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Japan Emperor Akihito begins abdication rituals
10:15 AM, 30 Apr 2019 TuesdayJapan Emperor Akihito began his abdication rituals at a Shinto shrine Tuesday morning as Japan embraces the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era...
IS chief speaks on video, praises SL suicide bombers
09:17 AM, 30 Apr 2019 TuesdayThe Islamic State group's elusive chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has purportedly appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released on Monday (Apr 29) by the militant organisation and referred to last week's deadly attack in Sri Lanka...
US deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein quits
08:29 AM, 30 Apr 2019 TuesdayRod Rosenstein, the US deputy attorney general who oversaw the special counsel inquiry into President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, has resigned. Mr Rosenstein, who had a fraught working relationship with Mr Trump, will step down on 11 May in a departure that had been expected for months...
Cyclone “Fani” moves north northwestwards
09:33 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayThe cyclonic storm “Fani” over southeast bay and adjoining area moved north-northwestwards...
SL president appoints new acting police chief
08:55 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondaySri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Monday he had appointed Chandana...
Sheikh Fahim elected FBCCI president
08:19 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayThe election board of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry....
The rich and famous vote in India’s election
07:40 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayBillionaires and Bollywood stars urged Indians to go out and vote as they took their turn with...
Shakib’s absence in team’s photo session disappointing: BCB chief
07:00 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon termed Shakib Al Hasan’s...
4 BNP MPs-elect take oath
06:21 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayFour lawmakers-elect from BNP took oath this afternoon as Member of Parliament (MP) of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad. The four MPs are – Md Mosharraf Hossain from Bogura-4, Md Aminul Islam from Chapainwabganj-2, Harun-ur-Rashid from Chapainwabganj-3 and Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan from...
Cabinet fixes Ramadan office time from 9am to 3.30pm
04:50 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayThe Cabinet today fixed the office time during Ramadan from 9.00 am to 3.30 pm for all offices of government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies. The decision was taken in the weekly cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office at Tejgaon in the capital...
Hearing of Holey Artisan attack case adjourned till May 6
04:12 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayAn anti-terror special court in Dhaka today set May 6 for holding next hearing of a case...
Summer diet tips: 5 nutrition mistakes to avoid during summers
02:50 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondaySummer is a time when a lot of people fall prey to the rising heat, which may lead to a number of problems. Summer health problems may be as benign as headaches and nausea or as severe as a heat stroke, de-hydration, constipation and diarrhea...
Cricketer Shami’s wife Hasin arrested for midnight brawl
02:17 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayHasin Jahan, wife of Indian pacer Mohammed Shami, was arrested by Amroha police late night on April 29 after she barged into the pacer's house where she was also involved in an argument with Shami's mother...
Sri Lanka Bomb suspect’s sister fears 18 relatives killed in gun battle
01:04 PM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayThe sister of the suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka's deadly Easter Sunday bombings has told CNN up to 18 of her family members are missing and feared dead since the attacks and subsequent raids...
Actor Anis passes away
10:19 AM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayMovie actor Anisur Rahman Anis died on Sunday night. He was 78. He breathed his last at his residence in the capital’s Tikatuli around 11 pm...
Van Dijk and Miedema win PFA player of the year awards
09:50 AM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayDutch duo Virgil van Dijk and Vivianne Miedema have won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year awards for 2018-19...
Sri Lanka bans burqa after carnage
09:23 AM, 29 Apr 2019 MondaySri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on burqa, or face covering, a week after militants carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people...
2 killed in blast at Basila ‘militant den’: RAB DG
08:30 AM, 29 Apr 2019 MondayTwo people were killed in a blast inside a suspected militant den in the capital’s Basila on Sunday morning. Rapid Action Battalion’s (RAB) Director General Benazir Ahmed confirmed the matter while visiting the spot in Mohammadpur...
Sexual abuse, torture cost lives of 271 children in 2018: MJF
06:08 PM, 28 Apr 2019 SundayA total of 271 children died after rape, sexual harassment and physical torture while 1,006 fell victims to such incidents across the country in 2018...
3 Rohingya militants jailed for 10 years
05:28 PM, 28 Apr 2019 SundayA Dhaka court has sentenced three Myanmar nationals, who are the members of a militant outfit of the country, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosives Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Special Tribunal-4 Judge Md Rabiul Alam passed the order on Sunday...