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Tripoli government declares military alert
11:03 AM, 04 Apr 2019 ThursdayLibya's internationally recognised government in Tripoli has declared a military alert after eastern forces loyal to powerful General Khalifa Haftar, said they had moved towards the western part of the country...
25 shops gutted in Khilgaon fire
09:47 AM, 04 Apr 2019 ThursdayAt least 25 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at two markets in the city’s Khilgaon area early Thursday. Deputy assistant director Kazi Najimozzaman of Fire Service and Civil Defense said the fire broke out at Khilgaon City Corporation Market around 3:15 am and engulfed the adjoining Pubali Shopping Market in the area...
Turkey’s opposition demands mandate as Istanbul recount continues
09:34 AM, 04 Apr 2019 ThursdayThe opposition candidate running to be the next mayor of Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has urged the country's electoral board to "do its job" and confirm his election win, as authorities began a partial recount in more than a dozen of the city's 39 districts...
US House committee seeks Trump’s tax returns
08:40 AM, 04 Apr 2019 ThursdayA House committee chairman has formally asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide six years of President Donald Trump's personal tax returns in a long-awaited move widely expected to lead to a long court battle with the White House...
British MPs back Brexit delay by one vote
08:30 AM, 04 Apr 2019 ThursdayBritish parliamentarians have narrowly approved a bill seeking to delay Brexit, as they attempt to avoid a no-deal exit from the European Union...
Football legend Pele treated in Paris hospital: Sources
09:37 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayFootball legend Pele has been taken to a Paris hospital as a precaution after suffering an...
Film on Bangabandhu to be released by March 2021: Benegal
08:41 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayNoted Indian film director Shyam Benegal today said that they have a plan of releasing a film on Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by March 17 in 2021...
No Baishakhi events after 6pm: Home Minister
07:53 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today urged all concerned to refrain from arranging any cultural programme after 6 pm on the day of Pahela Baishakh celebration on April 14 for security reasons. “The law enforcement agencies will remain vigilant...
Abahani beat Manang Marshyangdi Club 1-0 in AFC Cup
06:59 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayA lone goal from Afghan defender Masih Saighani steered Dhaka Abahani Limited to register a...
Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes on trial over 1MDB mega-scandal
06:04 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayMalaysia’s disgraced ex-leader Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to all charges against him as he...
Smartphone moviemakers take the limelight at African festival
04:58 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayIt’s not because you don’t have the means that you don’t dream,” says Guy Serge Namane, a...
Chawkbazar fire probe report on May 8
04:14 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayA Dhaka court today set May 8 for submitting probe report in the case filed over devastating fire...
PM asks businessmen not to hike prices of essentials during Ramadan
03:48 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the businessmen not to hike the prices of essentials during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. The prime minister made the appeal while opening and laying foundation stones of 65 uplift schemes, including 24 economic zones...
PM inaugurates BGMEA’s new building
02:25 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the new building of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) constructed in the capital’s Uttara. The premier inaugurated this through a video conferencing from her official residence at Ganabhaban on Wednesday...
PM opens, lays foundation stones of 24 economic zones
01:07 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 65 uplift schemes including 24 economic zones, opening up a new horizon in industrialization and employment for country’s overall development...
DUCSU VP Nur postpones sit-in till Monday
12:53 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayThe Vice President of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haq Nur has postponed till Monday noon the sit-in programme that was enforced following the alleged attacks on the students by Chhatra League...
RAB arrests 6 alleged fake customs officials in Dhaka
12:16 PM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayRapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested six persons for allegedly impersonating themselves as customs officials and grabbing money from different people leaving them in traps, raiding in city’s Mirpur area...
Trade war, Brexit could slow developing Asia’s 2019, 2020 growth: ADB
11:45 AM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayGrowth in developing Asia could slow for a second straight year in 2019 and lose further momentum in 2020, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday...
UN human rights experts condemn Rohingya deportation by India
11:16 AM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayUN human rights experts condemned the Indian Government’s decision to deport three more Rohingyas to Myanmar and urged the authorities to stop such forced deportations which are prohibited under international law...
National Film Day today
11:01 AM, 03 Apr 2019 WednesdayThe National Film Day-2019 is being observed today in a befitting manner under the auspices of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) and the National Film Observance Committee...