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Begum Zia has two ways for redemption: Hanif
05:29 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayAwami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif today said BNP chairperson...
US duo Nordhaus, Romer win Nobel Economics Prize
04:49 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayUS economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer on Monday shared the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for integrating innovation and climate with economic growth, the jury said. Nordhaus, a professor at Yale University, and Romer, a former World Bank chief economist...
Indian food festival to begin on Oct. 11 in Dhaka
04:20 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayThere is no love sincerer than the love of food, especially when it comes to Indian Cuisine. Long Beach Suites Dhaka is proud to organize “The Great Indian Food Festival” from 11th to 17th October 2018, at Long Beach Suites Dhaka from 6:30pm onward at the multi-cuisine restaurant, Cozy Sizzler...
Cabinet approves capital punishment for drug crimes
04:06 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayThe cabinet has approved a new draft of “Narcotics Control Act, 2018” on Monday. From now on, the people who are involved with drug crimes will get capital punishment. Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam confirmed the matter to the journalists at secretariat following a cabinet meeting...
Villain ‘Venom’ is box office hero in North American theaters
03:25 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondaySuperhero blockbuster Venom saved the day at the North American box office this weekend,...
48 MBSTU teachers resign in demand trial of BCL leaders
02:59 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayAt least 48 teachers of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) have resigned demanding trail of BCL leaders following the assault on a teacher. MBSTU teachers’ association submitted the resignation letters to university’s Registrar Dr. Mohammad Touhidul Islam on Monday at 12:20am...
PRAN achieves BRC certificate
02:32 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayPRAN Group, a leading food processor and exporter, has achieved British Retail Consortium-BRC certificate. PRAN Agro Limited and Natore Agro Limited, two sister concerns of PRAN Group, received the recognition from the UK based BRC Certification Body recently...
HC acquits Maya of graft charges
02:05 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayThe High Court on Monday acquitted Awami League leader and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya from a graft case, scrapping the 13-year jail awarded to him by a Dhaka special judge’s court...
Staying at night in St Martin to be banned from March 1
01:40 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayTourists will be barred from staying at nights in Saint Martin from March 1 next. They will be permitted to visit the island from morning to evening...
President signs Digital Security Bill into law
01:28 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayPresident Abdul Hamid has signed the Digital Security Bill 2018 amid widespread criticism. The president’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin confirmed the consent of the president on Monday. Last week, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury sent the bill to the president for his approval...
Pay Tk 99.92 crore to Moon Cinema Hall owner by Dec 8: SC
12:49 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayThe Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs to pay Tk 99.92 crore to the owner of Moon cinema hall by December 8. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order during hearing a contempt petition on Monday...
Former BNP lawmaker arrested in Mymensingh
12:32 PM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayPolice have arrested Shah Nurul Kabir, former lawmaker of BNP from Mymensingh-8 constituency in a case filed under the Special Power Act...
Mbappe scores four as PSG thrash Lyon
11:53 AM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayFrance World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe scored four goals as Paris St-Germain maintained their 100 per cent winning start in Ligue 1 by thrashing Lyon...
20 killed in upstate New York limo horror
11:17 AM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayTwenty people have been killed after a limousine careened out of control in what investigators described Sunday as the most deadly transportation accident in the United States for nearly a decade...
UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
10:58 AM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayPreventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel of scientists reported Sunday. But they provide little hope the world will rise to the challenge...
Indonesia disaster death toll climbs to 1,944
10:12 AM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayThe death toll from the 7.4-magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that followed in Indonesia's Sulawesi Island late September has risen to 1,944, according to military and disaster agency officials on Sunday...
KXIP co-owner Preity Zinta wants betting to be legalised
09:54 AM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayThe Indian Premier League and betting have an old relation with a number of controversies threatening the competition over the last eleven years...
Kanye West deletes his Twitter, Instagram accounts
09:17 AM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayAmerican rapper Kanye West's Twitter and Instagramaccounts no longer exist. The rapper's social media presence has apparently vanished as of Saturday (Oct. 6)...
Interpol president who vanished in China has resigned
08:39 AM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayInterpol announced Sunday that it had accepted the resignation of its president, Meng Hongwei, who disappeared in China in late September. The international police organization’s statement came shortly after China revealed that Meng was under investigation for unspecified crimes...
China confirms detention of Interpol chief
08:29 AM, 08 Oct 2018 MondayChina has confirmed it is holding the missing head of Interpol, Meng Hongwei. Beijing said he was under investigation by the country's anti-corruption body for unspecified breaches of the law...