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Literacy rate rises to 72.9 percent in country
03:00 PM, 06 Sep 2018 ThursdayPrimary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman on Thursday revealed the literacy rate in the country has gone up to 72.9 percent. According to the latest data of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the current literacy rate is 72.9 percent. The rate is going up gradually due to multifaceted programs adopted by the present government...
Unilever becomes sponsor of Bangladesh cricket
02:38 PM, 06 Sep 2018 ThursdayThe Unilever Bangladesh Limited has signed a contract as the official sponsor of Bangladesh national cricket team. Nizamuddin Chowdhury, Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), on Thursday confirmed the matter to Jago News. Earlier on August 26, mobile network company Robi pulled-out...
India court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling
02:17 PM, 06 Sep 2018 ThursdayIn a historic verdict, India's Supreme Court ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence in the country. The ruling overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as an "unnatural offence"...
DMP’s month-long traffic campaign begins
04:02 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayThe Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has began the month-long traffic campaign on Wednesday with a view to strengthening the on-going drive against traffic rule violators to bring discipline in traffic management system...
Harunur Rashid receives CIP status
03:52 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayMd. Harunur Rashid, Chairman of Globe Group, has been awarded the commercially important person (CIP) status for making outstanding contributions to the country’s economy...
Canada to stick to guns at NAFTA talks despite Trump pressure
03:29 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayCanada heads into talks in Washington on Wednesday to renew NAFTA determined not to back...
City polls reflect country’s sound democratic atmosphere: PM
02:38 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said victory of candidates from different political parties in the recently held city corporations’ polls clearly manifested a good democratic atmosphere in Bangladesh and democracy stands on a strong foundation...
BNP announces 2-day programmes for Khaleda’s release
02:01 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayBNP on Wednesday announced a 2-day-long countrywide programme on September 8 and 12 next demanding release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail...
PM inaugurates Dreamliner Akashbeena
01:31 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday launched the first-ever dreamliner of Bangladesh Biman at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport aimed at making the national flag carrier more vibrant. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, landed in the airport on August 19, is waiting to fly for Kuala Lumpur commercially...
Teachers’ Day: Google Doodle wishes teachers around the globe
12:55 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayGoogle is celebrating Teachers’ Day 2018 with an animated doodle as a tribute to every teacher around the globe...
WHO warning over global lack of exercise
12:40 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayVery little progress has been made in reducing levels of inactivity worldwide, experts have warned...
24 held in Dinajpur
12:29 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayLaw enforcers, in special drives arrested 24 persons including seven drug traders and two activists of Jamaat-E-Islami from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8am on Wednesday morning...
Jeff Bezos rockets to richest person on the planet
12:24 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayAs Amazon became the second US firm to hit a trillion-dollar value on the stock market, founder Jeff Bezos regained the crown as the richest person on the planet...
Greener growth could add $26t to world economy by 2030: study
12:13 PM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayStrong action to combat climate change could cumulatively add at least $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, according to a study on Wednesday which seeks to dispel fears that a shift from fossil fuels will undermine growth...
Internet firms in ‘arms race’ for democracy: Zuckerberg
11:54 AM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayFacebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said late Tuesday that the leading social network and other internet firms are in an arms race to defend democracy...
2 city mayors take oath
11:35 AM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayMayors and councilors of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) took oath of office on Wednesday...
Qatar lifts controversial exit visa system for workers
10:27 AM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayQatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers, a provision which labor rights groups have long said should be abolished...
US Vice President calls for release of jailed Reuters journalists
09:56 AM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayU.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called on Myanmar’s government to reverse a court ruling that imprisoned two Reuters journalists for seven years and to release them immediately...
Fire at Rohingya camp in Teknaf, 28 houses gutted
09:25 AM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayA fire has broken out at the Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar in the wee hours of Wednesday. The incident took place around 1:30am that gutted 28 houses. The reason behind the fire could not be known and none was injured...
Typhoon kills 9 in Japan
09:03 AM, 05 Sep 2018 WednesdayA powerful typhoon killed at least nine people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded passengers by boats, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday, and more than a million homes were without power...