All News
Sri Lanka declares curfew with immediate effect
03:37 PM, 21 Apr 2019 SundayA curfew will be imposed from 6 pm today (Apr 21) until 6 pm tomorrow, Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat announced a short while ago...
Sri Lanka top cop had warned of bombers targeting churches 10 days ago
03:11 PM, 21 Apr 2019 SundaySri Lanka's police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday's bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to hit "prominent churches", according to the warning seen by AFP...
President, PM condemn blasts in Sri Lanka
02:34 PM, 21 Apr 2019 SundayPresident M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today strongly condemned the series of blasts in three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday today which left multiple people dead and scores other injured...
Ex-BNP minister Barrister Aminul Haque dies
12:21 PM, 21 Apr 2019 SundayThe vice chairman of BNP and former minister Barrister Aminul Haque has passed away. He breathed his last at the United Hospital in the capital on Sunday at 10 am, said his nephew Barrister Anik R Haque...
Holy Shab-e-Barat tonight
11:39 AM, 21 Apr 2019 SundayThe holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, will be observed across the country tonight with due religious fervour and devotion...
PM leaves for Brunei
11:15 AM, 21 Apr 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Brunei Darussalam this morning on a three-day official visit at the invitation of the kingdom’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah...
Sri Lanka attacks death toll rises to 290
10:58 AM, 21 Apr 2019 SundayThe death toll from attacks on churches and luxury hotels across Sri Lanka rose significantly to 290, and about 500 people were also wounded, police said on Monday. The death toll overnight had stood at 207. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera declined to give a breakdown of those killed...
PM flies to Brunei Sunday
09:30 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka tomorrow on a three-day official visit to Brunei Darussalam at the invitation of the kingdom’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.
City remain in control of title race with Spurs revenge
08:51 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayManchester City exacted some measure of revenge on Tottenham for their Champions League...
Rubana takes office as BGMEA’s first female president
07:48 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayRubana Huq today took the charge of the office of BGMEA president as the first female business leader to steer the trade body for the next two years.
Singer Lucky Akhand’s 2nd death anniversary Sunday
07:25 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayThe second death anniversary of eminent singer-composer and freedom fighter Lucky Akhand...
495 foreigners in Bangladesh jails: Minister
06:26 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said there are 495 foreigners in Bangladesh jails. “A total of 495 nationals of different countries are now languishing in Bangladesh jails,” he said at a seminar titled “Combating Trafficking: Repatriation of Victims of Trafficking” in the city.
DMP bans fireworks on Shab-e-Barat
05:10 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed restrictions on the use of fireworks and carrying...
Wasion inks agreement with ‘Twenty One Seventy One’
04:31 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayTwenty One Seventy One signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Wasion Group, the leading global tech oversize company...
Tourists follow ‘Game of Thrones’ trail in Northern Ireland
03:59 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayWielding a replica broadsword, Indian tourist Akshay Mannur duels with friends — re-enacting...
Dhaka WASA rejects TIB report
02:32 PM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayDhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has rejected the research report done by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) that said 91 percent clients of the WASA have to boil water before drinking. The Managing Director of Dhaka Wasa Engineer Taksim A Khan on Saturday rejected the report terming it a low-standard quality report...
4 killed in Mymensingh road crash
11:59 AM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayFour people were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Alalpur area in Mymensingh sadar upazila on Saturday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured people were admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital...
Priyanka Chaturvedi quits as Congress spokesperson, joins Shiv Sena
11:33 AM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayCongress national spokesperson and convenor of the party's media cell, Priyanka Chaturvedi, resigned from the party on Thursday...
US man arrested for threatening Democratic politicians
10:58 AM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayPolice arrested a Florida man on Friday on suspicion of leaving racist, homophobic and Islamophobic messages filled with death threats on the voicemails of several Democratic members of Congress...
Adele announces separation from husband Simon
10:42 AM, 20 Apr 2019 SaturdayAdele and her husband Simon Konecki have separated. The pop singer’s representatives Benny Tarantini and Carl Fysh confirmed the news on Friday in a statement...