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Make jute sector profitable: PM
02:22 PM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayAnnouncing incentives for the private sector to boost production and export of jute and jute goods, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all concerned to take effective steps for making the jute sector profitable to sustain the jute industry. The prime minister said that the government support for development of the sector will continue...
Quader’s health condition improving
01:32 PM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayThe health condition of ailing Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who has been receiving treatment at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital, is improving. Doctor Koh Siam Soon Philip, a senior consultant cardiologist of the hospital, said this after describing the latest update on Quader’s health on Wednesday noon...
Playing online games during office hours against law
01:04 PM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayThe Civil Service Commission (CSC) of the Philippines on Wednesday warned government officials that playing online games during office hours is punishable under the law...
Rohingya lawyer Razia wins Int’l Women of Courage award
12:25 PM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayRohingya lawyer Razia Sultana has been named as one of the 10 winners of this year's International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award, recognising her role in advancing human rights...
Cumilla arson case: Khaleda gets 6-month bail
11:59 AM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) has granted 6-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaled Zia in a case filed over killing eight people in an arson attack on a bus at Chouddagram upazila in Cumilla in 2015. The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM Mujibur Rahman passed the order on Wednesday...
Pakistan to send envoy Sohail Mahmood back to India
11:43 AM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayIn what suggests Islamabad’s desire to de-escalate tensions with India, Pakistan has decided to send its High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood back to New Delhi and resume work...
Fire at govt Building in central Delhi
10:57 AM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayA fire broke out at a building that houses several important government offices in central Delhi this morning...
Pakistan sacks provincial minister for anti-Hindu comments
10:21 AM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayPakistan’s government sacked a provincial minister on Tuesday for making offensive comments about Hindus, amid easing tensions with India after the two nuclear-armed neighbors came to the brink of war last month...
SC bar association polls on Mar 13, 14
09:53 AM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayThe two-day polls of Supreme Court (SC) Bar Association for 2019-2020 tenure will be held on March 13 and 14...
AL to observe historic 7th March
09:34 AM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayThe ruling Awami League has taken elaborate programme to observe the historic 7th March across the country on Thursday in a befitting manner...
Real Madrid knocked out of Champions League by brilliant Ajax
08:32 AM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayKings of Europe no more. Holders Real Madrid were sensationally knocked out of the Champions League after being thrashed 4-1 at home by an outstanding Ajax Amsterdam who overturned a first-leg deficit to reach the quarter-finals 5-3 on aggregate...
44 arrested as Pakistan begins crackdown on militant groups
08:16 AM, 06 Mar 2019 WednesdayPakistan said on Tuesday it had begun a crackdown on Islamist militant groups, detaining 44 members of banned organizations including close relatives of the leader of a group blamed for a deadly bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month...
National Jute Day Wednesday
09:29 PM, 05 Mar 2019 TuesdayThe National Jute Day-2019 will be observed tomorrow for the third time throughout the...
TIB shouldn’t be one eyed: ACC chairman
08:58 PM, 05 Mar 2019 TuesdayAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood today said the Transparency...
Signal 3 for maritime ports
08:02 PM, 05 Mar 2019 TuesdayThe maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist...
BB to release new Taka 100 note on March 7
07:10 PM, 05 Mar 2019 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) is going to release 100 percent cotton paper ‘Uv Curing Varnish’ Taka...
Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU soon: Minister tells BNP
05:39 PM, 05 Mar 2019 TuesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical checkup and tests soon. “The jail authority has been implementing decisions of the medical board...
‘London patient’: second case ever of HIV remission
05:03 PM, 05 Mar 2019 TuesdayA second person is in sustained remission from HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, after...
BCB president wants a ‘full fit’ Shakib for Int’l return
04:20 PM, 05 Mar 2019 TuesdayBangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is back in practice session in Dhaka...
Manchester City owners ponder India purchase
04:01 PM, 05 Mar 2019 TuesdayThe owners of English Premier League champions Manchester City are considering adding a team in India to their global portfolio of clubs...