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Khashoggi death: US meets Saudi crown prince despite criticism
08:54 AM, 23 Oct 2018 TuesdayA senior US official has held talks with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in Riyadh, despite growing concern over the Saudis' role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
Barrister Moinul Hossain arrested
08:34 AM, 23 Oct 2018 TuesdayDetective police arrested Barrister Moinul Hossain from the residence of JSD President ASM Abdur Rob in Uttara on Tuesday night. “Barrister Moinul Hossain has been arrested in connection with a case filed in Rangpur,” confirmed joint commissioner of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mahbub Alam...
BD U-15 national football team leaves for Nepal Tuesday
09:32 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayA 23-memebr of Bangladesh U-15 national football team leave for Nepal tomorrow to take...
Call drop 222cr minutes recorded; GP contributes 103cr minutes
08:52 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayBangladesh has registered a total of 222 crore minutes of call drop in a year where market...
Bangladesh earned US$ 41b in 2017-18: Tofail
07:35 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayCommerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said here on Monday Bangladesh earned US$ 41 billion from exports during fiscal 2017-18...
DU forms another probe body to investigate question leakage
07:03 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayThe Dhaka University (DU) authority here on Monday formed another five-member probe committee to investigate the question leakage allegations issue more deeply...
Polls must be held on time: PM
07:02 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today categorically said the polls must be held in Bangladesh on time, brushing aside confusions about the next general elections. “The Election Commission is taking preparation for the next polls and it will be held as per the commission’s schedule...
Bangladesh working on complete cyber security ecosystem: envoy
06:36 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayBangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Masud Bin...
Japan orders Facebook to improve data protection
05:49 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayThe Japanese government on Monday ordered Facebook to improve protection of users’
Election will be held as per the constitution: Quader
05:47 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayRejecting the Jatiya Oikyafront’s demand for holding dialogue ahead of next parliament election, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the next national election will be held as per the constitution...
90th birth anniversary of poet Shamsur Rahman Tuesday
05:06 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayThe 90th birth anniversary of renowned Poet Shamsur Rahman will be observed tomorrow in a...
PM briefing media on Saudi Arabia visit
04:31 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has started briefing journalists at her official residence Ganabhaban about the outcomes of her just-concluded visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud...
Saida Muna new Bangladesh envoy to UK
03:25 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayThe government has decided to assign Saida Muna Tasneem as the new High Commissioner of...
Jagpa president Rehana passes away
01:11 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayJatiya Gonotantrik Party (Jagpa) President Rehana Pradhan died on Monday morning. She breathed her last at a hospital in the capital. She will be buried at Banani graveyard...
Barishal mayor, councilors take oath
12:53 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayNewly elected mayor of Barishal City Corporation (BCC) and its councilors took oath at a function at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday...
Charge sheet against Jabal-e-Noor owner, 5 others accepted
12:27 PM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayA Dhaka court has accepted the charge sheet against the owner of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan Shahadat Hossain and five others in a case over the death of two college students in a road accident on the Airport Road on July 29. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Imrul Kayes passed the order on Monday and fixed...
I can quit if you want: Mahathir
11:40 AM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayTun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, seeing a group of disruptive taxi drivers walk out over their dissatisfaction with the Grab e-hailing service, said it would be “no problem for him if he were to resign today as Malaysian Prime Minister”.
England, Australian cricketers accused of spot-fixing in fresh allegations
10:58 AM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayIn fresh fixing allegations to hit cricket, "a small group" of England and unnamed Australian players have been accused of fixing matches by television news channel Al Jazeera, which claimed there had been 26 spot-fixing incidents in 15 international matches...
President off to Geneva to attend investment summit
09:57 AM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayPresident M Abdul Hamid left here early today for Geneva on a five-day official visit to Switzerland to join the summit of the ‘World Investment Forum 2018’...
3 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Chandpur
09:42 AM, 22 Oct 2018 MondayAt least three people were killed and two others injured as a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chandpur early Monday. The deceased were identified as Elem Hossain, 45, his son Ekram Hossain, 22, of Shahrasti upazila and Abu Sufian, 40...