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Sri Lanka declares curfew with immediate effect

03:37 PM, 21 Apr 2019 Sunday

A 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 Sunday

Sri 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 Sunday

President 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 Sunday

The 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 Sunday

The 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 Sunday

Prime 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 Sunday

The 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 Saturday

Prime 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 Saturday

Manchester 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 Saturday

Rubana 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 Saturday

The second death anniversary of eminent singer-composer and freedom fighter Lucky Akhand...

495 foreigners in Bangladesh jails: Minister

06:26 PM, 20 Apr 2019 Saturday

Home 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 Saturday

Dhaka 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 Saturday

Twenty 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 Saturday

Wielding a replica broadsword, Indian tourist Akshay Mannur duels with friends — re-enacting...

Dhaka WASA rejects TIB report

02:32 PM, 20 Apr 2019 Saturday

Dhaka 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 Saturday

Four 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 Saturday

Congress 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 Saturday

Police 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 Saturday

Adele 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...