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Sheikh Hasina greets new Australian PM
03:15 PM, 26 Aug 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday congratulated Scott Morrison, MP, on his assumption of the office as Australia’s new premier. “On behalf of the government and the people of Bangladesh and on my own behalf, I have great pleasure in extending our warmest felicitations...
Amartya Sen backs arrested Bangladeshi photojournalist
02:02 PM, 26 Aug 2018 SundayNobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday extended his support to award-winning Bangladeshi photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam, who was arrested after he criticised the Bangladesh government in an interview...
Julie Bishop resigns as Australia’s foreign minister
01:03 PM, 26 Aug 2018 SundayAustralia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced her resignation from the cabinet. Her move came as new Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepares to announce his new cabinet after winning a bruising leadership contest on Friday...
Afghanistan’s four top security officials resign
11:25 AM, 26 Aug 2018 SundayAfghanistan’s ministers of defense and interior, as well as another security chief, quit on Saturday, government sources said, following the resignation of the president’s national security adviser earlier in the day...
Irfan makes history with record T20 spell
10:14 AM, 26 Aug 2018 SundayMohammad Irfan has produced the most economical four-over spell in T20 history for Barbados Tridents in the Caribbean Premier League - but it wasn't enough to get his team over the line against St Kitts and Nevis...
Strong quake hits Iran, killing 1 and wounding 58
09:52 AM, 26 Aug 2018 SundayA magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah, killing one and wounding 58, the Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday...
Offices reopen today after Eid vacation
09:30 AM, 26 Aug 2018 SundayGovernment offices reopened on Sunday after the vacation of Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslim community...
US Senator John McCain dies aged 81
08:02 AM, 26 Aug 2018 SundaySenator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by his office. He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July 2017 and had been undergoing medical treatment...
Nasim urges BNP to shun conspiracy over election
09:24 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayHealth and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Saturday urged BNP leaders to shun conspiracy over the coming election...
Hajj pilgrims to start returning home from Aug 27
07:59 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayThe Hajj pilgrims would start returning home from August 27 till September 26 after performing hajj in Saudi Arabia...
EC to hold meeting on RPO amendment Sunday
07:56 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayThe Election Commission (EC) is set to hold a meeting to bring amendment to The Representation of the People Order, 1972 on Sunday...
Bangladesh, Nigeria keen to work closely to boost business
06:49 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayBangladesh and Nigeria have showed their keen interest to work closely to forge stronger bilateral relations especially in the fields of trade and commerce...
Bangladesh gets huge response from Canada garment expo
06:47 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayBangladesh readymade garment (RMG) industry has received huge response from international buyers by participating in a mega exposition in Canada...
13 killed in Natore road accident
06:32 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayAt least 13 people were killed and 31 others injured when a bus collided head-on with a human hauler (leguna) at Clickmore area on Natore-Pabna highway under Boraigram upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon...
Imran Khan’s cabinet bans first-class air travel for top officials
05:12 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayThe cabinet of newly-appointed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has imposed a ban on first-class air travel by the President, Chief Justice, Senate Chairman and the National Assembly speaker...
10 killed in boiler explosion in Iran
03:31 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayTen people were killed and five wounded after a boiler exploded in a residential area of the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, Fars News reported in a Twitter post on Saturday...
Tesla CEO Musk drops pursuit of $72 billion take-private deal
03:16 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayTesla Inc CEO Elon Musk said late on Friday he would heed shareholder concerns and no longer pursue a $72 billion deal to take his U.S. electric car maker private, abandoning an idea that had stunned investors and drawn regulatory scrutiny...
Rohingya protest for ‘justice’ on crackdown anniversary
01:30 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayThousands of Rohingya refugees staged angry protests for "justice" Saturday on the first anniversary of a Myanmar military crackdown that sparked a mass exodus to camps in Bangladesh. Many wept as they recalled the brutal killings and rapes inflicted on the Muslim minority last year as 700,000 fled across the border...
Dhupia, Bedi announce pregnancy 3 months after wedding
12:13 PM, 25 Aug 2018 SaturdayNeha Dhupia and Angad Bedi confirmed pregnancy a little over three months after their wedding. The couple was besieged by pregnancy rumours ever since their secret wedding and Angad took this into account as he wrote on Twitter, “Ha! Turns out this rumour is true..#3ofus.” He also shared pictures of himself and the pregnant Neha Dhupia...
Myanmar crackdown splits Rohingya with little hope of return
11:19 AM, 25 Aug 2018 Saturday"Mummy! Mummy!" 15-year-old Abdullah Razzaq shouted to his mother earlier this week in their once-a-week call, nearly a year after he and his brother, along with more than 700,000 other Rohingya Muslims, fled waves of attacks by Myanmar security forces and crossed the border into Bangladesh. "Why don't you guys come here?"