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Countrywide cultural festival begins Tuesday
08:51 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayA countrywide cultural festival and folk fair will begin tomorrow highlighting the development...
Bangladesh emerge group top in SAFF U-15 Championship
08:35 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayTen men Bangladesh U-15 national football team emerged group top in the SAFF U-15...
Merkel to step down as German chancellor in 2021
06:49 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayAngela Merkel said Monday she would step down as German chancellor at the end of her term in...
Cabinet clears ways for EVM use in next polls
05:34 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayThe Cabinet today gave its final approval for use of electronic voting machine (EVM) in the...
PM to meet Oikyafront regarding polls
05:14 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to meet Oikyafront, a newly formed political alliance led by veteran lawyer Dr Kamal Hossen...
Soroj Mehedi nominated executive of Future Youth Summit
03:06 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayBangladeshi young literary person and university teacher Md Mahady Hasan, who is popularly...
189 feared dead after Indonesia plane plunges into sea
02:21 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayAn Indonesian air liner has crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Jakarta with 189 people on board...
PM condoles death of 11 people in USA
01:18 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her heartfelt condolences at the death of eleven people in a shooting during a prayer service at a Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27...
HC orders to provide first-class division to Mainul
12:54 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayThe High Court has directed the authorities concerned to provide first-class division to Jatiya Oikyofront leader and Barrister Mainul Hossain. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order on Monday...
Khaleda jailed for 7 years in Zia Charitable case
12:21 PM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayA Dhaka court has sentenced former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others to 7 years in jail in Zia Charitable Trust Graft case. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 passed the verdict on Monday. The other accused are Khaleda’s former political secretary Haris Chowdhury...
Countrywide transport strike continues
11:29 AM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayA countrywide 48-hour transport strike, enforced by the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation, continued for the second consecutive day on Monday. In Dhaka, many people were seen walking or using rickshaws to reach their destinations, sometimes paying double or triple the usual fare...
Khaleda’s leave to appeal plea in Zia Charitable case rejected
10:05 AM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayThe Appellate Division has rejected the leave-to-appeal petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the High Court order clearing the way for continuation of the trial proceedings in the case in her absence...
Leicester City owner, 4 others killed in helicopter crash
09:19 AM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayLeicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was killed along with four others when his helicopter crashed and then exploded after a Premier League match on Saturday, the soccer club and police said...
Lion Air passenger plane flying from Jakarta crashes into the sea
08:51 AM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayA passenger plane travelling from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang in Indonesia has crashed into the sea, according to the country’s search and rescue agency. “It has been confirmed that it has crashed,” Yusuf Latif, a spokesman for the agency, said...
Bolsonaro wins presidential election in Brazil
08:34 AM, 29 Oct 2018 MondayFar-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was declared the winner of Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Bolsonaro was declared the winner after 94% of the votes were counted. Bolsonaro's victory against Fernando Haddad...
Verdict in Khaleda’s graft case tomorrow if her plea gets rejected: AG
06:16 PM, 28 Oct 2018 SundayAttorney General Mahbubey Alam today said the lower court concerned would pronounce verdict in Zia Charitable Trust graft case provided the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court rejected BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s plea in this regard...
Mushfiq allocated to Chittagong Vikings
05:50 PM, 28 Oct 2018 SundayMushfiqur Rahim was allocated to the Chittagong Vikings for the upcoming edition of the Bangladesh Premier League as the draft process kicked off on a rather peculiar note on Sunday...
Rangpur Riders sign up AB de Villiers
05:15 PM, 28 Oct 2018 SundayRangpur Riders have signed up AB de Villiers for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) season 2018-19...
BPL 2018: Shahid Afridi Joins Comilla Victorians
04:35 PM, 28 Oct 2018 SundayFormer Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has joined reigning champions Comilla Victorians for the forthcoming season of the Bangladesh Premier League 2018-19...
Ashraful returns to BPL after fixing ban ends
04:16 PM, 28 Oct 2018 SundayTwo months after completing a five-year ban for match-fixing, Mohammad Ashraful has found his way back into the Bangladesh Premier League. The 34-year old batsman was picked up by Chittagong Vikings during the player draft for the sixth season of the tournament which begins on January 5...