghanistan
02:39 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayAt least 30 civilians were killed and 40 injured in an air strike conducted by the Afghan security forces, backed by U.S. air support, in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday...
RAB arrests JL leader Khaled for running illegal casino
12:58 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayRapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday arrested Jubo League (JL) leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan from his Gulshan residence for reportedly running an illegal casino in the city’s Fakirapool area...
Khokon, Shamol elected new JCD president, secretary
12:43 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayFazlur Rahman Khokon and Iqbal Hossain Shamol have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, through direct voting...
Mahmudullah, bowlers take Bangladesh into tri-series final
12:25 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayWith their backs up against the wall, Bangladesh cruised to a 39-run win over Zimbabwe in a sweltering Chattogram to book their place in next week's tri-series final...
‘Rupali Guitar’ unveiled in Chattogram
12:14 PM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayThe Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) on Wednesday opened the sculpture of a ‘Rupali Guitar’ in memory of legendary guitarist and singer Ayub Bachchu, in city’s Prabartak intersection. CCC Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin unveiled the sculpture at night...
Biman flight makes emergency landing at Dhaka airport
11:58 AM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayTechnical glitch forced a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to make an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning. Beni Madhab Biswas, the deputy director of the airport, said a Singapore-bound flight of Biman (BG-084) made the emergency landing...
26 pupils, two teachers killed in Liberia school fire
11:36 AM, 19 Sep 2019 ThursdayA huge fire at a Liberian Koranic school killed at least 26 pupils and two teachers on Wednesday when flames engulfed their dormitory, in one of the worst disasters of its kind for the West African nation. The boys were sleeping at the school when the overnight fire began, said police spokesman Moses Carter...
Huawei’s five-camera phone Nova 5T now in Bangladesh
06:26 PM, 18 Sep 2019 WednesdayHuawei Nova 5T, the long-awaited new smartphone of the world’s leading tech company Huawei, has arrived in the market of Bangladesh...
Facebook expands definition of terrorist organizations to limit extremism
06:14 PM, 18 Sep 2019 WednesdayFacebook unveiled a series of changes Tuesday to limit hate speech and extremism on its site, as scrutiny is rising on how the social network may be radicalizing people...
India bans e-cigarettes in setback for Juul, Philip Morris
05:25 PM, 18 Sep 2019 WednesdayIndia’s cabinet on Wednesday banned production and import of electronic cigarettes, a public health move that is seen dashing the expansion plans of companies such as Juul Labs and Philip Morris International (PM.N)...
Rifat murder: Court accepts chargesheet
03:43 PM, 18 Sep 2019 WednesdayA court here on Wednesday accepted the chargesheet in Rifat Sharif murder case and ordered the arrest of nine accused. The order came from the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Sirajul Islam Gazi. Rifat, 22, was hacked in broad daylight near the Barguna Government College on June 26...
Govt working to provide global standard training to nurses: PM
02:49 PM, 18 Sep 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is working to upgrade nurses training standard to an international level to meet growing demand of specialized nurses in home and abroad. The premier however said the certificate distribution ceremony among the first graduates...