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DIG Mizan suspended
11:36 AM, 26 Jun 2019 WednesdayControversial Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman has been suspended as of Tuesday. Public Relations Officer of Home Ministry Sharif Mahmud Apu confirmed the matter to UNB, adding that a notification had already been issued in this regard...
Brian Lara hospitalized after complaining of chest pain
05:50 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayFormer West Indies cricketer Brian Lara has been admitted to Global Hospital in Parel, Mumbai after he complained of chest pain...
ECNEC okays 10 projects worth Tk 6,967cr
05:32 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved 10 development projects involving Taka 6,967 crore, including modernization of 21 metre-gauge diesel-electric locomotives of Bangladesh Railway (BR)...
Othoba signs deal with El Amore
05:07 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayPopular e-commerce site Othoba.com has signed an agreement with El Amor, an accessories house of importing products. As per deal, customers will be able to purchase of importing products of El Amor through Othoba.com...
Nusrat and Mimi, first-time parliamentarians, take oath
04:46 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayNewly-elected Trinamool Congress lawmakers Nusrat Jahan Ruhi and Mimi Chakraborty today took oath as members of the Lok Sabha...
RMG workers’ wage payment system to go digital
04:15 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayPresident of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Rubana Huq on Tuesday said the wage payment system of RMG workers is going to be digitised soon...
Dope test is being compulsory for govt jobs: Home minister
03:23 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayHome minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the dope test is being compulsory for entry to government jobs. The minister on Tuesday said this at a press briefing held at the conference room of home ministry on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking...
Writ seeks end to unnecessary C-sections
02:21 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayA writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday seeking its directives to prevent unnecessary caesarean sections in the country...
Mild heat wave likely to abate
01:59 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayThe mild heat wave sweeping over some parts of the country may abate at some places as rain or thundershowers is likely to occur at several places today...
JCD men vandalize BNP’s central office
01:45 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayA group of JCD leaders and activists vandalized the central office of BNP on Tuesday noon. They broke some tables and CCTVs in the office. Some JCD men were injured in the incident. The incident took place around 12 pm when agitated JCD leaders and activists, who have been demonstrating over new committee, went to enter into the office...
PRAN CEO, City MD get bail
01:10 PM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayPRAN group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ahsan Khan Chowdhury and City group Chairman and Managing Director Fazlur Rahman have been granted bail in two separate cases filed over food products produced by the two companies...
World Cup five-for is very special: Shakib
11:36 AM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayBangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was pleased to finally dazzle with bowling that was the only missing link in his sheer dominating performance in the ongoing World Cup...
Terrific Shakib revels in multiple feats to demolish Afghanistan
11:20 AM, 25 Jun 2019 TuesdayShakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladeshi bowler to claim a five-for in World Cup match as his side stayed alive in the semifinal race, with a 62-run victory over Afghanistan at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Monday...
Shakib scripts unique World Cup history for Bangladesh
05:40 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayShakib Al Hasan has been enjoying a brilliant run of form in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2019 and during Bangladesh’s group stage encounter against Afghanistan in Southampton on Tuesday...
Cabinet secretary dismisses TIB report over promotion
05:20 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayThe cabinet secretary today dismissed a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report that claimed promotions are being given to senior government officials on the basis of political consideration. He was briefing journalists after a cabinet meeting at the secretariat here. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting at the PMO...
Court directs to give facilities as per jail code to Moazzem
03:51 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayA Dhaka court has directed to the government to give facilities as per jail code to former Sonagazi officer-in-charge (OC) Moazzem Hossain who landed in jail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for spreading a video of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi on social media...
Bangladesh lose toss, bat first against Afghanistan
03:15 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayAfghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl against Bangladesh in a World Cup 2019 league-stage match at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Monday...
Identities of four killed in Kulaura train accident revealed
02:12 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayIdentities of four persons killed in the train accident at Baramchal under Kulaura Upazila last night has been revealed, local administration told BSS. The deceased were identified as Kawsar, 35, Manwara Parvin, 48, Fahmida Yasmin Eva, 20 and Sanjida Akter, 20...
US cyber-attacks on Iranian targets not successful: Iran minister
01:40 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayU.S. cyber-attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran’s telecoms minister said on Monday, within days of reports that the Pentagon had launched a long-planned cyber-attack to disable his country’s rocket launch systems...
Rail communications with Sylhet to resume by evening: Rail Secy
01:28 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayThe rail communications with Sylhet that remained suspended following a train crash will resume by this (Monday) evening, said Railways Secretary Mofazzal Hossain. Six coaches of Dhaka-bound ‘Upaban Express’ from Sylhet veered off the tracks on Sunday night...