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Road mishap kills 2 in Rajshahi
12:01 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayTwo persons were killed when a truck hit their motorbike at medical crossing area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway under Godagari Upazila in the district last midnight...
US sanctions Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif
10:10 AM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayThe US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The sanctions freeze any assets of Mr Zarif in America, or controlled by US entities, the department said...
Osama Bin Laden’s son Hamza ‘dead’
09:37 AM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayThe son of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, Hamza, has died, according to US intelligence officials. Details of Hamza Bin Laden's place or date of death remain unclear in the anonymously-sourced reports. In February, the US government offered $1m for information leading to his whereabouts...
Sri Lanka sweeps hapless Bangladesh 3-0
09:24 AM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayBangladesh came up with an abysmal performance in all departments yet again to be whitewashed in three-match ODI series as Sri Lanka crushed them by 122 runs in the third and final match at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday...
Month of mourning begins
08:32 AM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayThe month of mourning begins today (Thursday) for the nation to recall once again the most brutal assassination in its history and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country’s independence and sovereignty...
IOM, Japan build solar-powered water supply network for 30,000 Rohingyas
10:03 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayOne of the world’s largest humanitarian solar water systems was officially inaugurated on Wednesday by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partner the Japan International Development Agency (JICA)...
Imams urged to aware people of rumour
09:29 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayState Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Wednesday urged the imams of mosques across the country to make people aware of rumour through their sermons before Jum’a prayers....
No respite from dengue; 1,477 more cases reported in 24 hrs
08:53 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayThe number of dengue patients continued to rise as a total of 1,477 more people infected with the mosquito-borne fever were hospitalized across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday. On Tuesday, 1,300 new dengue cases were reported while the number was 1,096 on Monday...
Over 4,000 Egyptians executed since Sisi-led coup
07:54 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdaySecurity forces detained Lotfy Ibrahim, a young construction worker, as he left a mosque near his home on the Nile Delta in the spring of 2015. When his family finally saw him again nearly three months later, he was in jail, looking badly brutalized...
Shakib inks deal with Riders for BPL
07:09 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayBangladesh Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan inked an agreement with Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Rangpur Riders on Wednesday. This was disclosed at a press conference at Bashundhara Industrial Headquarters 2 in the city on Wednesday...
3 die inhaling poisonous gas in Chattogram shipbreaking yard
07:00 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayAt least three workers died and six others fell sick after inhaling poisonous gas while working at a shipbreaking yard in Sitalpur of Sitakuda upazila on Wednesday...
Zia Charitable Case: HC dismisses Khaleda Zia’s bail plea
05:49 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayA High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and Justice SM Kuddus Jaman on Wednesday have dismissed a bail plea that was filed on behalf of former Prime Minister and Chairwoman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Begum Khaleda Zia who is currently serving seven years jail term over Zia Charitable Trust graft case...
SC stays HC ban on production, sale of milk of 11 companies
05:26 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayThe Appellate Division on Wednesday stayed a High Court order for five weeks clearing ways for 11 more pastuarised milk companies to produce, distribute and sell milk. Chamber Judge Md Nuruzzaman passed the order after hearing separate appeals filed by the companies seeking a stay on the HC order...
Mobil Bangladesh holds Partners’ Meet-2019
05:23 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayMJL Bangladesh Limited, Strategic Alliance Partner of ExxonMobil organized Mobil Partners’ Meet-2019 in the Hotel InterContinental Dhaka on 30 July, 2019.The auspicious evening was graced by the Chief Guest Azam J Chowdhury...
Indigenously pasteurized milks including PRAN and Milk Vita not hazardous: BARC
04:30 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayThere were no heavy metals, antibiotics or sulfa drugs found in the pasteurized milks which are produced here including by PRAN and Milk Vita that put health in risk, said Nutrition Department of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC) on Wednesday...
Sri Lanka win toss, send Bangladesh to bowl
02:47 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdaySri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first against Bangladesh in the third and last match of the ODI series at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. The match will start at 3 PM (Bangladesh Standard Time)...
Bangladesh U-19 beat India in tri-series
02:15 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayBangladesh Under-19 beat India in the ongoing tri-series in England by two wickets (DL method) in the rain-hit game on Tuesday at Billericay...
28 killed as Afghan bus hits 'Taliban' bomb: official
12:57 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayDozens of passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan early Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb, officials said...
3 killed as bus hits van in Dhamrai
12:37 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayThree people were killed as a bus hit a van on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Sutipara bus stand area of Dhamrai upazila in Dhaka on Wednesday around 10:30am...
6 die inhaling septic tank gas in Joypurhat
11:57 AM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdaySix workers died and three others fell sick after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank at Akkelpur upazila in Joypurhat on Wednesday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The incident happened when they tried to clean a septic tank of a house of Hindu community at Jafarpur in the upazila at 10am...