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DU students lock academic, administrative buildings
12:01 PM, 22 Jul 2019 MondayGeneral students of Dhaka University put the academic and the administrative buildings under lock and key on Monday morning demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges. The main entrances of Registrar building, Arts building, Curzon Hall and Mokarram Bhaban, remained locked since 8 am...
Biswajit Chakraborty granted bail in cheque bounce case
10:45 AM, 22 Jul 2019 MondayBengali television and film actor Biswajit Chakraborty has been granted bail in a cheque bounce case filed by Darshan Khamani, a city businessman...
Habiganj Civil Surgeon dies from dengue
10:03 AM, 22 Jul 2019 MondayHabiganj Civil Surgeon doctor Md Shahadat Hossain Hajra died of dengue fever at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital on Sunday night. He was 53. He breathed his last around 10:15 pm, Nikhil Deb Sharma, Senior Medical Technologist of Habiganj surgeon office, confirmed the death to Jago News...
Floodwater starts receding; food crisis hits victims hard
09:40 AM, 22 Jul 2019 MondayAlthough floodwater started to recede from many areas in the flood-affected northern and northeaster districts, the victims were going through immense sufferings for want to food and drinking water. Besides, many were affected by water-borne diseases...
Hong Kong protests: Armed mob storms Yuen Long station
08:53 AM, 22 Jul 2019 MondayDozens of masked men armed with batons stormed a train station in the Hong Kong district of Yuen Long on Sunday. Footage posted on social media showed the men, all in white T-shirts, violently attacking people on platforms and inside train carriages...
Lightning strikes kill 32 in Uttar Pradesh
08:30 AM, 22 Jul 2019 MondayAs many as 32 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh due to lightning on Sunday, said officials. A day earlier, the lightning had claimed one life in the state, while two others had died of snake bites on July 18 and 20 respectively, the statement said...
Hazrat Shahjalal airport keeps flights uninterrupted: CAAB
09:10 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayCivil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) today said it has been able to keep flight operations uninterrupted through providing power and water supplies from its own sources as a power outage occurred at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for nearly seven hours...
NOVOAIR increases flights to Saidpur route
08:11 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayNOVOAIR, the leading private airlines of the country, will operate daily five flights to Saidpur from August 1. Currently, NOVOAIR operates daily 4 flights from Dhaka to Saidpur...
UK FM to quit over no-deal Brexit if Johnson become PM
08:03 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayBritish finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday he would resign if Boris Johnson became prime minister because he felt unable to support a leader happy to take the country out of the European Union without a deal...
It’s US Embassy that had ulterior motive: Sajeeb Wazed
07:21 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayPrime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed on Sunday said the US Embassy here is the one that had an “ulterior motive” mentioning that they picked Priya Saha because they knew she would make this outrageous statement...
Taslima Nasreen's India stay permit extended
04:20 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayControversial Bangladeshi-origin author Taslima Nasreen's residence permit has been extended for one year by the Union Home Ministry, officials said on Sunday...
Cricket World Cup final umpire admits ‘error’: Report
04:01 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayThe umpire who awarded England six runs from a freak overthrow in the last over of the World Cup final has admitted he made an "error" and should have given one run fewer, a report said Sunday...
Court dismisses Suman’s case against Priya Saha
03:14 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayA Dhaka court has dismissed a plea to sue against Priya Saha, over sedition charges by Supreme Court lawyer and International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecutor Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman on Sunday. The woman who made a complaint to United States’ President Donald Trump alleging 37 million minority’s disappearance...
Priya Saha should be given a chance: Quader
02:40 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayTransport Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Priyabala Saha, who complained of minority oppression in Bangladesh to US President Donald Trump, should be given a chance a to explain herself. Priya claimed that 37 million Hindus, Buddhists and Christians had disappeared from Bangladesh...
China wins men’s 10-meter platform title
12:48 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayYang Jian won the men’s 10-meter platform title at the world championships on Saturday as China took another diving gold. He totaled 598.65 points to finish ahead of teammate Yang Hao, who had 585.75 on Saturday night in Gwangju.
Two cases filed against Priya Saha on charges of sedition
12:27 PM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayTwo case were filed today at lower court against Priya Saha on charges of sedition for making false complaint to US President Donald Trump against Bangladesh for maligning its image. Supreme Court lawyer and International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecutor Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed the first case against Saha with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ziaur Rahman....
Rifat murder; Court refuses Minni’s bail plea
11:34 AM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayA court in Barguna has refused Aysha Siddika Minni’s plea to have an interim bail over the mostly discussed Rifat murder case on Sunday. She is the main witness and wife of brutally murdered Rifat Sharif who was arrested after being interrogated by police recently...
DU students on strike demanding exclusion of 7 colleges
10:49 AM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayA group of students of Dhaka University (DU) have gone on a strike halting classes and exams demanding exclusion of 7 government colleges which were affiliated by the university. Following a previous declaration, the students hanged locks on the academic and administrational buildings on Sunday morning...
BCL central leader receives suicidal bullet
09:56 AM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayA central leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has been shot by his own pistol. The incident took place in front of a gate of Master the Surjo Sen Hall of Dhaka University (DU) in the evening on Saturday...
Britain mulls sanctions in response to Iran tanker seizure
09:20 AM, 21 Jul 2019 SundayBritain's Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt says UK desires to de-escalate but adds Iran seized Stena Impero oil tanker in Omani waters "in clear contravention of international law." British ministers are making plans aimed at targeting Iran with sanctions in the aftermath of the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf, the DailyTelegraph newspaper reported...