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No ball drama in DPL in Farhad Reza’s milestone match
09:36 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayWhile Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club edged Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club out by one-run in...
26 firefighters die battling China forest fire
08:49 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayAt least 26 firefighters died after they were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains...
Gono Forum’s Mokabbir Khan sworn in as MP
07:57 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayGono Forum leader Mokabbir Khan took oath as a member of the 11th parliament on Tuesday. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury administered the oath ceremony at her office in Jatiya Sangsad at 12:15 pm. Senior Secretary of the parliament Dr Jafar Ahmed Khan conducted the ceremony...
Info ministry issues show cause notices to cable operators
07:10 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayThe Information Ministry today issued show cause notices to two cable operators for airing...
HC wants report on fire safety measures in high-rise buildings
06:13 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayThe High Court (HC) today sought report on fire safety measures as per Fire Prevention and...
Federer sweeps past Isner in Miami final for 101st title
05:00 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayRoger Federer lifted the 101st title of his remarkable career on Sunday in dominating style...
Man Utd director Sawhney takes charge as new world cricket chief
04:16 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayIndian-born media executive Manu Sawhney has taken over as chief executive of the...
PM issues set of directives to check fire
03:37 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued a set of directives including introduction of yearly clearance certificate by the Fire Service and Civil Defence Department for high-rise buildings like industries and following building code strictly to check fire incidents.
4 die in Buriganga trawler capsizes
02:51 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayFour people, including a woman and her son, died in separate incidents of boat capsize in Buriganga river during Sunday night’s storm. Two young men died as a trawler capsized in Buriganga river near Keraniganj...
SC upholds ex-MP Rana’s bail in FF Faruk murder case
02:40 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayThe Supreme Court (SC) on Monday upheld the High Court (HC) order that granted bail to former Awami League MP from Tangail-3 (Ghatail) Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a case filed over the killing of freedom fighter and member of district unit AL Faruk Ahmed...
Khaleda taken to BSMMU finally
01:11 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayImprisoned BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was finally taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for treatment on Monday noon. An ambulance carrying her reached BSMMU at 12:36 pm. She was escorted out from Old Dhaka Central Jail at Nazimuddin Road around 12:20pm...
‘No one will be spared for spreading rumours of question leak’
12:25 PM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayThe Education Minister Doctor Dipu Moni has warned no one will be spared for spreading rumours of question leak. The Education Minister said this after visiting the HSC exam centre at Siddheswari Girls’ College in the capital on Monday...
New Zealand Under-19s tour of Bangladesh called off
10:50 AM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayNew Zealand Cricket (NZC) have cancelled their Under-19 team's tour to Bangladesh, slated for this month, in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques in which at least 40 people had been killed...
Rapper Nipsey Hussle shot dead in Los Angeles
10:38 AM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayLos Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle has been shot dead outside his clothing shop, US media report. The 33-year-old was shot a number of times, and was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported...
Turkey local elections: Early result puts opposition ahead in Ankara
09:54 AM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayResults are so far extremely close in Turkey's local elections, which are widely seen as a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Severe thunderstorm in Nepal leaves 25 dead
09:21 AM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayOver two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal late on Sunday and hundreds more were injured, police and officials said. Nepal’s Prime Minster K.P. Sharma Oli in a tweet said 25 people had been killed, and around 400 were injured...
7 killed as nor’wester sweeps over country
08:58 AM, 01 Apr 2019 MondayAt least seven people were killed as nor’wester with rain and thunderstorm swept over the country from Sunday morning to night. Two people were killed in Dhaka while two in Moulvibazar, one in Netrakona, one in Kishoreganj and one in Sunamganj. Hanif Mia, a street tea vendor, was killed after bricks fell on his head...
HSC, equivalent exams begin
05:55 PM, 31 Mar 2019 SundayThe Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2019 began on Monday. A total of 13,51,505 examinees from 9,081 educational institutions under 10 education boards registered for the examinations. Of them, 6, 64,496 are male and 6, 87,009 female students...
Faruk, Tasveer on 7-day remand
04:45 PM, 31 Mar 2019 SundayA Dhaka court has granted seven days’ remand to the land owner of FR tower engineer SMHI Faruk Hossain and the owner of its extended portion BNP leader Tasveer Ul Islam in a case filed over the fire incident at Banani in the capital...
Electric short circuit causes fire at FR tower: Probe body suspects
04:13 PM, 31 Mar 2019 SundayThe separate government probe committees formed to investigate into the FR Tower fire incident in the city’s Banani area today suspected that the fire at the FR tower was originated from an electric short circuit from the 8th floor of the building...