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BRAC returns FSFW's Fund!
05:50 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayBRAC, the world-leading NGO of Bangladesh, has very recently returned the fund worth USD 64,115 that they have received from Foundation for Smoke-Free World (FSFW), an organization established and supported by Philip Morris International (PMI)...
Bride’s father killed, mother severely injured at wedding function
05:25 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayA youth allegedly has stabbed a father to death and acutely injured a mother of a marrying girl in Priyanka Shooting House at Dilu road area of Mogbazar when a wedding function was going on Thursday....
Two attacks in Yemen's Aden kills 51
03:28 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayAccording to witnesses, an explosion hit a military camp belonging to Yemeni forces backed by the United Arab Emirates, which is a member of the Saudi-led military coalition battling the Houthis. Yemen's Houthi movement said it launched missile and drone attacks on Thursday on a military parade in Aden, the seat of the Saudi-backed government...
Death in ambulance: Shipping Ministry reconstitutes probe body
03:17 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayThe Shipping Ministry reconstituted a committee on Thursday to look into the death of a schoolboy who died in an ambulance after a ferry was reportedly delayed to accommodate a VIP in Madaripur. Additional Secretary Sanjay Kumar Banik is convener of the committee...
Huawei’s exciting Eid offer
03:10 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayThe world’s leading technology company Huawei has come up with a ‘Cool Offer Plus’ to make the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Adha more enjoyable for its consumers...
3 to die for Ctg school student murder
02:48 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayA Chattogram court has sentenced three people to death and another to life imprisonment in a case filed for murder of a school student Farhan Sakib. Acting District and Sessions Judge Munshi Abdul Majid passed the order on Thursday around 12:30pm...
Eid-ul-Azha: Moon sighting committee to meet Friday
02:19 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayNational Moon Sighting Committee meeting will be held on Friday to fix the date of holy Eid-ul-Azha and review reports of moon sighting of holy month of Jilhajj, 1440 Hijri...
Health Minister’s press conference on dengue postponed
01:25 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayHealth and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik’s today’s scheduled press conference on dengue situation has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. Maeenul Islam, Senior Information Official of health ministry, said this in a press statement. The conference was scheduled to be held at the conference room of the ministry at 2pm...
Road mishap kills 2 in Rajshahi
12:01 PM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayTwo persons were killed when a truck hit their motorbike at medical crossing area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway under Godagari Upazila in the district last midnight...
US sanctions Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif
10:10 AM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayThe US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The sanctions freeze any assets of Mr Zarif in America, or controlled by US entities, the department said...
Osama Bin Laden’s son Hamza ‘dead’
09:37 AM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayThe son of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, Hamza, has died, according to US intelligence officials. Details of Hamza Bin Laden's place or date of death remain unclear in the anonymously-sourced reports. In February, the US government offered $1m for information leading to his whereabouts...
Sri Lanka sweeps hapless Bangladesh 3-0
09:24 AM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayBangladesh came up with an abysmal performance in all departments yet again to be whitewashed in three-match ODI series as Sri Lanka crushed them by 122 runs in the third and final match at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday...
Month of mourning begins
08:32 AM, 01 Aug 2019 ThursdayThe month of mourning begins today (Thursday) for the nation to recall once again the most brutal assassination in its history and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country’s independence and sovereignty...
IOM, Japan build solar-powered water supply network for 30,000 Rohingyas
10:03 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayOne of the world’s largest humanitarian solar water systems was officially inaugurated on Wednesday by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partner the Japan International Development Agency (JICA)...
Imams urged to aware people of rumour
09:29 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayState Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Wednesday urged the imams of mosques across the country to make people aware of rumour through their sermons before Jum’a prayers....
No respite from dengue; 1,477 more cases reported in 24 hrs
08:53 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayThe number of dengue patients continued to rise as a total of 1,477 more people infected with the mosquito-borne fever were hospitalized across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday. On Tuesday, 1,300 new dengue cases were reported while the number was 1,096 on Monday...
Over 4,000 Egyptians executed since Sisi-led coup
07:54 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdaySecurity forces detained Lotfy Ibrahim, a young construction worker, as he left a mosque near his home on the Nile Delta in the spring of 2015. When his family finally saw him again nearly three months later, he was in jail, looking badly brutalized...
Shakib inks deal with Riders for BPL
07:09 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayBangladesh Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan inked an agreement with Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Rangpur Riders on Wednesday. This was disclosed at a press conference at Bashundhara Industrial Headquarters 2 in the city on Wednesday...
3 die inhaling poisonous gas in Chattogram shipbreaking yard
07:00 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayAt least three workers died and six others fell sick after inhaling poisonous gas while working at a shipbreaking yard in Sitalpur of Sitakuda upazila on Wednesday...
Zia Charitable Case: HC dismisses Khaleda Zia’s bail plea
05:49 PM, 31 Jul 2019 WednesdayA High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and Justice SM Kuddus Jaman on Wednesday have dismissed a bail plea that was filed on behalf of former Prime Minister and Chairwoman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Begum Khaleda Zia who is currently serving seven years jail term over Zia Charitable Trust graft case...