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BFF’s women wing chairman Kiron gets bail
02:44 PM, 19 Mar 2019 TuesdayA Dhaka court has granted bail to Bangladesh Football Federation’s women wing chairman and FIFA council member Mahfuza Akter Kiron in a defamation case lodged under ‘CrPC 500’ by a sports organiser. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sorafuzzaman Ansaree on Tuesday granted till April 2 the bail with a bondage of Tk 10,000...
Obaidul Quader’s bypass surgery Wednesday
02:17 PM, 19 Mar 2019 TuesdayAiling Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, will undergo bypass surgery on Wednesday...
2 killed in AL factional clash in Narsingdi
12:31 PM, 19 Mar 2019 TuesdayAt least two people were killed and three others injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League (AL) in Narsingdi early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Iqbal Hossain, 30, nephew of Mirza Char union parishad chairman Jafar Iqbal Manik and Amanullah, 27...
Bilaichari upazila AL president gunned down
11:31 AM, 19 Mar 2019 TuesdayThe president of Bilaichari upazila Awami League (AL) Suresh Kanti Tonchongga was gunned down by the terrorists in Rangamati on Tuesday morning. He came under the attack on his way to Alikhong area from Farua area of the upazila around 9 am...
Bus kills BUP student near Bashundhara, road blocked
10:30 AM, 19 Mar 2019 TuesdayA university student was killed in a road accident at Bashundhara gate area in the capital on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)...
Dutch shooting: Utrecht police arrest suspect after 3 killed
10:08 AM, 19 Mar 2019 TuesdayA man has been arrested after three people were killed and five wounded, some seriously, in a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht...
Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 in Mozambique
09:12 AM, 19 Mar 2019 TuesdayCyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 people in Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said in an address on national radio Monday. "Officially, we have a record of more than 84 dead but everything indicates that we can have a record of more than 1,000 dead," Nyusi said, adding that "100,000 people are in danger."
7 killed in Rangamati gun attack
08:35 AM, 19 Mar 2019 TuesdaySeven people, including an assistant presiding officer, were killed and an presiding officer among 13 was injured in a gun attack on a vehicle of a motorcade carrying election officials and law enforcers in Baghaichhari upazila on Monday evening...
1 feared dead, multiple hurt in Dutch tram shooting
05:53 PM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayDutch authorities suspect one person was killed in a shooting on a tram in the city of Utrecht...
Indonesia summons Australian envoy over senator’s Christchurch remarks
05:30 PM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayIndonesia summoned Canberra’s ambassador Monday after an Australian senator blamed last week’s mosque attacks by a white supremacist in New Zealand on immigration.
SC goes into 13-day vacation
04:42 PM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayThe Supreme Court (SC) today went into 13-day vacation, leaving Chamber Judge Court and seven High Court vacation benches to deal with the emergency matters.
Rohingya ‘lost generation’ struggle to study in Bangladesh camps
04:28 PM, 18 Mar 2019 MondaySixteen-year-old Kefayat Ullah walked to his school in southern Bangladesh in late January, as he had done most days for the previous six years, to find that - despite being one of the top students in his class...
DR Congo train derailment kills 24
03:27 PM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayAt least 24 people were killed and 31 injured Sunday when a freight train carrying stowaways derailed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police and medical services said.
Afghanistan beat Ireland for historic first Test victory
03:00 PM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayAfghanistan’s cricket team claimed a historic first Test win on Monday as they beat Ireland by seven wickets.
Hasina, Trudeau urge global community to act together against terrorism
01:18 PM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau have called upon the global community to act together to stamp out terrorism as they talked over phone this morning. “The Canadian premier phoned...
New Zealand’s cabinet backs action on gun laws
12:55 PM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayNew Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that her cabinet had made principle...
‘Captain Marvel’ clobbers the competition to stay atop box office
11:51 AM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayFemale-led superhero movie “Captain Marvel” took in an estimated $69.3 million over the...
2nd phase of Upazila Parishad polls begins
11:32 AM, 18 Mar 2019 MondayThe 2nd phase of the 5th Upazila Parishad elections begins in the country today with balloting in 116 upazilas in 16 districts. The polling started at 8 am and it will continue till 4 pm without any break.
Tigers urged to move on from Christchurch bloodshed
05:25 PM, 17 Mar 2019 SundayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) advised the players to move on from the dreadful incident in Christchurch where they survived a close shaves.
HBO confirms episode lengths for ‘Game of Thrones’ final season
04:43 PM, 17 Mar 2019 SundayWith just under a month to go till the final season of Game of Thrones hits our screen, HBO has...