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Nusrat murder: PBI to submit charge sheet Wednesday
01:20 PM, 28 May 2019 TuesdayThe Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) will submit the charge sheet to the court against Feni madrasa principal Siraj Ud Doula and 15 others in Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case. Banaj Kumar Majumder, chief of the PBI, said this at a press conference held at its headquarters on Wednesday...
Fertility paradox in male beauty quest
12:41 PM, 28 May 2019 TuesdayScientists have uncovered an evolutionary paradox where men damage their ability to have children during efforts to make themselves look more attractive...
India snubs Pakistan for Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
11:15 AM, 28 May 2019 TuesdayIndia will not invite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, who starts his second term as India’s prime minister, two sources in the foreign ministry said, suggesting any early warming in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbors is unlikely...
Firm on stepping down, Rahul asks Congress to look for his successor
10:28 AM, 28 May 2019 TuesdayRahul Gandhi Monday appeared firm on his decision to step down as Congress president, plunging the party which suffered the second-worst defeat in its history into more turmoil, confusion and uncertainty...
PM leaves home for tri-nation tour
09:48 AM, 28 May 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left home on her 12-day tri-nation tour on Tuesday with Japan being her first destination to be followed by Saudi Arabia and Finland. The premier left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Haneda International Airport, Tokyo at 9 am by a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines...
President to join Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
08:53 AM, 28 May 2019 TuesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for India on Wednesday on a three-day visit to join the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India...
Japan attack: Child among 3 killed in Kawasaki stabbing
08:29 AM, 28 May 2019 TuesdayA group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus have been attacked by a knife-wielding man in a Japanese city just south of Tokyo. At least 18 people were injured on a residential street in Kawasaki. Two of them, a 12-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man, are dead...
Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino dies: officials
09:33 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayMalaysia’s last surviving male Sumatran rhino died Monday, wildlife officials said, leaving...
BB issues new policy for offshore banking operation
09:17 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayBangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a new policy allowing banks to give fully foreign owned
Draft speedy trial act gets cabinet nod
08:51 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayThe cabinet today approved in principle the draft of “The Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Act-2019” increasing the tenure of its effectiveness for five more years in its weekly meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at PMO office in Dhaka.
Govt allocates Tk 169.14cr for payment of jute mills workers
08:28 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayThe government today allocated Taka 169.14 crore to pay salaries and arrears of the state-
Online news portal registration to continue till June 30
07:44 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayThe Press Information Department (PID) has started online news portal registration process which will continue till June 30. The authorities of the online news portals can apply through filling up specific forms of the website of PID http://www.pressinform.gov.bd, said an official handout today. They can also submit their application by post along with all documents.
Dhaka urges int’l help to resolve Rohingya crisis
06:33 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayPlanning Minister MA Mannan today called upon the international community to come forward...
Mild heat wave likely to spread
05:49 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayBangladesh Meteorological Department today predicted mild heat wave sweeping over some places to spread.
Mashrafe a warrior, Shakib a tactical guy: Rhodes
05:03 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayBangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes heaped a shower of praise for Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and...
PM urges public representatives to win people’s hearts
03:01 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the public representatives to work for the welfare of the people saying that victory in polls is not enough, rather they (public representatives) must win the hearts of the masses...
Nusrat murder: Arrest warrant issued against ex-Sonagazi OC
02:19 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayA Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against former Sonagazi officer-in-charge (OC) Moazzem Hossain for spreading video of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi on social media. Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Ash-Shams Jaglul Hussein passed the order on Monday...
Huawei founder says he would oppose Chinese retaliation against Apple
01:24 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayHuawei Technologies’ founder and Chief Executive Ren Zhengfei told Bloomberg that retaliation by Beijing against Apple Inc was unlikely and that he would oppose any such move from China against the iPhone maker...
Newly-elected MCC mayor, councillors take oath
12:56 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayThe newly-elected mayor and councillors of Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) were sworn-in at a function at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday morning. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath of office to MCC Mayor Ekramul Haque Titu...
Female lawyer found dead in Moulvibazar
12:33 PM, 27 May 2019 MondayA female lawyer was found dead at her own residence in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar district early Monday...