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Data collection for Agriculture Census begins
07:14 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayThe field-level data collection for the country’s 6th Agriculture Census began in the country today and it would continue till June 20...
Some spots in Cox’s Bazar to be dedicated to foreign tourists: PM
06:41 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government has a plan to dedicate some tourist spots in Cox’s Bazar exclusively to foreign tourists. “We’ve a plan to dedicate some tourist spots in Cox’s Bazar exclusively to foreign tourists. If we can do this, the tourism sector will flourish,” she said...
PRAN starts mango collection
05:10 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayPRAN, one of the biggest agro-processors in the country, has started mango collection and pulping activities like previous years to manufacture mango drink, juice, mango bar and other food items...
OC Moazzem must face punishment: Home Minister
04:44 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayHome Minister Assaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain will have to face punishment for his role in the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. If Moazzem went into hiding, it will take some time to find him but he must face the trial...
India win toss, opt to bat first against Australia
04:04 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayIndia won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia on a used pitch at the Oval in a Cricket World Cup group match on Sunday. Captain Virat Kohli said they want to put scoreboard pressure on before the Australians bat second in the afternoon...
BNP leader Rumeen Farhana takes oath as MP
03:49 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayBangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) lone MP-elect to reserved seats for women in the Jatiya Sangsad Rumeen Farhana took oath today. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at her Parliament office. Senior Secretary of Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan conducted the oath-taking ceremony...
Tigers opt to bowl first against England
04:23 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayBangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and opted to bowl first against
Signal 1 for river ports
04:12 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayRiver ports of Khulna, Barishal, Patuakhali, Cumilla, Noakhali, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar have...
US prosecutors not to enforce strict abortion laws
03:41 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayA group of American prosecutors pledged on Friday not to enforce strict abortion laws in...
PM addressing press conference on tri-nation tour
02:49 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is addressing a press conference to brief the media about the outcome of her 11-day tri-nation official visit to Japan, Saudi Arabia and Finland. The press conference started at her official Ganabhaban residence at 5pm on Sunday...
Rain likely over country
02:30 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayBangladesh Meteorological Department today predicted rainfall at many places in the country in...
Trump says moon is part of Mars
01:30 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump on Friday declared that the moon is part of Mars and criticised NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on it by 2024. He also urged the space agency to focus instead on "much bigger" initiatives like going to Mars, undercutting his previous support for the lunar initiative. "For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking...
Eden Hazard joins Real Madrid
12:31 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayEden Hazard completed his long-awaited move from Chelsea to Real Madrid on Friday and...
PM returns home after tri-nation visit
11:33 AM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home this morning wrapping up her 11-day tri-nation visit to Japan, Saudi Arabia and Finland. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 10:55 am...
Tigers face off hosts England in lucky ground
11:12 AM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayHigh on confidence following their two contrasting but effective performance in the first two matches, Bangladesh will lock horns with tournament favourties and hosts England at the Cardiff today. Bangladesh though lost their practice game to India in Cardiff, it’s the venue in which they have hundred percent winning record in International cricket.
50 shops gutted in Noakhali fire
01:34 PM, 07 Jun 2019 FridayAt least 50 shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Choumuhani Bazar in Begumganj...
Legendary New Orleans blues pianist Dr. John dies at 77
01:27 PM, 07 Jun 2019 FridayDr. John, an American jazz musician who delighted New Orleans festival-goers for decades...
Dhaka-Helsinki to work together on climate change issue
01:18 PM, 07 Jun 2019 FridayBangladesh and Finland have agreed to work together on the issue of climate change as Prime...
Theresa May quits as party leader, starting succession race
01:06 PM, 07 Jun 2019 FridayBritish Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit. May will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, likely in late July, but has relinquished control over the direction of Britain’s tortuous departure from the European Union...
3 Rohingyas killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
12:56 PM, 07 Jun 2019 FridayThree Rohingya youths were killed in an alleged gunfight with police in connection with the kidnap of a minor girl in Teknaf upazila on early Friday. Police identified them as Ukhiya Rohingya camp residents Shamsul Alam, 35, and Nur Alam, 21, and Leda Camp resident Habib, 20...