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PM stresses renewed focus on traditional medicine
02:34 PM, 16 Apr 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for mainstreaming the traditional medicine through a renewed focus on the age-old indigenous healthcare system alongside the conventional drugs as she inaugurated the National Health Service Week 2019...
Bangladesh squad announced for ICC World Cup 2019
01:03 PM, 16 Apr 2019 TuesdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has finally announced Bangladesh’s World Cup Squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which is slated to start in England on May 30. The Chief Selector of the BCB Minhajul Abedin Nannu on Tuesday announced the squad at the conference hall...
Another youth arrested over Nusrat murder
12:12 PM, 16 Apr 2019 TuesdayThe Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested another youth in connection with the murder of Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi. The arrestee was identified as Md Shamim, 19, an Alim examinee of Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa...
Water transport workers begin countrywide indefinite strike
11:17 AM, 16 Apr 2019 TuesdayWater transport workers began countrywide indefinite strike early Tuesday to press home their 11-point demand, causing huge sufferings to passengers. The workers under the banner of Bangladesh Water Transport Workers’ Federation declared the strike as a meeting with the Shipping Ministry held on Monday...
Ilhan Omar says death threats increased after Trump tweet
10:30 AM, 16 Apr 2019 TuesdayIlhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to the United States Congress, said on Sunday that she has faced increased death threats since President Donald Trump tweeted an edited video that purports to show her being dismissive of the September 11, 2001 attacks...
Jailed Reuters journalists win Pulitzer for Rohingya report
09:22 AM, 16 Apr 2019 TuesdayTwo Reuters journalists, jailed for revealing the massacre of 10 Muslim Rohingya men by Buddhist villagers and Myanmar security forces, are among the Pulitzer prize winners...
Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris under control
08:35 AM, 16 Apr 2019 TuesdayParisians raised their voices in song Monday night outside Notre Dame Cathedral as a massive blaze engulfed one of the city's most revered historic sites. The fire burned for several hours Monday, causing the collapse of the cathedral's iconic spire and the destruction of its roof structure, which dated back to the 13th century...
Game of Thrones fans fired up for final season
09:40 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayThree hundred die-hard Game of Thrones fans laughed, howled and moaned their way...
SC clears way for evicting illegal structures along Karnaphuli
08:56 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today dismissed a plea against High Court...
Tigers WC squad to be announced Tuesday
08:05 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set to announce its much-expected World Cup (WC) squad tomorrow amid the injury concern to several key players.
Shakib to be called up from IPL to join World Cup camp
07:24 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set to send a letter to Shakib Al Hasan, letting him...
Ex-Sonagazi OC sued over Nusrat video
06:52 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayA case has been filed against former officer in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for recording Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement on video and spreading it online. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed the case with Bangladesh...
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Venues
05:28 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayAs the year progresses, we are inching closer and closer towards the ICC World Cup 2019.
India announce ICC World Cup squad
04:23 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayDinesh Karthik has beaten Rishabh Pant in the race to become the second wicket-keeper in the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup in England and Wales.
Nusrat’s killers won’t be spared: PM
03:53 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated that killers of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi will not be spared. “The perpetrators who burnt Nusrat to death will not be spared from the hand of the law in any way,” she said when Nusrat’s parents AKM Musa and Shirina Aktar called on her...
Nusrat’s parents meet PM
02:41 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayThe parents of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahahn Rafi, who was burned to death after protesting sexual harassment, have met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Nusrat’s father AKM Musa, mother Shirin Akter and her two brothers met the premier at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Tejgaon on Monday morning...
RU teacher Shafiul murder: 3 get death, 8 acquitted
01:00 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayA Rajshahi court has sentenced three people to death and acquitted eight others in a case filed for murder of Rajshahi University teacher Dr AKM Shafiul Islam Lilon. Rajshahi Speedy Tribunal Judge Anup Kumar passed the order on Monday. The death-row convicts are Abdus Salam Pintu, Mohammad Sabuj and Ariful Islam Manik...
Khulna jute mill workers go on 96-hour strike
12:28 PM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayWorkers of state-owned jute mills in Khulna region started a 96-hour strike on Monday morning to press home their nine-point demand that includes payment of outstanding wages and implementation of the wage commission...
Bhutanese PM leaves after 4-day visit
11:34 AM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayBhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering left here this morning after wrapping up his four-day official visit that focused on exploring more connectivity and business opportunities between Dhaka and Thimphu...
Musician Subir Nandi on life support at CMH
10:58 AM, 15 Apr 2019 MondayNoted musician and Ekushey Padak award winner Subir Nandi was placed on life support at Combined Military Hospital in the capital on Sunday night. He was admitted to CMH around 10 pm and placed on life support around 11 pm. He will be under observation for 72 hours, said his doctors...