All News
AL local govt nomination board meeting today
02:39 PM, 10 Jun 2019 MondayRuling Awami League (AL) will hold a meeting of its Local Government Election Nomination Board at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence Ganabhaban at 7 pm today...
Nusrat murder: Feni court takes charges into cognizance
01:57 PM, 10 Jun 2019 MondayA Feni court has taken cognizance of the charges against 16 accused over the murder of madrasah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mamunur Rashid passed the order on Monday...
4 of a family burnt in N’ganj gas leak fire
01:14 PM, 10 Jun 2019 MondayFour members of a family burnt in a fire that broke out at a house at Pagla area in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj early Monday. The injured are Abdul Alim, 70, his daughter Sheuly, 35, granddaughter Juthi, 14 and another granddaughter Tanzila Akhter, 6...
1 killed in blast at building in Shonir Akhra
12:43 PM, 10 Jun 2019 MondayOne person was killed and two others were injured in a blast on the second floor of a three-storey building in the capital’s Shonir Akhra on Monday morning. The reason behind the explosion could not be ascertained. The deceased is Farid Uddin, 50, a hat trader...
ICC WC 2019: India ring warning bell, beat Australia by 36 runs
12:12 PM, 10 Jun 2019 MondayShikhar Dhawan's classy hundred and a quality bowling effort powered India to a 36-run victory over Australia, denying two fallen heroes a fairytale script while sounding a warning bell for their opponents in the World Cup on Sunday...
Pradeep to miss Sri Lanka’s match against Bangladesh
10:05 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayNuwan Pradeep, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has suffered a dislocation and a cut on his right finger, and will require a week to recover...
PM says her tri-nation visit very successful
08:55 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today described her recent tri-nation visit to Japan, Saudi Arabia and Finland as successful and said Bangladesh’s image has been brightened further as she highlighted the country’s achievements at the 14th OIC Summit held in Makkah...
Dhawan ton powers India to highest-ever WC total against Australia
07:40 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayIndia's batting, over the last few years, has depended on one of their top three - Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli - coming good...
Data collection for Agriculture Census begins
07:14 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayThe field-level data collection for the country’s 6th Agriculture Census began in the country today and it would continue till June 20...
Some spots in Cox’s Bazar to be dedicated to foreign tourists: PM
06:41 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government has a plan to dedicate some tourist spots in Cox’s Bazar exclusively to foreign tourists. “We’ve a plan to dedicate some tourist spots in Cox’s Bazar exclusively to foreign tourists. If we can do this, the tourism sector will flourish,” she said...
PRAN starts mango collection
05:10 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayPRAN, one of the biggest agro-processors in the country, has started mango collection and pulping activities like previous years to manufacture mango drink, juice, mango bar and other food items...
OC Moazzem must face punishment: Home Minister
04:44 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayHome Minister Assaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain will have to face punishment for his role in the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. If Moazzem went into hiding, it will take some time to find him but he must face the trial...
India win toss, opt to bat first against Australia
04:04 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayIndia won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia on a used pitch at the Oval in a Cricket World Cup group match on Sunday. Captain Virat Kohli said they want to put scoreboard pressure on before the Australians bat second in the afternoon...
BNP leader Rumeen Farhana takes oath as MP
03:49 PM, 09 Jun 2019 SundayBangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) lone MP-elect to reserved seats for women in the Jatiya Sangsad Rumeen Farhana took oath today. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at her Parliament office. Senior Secretary of Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan conducted the oath-taking ceremony...
Tigers opt to bowl first against England
04:23 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayBangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and opted to bowl first against
Signal 1 for river ports
04:12 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayRiver ports of Khulna, Barishal, Patuakhali, Cumilla, Noakhali, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar have...
US prosecutors not to enforce strict abortion laws
03:41 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayA group of American prosecutors pledged on Friday not to enforce strict abortion laws in...
PM addressing press conference on tri-nation tour
02:49 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is addressing a press conference to brief the media about the outcome of her 11-day tri-nation official visit to Japan, Saudi Arabia and Finland. The press conference started at her official Ganabhaban residence at 5pm on Sunday...
Rain likely over country
02:30 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayBangladesh Meteorological Department today predicted rainfall at many places in the country in...
Trump says moon is part of Mars
01:30 PM, 08 Jun 2019 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump on Friday declared that the moon is part of Mars and criticised NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on it by 2024. He also urged the space agency to focus instead on "much bigger" initiatives like going to Mars, undercutting his previous support for the lunar initiative. "For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking...