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PM opens first-ever non-stop train service on Dhaka-Rajshahi route
12:46 PM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday launched the first-ever non-stop intercity train service, 'Bonolota Express', on Dhaka-Rajshahi route fulfilling the long-cherished demand of the people of Rajshahi region...
Modhumoti Model Town in Savar must be removed: SC
12:25 PM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayThe Supreme Court has upheld its previous order, directing Modhumoti Model Town authorities to restore wetlands of Savar, where the private company had developed its housing project. A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain dismissed five review petitions against its earlier verdict...
4 killed in Chattogram road crash
11:41 AM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayFour people were killed and two others injured when a truck driver lost control over the steering and ploughed into a camp of construction on the side of the road at Gabtoli area in Rangunia of Chattogram. Identities of the victims could not be identified immediately...
Muslims flee, Christians grieve in Sri Lankan town torn by violence
10:47 AM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayAs mourners buried the remains of Christian worshippers killed by the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, hundreds of Muslim refugees fled Negombo on the country’s west coast where communal tensions have flared in recent days...
Andre Russell included in West Indies World Cup squad
09:17 AM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayAndre Russell, the all-rounder was included in the Jason Holder-led West Indies squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, announced on Wednesday...
FBI assisting Sri Lankan government with Easter bombing investigation
08:35 AM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayThe U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka said early Wednesday that FBI agents are inside the country to assist in the investigation into the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 350 people...
World Malaria Day today
08:21 AM, 25 Apr 2019 ThursdayThe World Malaria Day is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the globe on Thursday with the theme ‘Zero Malaria Starts With Me’...
PM urges all to stay away from terrorism
09:33 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all to keep them away from the terrorism and militancy. “I expect that no man can engage him in such heinous acts,” she said referring to the recent deadly attacks in New Zealand and Sri Lanka. She was replying to a query from the treasury bench lawmaker...
BGMEA opposes TIB’s statements
09:15 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayBangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today opposed the...
Miraz becomes UNICEF child rights advocate
08:51 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayBangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraj was officially announced ‘UNICEF Child Rights...
Zayan laid to rest at Banani graveyard
08:23 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayAwami League Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim’s grandson Zayan Chowdhury, who was killed in the Sri Lanka series blasts on Easter Sunday, was laid to rest at Banani graveyard in the capital this afternoon.
Tigers urged to be prepared to chase big target in WC
08:00 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayOver the years English condition changed its nature, especially in the ODI cricket, helping the
PM consoles Zayan’s family
06:37 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today visited the residence of Awami League Presidium Member...
SL president asks police chief, defence secretary to quit
05:22 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdaySri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has asked the police chief and defence secretary to quit following the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 359 people, two sources close to the president said today.
‘One of 9 Sri Lanka suicide bombers was a woman’
04:37 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayOne of the nine bombers that detonated explosives in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, deputy defence minister Ruwan Wijewardene told reporters on Wednesday. The blasts at hotels and churches have so far killed at least 359 people, the deadliest such event in south Asia's history.
US denies warning Sri Lanka about attacks
02:43 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayUS Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz has told the CNN that the US did not provide Sri Lanka with advance intelligence regarding imminent attacks prior to Easter Sunday...
8 get life term for killing 3 cops in Pabna
02:26 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayA Pabna court has sentenced eight people to life term imprisonment and acquitted three others in a case filed for killing three policemen. The Speedy Tribunal in Rajshahi Anup Kumar passed the order on Wednesday around 11 am...
Sri Lanka blasts: Zayan’s body arrives in Dhaka
01:53 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayThe body of Awami League Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim’s grandson Zayan Chowdhury, a minor child who was killed in the deadly Sri Lanka blasts, arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday noon...
Businessman Mamun gets 7 years in jail
01:06 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdayA Dhaka court has sentenced businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun to seven years in jail in a money laundering case. Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hossain of Special Judge Court- 3 of Dhaka on Wednesday noon passed the order in presence of him. The court also fined him Tk 12 crore...
Sri Lanka police carry out controlled explosion near cinema hall
12:38 PM, 24 Apr 2019 WednesdaySri Lanka remained on high alert as police on Wednesday carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious motorcycle parked near a cinema hall here...