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Afghan peace deal: Trump says Taliban talks are ‘dead’
12:30 PM, 10 Sep 2019 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump says talks with the Taliban aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan are "dead". "As far as I'm concerned, they are dead," he told White House reporters on Monday...
Johnson suspends UK Parliament after latest Brexit defeat
11:51 AM, 10 Sep 2019 TuesdayThe British Parliament now enters a five-week suspension following the latest defeat of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plan. Lawmakers delivered three defeats to the government's plans for leaving the European Union...
Holy Ashura today
11:33 AM, 10 Sep 2019 TuesdayThe holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), is being observed across the country with due religious solemnity on Wednesday...
Afghanistan thrash Bangladesh to register second win in Test cricket
05:54 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayAfghanistan registered their second win in the longest format after thrashing Bangladesh by 224 runs in the one-off Test on Monday. It was the first away Test victory for Afghanistan, their first came at home against Ireland...
Switzerland and Bangladesh to hold talks on migration Wednesday
05:44 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondaySwitzerland and Bangladesh will hold a bilateral talk on matters regarding migration on Wednesday in Dhaka...
Raushon named opposition leader, Quader deputy leader
04:55 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondaySpeaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has officially recognised Jatiya Party’s Senior Co-Chairman Raushon as the leader of the opposition in parliament and it’s Chairman GM Quader as the deputy leader. The Parliament Secretariat issued a gazette in this regard on Monday...
Suicide rate in US rising, especially among rural communities
03:10 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondaySuicide rates are on the rise in America, particularly in rural communities, according to a new study. Death by suicide among Americans aged 25 to 64 rose between 1999 and 2016, researchers found in a report published in JAMA Network Open on Friday...
Plan underway to monitor Sundarbans with drones
02:49 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayThe Forest Department has planned to monitor the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a Unesco world heritage site, with drones to check crimes like poaching of tigers and deer. The department also considers erecting net-fence around the forest to prevent the intrusion of tigers into the localities...
Summer heat killed nearly 1,500 in France
01:34 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayRecord heatwaves in June and July caused the deaths of 1,435 people in France this year, according to the country's health minister...
Experience all-new options of computer-delivered IELTS
01:15 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayThe term IELTS holds a special significance to students from all around the world with English as not their mother tongue...
Rain washes out first session with Afghanistan 4 wickets away from win
12:55 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayHeavy rain held Afghanistan back from trying to pick up the last four Bangladesh wickets with the first session on the final day in Chattogram seeing no play at all...
President returns home after overseas treatment
12:47 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayPresident M Abdul Hamid returned home this morning after a 10-day visit to London for health checkup and treatment of eyes...
3 ‘robbers’ killed in Cumilla ‘gunfight’
12:38 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayThree suspected robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with DB police at Beribadh in Burichang upazila early Monday...
Nadal beats Medvedev in US Open final to claim 19th major title
12:22 PM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayIn a final that had pretty much everything, Rafael Nadal turned back the challenge of the dazzling young Russian, Daniil Medvedev, in five sets here on Sunday night to win his fourth US Open and edge to within one slam of Roger Federer’s collection of 20...
Australia blocks access to 8 websites showing video of NZ mosque attacks
11:53 AM, 09 Sep 2019 MondayAustralia has ordered internet service providers to block access to eight websites still showing footage of deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand earlier this year...
PRAN-RFL Group bags Best Employer Brand Award
05:23 PM, 08 Sep 2019 SundayPRAN-RFL Group, the country’s leading agricultural and plastic products manufacturer has been awarded “Bangladesh Best Employer Brand Awrd-2019” by World HRD Congress...
Chandrayaan lander found on moon: ISRO chief
03:32 PM, 08 Sep 2019 SundayChandrayaan 2 lunar lander Vikram has been located on the moon's surface and the ground station is working to establish contact, ISRO chief K Sivan told news agency ANI today...
Barrister Mainul released on bail
03:04 PM, 08 Sep 2019 SundayFormer caretaker government adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein has been released on bail in a defamation case filed by journalist Masuda Bhatti. He came out of Keraniganj Central Jail at 4:10pm, Senior Jail Super Iqbal Kabir Chowdhury confirmed the matter to Jago News. Earlier in the day, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court granted his bail on Tk 5000 bond...
Bangladeshi PhD student killed in US gas station robbery
02:34 PM, 08 Sep 2019 SundayA Bangladeshi PhD student was shot dead in a robbery at a gas station in Louisiana of the United States on Saturday morning (local time)...
Dengue claims another life in Khulna
01:05 PM, 08 Sep 2019 SundayA man died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Sunday morning. The victim was identified as Ashiquzzaman, 37, resident of Magura’s Shalikha upazila. KMCH Dr Shailendranath Biswas said Ashiquzzaman was admitted to the hospital’s dengue ward in the morning...