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Kashmir turmoil: Abdullah, Mehbooba put under house arrest
09:27 AM, 05 Aug 2019 MondayNational Conference chief Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti have been put under house arrest as the authorities imposed restrictions on the people's movements across Srinagar. Mobile and internet services have also been suspended in the Valley...
PM to visit India in October
08:49 AM, 05 Aug 2019 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to visit India in October as her maiden visit to New Delhi after assuming office for the third consecutive term earlier this year, Foreign Minister Dr A K Momen said here on Sunday...
AL to continue anti-dengue campaign: Quader
05:59 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the ruling Awami League will continue its anti-dengue drive until it makes the country’s all people free from dengue menace. Speaking as the chief guest, Quader urged all to work together to address the dengue situation in the country...
Won’t tolerate extortion at Karwan Bazar: Home Minister
05:05 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday warned that the government will not tolerate any kind of extortion at the city’s Karwan Bazar. The minister came up with the warning while addressing a cleanliness drive...
Indictment hearing in Niko graft case deferred till Aug 27
04:11 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayA court here today set August 27 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others...
9 killed in Ohio in 2nd US mass shooting within 24 hours
03:30 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayNine people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. Dayton police tweeted that an active shooter situation began in the Oregon District at 1 a.m., but that officers nearby were able to “put an end to it quickly.”
25 dead after boats capsize in Philippines
02:52 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayRescuers plucked more bodies from rough seas where three ferry boats capsized after being buffeted by fierce wind and waves off two central Philippine provinces, bringing the death toll to 25 with six missing, police said Sunday...
Additional IGP’s wife dies of dengue
01:40 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayThe wife of Additional Inspector of Police Shahabuddin Koreshi died of dengue fever on Sunday morning. Syeda Akter, 54, breathed his last at 11:30am while undergoing treatment at Square Hospital in the capital. Assistant Inspector General of Police Sohel Rana confirmed the death to Jago News...
PM reaffirms to build Sonar Bangla
01:13 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed her determination to build a hunger-and-poverty-free Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
India orders tourists to leave Kashmir over ‘terror threat’
12:21 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayThousands of people, including tourists and Hindu pilgrims, are leaving Indian-administered Kashmir after local officials issued a security alert...
Dengue claims two lives in Khulna
12:05 PM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayA 70-year-old woman and a schoolboy died of dengue on Sunday - the first reported deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in the district. The deceased are - Morjina Begum, wife of Ismail Sardar; and Monjur Sheikh, 13, son of Babul Sheikh of Khaja Danga village of Rupsha...
20 killed in Texas Walmart shooting
11:27 AM, 04 Aug 2019 SundayAt least 20 people were killed and 26 injured, some critically, in a shooting rampage Saturday at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in what local officials said was being investigated as a potential hate crime. A suspect, described as a 21-year-old white male from Allen, Texas, was taken into custody without incident, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said at a news conference...
AL working to make country dengue free: Quader
09:42 PM, 03 Aug 2019 SaturdayThe Prime Minister has asked Awami League activists to work to free the country of dengue, ruling party General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Saturday. “We’ll be out in the field until the country is dengue free....
President for strong actions against irregularities in hajj management
09:19 PM, 03 Aug 2019 SaturdayPresident Abdul Hamid on Saturday said negligence, irregularities and corruption in hajj management must be dealt with an iron hand. "Over 95 percent hajj pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia through hajj agencies....
IBBL holds business development conference in Cumilla
09:13 PM, 03 Aug 2019 SaturdayCumilla Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) held a business development conference at Magic Paradise Park of Kotbari in Cumilla on Saturday. Md Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director and CEO of the Bank addressed the program as chief guest....
Rally and human chain seek rapist punishment on public place
09:04 PM, 03 Aug 2019 SaturdayA cycle rally and a human chain have been arranged by two cyclist organizations on Saturday in front of National Press Club seeking rapists to be punished in public places.The Cyclers of Bangladesh and Female Cyclers of Bangladesh formed a human chain..........
July the hottest month in history: UN
08:36 PM, 03 Aug 2019 SaturdayUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has shared new data from the World Meteorological Organization and Copernicus Climate Change Programme, including that July at least equaled, if not surpassed, the hottest month in recorded history....
29 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died so far in Saudi Arabia
07:48 PM, 03 Aug 2019 SaturdayA total of 29 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims have died of various reasons in Saudi Arabia as of Friday. Of them, 26 were males and three females, according to a bulletin of the Bangladesh Haj Management Portal under the Religious Affairs Ministry....
Govt more dangerous than dengue, says Gayeshwar
07:33 PM, 03 Aug 2019 SaturdayBNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday alleged that the current government is more dangerous than dengue as it has involvement with many incidents of killing, enforced disappearance and repression on women.........
18 people died of dengue in Dhaka: DGHS
07:03 PM, 03 Aug 2019 SaturdayEighteen dengue patients died in the capital city since the beginning of this year, the government said Saturday. Officially, the death toll was 14 until the morning. The Health Emergency Operations Center of the Directorate General of Health Services updated the figure in the afternoon....