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HC scraps age limit for freedom fighters’ eligibility
03:50 PM, 19 May 2019 SundayThe High Court has scrapped three government circulars imposing a minimum age of 12 and a half years to be eligible for the status of a freedom fighter. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil issued the rule after hearing 15 writs challenging the age limit...
Lightning kills mother, son in Khagrachhari
03:28 PM, 19 May 2019 SundayA woman and her son were killed and two others injured when lightning struck them at Karim Masterpara village under Matiranga upazila of the district this morning...
Vincent Kompany announces Manchester City exit
03:01 PM, 19 May 2019 SundayManchester City Captain Vincent Kompany has confirmed he has played his last game for the club. The Belgian refused to answer questions on his future before Saturday’s 6-0 FA Cup final win against Watford, fearing the focus would be diverted from the club’s pursuit of a domestic treble...
Indictment hearing in Niko graft deferred till May 30
02:28 PM, 19 May 2019 SundayA court here today adjourned till May 30 the hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others...
This is my second innings: Quader
02:14 PM, 19 May 2019 SundayJoining office four days after his return from Singapore, Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said he is starting the second innings of his life. “Now, the major challenges are - reducing traffic jam, bringing back discipline on roads and implementing mega projects on time,” he told reporters...
India’s marathon election reaches next-to-last phase
01:10 PM, 19 May 2019 SundayIndians voted Sunday in the next-to-last round of a six-week-long national election marked by a highly acrimonious campaign that has seen Prime Minister Narendra Modi blame opposition party chief Rahul Gandhi’s family for the country’s ills...
Eid journey to be more comfortable: Quader
12:29 PM, 19 May 2019 SundayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has assured that the journey of Eid holidaymakers will be comfortable this time than previous occasions. The minister said this while exchanging views with the journalists at the conference room at Road Transport and Highway Department on Sunday...
Actor Maya Ghosh no more
12:01 PM, 19 May 2019 SundayFreedom fighter and actor Maya Ghosh passed away after suffering from cancer on Sunday morning. She breathed her last at a local hospital in Jashore at 8:45 am, said her son Deepak Ghosh...
‘Call for curbing passport related corruption’
09:33 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdaySecretary of Security Service Division of Home Ministry Md Shahiduzzaman today urged all
62 Rohingyas rescued in Cox’s Bazar
09:02 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayLaw enforcers rescued 62 Rohingyas, including women and children, from Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua...
New drain in Kalshi to eradicate waterlogging
08:12 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayDhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam is building a bypass drain from Kalshi...
China for a new era of ties with Bangladesh: envoy
07:56 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayChinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Zhang Zuo today said his country would like to push...
US issues warning to airlines flying over Gulf
07:31 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayThe Federal Aviation Administration has warned US airlines flying over the Gulf to exercise...
Quader returns to office
06:03 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has joined his secretariat office after returning home following his treatment in Singapore. He attended a meeting on progress of ongoing development projects under the ministry and exchange views with the media on Sunday at 10 am...
Last phase of Lok Sabha polls Sunday, all eyes on Baranasi
05:38 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayThe marathon Indian 17th Lok Sabha polls, the world’s largest democratic exercise, will come...
Bangabandhu Satellite’s commercial operation begins Sunday
04:50 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayCommercial operation of Bangladesh’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-I (BS-I) will...
Ex-CIA agent Mallory jailed for spying for China
01:53 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayA former CIA officer has been jailed for 20 years for disclosing military secrets to a Chinese agent, the US justice department says...
Rain likely in many parts of the country
12:38 PM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayRain accompanied by temporary squally wind may occur in many parts of the country in the next 24 hours as of 9 am tomorrow...
Google celebrates Omar Khayyam’s 971th birthday with Doodle
11:42 AM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayGoogle celebrated the 971st birthday of renowned Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyam with a doodle Saturday...
6 killed as bus overturns, falls into ditch in Bagerhat
11:21 AM, 18 May 2019 SaturdayAt least six people were killed and 15 others injured as a passenger-bus lost control and fell into a roadside ditch after hitting a tree in Bagerhat on Saturday morning. The accident took place on Khulna-Mawa highway at Kakdanga area in Fakirhat upazila around 9:15 am...