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Taiwan “must and will be” reunited with China: Xi
11:27 AM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayChinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it "must and will be" reunited with China. In a speech marking 40 years since the thaw in cross-strait relations, he reiterated Beijing's call for peaceful unification on a one-country-two-systems basis. However, he said China reserved the right to use force...
GM Quader to act as JaPa Chairman in absence of Ershad
10:09 AM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayJatiya Party (JP) co-chairman Golam Mohammad Quader will act as its chairman in absence of incumbent chairman and former President HM Ershad...
Re-election in 3 centres of Brahmanbaria-2 Jan 9
09:39 AM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayRe-election in three centres of the Brahmanbaria-2 (Sarail-Ashuganj) constituency will be held on January 9...
Brazil’s far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro sworn in
09:08 AM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayBrazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, was sworn in on Tuesday during a ceremony in the capital Brasilia, likely marking the beginning of a hard conservative shift in governing Latin America's largest economy and most populous nation...
Koala drinks from water bottle in Australia heatwave
09:31 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayAs Australia swelters in an extreme heatwave, a video of a woman in the state of Victoria...
Police bring Malibagh situation under control
09:23 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayThe situation in the capital’s Malibagh was brought under control, police said. The agitating workers withdrew the road blockade around 6:40 pm. Garment workers took to the streets when a Gazipur bound bus of Supravat Paribahan ran over the two garment workers Nahida Parveen and Meem while they were crossing the road...
Ranga for further strengthening Jatiya Party
08:34 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayJatiya Party Secretary General Md Mashiur Rahman Ranga today said the party will be further...
Textbook distribution festival held amid enthusiasm
07:40 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayAround 4.26 crore school children across the country today celebrated the Textbook Festival receiving books free of cost for their new classes on the first day of the New Year.
Garment workers block Rampura road over death of two colleagues
06:27 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayGarment workers have taken to the street to protest over the death of two colleagues in the capital’s Rampura on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Nahida Parveen and Meem. They were working at MH garment.
9 ways to polish your LinkedIn profile
05:40 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayLinkedIn has profoundly changed the way we network, explore business opportunities and...
‘If PM wishes, I will join new cabinet’
05:16 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayFinance Minister AMA Muhith today said if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks him to take part in the new cabinet, he will join as he always obey the prime minister.
Bangladesh fail to secure direct qualification to T20 WC
03:35 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayBangladesh and former champions Sri Lanka have failed to get direct qualification for the...
Cabinet may take oath before Jan 10, says Quader
03:15 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayRuling Awami League secretary Obaidul Quader has said the new cabinet may take oath before the Home Coming Day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on January 10. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said this on Tuesday while talking to the journalists at the party chief’s political office at Dhanmondi...
Newly-elected MPs to be sworn in Jan 3
01:46 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayNewly-elected members of the parliament will be sworn in on January 3. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer the oath ceremony at the Jatiya Sangsad. The Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu revealed this while addressing at a programme titled ‘BSRF Sanglap’...
Upazila polls schedule in February
01:02 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) is going to announce the upazila polls schedule in the first week of February. The election will be held in 6 phases, according to the EC’s election management department. In the first phase, polls will take place in around 100 upazilas out of 492...
Bollywood actor Kader Khan passes away
12:02 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayVeteran Bollywood actor-screenwriter Kader Khan passed away on Tuesday in Canada. He was 81...
PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu on polls triumph
11:42 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of her party’s absolute victory in 11th parliamentary elections. The premier paid the homage by placing wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu...
Saudi King, Crown Prince congratulate Sheikh Hasina
11:12 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdaySaudi King Salman sent on Monday a cable to the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, congratulating her on winning parliamentary elections...
Philippines President admits to sexually assaulting maid
09:21 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte has invited outrage after describing a sexual assault he committed against a maid as a teenager. Although a spokesperson later said the president had invented the claim, women's rights groups have criticised him and called for his resignation...
Saddam’s daughter publishes last message before his death
08:44 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayThe daughter of the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has posted on her Twitter account what she said were the last words her father had for the Iraqi people, four days before his execution on December 30, 2006...