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IU admission test to be held on Nov 4-8
08:37 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayThe admission test for the first year honours courses under 2019-20 academic session of Islamic University in Kusntia will be held from November 4 to 8. The decision was taken at the meeting of IU central admission test committee with IU vice-chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari in the chair, IU registrar office sources said on Sunday...
Mushfiqur Rahim completes 6000 ODI runs
08:29 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayAs the third Bangladeshi batsman after Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan, wicketkeeper cum right handed batsman Mushfiqur Rahim completed 6000 runs in ODIs. He needed just eight runs in the 2nd match of three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka to complete 6000...
Russi Taylor, longtime voice of Minnie Mouse, dies at 75
08:16 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayRussi Taylor, an actress who gave voice to Minnie Mouse for more than three decades, has died. Walt Disney Co. chairman Bob Iger announced Taylor's death in a statement Saturday. Taylor died Friday in Glendale, California, Disney said...
Landslide in Myanmar kills 13
07:59 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayAt least 13 people were killed by a massive landslide which hit a jade mine in Hpakant township, Myanmar's northernmost Kachin state, on Sunday, a local official said. The incident occurred due to the collapse of the cliff wall at a suspended jade mine near Kayin Chaung village in Hpakant....
ACC seizes Tk 80 lakh from DIG Prison’s house
07:45 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayIn a drive in the city on Sunday, the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) seized TK 80 lakh from the house of Deputy Inspector General of Prisons of Sylhet Partha Gopal Banik. ACC deputy director (Public Relations) Pranab Kumar Bhatcharya told...
Charges for dengue tests fixed
07:30 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayAmid the alarming rise in the number of dengue patients in the country, the government on Sunday fixed charges for diagnosing dengue and directed all the public and private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres to abide by the official instruction. Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad said the decision was taken after a meeting with the authorities of private hospitals...
Jago News and PRAN-RFL aid in Gaibandhan in the third phase
07:11 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayThe floods are wiping out the eastern and northern parts around the country stranding the people for foods and cloths as the monsoon rains battered the areas fatally. Several thousand people from the areas have been sheltered at some temporary camps where there were no enough foods and drinks...
Taliban: No direct talks with govt without foreign troops leave
05:59 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayThe Taliban have announced that they will not hold direct talks with the Afghan government and rejected a statement from a senior minister about plans to hold such a meeting in the next two weeks. "Intra-Afghan talks will start only after a foreign force withdrawal is announced....
PRAN-RFL group: Four units awarded with Industrial Productivity
05:27 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayThe four units of PRAN-RFL group have been given the National Productivity and Quality Excellence Award-2018 for their contributions to generate outcome in the industry sector on Sunday. The nationally awarded companies are Mymensingh Agro, Allplast Bangladesh Limited, Bango Bekers Limited and Sun Basic Chemicals...
90 charged with attack on Santal village in Gaibandha
04:21 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayThe Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Sunday submitted a charge-sheet against 90 people for killing three Santal people, looting their valuables and unleashing torture on them at their Bagda village in Gobindaganj upazila on November 6, 2016....
Bangladesh win toss, choose to bat against Sri Lanka
02:44 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayBangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second game of the three-match ODI series at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday. In the first match, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat. They amassed 314 for eight in 50 overs, riding on an imperious century by Kusal Perera...
Floods kill 75 in 14 districts
01:16 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayState minister for Relief and Disaster Management Enamur Rahman has said a total of 75 people have been killed in floods in 14 districts so far. The State minister said this while briefing at a press conference on flood situation and relief activities held at Secretariat on Sunday...
Haltrip named Thai Airways’ top agent
12:44 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayOnline travel agency Haltrip has been named international top agent of Thai Airways. Bangladesh’s Haltrip has been honoured with the position for selling maximum tickets of the airlines for different routes...
Missing in Dhaleshwari: Two bodies recovered
12:19 PM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayThe bodies of two students of Dhanmondi Ideal School and College who along with another one went missing in the Dhaleshwari river were found on Sunday...
Badda lynching: Writ seeks Tk 5cr damages for Renu’s family
11:39 AM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayA lawyer moved the High Court on Sunday seeking an order from it to provide Tk 5 crore in compensation to Badda lynching victim Taslima Begum Renu’s family. The writ petition, filed in the morning, sought payment of Tk 10 lakh within 15 days...
BPL to start December 6
09:41 AM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayThe 7th edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket will kick-off on December 6 this year, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here...
4 workers killed as pickup van overturns in Noakhali
09:26 AM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayAt least four construction workers were killed and 15 others injured as a pickup van carrying them overturned at Choumohoni Bazar under Begumganj upazila in Noakhali on Sunday morning. Identities of the victims could not be known immediately...
Langeveldt, Vettori selected as Tigers’ bowling coaches
08:22 AM, 28 Jul 2019 SundayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has selected former South African pace bowler Charles Langeveldt as their fast bowling coach while former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori as the spin bowling consultant of the national team...
Govt. opens media cell on Dengue, rumor and floods
09:51 PM, 27 Jul 2019 SaturdayA media cell has been opened by Information Ministry to deliver news immediately on initiatives taken by government over the current issues like Dengue, rumor and floods at Information Directorate on Saturday...
Dengue: More people infected than ever before in a calendar year
08:53 PM, 27 Jul 2019 SaturdayAlthough outbreak of dengue is common during every monsoon since 2000, the year it first became an epidemic, this year the situation has taken a severe turn as the mosquito-borne disease has already infected more people than ever before in a calendar year, and claimed nine lives to boot...