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Detectives watchful to check question leak rumors: Minister
04:42 PM, 02 Nov 2019 SaturdayHoping that there will be no question paper leak during this year’s JSC and equivalent examinations, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Saturday said the gangs who spread question leak rumors are now under the radar of intelligence agencies...
Tigers to face India amid severe air pollution in Delhi
02:41 PM, 02 Nov 2019 SaturdayAmid the severe air pollution in Delhi, which plummeted to hazardous level and led to public-health emergency, Bangladesh will start their India tour by taking on the hosts in the first of three-match T20 series tomorrow (Sunday) at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The match starts at 7.30 pm...
Attack on Mali military post kills 53 soldiers
12:57 PM, 02 Nov 2019 SaturdayFifty-three soldiers were killed Friday in a "terrorist attack" on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country, the government said. The assault is one of the deadliest strikes against Mali's military in recent Islamist militant violence...
KUET shut down for indefinite period after clash
12:14 PM, 02 Nov 2019 SaturdayThe Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) was shut down for an indefinite period on Saturday after a clash between two groups of students over a football match. “The residential students have been ordered to vacate the halls,” said Registrar GM Shahidul Alam...
JSC, JDC exams begin
11:43 AM, 02 Nov 2019 SaturdayJunior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations-2019 began across the country on Saturday morning. As many as 26,61,682 students from 29,262 educational institutions are participating in the examination. Of them, 22,60,716 are JSC examinees. A total of 454 students from nine overseas centres are appearing in the JSC examinations...
Saudi Arabia compensates Bangladeshi crane accident victims
04:18 PM, 31 Oct 2019 ThursdayThe Saudi Arabia today handed over cheques of compensation among the relatives of the victims of crane accident that took place in Makkah in 2015...
Dhaka to host next D-8 summit in April
04:05 PM, 31 Oct 2019 ThursdayBangladesh will host the 10th D-8 (Developing 8) summit in the third week of April, 2020. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hinted this when D-8 Secretary General Ambassador Jaafar Ku Shaari paid a courtesy call on her at her office here this morning. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting...
Bangladesh, India ties: A new neighbourhood model
03:17 PM, 31 Oct 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s India visit, during the first week of this month, reinforced bilateral ties to an extent that the Official Joint Statement described it as “a bond transcending strategic relationship”...
DSCC councillor arrested with arms, drugs
02:25 PM, 31 Oct 2019 ThursdayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 today arrested a councillor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) at Tikatuli in the capital. The detainee is Moynul Haque Monju, 39 no. ward councilor of DSCC. RAB-3 conducted a drive at his office and arrested him at 12pm...
Pentagon releases first images from raid that killed ISIS leader
01:24 PM, 31 Oct 2019 ThursdayThe Pentagon released newly declassified video and images Wednesday of the daring, two hour raid targeting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that shows US forces taking small arms fire from multiple locations as their helicopters approached the compound...
65 killed in Pakistan train fire
12:15 PM, 31 Oct 2019 ThursdayAt least 65 people were killed and scores injured when a train caught fire near the city area of Liaquatpur in Punjab province of Pakistan on Thursday. The train, Tezgam, was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi, when a gas cylinder carried by a passenger exploded, leaving several dead and injured...
SC upholds Al-Badr commander Azhar’s death penalty
11:59 AM, 31 Oct 2019 ThursdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today showed no mercy to Jamaat leader and 1971 Al-Badr commander ATM Azharul Islam as it upheld the death sentence handed over to him by International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 for committing crimes against humanity...
5 killed in gas cylinder blast in Rupnagar
04:41 PM, 30 Oct 2019 WednesdayAt least five people were killed in a gas cylinder blast in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area on Wednesday afternoon. The incident took place on 11 no. road in the area at 3:45pm. Deepak Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Rupnagar Police Station, confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Death threat to PM: Giasuddin jailed for 3 years
04:10 PM, 30 Oct 2019 WednesdayA Chittagong court has sentenced BNP leader Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, the younger brother of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, to death in a case filed for giving death threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chittagong Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahidullah Kaisar passed the order on Wednesday...
HC quashes arms case against 104-yr-old woman
03:04 PM, 30 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe High Court has quashed all proceedings against 104-year-old Rabeya Khatun in an arms case filed 17 years ago. The High Court has scrapped the trial proceeding of an arms case against 104-year-old Rabeya Khatun. The HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan passed the order...
PM announces continuation of incentives in leather sector
01:48 PM, 30 Oct 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced continuation of incentives in leather sector for at least five more years aimed at achieving the desired export target of the leather and footwear industry. The prime minister was addressing while inaugurating the third edition of three-day Bangladesh Leather Footwear...
Manipur separatists announce ‘govt in exile’ in UK
12:54 PM, 30 Oct 2019 WednesdayTwo dissident leaders from Manipur claiming to represent King Leishemba Sanajaoba on Tuesday announced the launch of the “Manipur Government in exile” here in the UK. There was no immediate comment from the High Commission of India in London...
Appellate Division upholds HC order on BNP MP Harun
12:33 PM, 30 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld a High Court Division order granting six-month interim bail to BNP MP Harunur Rashid in a case filed over abusing duty-free import facilities...
Shakib steps down from MCC cricket committee
11:56 AM, 30 Oct 2019 WednesdayRight after the decision of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ban Bangladesh star player Shakib Al Hasan for two years, with one of that is suspended, the all-rounder has stepped down from the world cricket committee of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)...
Shakib banned for 2 years
06:41 PM, 29 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan from all cricket for two years, with one year of that suspended, after he accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code...