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BPL five-day Chattogram phase begins today
09:24 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayAfter a day recess, the five-day Chattogram phase of Bangladesh Premier League T20 begins today with two matches billed for the day.
PM to address nation today
08:20 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening. “The premier will deliver her speech at 7:30 pm today.” The address will be aired simultaneously by Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar, private TV channels and radio stations.
Biswa Ijtema to be held on Feb 15-17
06:46 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayAs the disputes over holding the Biswa Ijtema were resolved, the second largest congregation of Muslims will now be held on the banks of Turag River in Tongi from February 15 to 17. “The three-day Ijtema will be held on February 15, 16 and 17,” a spokesman of the Religious Affairs Ministry...
4 women army officials adorned with Lt Col badge
05:53 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayChief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed today gave the badge of Lieutenant Colonel Rank to the newly promoted four women officers of the long course at the army headquarters.
BB to unveil monetary policy for H2 on Jan 30
05:17 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayBangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir will unveil the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS)...
UN chief warns ‘we are losing the race’ on climate change
04:34 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayUN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that the world is “losing the race” on climate change as he demanded that governments make bolder commitments beyond the Paris accord. “Climate change is the defining issue of our time. We are losing the race,” he said on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos...
Microsoft’s Bing search engine inaccessible in China
03:41 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayMicrosoft’s Bing search engine was inaccessible in China on Thursday, with social media users fearing it could be the latest foreign website to be blocked by censors.
Gatco graft case: Khaleda’s charge hearing deferred
03:15 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayA Dhaka court has deferred to February 7 the hearing on charge framing against jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 16 others in Gatco corruption case. Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hossain of Special Judge’s Court- 3 of Dhaka passed the order after the defence lawyers sought time from the court...
Decision on DNCC by-polls after discussion with Tarique
02:06 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the decision on DNCC by-polls will be taken after discussing the matter with the party’s acting party chief Tarique Rahman, who is in a self-imposed exile in London for a decade...
PM for cooperation among Asia-Pacific nations
12:56 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on cooperation among the Asia-Pacific nations, especially among neighbours, to combat natural calamities, describing it as very important to face damage of greater magnitude...
Maduro cuts ties after US backs opposition leader as president
12:31 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayVenezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has responded with defiance after the US recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president...
US shutdown: Trump delays State of the Union address
12:10 PM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayUS President Donald Trump says he will not deliver his annual State of the Union speech until after the government shutdown is over...
Kim applauds Trump for second summit plans
11:59 AM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayNorth Korea's leader has expressed "great satisfaction" after receiving a letter from US President Donald Trump, the North's state media said...
5 killed in central Florida bank shooting
09:18 AM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayA gunman killed five people in a bank in central Florida on Wednesday, then called police himself and eventually surrendered, local authorities said. The shooting occurred at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, a town of about 10,000 people 95 miles south of Orlando, around 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT)...
Neymar in tears after suffering foot injury during PSG cup clash
08:35 AM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayParis Saint-Germain forward Neymar was in tears as he limped from the field with a foot injury during the second half of his side's 2-0 Coupe de France victory against Strasbourg...
Russia, Turkey agree to take steps to ‘stabilise’ Syria’s Idlib
08:19 AM, 24 Jan 2019 ThursdayRussian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan say they have discussed steps needed to stabilise the situation in Syria's Idlib province where the joint battle against "terrorist" organisations will continue...
Famousa slams hat-trick as Muktijoddha beat Sheikh Jamal in BPL
09:25 PM, 23 Jan 2019 WednesdayForeign recruit Ballo Famousa’s brilliant hat- trick helped Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra...
Sheikh Hasina makes room in list of top 100 global thinkers
09:04 PM, 23 Jan 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made her room in the list of top 100 global thinkers as the famous US-based Foreign Policy journal came up with a register of world leading thinkers. “Sheikh Hasina has responded to the greatest security challenge facing Bangladesh with a generosity . . . Rather than turn away the approximate 700,000 Rohingya who fled persecution in Myanmar, Hasina welcomed them and allowed them to remain in her country...
AL to finalize DNCC nomination on Jan 26
08:31 PM, 23 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe ruling Awami League (AL) would finalize candidature for by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post on January 26.
DUCSU polls on March 11
07:40 PM, 23 Jan 2019 WednesdayDhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and the hall union elections are going to be held on March 11. Dhaka University Vice-chancellor and also the president of the DUCSU Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman finalized the date and time as per clause 8(e) of the DUCSU and hall union constitution. The voting will begin from 8am and continue until 2pm, according a DU press release on Wednesday.