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SC upholds jail division facilities for Shahidul
01:12 PM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court order that had granted division one jail facilities to internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam...
Priyanka Chopra invests in dating app Bumble
01:02 PM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayIndian actress Priyanka Chopra will invest in dating app Bumble as the service prepares to expand into her native country later this year...
5 hurt as gas cylinder explodes in Pabna dev fair
12:24 PM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayA total of five people were injured in a gas cylinder explosion while inflating balloons prior to the inauguration of development fair at Ishwardi in Pabna. The incident took place around 10 am on Thursday...
India, in a first, sends seven Rohingya for deportation to Myanmar
12:23 PM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayIndian police bussed seven Rohingya Muslims to the border on Wednesday to be deported to neighboring Myanmar for illegal entry, officials and activists said, the first such move against the community...
Yunus receives ‘New Renaissance’ award
11:52 AM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayNobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has received an international award- ‘Nuovo Rinascimento’ meaning ‘new renaissance’ for his efforts to propagate the humanistic philosophy through social business and micro-credit, from Italian Buddhist School Soka Gakkai of Italy...
HSBC issues first Islamic bond tied to UN development goals
11:32 AM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayHSBC Amanah, the Malaysian Islamic banking arm of HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L), has raised 500 million ringgit ($120.63 million) worth of Islamic bonds linked to the United Nations’ sustainable development goals...
7 ways to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace
11:20 AM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdaySexual harassment is unfortunately a common occurrence in the workplace. It can take on the form of verbal or physical conduct. When it occurs, it is difficult to experience, and it is important to learn the ways to effectively deal with it...
EU considers trade sanctions on Myanmar over Rohingya crisis
10:46 AM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayThe European Union is considering trade sanctions on Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis, potentially stripping the country of tariff-free access to the world’s largest trading bloc, three EU officials said...
Wife of Malaysian ex-PM charged with money-laundering
09:46 AM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayThe wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was charged with 17 offences, including money-laundering, as anti-graft agents investigate billions of dollars missing from state coffers...
Protest for quota restoration continues, rally Saturday
09:30 AM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayA group of freedom fighters’ descendants continued their protest programme in the capital’s Shahbagh for second consecutive day on Thursday demanding restoration of 30 percent quota in the government jobs for them.
South Carolina: 7 officers shot, suspect in custody
08:27 AM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdaySeven US law enforcement officers have been shot, one of them fatally, in an incident in South Carolina, officials say. Police in the city of Florence had been responding to a call for help from the sheriff's office. A gunman had been holding children hostage and was involved in a two-hour stand-off before surrendering and taken to hospital...
US-Bangla airlines strictly maintains ICAO compliance: CEO
09:34 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayUS-Bangla Airlines CEO Imran Asif today claimed that the airlines strictly maintained all...
22-day ban on hilsa fishing from Oct 7: Chanda
08:53 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, selling, transportation and hoarding...
Promote own culture, avoid bad things of satellite culture: President
08:26 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid today urged all concerned to promote the country’s traditional...
‘You can’t cover the sun with a finger’
07:44 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayReal Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas admitted the LaLiga giants are missing Cristiano Ronaldo...
Bangladesh’s image brightened in UNGA: PM
06:40 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that her government had been able to brighten the image of Bangladesh by playing a strong role in the just held 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Bangladesh all out for 30 runs against Pakistan
06:27 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayBangladesh female cricket team were all out for 30 runs in a rain- hit T20 match against Pakistan at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday.
ACC starts probe into graft allegation against SK Sinha
05:39 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Iqbal Mahmood today said the national anti-
Briton and two Americans win 2018 Nobel Chemistry Prize
04:38 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayScientists Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research using directed evolution to produce enzymes and antibodies for new chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the award-giving body said on Wednesday...
PM starts press conference at Gonobhaban
04:18 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayBangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now addressing press on her recent visit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.