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Turkey’s opposition strikes blow to Erdogan with Istanbul mayoral win
01:19 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayTurkey’s opposition has dealt President Tayyip Erdogan a stinging blow by winning control of Istanbul in a re-run mayoral election, breaking his aura of invincibility and delivering a message from voters unhappy over his policies...
“Hum Toh Doobe Hain Sanam....”: Gulbadin’s cheeky warning to Bangladesh
12:45 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayAfghanistan can take a lot of pride from their performances at the World Cup 2019, specially from their batting efforts against heavyweights England and India...
I am desperate to win World Cup: Rhodes
12:34 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayBangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes revealed that he is desperate to win the World Cup even though his side is in tricky position as they need to win the rest of three games...
Pakistan condemn woeful South Africa to World Cup exit
12:23 PM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayPakistan condemned South Africa to World Cup elimination and kept alive their own slender chances of advancing to the semi-finals with a 49-run win at Lord’s on Sunday...
Death toll from Moulvibazar train crash rises to 6
11:53 AM, 24 Jun 2019 MondayThe death toll from Sunday night’s train crash at Baramchal in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar rose to 6 while the number of injured to over 100. The accident disrupted Sylhet’s rail communications with other parts of the country, including the capital...
6m people living in extreme poverty: Minister
02:28 PM, 23 Jun 2019 SundayBetween five and six million people in Bangladesh are currently affected by extreme poverty, Planning Minister MA Mannan said Sunday. “The number will decrease soon,” he said at the CPD Budget Dialogue at a Gulshan hotel...
BTV to be broadcast in India from July
01:25 PM, 23 Jun 2019 SundayBangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television (BTV) will be broadcast in India any day in July. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said this at a press conference held at the conference room of Information Ministry in the Secretariat. India on Tuesday announced its decision...
Who is selling milk, yogurt without licence?
12:35 PM, 23 Jun 2019 SundayThe High Court (HC) has directed Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutions (BSTI) to submit within two weeks an investigation report on those who is selling milk and yogurt without licence in Dhaka metropolitan city. A HC bench comprising by Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam on Sunday passed the order...
US ‘launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems’
11:56 AM, 23 Jun 2019 SundayThe US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems on Thursday as President Trump pulled out of air strikes on the country, US reports say. The cyber-attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers, the Washington Post said...
AL’s 70th founding anniversary today
11:40 AM, 23 Jun 2019 SundayBangladesh Awami League (AL), one of the country’s oldest political parties, is celebrating its 70th founding anniversary in a befitting manner...
PM vows to build hunger-and-poverty-free ‘Sonar Bangla’
11:13 AM, 23 Jun 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her determination to build a hunger-and-poverty-free “Sonar Bangla” as dreamt by Bangabandhu as she opened the 70th founding anniversary programmes of Bangladesh Awami League...
Buet students return to classes after 7 days
05:33 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayAgitating students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) returned to their classes on Saturday, a week after their protests rocked the campus...
BNP’s sample of saving democracy threatening for country: Hasan
05:24 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayInformation Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the sample of saving democracy of BNP is threatening for the country’s democracy as they killed people by throwing petrol bombs in the name of movement...
1,70,390 loan defaulters in country: Finance minister
04:38 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayAs per the Credit Information Bureau of Bangladesh Bank, there are 1,70,390 loan defaulters in the country as of December 2018, Finance Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal informed parliament today. In reply to a query of ruling Awami League MP (reserved seat) Lutfunnesa Khan, the minister said this in the House...
Magazine columnist alleges Trump raped her at a store 2 decades ago
03:41 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayE. Jean Carroll, a New York-based writer and longtime women's advice columnist, accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her more than two decades ago in a dressing room of an upscale Manhattan department store, an episode detailed in a book excerpt published Friday in New York magazine...
World Cup: India win toss, elect to bat first against Afghanistan
03:19 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayIndian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in a World Cup match at The Rose Bowl here on Saturday...
Preparation for BNP's 7th council underway: Fakhrul
02:41 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayThe preparation for the 7th council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is underway, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today. Fakhrul said this after offering fateha prayer and placing floral-wreaths at the graveyard of late President Ziaur Rahman on Saturday...
Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives
01:45 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayU.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could have killed 150 people, and signaled he was open to talks with Tehran...
Vitamin A plus campaign underway
12:44 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayThe national Vitamin A plus campaign is underway across the country on Saturday, aiming to feed Vitamin A-plus capsules to nearly 2.20 crore children aged from six months to 59 months. Health Minister Zahid Malik inaugurated the programme at Dhaka Shishu Hospital at 8 am...
Sri Lanka and Malinga blow away England in World Cup shock
12:23 PM, 22 Jun 2019 SaturdayAgainst all the odds Sri Lanka produced the result of the tournament with a stunning 20-run victory over England...