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75 arrested in Sri Lanka anti-Muslim riots
09:37 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayA total of 75 suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the anti-Muslim riots which took place on Monday in the North Western Province, and the Minuwangoda area, Sri Lankan Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said on Tuesday...
1 killed in AL factional clash in Sunamganj
09:13 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayA Sramik League man was killed and 35 others including police members injured in a factional clash of Awami League over establishing supremacy at Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Shahab Uddin, 50, a Sramik League activist, son of Abdus Sobahan...
Trump to issue order blocking Huawei from US
08:35 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayPresident Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the way for a ban on doing business with China’s Huawei...
Bangladesh Christian poet arrested over writing on priests
09:28 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayPolice in southern Bangladesh arrested a prominent poet Tuesday after he was accused of hurting the religious feelings of the country's minority Christian community, police said. Henry Sawpon, a Christian himself, was detained in Barishal, south of the capital Dhaka, after a priest filed a case against him for a series of defamatory...
Tigers face off Ireland in dead rubber
09:01 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayBangladesh will take on hosts Ireland in the last group match of the tri-series tournament, which...
No gap between Govt and FBCCI: Kamal
07:58 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that there is now no distance between the...
The Cannes film festival in numbers
07:46 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayFor 12 days starting Tuesday, the Cannes film festival will be a non-stop merry go-round of...
UN experts urge ‘financial isolation’ of Myanmar military
07:30 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayMyanmar’s military commanders should be financially “isolated” and brought to trial to face...
CO2 levels in atmosphere hit historic high
05:55 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayScientists in the United States have detected the highest levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere since records began, sounding new alarm over the relentless rise of man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, which has tracked...
Graft case proceedings against Barrister Moudud to continue
05:21 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today dismissed an appeal filed by BNP leader...
Probe report in Julhas-Tonoy murder case June 20
04:51 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayA court here today set June 20 for submitting probe report in the case lodged over the murder of former USAID official Julhas Mannan and his friend Tonoy Majumder.
Khaleda’s health better than before: Home Minister
02:36 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayThe health condition of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is better than before and she is fasting, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said today. He said this while talking to the journalists at his office in the Secretariat on Tuesday...
BNP to contest by-polls to Fakhrul’s seat
12:48 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayBNP is going to participate in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat, which fell vacant after party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decided not to take oath of office...
1 killed in Sri Lanka anti-Muslim riots despite curfew
11:04 AM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayMobs slashed to death a Sri Lankan Muslim man despite a nationwide curfew imposed Monday night after anti-Muslim riots spread to three districts north of the capital in a violent backlash against Easter suicide bombings...
Trump and Xi to meet after defiant China hits US with new tariffs
09:46 AM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayU.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month as the trade war between the world’s two largest economies intensified, sending shivers through global markets...
WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones
09:16 AM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayA vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp has allowed attackers to inject commercial Israeli spyware on to phones, the company and a spyware technology dealer said. WhatsApp, which is used by 1.5bn people worldwide, discovered in early May that attackers were able to install surveillance software...
BCL announces 301-member full-fledged committee
08:42 AM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayBangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the students’ wing of ruling Awami League, on Monday announced its 301-member full-fledged committee one year after it held its last council...
Bangladesh storm into tri-series final in emphatic fashion
08:26 AM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayMushfiqur Rahim struck a superb 63 runs as Bangladesh stormed into the tri-series final, sealing a facile five-wicket win over West Indies at Malahide in Dublin on Monday. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mustafizur Rahman paved the way of the effortless victory, sharing seven wickets between them...
Corrupt individuals must be punished: President
09:30 PM, 13 May 2019 MondayPresident M Abdul Hamid today asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to ensure proper...
Biman resumes Dhaka-Delhi flight
09:01 PM, 13 May 2019 MondayBiman Bangladesh Airlines today resumed Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka direct flights after nearly five...