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EC starts allocating electoral symbols to candidates
02:30 PM, 10 Dec 2018 MondayElection Commission (EC) today started allocating election symbols among the final candidates of all parties for allowing them to contest the 11th parliamentary election...
EC wants credible polls, not panic: CEC
01:18 PM, 10 Dec 2018 MondayThe Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has asked the judicial magistrates to carry out the electoral duties rising above all political parties and people. The CEC said this while addressing at a workshop of judicial magistrates held at Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon on Monday...
Armenia election: PM Nikol Pashinyan wins by landslide
12:42 PM, 10 Dec 2018 MondayArmenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won a convincing victory in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, consolidating his authority...
India beat Australia by 31 runs in historic win at Adelaide
11:44 AM, 10 Dec 2018 MondayChasing their first-ever Test series win in Australia, India made an impressive start to the four-match series by beating the hosts by 31 runs in the opening Test at the Adelaide Oval on Monday...
Twitter CEO Jack criticised for ‘tone deaf’ Myanmar tweets
10:47 AM, 10 Dec 2018 MondayTwitter's chief executive has been criticised for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country...
Khashoggi murder: Saudi refuses Turkey extradition request
09:01 AM, 10 Dec 2018 MondaySaudi Arabia's foreign minister has ruled out extraditing to Turkey suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Adel al-Jubeir said: "We do not extradite our citizens."
National VAT Day today
08:40 AM, 10 Dec 2018 MondayThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is observing the ‘National VAT Day-2018’ on Monday aiming to encourage people to pay the Value Added Tax (VAT) for the country’s development...
EC to allocate poll symbols Monday
06:22 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayThe Election Commission (EC) will allocate the electoral symbols to political parties and independent candidates for contesting in the 11th parliamentary election as today was the last day of withdrawal of candidature...
Viqarunnisa teacher Hasna gets bail
05:49 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayThe teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Hasna Hena has been granted bail in a case filed for instigating the suicide of a Class-IX student Aritree Adhikari. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Billah on Sunday passed the order on condition of a bond of Tk 5000 until the police report is submitted...
Bangladesh tick most boxes in dominating first ODI victory
05:24 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundaySpin, pace and sagacious batting took Bangladesh to a five-wicket win over West Indies in the first ODI in Dhaka. The only plan the visiting side seemed to have when defending a below-par 195 for 9 was to blow the home batsmen away with pace. But that wasn't a very useful ploy on a slow and low pitch...
JaPa gets 29 seats from AL-led alliance
04:25 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayThe ruling Awami League-led grand alliance has given 29 seats to the candidates of Jatiya Party (JaPa) to contest the 11th parliamentary election which is scheduled to be held on December 30...
Trump chief of staff John Kelly to leave White House job
03:49 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayUS President Donald Trump has announced that his chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by the end of the year. There have been persistent reports for several days that Gen Kelly was under pressure to go...
PM for mother’s special attention to children
02:50 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon parents specially mothers to give attention to groom up their children as worthy citizens with the ideals of Begum Rokeya. “Especially the mothers should give attention to the children so that they don’t become bending to militancy, terrorism and drug,” she said...
WI bat; Shakib, Tamim, Mustafizur among 5 Bangladesh changes
01:18 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayWest Indies stand-in captain Rovman Powell won the toss and decided to bat against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Dhaka. The decision was slightly surprising given the amount of dew that usually falls at the Shere Bangla National Stadium around 7.00 pm onwards...
Viqarunnisa student sit on hunger strike for teacher’s release
01:02 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayA group of students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College has been continuing their movement for the consecutive three days demanding the release of teacher Hasna Hena from jail. Now the students are observing the hunger strike after boycotting the classes in the same demand...
Priyanka Chopra: US writer sorry for ‘scam artist’ comment
12:03 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayA US journalist has apologised after writing that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra was a "scam artist" who had trapped US singer Nick Jonas into marrying her to further her career...
PM hands over Rokeya Padak
11:42 AM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayBegum Rokeya Padak has been handed over to five prominent women for their outstanding performances in women empowerment in the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the award to them at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Sunday morning. This year, former state minister of Women and Children affairs Jinnatunnesa Talukder...
Sheikh Hasina for united efforts to ensure Grand Alliance’s victory
09:24 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayPrime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today expressed...
Miss World 2018 is Mexico’s Vanessa Ponce de Leon
08:47 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayThe moment that was magical for all present there when Miss World 2018 was...
Begum Rokeya Day Sunday
07:25 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayBegum Rokeya Day will be observed tomorrow across the country with due respect...