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Regal Furniture displays 50 new products at DITF
10:10 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayPopular furniture Brand Regal has come up with variations of furniture with new designs at Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)...
Indian SC refuses to stay CAA without hearing govt
09:50 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe Supreme Court of India on Wednesday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, is “uppermost in everybody's minds”, but refused to stay the law without hearing the government first...
List of 8238 loan defaulters published in parliament
09:26 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has disclosed a list of 8,238 loan defaulting people and companies in the parliament...
Publish ad in newspapers asking Sinha to turn up: Court
08:41 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayA court in Dhaka on Wednesday directed authorities concerned to publish an advertisement in two national dailies asking former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others to appear before it on February 20 in a case filed on charges of misappropriating and laundering Tk 4 crore...
Greece gets first female president
08:18 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayTop judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou became Greece’s first woman president on Wednesday when lawmakers elected her head of state in a rare display of unity...
Immigration: The search for a better way of life
07:38 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayIn the modern age of mass communication, everybody is now connected to the rest of the world. People are now more eager to opt for an alternative lifestyle or are in the look for an alternative opportunity not only for themselves but also for their family members as well...
BCL tortures 4 DU students in Abrar style
07:17 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayWithin a few months of BUET student Abrar Fahad's death from Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) beating, four Dhaka University students have allegedly been tortured nightlong in a dormitory by the student wing of ruling party Awami League...
Myanmar inquiry into treatment of Rohingya criticised after finding no evidence of rape
04:18 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayA Myanmar government-backed inquiry that dismissed allegations of genocide against the Rohingya has been condemned as a deeply flawed cover-up, after it failed to interview a single victim of rape...
Chargesheet against 3 Farmers Bank officials approved
03:40 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved chargesheet against three officials of the Farmers Bank Limited (Now Padma Bank) in an embezzlement case...
E-passport is a ‘Mujib Barsho’ gift for nation: PM
03:16 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today launched the much-awaited electronic passport (e-passport) along with the automated border control management programme, saying that it (e-passport) is a gift for the nation in the “Mujib Barsho”...
BGMEA building demolition begins
01:33 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayDemolition of the BGMEA Building, illegally built on the Hatirjheel in the capital by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) violating the laws of the land, begins today. Housing and Public Works Minister S M Rezaul Karim inaugurated the demolition works in front of the building around 12:45pm...
HC bans laminated election posters
01:18 PM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to immediately stop production and display of laminated posters in electoral areas of Dhaka’s two city corporations. The court also issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to stop production and display of laminated posters across the country...
Jeff Bezos’s phone ‘hacked by Saudi crown prince’
10:30 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone “hacked” in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message that had apparently been sent from the personal account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, sources have told the Guardian...
US deports Iranian student despite ACLU efforts to block his removal
09:35 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayU.S. immigration officials on Monday deported an Iranian student headed to a Boston university despite efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocates to block the removal...
PM inaugurates e-passport
09:16 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayBangladesh today launched e-passport as the 119th country in the world. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the e-passport and automated border control management at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) at 11am. At the function, she received her e-Passport. Home Minister Asaduzzman Khan Kamal handed over the passport to her...
New China virus: US announces first case
08:42 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe United States has confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus on its territory. The Centers for Disease Control said the virus, which originated in China, had been diagnosed in a US resident who arrived in Seattle from China...
First-ever cadaveric kidney transplant in Bangladesh expected in ‘Mujib Borsho’
09:20 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayBangladesh’s first-ever cadaveric kidney transplant will be conducted during the ‘Mujib Borsho’ marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Real Madrid signs $33m teen in hunt for new Neymar
08:51 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayReal Madrid signed promising teenager Reinier Jesus for an estimated $33 million on Monday, as the Spanish club continues its search for the next Brazilian superstar...
68000 poors to get homes in 'Mujib Borsho'
08:27 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayThe government will build a paved home for a poor family in some 68,038 villages each during 'Mujib Borsho' marking the 100th birth anniversary of father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Iranian politician 'offers $3m to whoever kills Trump'
07:12 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayAn Iranian politician is reportedly offering a $3m "award" for "whoever kills Trump"...