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PM, new cabinet members pay homage to Liberation War martyrs
03:01 PM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War today on the occasion of installation of her government for the third consecutive term...
Kamal warns BNP against sabotage in name of movement
01:57 PM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has warned BNP that they will be curbed strongly if they try to do sabotage in the name of movement. The Home Minister said this while talking to the journalists at the Secretariat in the capital on Tuesday noon...
Dhaka Dynamites beat Khulna Titans by 105 runs
12:33 PM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayDhaka Dynamites, a mighty team in BPL, beat Khulna Titans in their second match by 105 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur on Tuesday. Khulna scored 87 runs after Dhaka set a target of 193 runs...
Hrithik confirms dad Rakesh has early stage cancer
12:06 PM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayBollywood actor Hrithik Roshan has confirmed that father, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan has been diagnosed with early stage throat cancer and is taking on the disease in ‘full spirit’. He also wrote that the actor-turned-filmmaker will undergo a surgery on Tuesday...
New cabinet pay homage to Bangabandhu
10:53 AM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her new cabinet colleagues paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Tuesday on the occasion of installation of her government for the third consecutive term. They paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban...
Language movement hero Hannan dies
10:38 AM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayLanguage movement hero and eminent educationist Syed Abdul Hannan has died. He breathed his last at Dhaka’s City Hospital early Tuesday. He left behind his wife, two sons and three daughters to mourn his death...
World Bank President Kim resigns
09:30 AM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim has resigned, more than three years before his term ends in 2022, the multilateral lender said on Monday, reports Aljazeera. Kim, 59, said that he will immediately join a firm and focus on increasing infrastructure in developing countries. The bank did not provide further details...
This is how Vivek Oberoi looks as Narendra Modi in his biopic
09:16 AM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayThe first poster of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi biopic was released on Monday, days after it was announced that Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi would be essaying the role of PM Modi in the movie. The movie is titled "PM Narendra Modi"...
Kim visits China for summit with Xi
08:48 AM, 08 Jan 2019 TuesdayNorth Korea leader Kim Jong Un is in China for a fourth summit meeting with President Xi Jinping, North Korean and Chinese state media reported Tuesday...
Myanmar army to launch ‘crackdown’ on Rakhine rebels: govt
09:26 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayMyanmar has called on its military to "launch operations" against ethnic Rakhine rebels behind a...
New cabinet capable of accomplishing manifesto: Quader
09:21 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayAwami League (AL) General Secretary today said the new council of ministers has been formed aiming to fulfill the pledges made by Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina in the election manifesto.
BPL resumes Tuesday
07:55 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayAfter a day recess, the 6th edition of Bangladesh Premier League T20 resumes tomorrow (Tuesday) with two matches billed for the day at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.
Bangladesh to be world’s 24th largest economy by 2033
07:09 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayBangladesh is poised to climb 19 places in the World Economic League Table to become the world’s 24th largest economy by 2033.
Economic diplomacy will be my focus: Momen
06:01 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayNew Foreign Minister Dr Abdulkalam Abdul Momen today said that he would focus on economic diplomacy for realizing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s vision to upgrade Bangladesh to higher...
IU first year classes to begin on January 15
05:49 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayThe classes of first year honours courses under the academic session 2018-2019 of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia will begin on January 15, 2019.
Month-long DITF-2019 kicks off Jan 9
04:41 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayThe 24th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF-2019) will begin from January 9 at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, west side of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), in the city.
Sheikh Hasina takes oath as PM for fourth term
03:49 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondaySheikh Hasina, the Awami League President and elder daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, today formed the government for the third consecutive term as she took oath as the prime minister for fourth term with 47-member council of ministers.
RMG workers continue agitation, set fire on bus
03:26 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayA group of Ready-made garment workers on Monday continued their agitation for the second consecutive days demanding some demands including salary hike. They set fire on a bus at the round premises of the Airport area in the capital. Vehicular movement on both sides of the road from Uttara to Abdullahpur was suspended...
Saudi continues to deport scores of Rohingya to Bangladesh
12:49 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondaySaudi Arabia is continuing to deport scores of stateless Rohingya - held indefinitely by the kingdom - to Bangladesh, where they will become refugees, according to video footage sent to Middle East Eye...
Amartya Sen backs Naseeruddin amid row over amnesty video
12:13 PM, 07 Jan 2019 MondayNobel laureate Amartya Sen on Sunday came out in support of actor Naseeruddin Shah, who recently landed in controversy with his remark on mob violence and appearance in a video for the Amnesty India against alleged government crackdown on NGOs, and said attempts were being made to "disturb" the actor...