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‘Modi govt won’t let sacrifice of jawans go in vain’
05:04 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayAsking Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to announce the name of the leader of the opposition...
Time for talks over, world needs to act now, says Modi on Pulwama attack
03:58 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the time for talks were over and the world needed to act...
11th general election: AL decides to punish rebel candidates
03:39 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the party has decided to punish rebel candidates, who had joined the 11th national parliamentary election defying its decision.
Gazette of 49 women MPs for reserved seats published
02:50 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayThe Election Commission (EC) today issued a gazette notification containing the names and addresses of 49 members of parliament (MP) for reserved seats for women...
Pakistan calls back High Commissioner in India for ‘consultations’
02:36 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayPakistan has called back High Commissioner in India for consultations following the diplomatic tensions between the two countries after the Pulwama attack...
Writ challenging legality of MPs’ oath-taking rejected
02:13 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayThe High Court has rejected the writ petition filed challenging legality of oath taking by the lawmakers elected in the December 30 general election last year. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil on Monday passed the order...
Pulwama encounter: CRPF convoy attack mastermind killed
12:43 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayThe mastermind of the horrific terror attack in Pulwama has finally been eliminated by the security forces in a fresh encounter. Kamran alias Ghazi Rasheed was the mastermind of the Pulwama terror attack which took place on February 14...
Chris Gayle to retire from ODIs after 2019 World Cup
12:34 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayWest Indies batsman Chris Gayle will retire from one-day international cricket after this summer's World Cup...
Saudi crown prince oversees $20bn of deals with Pakistan
12:00 PM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayCrown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday said Saudi Arabia has signed investment agreements worth US$20 billion during his high-profile visit to Pakistan, where tensions were flaring up with nuclear-armed rival India...
4 killed in gunfight in J&K’s Pulwama, days after CRPF attack
10:10 AM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayFour soldiers including an officer were killed in an overnight encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, days after over 40 soldiers were killed there in a terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy...
Biswa Ijtema’s time extended by one day
09:46 AM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayThe time for Biswa Ijtema has been extended by another day as rain disrupted the congregation on Sunday on the bank of the river Turag at Tongi here...
3 new banks get LoI for final approval
09:28 AM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayBangladesh Bank’s Board of Directors today approved to issue Letter of Intent (LoI) in favour of three new banks - Bengal Commercial Bank, The Citizen Bank and People’s Bank
Bangladesh, UAE sign four MoUs
09:04 AM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayBangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) here on Sunday signed four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to promote relations between the two countries in the areas of investment, business and power sector. The instruments were inked after a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a 15-member UAE business delegation led by Minister for Economic Affairs Sultan al Monsuri...
IS teenage bride Shamima gives birth to boy
08:34 AM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayShamima Begum, one of three teenage girls to flee east London for a new life with the Islamic State group, says she has given birth to a baby boy...
Facebook needs regulation as Zuckerberg ‘fails’: UK MPs
08:23 AM, 18 Feb 2019 MondayFacebook needs for stricter regulation, with tough and urgent action necessary to end the spread of disinformation on its platform, MPs have said...
PM demands richer nations “will” to negate climate change impacts
05:58 PM, 17 Feb 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made a fervent call to richer nations “will” to negate the climate change impacts to protect the Mother Earth saying their determination alone appeared missing since the world by now have the rest of the resources...
Actress Sanai Mahbub released after detention
04:10 PM, 17 Feb 2019 SundayActress Sanai Mahbub Suprova was detained by Cyber Security and Crime Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday for allegedly publishing indecent videos on internet...
Road safety: 15-member body formed led by Shahjahan
03:53 PM, 17 Feb 2019 SundayThe government has formed a 15-member committee led by the president of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation Shahjahan Khan to bring the discipline on the road across the country...
EC declares all 49 aspirants for reserved seats elected
03:14 PM, 17 Feb 2019 SundayThe Election Commission (EC) on Sunday declared all the 49 aspirants to the parliamentary reserved seats for women elected as they are the only candidates from their respective areas. EC’s Joint Secretary and also the Returning Officer Abu Kashem formally announced the names at its media centre at Agargaon in the capital on Sunday...
“India shouldn’t play against Pakistan in world cup 2019”
02:43 PM, 17 Feb 2019 SundayIn the wake of the terror attack in Pulwama, where at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed on Thursday, Cricket Club of India (CCI) secretary Suresh Bafna on Sunday said that India should not play against Pakistan in the upcoming World Cup...