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News about raising age limit for govt jobs fake: Quader
03:10 PM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayThe raising of age limit to 35 years for government jobs is fake, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today. Earlier on Friday, some news media reported that Obaidul Quader said the government is planning to announce 35 years to be the maximum age for applying for government jobs...
102 Yaba traders surrender to police in Cox’s Bazar
02:35 PM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayA total of 102 Yaba traders including 29 kingpins listed by the home ministry formally surrendered to police in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. The surrender programme began at Pilot High School ground in Teknaf upazila of the district around 12pm...
Deal signed for 3600 MW LNG power plant at Paira
01:15 PM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayBangladesh Power Division and German company Seimens today initialed a joint development agreement for construction of a 3600 MW LNG power plant at Paira. The document was signed following a meeting of Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at meeting room of Hotel Sheraton...
First phase of Biswa Ijtema ends
12:06 PM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayThe two-day first phase of the Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, ended on Saturday with the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayer). Hafez Mawlana Mohammad Zobayer conducted the Munajat which began 10:42 am and ended to 11:07 am. An estimated one million devotees from home and abroad gathered to take part in the Akheri Munajat on the Turag in Tongi...
New Zealand claim series victory over Bangladesh
11:14 AM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayTheir bowling has been good, their batting has bounced back, their fielding - well, that's another story - but the Black Caps have reasons for optimism after another dominant victory over Bangladesh
Dr Wazed’s 78th birthday today
11:03 AM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayToday is the 78th birthday of internationally reputed nuclear scientist and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s husband Dr MA Wazed Miah...
Illinois shooting: 5 killed, gunman also dead
10:50 AM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayThe gunman at the Illinois manufacturing business where five employees were killed and five police officers were wounded was being let go by the company, Aurora Chief of Police Kristen Ziman told reporters Friday night...
Legendary poet Al Mahmud no more
09:18 AM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayLegendary poet Al Mahmud died while undergoing treatment at Ibn Sina Hospital at Dhanmondi in the capital on Friday night. He breathed his last at 11am, his family friend Abid Azim confirmed the death in a facebook post. Earlier on 9 February, Al Mahmud admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Ibn Sina Hospital as he fell sick...
Bangladesh set 227-run target for New Zealand in 2nd ODI
08:35 AM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayBangladesh set a target of 227 runs for New Zealand in the second ODI at Hagley Oval Stadium in Christchurch. Earlier, Kane Williamson won the toss and chose to bowl against Bangladesh...
Nigeria elections postponed for a week
08:18 AM, 16 Feb 2019 SaturdayNigeria’s presidential and parliamentary elections have been delayed for a week. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made the announcement just five hours before the polls were due to open on Saturday...
UN seeks $920m for Rohingya humanitarian crisis
05:23 PM, 15 Feb 2019 FridayUnited Nations aid agencies and NGO partners launched today the 2019 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis. The appeal seeks to raise US$920 million to meet the massive needs of more than 900,000 refugees...
Bangladesh’s employment rate exceeded global average: ILO
04:38 PM, 15 Feb 2019 FridayInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) has said the employment rate in Bangladesh and...
Normalcy returns to 14 SSMCH wards after fire: Zahid
03:21 PM, 15 Feb 2019 FridayHealth and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said normalcy came back to 14 wards...
Barrister Razzaq abdicates from Jamaat
02:41 PM, 15 Feb 2019 FridayBarrister Abdur Razzaq has abdicated from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday citing the party’s failure to apologise for its anti-liberation war role in 1971. The Jamaat joint secretary general, also the lawyer of the supreme court, the apex court of Bangladesh...
Mushfiqur on the verge of making double-century
01:22 PM, 15 Feb 2019 FridayDependable batsman Mushfiqur Rahim is on the verge of creating a unique milestone as he...
Oscar organizers struggle to keep show relevant
12:49 PM, 15 Feb 2019 FridayFrom going without a host to handing out key awards during commercial breaks...
BNP, Oikyafront took part in polls with evil intention: PM
11:44 AM, 15 Feb 2019 FridayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said from the very beginning BNP had an evil intention to make the last general election questionable despite their participation in the polls. “Though BNP had taken part in the election, they always had an intention to make...
Biswa Ijtema begins
11:11 AM, 15 Feb 2019 FridayThe two phases of the 54th Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims, began today morning on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of the city, amid tight security. The first phase of the Ijtema will begin with ‘Aam Bayan’ (general sermons) by noted scholars...
40 CRPF men killed in blast in Kashmir
09:09 PM, 14 Feb 2019 ThursdayNearly 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and many others injured when terrorists targeted a convoy with a car bomb at Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday.
Third phase polls in 127 UZs on Mar 24
08:41 PM, 14 Feb 2019 ThursdayThe third phase elections to 127 upazila parishads under 17 districts in five divisions will be held on March 24.