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I don’t always agree with my husband: Melania Trump
09:09 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayUS first lady Melania Trump has said she often disagrees with what her husband tweets and she tells him so - but he doesn't listen...
Tanushree Dutta files police complaint against Nana Patekar
08:49 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayBollywood actor Tanushree Dutta, who has accused actor Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her on a film set in 2008, has filed a police complaint over the incident...
Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as US Supreme Court justice
08:41 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayThe US Senate voted to send Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, ushering in a generational conservative majority and delivering a huge victory to President Donald Trump...
Info on PRAN products’ licences not right
08:03 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayThe information that Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) revoked licences of a few products of PRAN Group, is not true as it never happened and purposively disseminated by Jamuna TV...
Dhaka protests Myanmar’s false claim over St. Martin
06:29 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayThe foreign affairs ministry on Saturday summoned Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka U Lwin Oo over a map the neighbouring country drew, tending to show the St Martin’s as a territorial island of theirs. “As the Myanmar ambassador came, we handed him over a...
Khaleda finally admitted to BSMMU
06:05 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayBNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was in jail in Dhaka in a graft case, has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical treatment on Saturday afternoon...
President asks varsity graduates to lead nation-building activities
05:49 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Saturday asked the youths, specially the new graduates from Dhaka University, to lead the nation-building activities to build a hunger and poverty-free “Sonar Bangla” dreamt by Father of the Nation...
Review: The God of Small Things
05:37 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayYou may find hundreds of summaries, book reviews of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. But I still feel like writing one because this novel holds a very special place in my heart for its unique writing style...
Protesters vow to continue demo for quota restore
03:35 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayProtesters on Saturday took a fresh vow to continue their movement for restoring freedom fighters’ 30 percent quota in class-I and class-II in civil service jobs...
Retired judge, wife commit suicide by jumping in front of train
02:47 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayA retired district judge of Andhra Pradesh and his wife allegedly committed suicide by jumping under running trains yesterday, police said...
WB approves $515m for Bangladesh to improve fisheries, roads, forests
02:24 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayThe World Bank (WB) has approved US$515 million for three projects in Bangladesh to improve coastal and marine fisheries, forest management, and rural roads. These financings will help rural people by reducing poverty and creating new livelihood opportunities, including for local communities in the Cox’s Bazar district...
Mamata gets a special gift from Messi
01:26 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayIndian state West Bengal Chief of India Minister Mamata Banerjee received a special gift from Barcelona legends as she was handed over a customised Barcelona jersey, signed by none other than global superstar Lionel Messi...
Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU this afternoon
12:07 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayBNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in jail in Dhaka in a graft case, will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical treatment on Saturday. “The prison authorities have said they will bring her today,” said BSMMU Director Brigadier General Md Abdullah-Al-Harun...
PCB bans Shehzad for 4 months over positive dope test
11:18 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned opener Ahmed Shehzad for four months - effective from July 10, 2018, the day he was issued a Notice of Charge and provisionally suspended from participating in all forms of cricket - for consumption of a "prohibited substance". The backdated ban means Shehzad will return to cricket on November 11, 2018...
Facebook Messenger internally tests voice commands for chat, calls
10:30 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayFacebook Messenger could soon let you use your voice to dictate and send messages, initiate voice calls and create reminders...
Lubna appointed as first woman Saudi bank head
10:01 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayA woman has been appointed to run a Saudi Arabian bank in a first for women in the country...
‘I love working with Trump’: Saudi crown prince
08:49 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdaySaudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has praised the kingdom's relationship with the current US administration just days after President Donald Trump warned that the Middle East country wouldn't survive "two weeks" without US support...
Interpol chief Meng Hongwei vanishes on trip to China
08:36 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayFrance has opened an investigation into the disappearance of Meng Hongwei, the Chinese head of the international police agency Interpol. His family have not heard from him since he left Interpol HQ in the French city of Lyon for a trip back to China on 25 September...
51th DU convocation today
09:24 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayA total of 21,111 graduates will attend the 51th convocation of Dhaka University (DU), the...
220 km riverside walkways to be built around Dhaka: Shajahan Khan
08:19 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayShipping Minister Shajahan Khan today said a total of 220 kilometer walkways would be built...