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England’s World Cup-winning keeper Banks dead at 81
05:06 PM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayGordon Banks, the goalkeeper in England’s 1966 World Cup-winning team, has died at the age of 81, his former club Stoke City said on Tuesday...
Docs’ private practice: HC orders to form commission
04:01 PM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) has ordered to form a commission to constitute a guideline over the physicians’ private practice. A High Court division bench comprising of FR M Nazmul Ahsan and Md Qamrul Quader passed the order on Tuesday after a hearing against stop private practice of the doctors.
Bangladesh like ‘underdog’ tag against NZ, says coach
03:38 PM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayBangladesh coach Steve Rhodes said his charges were relishing being underdogs as they...
Manikganj ‘rape’: 2 cops on 6-day remand
02:53 PM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayTwo police officers who were arrested on charge of raping a woman early today, have been placed on a 6-day remand. Judge Md Golam Sarwar of Judicial Magistrate Court-7 passed the order of the remand at noon after the investigation officer and officer-in-charge of Saturia Police Station Abul Kalam Azad produced them...
PM asks Ansar, VDP to stay alert to check militancy, terrorism
01:22 PM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all including the members of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP to stay alert to check militancy, terrorism and drugs in the country alongside working together to build a developed and prosperous Bangladesh...
EC declares all 49 candidates valid for reserved seats
12:54 PM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) has declared valid all 49 candidates for the polls to the reserved seats for women in the 11th national parliament. Returning Officer Abul Kashem announced this after scrutiny of the nomination forms on Tuesday morning...
Jashore board cancels today’s ICT MCQ exam
12:09 PM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayThe authorities of Jashore board on Tuesday cancelled the today’s Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) examination of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) due to a printable error...
Finance Minister left for Italy
11:11 AM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal left here for Italy on Tuesday morning to attend the 42nd Session of the Governing Council of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to be held in Rome...
3 killed in microbus gas cylinder explosion
11:00 AM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayThree passengers were killed and two others injured in a microbus gas cylinder explosion on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Nizampur college area of Mirsarai upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
Russia considers ‘unplugging’ from internet
10:01 AM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayRussia is considering whether to disconnect from the global internet briefly, as part of a test of its cyber-defences...
Indian PM Modi loses 1 lakh followers in Twitter
09:09 AM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayAs allegations of political bias add to the woes of Twitter in India, an independent study on the Twitter profiles of political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi, has found many of them losing several thousands of followers after...
17 killed in Delhi hotel fire
08:32 AM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayAt least 17 people were killed and several injured after a fire at a hotel in Delhi's congested Karol Bagh area early this morning. A woman and a child, among those dead, were killed when they tried jumping from a window, reports said. More than two dozen fire engines were sent to the spot after the fire broke out on the top two floors of Hotel Arpit Palace around 4 am...
US border security deal reached to avert new US shutdown
08:20 AM, 12 Feb 2019 TuesdayDemocrats and Republicans have reached an agreement in principle over border security to fund the US government and avert another partial shutdown. Lawmakers said the deal had been struck in a closed-door meeting in Washington...
Sajeda made JS deputy leader
09:30 PM, 11 Feb 2019 MondayLanguage movement veteran and one of the organizers of the Liberation War and Awami League...
AL submits list of candidates for reserved seats to EC
08:47 PM, 11 Feb 2019 MondayBangladesh Awami League (AL) today submitted the list of 43 nominated women candidates...
No compromise over dullness in activities: ACC secretary
07:50 PM, 11 Feb 2019 MondayThe newly appointed Secretary of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Muhammad Delowar...
Bangladesh stops more Rohingya taking risky trip to Malaysia
07:27 PM, 11 Feb 2019 MondayBangladesh security forces stopped 22 Rohingya Muslims from being smuggled to Malaysia by boat, officials said on Monday, the second group in three days prevented from leaving squalid refugee camps. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) forces found 11 women...
McMillan to quit as NZ batting coach after World Cup
05:57 PM, 11 Feb 2019 MondayFormer international Craig McMillan announced Monday he will step down as New Zealand batting coach after this year’s World Cup in England and Wales.
HC orders to detect contamination in milk, curd, fodder
05:40 PM, 11 Feb 2019 MondayThe High Court (HC) today ordered authorities concerned to conduct a survey to determine...
Thai election panel disqualifies princess as PM candidate
04:37 PM, 11 Feb 2019 MondayThailand’s election panel on Monday disqualified the sister of the king from running for prime minister, putting an end to a stunning, short-lived candidacy by echoing King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s words that royalty should be “above politics”.