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Writer Imtiaz arrested in Digital Security Act
02:31 PM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayWriter and lawyer Imtiaz Mahmood has been arrested in Digital Security Act case filed in Khagrachari in 2017. Police arrested him from his residence in the capital’s Banani on Wednesday morning...
Wanted to give the Padma Shri back: Saif Ali Khan
01:00 PM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayActor Saif Ali Khan, who was felicitated with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2010, says he wanted to return it. On Arbaaz Khan's chat show Pinch, Saif was taken through some mean tweets about him...
Malaysia agrees to open labor market for Bangladesh soon
12:21 PM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayMalaysia has agreed to open labour market for Bangladesh soon and it proposed to hold a bilateral joint working group (JWG) meeting on May 30-31 in this regard. Malaysia offered the proposal at a meeting between the country’s Home Affairs Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran...
President off to London for health check-up
12:12 PM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid left here for London this morning for health check-up and treatment of eyes...
Vidyasagar statue broken in Trinamool-BJP violence
11:29 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayBJP president Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday ended up in violent clashes between Trinamool Congress youth members and BJP workers at College Street in the northern part of the city...
Griezmann confirms he is leaving Atletico Madrid
10:58 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayWorld Cup winner Antoine Griezmann has announced via social media that he is leaving Atletico Madrid after five years at the club...
Mediterranean boat capsize: 40-45 Bangladeshis still missing
09:55 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayAround 40-45 Bangladesh nationals remain missing after Friday’s boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach Europe from Libya, said an official on Tuesday. He said 14 Bangladesh nationals were rescued alive from the capsized boat and one body was recovered. The boat reportedly left from Libya’s Zouara...
75 arrested in Sri Lanka anti-Muslim riots
09:37 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayA total of 75 suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the anti-Muslim riots which took place on Monday in the North Western Province, and the Minuwangoda area, Sri Lankan Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said on Tuesday...
1 killed in AL factional clash in Sunamganj
09:13 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayA Sramik League man was killed and 35 others including police members injured in a factional clash of Awami League over establishing supremacy at Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Shahab Uddin, 50, a Sramik League activist, son of Abdus Sobahan...
Trump to issue order blocking Huawei from US
08:35 AM, 15 May 2019 WednesdayPresident Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the way for a ban on doing business with China’s Huawei...
Bangladesh Christian poet arrested over writing on priests
09:28 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayPolice in southern Bangladesh arrested a prominent poet Tuesday after he was accused of hurting the religious feelings of the country's minority Christian community, police said. Henry Sawpon, a Christian himself, was detained in Barishal, south of the capital Dhaka, after a priest filed a case against him for a series of defamatory...
Tigers face off Ireland in dead rubber
09:01 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayBangladesh will take on hosts Ireland in the last group match of the tri-series tournament, which...
No gap between Govt and FBCCI: Kamal
07:58 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that there is now no distance between the...
The Cannes film festival in numbers
07:46 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayFor 12 days starting Tuesday, the Cannes film festival will be a non-stop merry go-round of...
UN experts urge ‘financial isolation’ of Myanmar military
07:30 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayMyanmar’s military commanders should be financially “isolated” and brought to trial to face...
CO2 levels in atmosphere hit historic high
05:55 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayScientists in the United States have detected the highest levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere since records began, sounding new alarm over the relentless rise of man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, which has tracked...
Graft case proceedings against Barrister Moudud to continue
05:21 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today dismissed an appeal filed by BNP leader...
Probe report in Julhas-Tonoy murder case June 20
04:51 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayA court here today set June 20 for submitting probe report in the case lodged over the murder of former USAID official Julhas Mannan and his friend Tonoy Majumder.
Khaleda’s health better than before: Home Minister
02:36 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayThe health condition of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is better than before and she is fasting, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said today. He said this while talking to the journalists at his office in the Secretariat on Tuesday...
BNP to contest by-polls to Fakhrul’s seat
12:48 PM, 14 May 2019 TuesdayBNP is going to participate in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat, which fell vacant after party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decided not to take oath of office...