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Floods kill 75 in 14 districts

01:16 PM, 28 Jul 2019 Sunday

State minister for Relief and Disaster Management Enamur Rahman has said a total of 75 people have been killed in floods in 14 districts so far. The State minister said this while briefing at a press conference on flood situation and relief activities held at Secretariat on Sunday...

Haltrip named Thai Airways’ top agent

12:44 PM, 28 Jul 2019 Sunday

Online travel agency Haltrip has been named international top agent of Thai Airways. Bangladesh’s Haltrip has been honoured with the position for selling maximum tickets of the airlines for different routes...

Missing in Dhaleshwari: Two bodies recovered

12:19 PM, 28 Jul 2019 Sunday

The bodies of two students of Dhanmondi Ideal School and College who along with another one went missing in the Dhaleshwari river were found on Sunday...

Badda lynching: Writ seeks Tk 5cr damages for Renu’s family

11:39 AM, 28 Jul 2019 Sunday

A lawyer moved the High Court on Sunday seeking an order from it to provide Tk 5 crore in compensation to Badda lynching victim Taslima Begum Renu’s family. The writ petition, filed in the morning, sought payment of Tk 10 lakh within 15 days...

BPL to start December 6

09:41 AM, 28 Jul 2019 Sunday

The 7th edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket will kick-off on December 6 this year, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here...

4 workers killed as pickup van overturns in Noakhali

09:26 AM, 28 Jul 2019 Sunday

At least four construction workers were killed and 15 others injured as a pickup van carrying them overturned at Choumohoni Bazar under Begumganj upazila in Noakhali on Sunday morning. Identities of the victims could not be known immediately...

Langeveldt, Vettori selected as Tigers’ bowling coaches

08:22 AM, 28 Jul 2019 Sunday

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has selected former South African pace bowler Charles Langeveldt as their fast bowling coach while former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori as the spin bowling consultant of the national team...

Govt. opens media cell on Dengue, rumor and floods

09:51 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

A media cell has been opened by Information Ministry to deliver news immediately on initiatives taken by government over the current issues like Dengue, rumor and floods at Information Directorate on Saturday...

Dengue: More people infected than ever before in a calendar year

08:53 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

Although outbreak of dengue is common during every monsoon since 2000, the year it first became an epidemic, this year the situation has taken a severe turn as the mosquito-borne disease has already infected more people than ever before in a calendar year, and claimed nine lives to boot...

Pilot recruitment irregularities: ACC to interrogate Biman officials, ex-MD

08:04 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate 10 Biman officials, including recently-dismissed managing director and chief executive officer AM Mosaddique Ahmed, for irregularities in pilot recruitment...

Tigers upbeat to level series Sunday

07:21 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

Bangladesh are optimistic about bouncing back in the second game of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka on Sunday. A win will level the series for the Tigers, but a loss will hand it to the hosts...

Jago News and PRAN-RFL aid in Kurigram in the second phase

06:26 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

The floods are wiping out the eastern and northern parts around the country stranding the people for foods and cloths as the monsoon rains battered the areas fatally. Several thousand people from the areas have been sheltered at some temporary camps where there were no enough foods and drinks...

3 college students go missing in Dhaleshwari

05:30 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

Three college students from Dhaka went missing while taking bath in Dhaleshwari River on Saturday. The victims – Mehedi, 17, Rajon, 17, and Akash, 18 – are first-year students of Ideal School and College in Dhanmondi...

Southern Yemen floods kill 6

05:21 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

Yemeni officials say at least six people were killed when floods swept through much of the country's south following heavy rainfall......

Gulp! Arkansas photographer snaps images of snake eating bug

04:39 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

An amateur photographer has snapped some startling gone-in-a-gulp images of a venomous snake devouring an unlucky bug at Ozark National Forest in Arkansas...

Kapil Dev-led CAC to pick India’s next head coach

04:31 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

Kapil, Gaekwad and Rangaswamy had picked WV Raman as the Indian women’s team head coach last year. But CoA member Diana Edulji has taken the matter before the BCCI ethics officer, Justice (Retd) DK Jain...

Govt serious about tackling dengue, flood: Quader

04:00 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the government is working sincerely to tackle the prevailing dengue and flood situation. He said this while delivering speech at a programme, marking the Silver Jubilee of Awami Swechhasebok League (BASL)...

4 killed as truck crashes into auto-rickshaw in Kishoreganj

02:43 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

A fatal road accident left four people dead in Pakundia upazila of the district on Saturday morning...

Sheikh Hasina sends Rajshahi Fazli to British PM

12:50 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has sent Bangladesh’s famous mangoes along with flowers to newly appointed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a mark of her good wishes for Johnson...

5 suspected Ansar Al Islam men of a family detained in Dhaka

12:38 PM, 27 Jul 2019 Saturday

Five suspected members of the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam have been detained in capital in the wee hours of Saturday. Anti-Terrorism Unit of police in a drive held them from 23 number house on 28 No road in Rupnagar residential area around 1:30 am....