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6 killed in Khagrachari factional clash
10:02 AM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayAt least six people were killed in a clash between two groups at Swanirbhar area in the sadar upazila of Ghagrachari on Saturday morning. The vehicle movement was suspended on Khagrachari-Panchhari road after the clash...
Over 800 foreign journalists in Saudi Arabia to cover Hajj
09:36 AM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayMore than 800 foreign media workers will cover the Hajj rituals, Dr. Awwad bin Saleh Al-Awwad, Saudi minister of media, has announced...
US imposes sanctions on Myanmar military
08:54 AM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayThe United States on Friday imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military and police commanders and two army units, accusing them of “ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya Muslims and widespread human rights abuses across the Southeast Asian nation...
Google Doodle celebrates the start of 18th Asian Games
08:25 AM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayThe 18th edition of the Asian Games or Asiad will be held in the Indonesian cities of Palembang and Jakarta. The Google Doodle celebrates the start of the Asiad on August 18...
Mahmood pays tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee
09:41 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayForeign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali attended the funeral of the former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday afternoon in New Delhi...
PMO issues a set of directives to ensure road safety
08:59 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayThe Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has issued a set of directives asking the authorities concerned to take up different measures including keeping doors of the running buses always closed and stopping getting in and down of passengers without stoppage to ensure road safety in the capital...
Ex-Pak opener Jamshed banned for 10 years
07:27 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayPakistan cricket banned former Test opener Nasir Jamshed for ten years Friday on multiple charges of spot fixing, wrapping up a 16-month investigation into a wide-ranging scandal that rocked the Pakistan Super League...
Imran Khan elected 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
07:21 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayPTI Chief Imran Khan has been elected the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan...
BNP plotting to create 1/11-like dangerous situation: Quader
06:23 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP has started hatching conspiracies to create a dangerous situation like 1/11 in the country...
RAB arrests woman for spreading rumors on Facebook
06:20 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayRapid Action Battalion (RAB) last night arrested a woman from West Dhanmandi area of capital for spreading rumors on social networking site Facebook regarding the recent students’ movement...
Kerala floods: More than 160 dead in Indian deluge
06:14 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayFlash floods and landslides have killed 164 people in Kerala in just 10 days, authorities said Friday, as torrential monsoon rains continued to batter the southern Indian state...
Rain likely throughout country until early Saturday
03:25 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayBangladesh meteorological Department (BMD) predicts light to moderate rain or thundershowers...
Vajpayee laid to rest with state honour
03:05 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayBugles sounded the last post, uniformed soldiers clicked their heels and a sombre silence fell over the crowd as former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s mortal remains were consigned to the flames on Friday evening, the sun setting on the life of a poet-politician who combined accommodative politics with graciousness...
‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin dies at 76
02:27 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayAretha Franklin, the music icon, legendary singer and “Queen of Soul” loved by millions whose...
Murders leave Rohingya camps gripped by fear
12:37 PM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayA spate of bloody killings is fuelling unease in the Rohingya camps on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where overstretched police are struggling to protect nearly a million traumatised refugees from violent gangs.
Pilgrims descend on Mecca for ‘smart hajj’
11:29 AM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayTwo million Muslims gather in Saudi Arabia this week for the hajj as the annual pilgrimage becomes increasingly hi-tech with apps to help the faithful navigate Islam’s holiest sites. This year the hajj comes with the ultra-conservative kingdom witnessing an unprecedented pace of change...
JU admission online registration begins
10:39 AM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayThe online registration for admission at Jahangirnagar University (JU) under the academic...
US threatens more Turkey sanctions if pastor not freed
09:19 AM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayTreasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin warned on Thursday the United States would levy more sanctions on the troubled Turkish economy if Ankara does not soon release a jailed American pastor. Deepening a spat that has rattled financial markets and threated to split a long-standing...
Stokes not an automatic choice for third test: Bayliss
08:40 AM, 17 Aug 2018 FridayBen Stokes is back in England’s squad for his own well-being but the all-rounder is not an...
Bangladesh in SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship final
09:38 PM, 16 Aug 2018 ThursdayDefending champions Bangladesh U-15 women’s football team stormed into the final of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship when they beat hosts Bhutan by 5-0 goals in the second semi-final at Changlimithan Football Stadium in Bhutan today.