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Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon due Friday
11:16 AM, 19 Nov 2019 TuesdayFormer UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Friday on a brief visit which will be his second visit to Bangladesh this year after leaving the United Nations. Ban will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7am on Friday and join lunch to be hosted by Brac in his honor on Saturday...
Hundreds of HK protesters surrender to police
11:07 AM, 19 Nov 2019 TuesdayAbout 600 protesters who were trapped by police inside a Hong Kong university have surrendered to the authorities, chief executive Carrie Lam has said. Lam said that among those who had given themselves up to police were 200 children. She said no “immediate” arrests of under-18s had been made...
Transport workers block highway seeking repeal of new act
10:32 AM, 19 Nov 2019 TuesdayTransport workers have blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Shreepur upazila of Gazipur demanding cancellation of newly effected Road Transport Act. They started the blockade at Mawna Chourasta around 8am on Tuesday...
Messi rescues Argentina against Uruguay
10:17 AM, 19 Nov 2019 TuesdayLionel Messi scored an injury-time penalty as Argentina rescued a draw in their friendly with South American rivals Uruguay in Tel Aviv. Messi's Barcelona team-mate Luis Suarez had given Uruguay a second-half lead from a free-kick before Martin Caceres handled in the area...
February wedding for Srijit, Mithila?
06:06 PM, 18 Nov 2019 MondaySpeculation is rife that Indian filmmaker Srijit Mukherji, the most eligible bachelor in Tollywood, is all set to walk down the aisle...
Myanmar not out of ICC, ICJ jurisdiction: Shahriar
04:46 PM, 18 Nov 2019 MondayState Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Monday said the Myanmar government is not out of the jurisdiction of International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC). More than 7,00,000 mainly-Muslim Rohingyas were forced to flee to Bangladesh...
Justice Bobde takes oath as 47th chief justice of India
04:00 PM, 18 Nov 2019 MondayJustice Sharad Arvind Bobde was sworn in as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi today...
RAJUK fines Shakib Khan Tk 10 lakh
03:10 PM, 18 Nov 2019 MondayRajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has fined Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan Tk 10 lakh. A mobile court of RAJUK on Monday conducted a drive at Niketan in the capital’s Gulshan area fined him for violating building code in constructing his 10-strorey building...
10 shot, 4 killed at family gathering in California
01:38 PM, 18 Nov 2019 MondayTen people were shot, four of them fatally, when someone opened fire on a backyard family gathering in Fresno, California, on Sunday night, police said...
PM seeks larger UAE investment in Bangladesh
01:18 PM, 18 Nov 2019 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought both public and private investment from UAE in larger volume in potential sectors such as RMG, IT, agriculture and special economic zones in Bangladesh for mutual trade benefit of the country...
Abrar murder: Warrant issued against 4 fugitive accused
12:46 PM, 18 Nov 2019 MondayA Dhaka court today accepted the charge sheet against 25 accused in a case filed over the killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaisarul Islam passed the order. The court also issued an arrest warrant against four fugitive accused...
Dhaka ranks worst again in Air Quality Index
12:14 PM, 18 Nov 2019 MondayBangladesh’s capital city has again ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the second consecutive day on Monday. Dhaka had a score of 246 at 08:45 am on Monday, indicating that the air quality was ‘very unhealthy.’ In the index, Lahore of Pakistan, Ulaanbaatar of Mongolia and India’s Delhi occupied the next three slots...
Holey Artisan attack case verdict on Nov 27
04:49 PM, 17 Nov 2019 SundayDhaka Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal will deliver its verdict on Monday in a case lodged over the 2016 terrorist attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. Judge Mojibur Rahman of the tribunal fixed the date on Sunday after both the prosecution and defence counsels completed their closing argument...
Samrat placed on 6-day remand in graft case
04:29 PM, 17 Nov 2019 SundayA Dhaka court today placed former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat on a six-day remand in a case lodged against him for amassing illegal wealth of around Taka three crore...
BNP sends letter to PM seeking info about deals signed with India
04:00 PM, 17 Nov 2019 SundayBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking detailed information about the bilateral instruments signed with India during her visit to the neighbouring country last month...
PM attends grand Dubai airshow-2019
03:32 PM, 17 Nov 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined the grand opening ceremony of the five-day 16th biennial “Dubai Air Show-2019” this morning. The airshow started at Dubai World Central, Dubai’s airport of the future (also known as Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport). The aircraft will take to the skies over Dubai...
'99% Muslims in India are converted'
03:10 PM, 17 Nov 2019 SundayIn an exclusive interview with India Today TV, yoga guru Ramdev said he believes "99 per cent Muslims in India are converted". Ramdev also said, "What Vatican is to Catholics, Mecca is to Muslims, Golden Temple to Sikhs, Ayodhya is to Hindus."...
PRAN becomes best Bangladeshi FMCG company in Australia
02:36 PM, 17 Nov 2019 SundayThe popularity of PRAN products is increasing day by day in Australian market. Of its recognition, PRAN Foods Limited won the Australia-Bangladesh Business Council (ABBC) award-2019 as a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company in Australia...
Retirement age of FFs in govt jobs to remain 60
12:44 PM, 17 Nov 2019 SundayRetirement age limit of freedom fighters in government jobs will remain 60, Appellate Division has said in its full verdict on the matter. Public Servant Retirement (Amendment) Act, 2013 raising retirement age limit of the freedom fighters to 60 from 59 years was declared legal in the full verdict.
PM reaches Dubai to join Air Show
11:34 AM, 17 Nov 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached in DUBAI, United Arab Emirates on Saturday night on a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend Dubai Air Show-2019 and other programmes. The premier is visiting the UAE at the invitation of its ruler Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashed al Maktoum...