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3 held for spreading rumours on Facebook
01:57 PM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayCyber security and crime division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday night arrested three online activists for allegedly provoking students spreading rumors on popular social media Facebook over the student movement...
Court accepts Holey Artisan attack charge sheet
12:57 PM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayA tribunal has accepted the charge sheet against eight militants in a case filed over the attack in Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan in July 2016. Mujibur Rahamn, Judge of Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal in Dhaka, passed the order on Wednesday...
EC to hold EVM fair
12:42 PM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayElection Commission (EC) has undertaken a plan to arrange EVM fair to make the people aware of the use and advantage of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)...
Shahidul Alam taken to BSMMU
12:02 PM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayRenowned photographer Shahidul Alam has been taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for his treatment following a High Court order. He was taken to BSMMU from DB office on Wednesday around 9:30am, said ASM Rejaur Rahman, General Manager of Drik gallery...
CU student loses both legs under shuttle train
11:50 AM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayA Chattogram University student has lost both his legs while a shuttle train ran him over at Sholoshahar Railway Station in Chittagong on Wednesday morning...
Eid advance train ticket sale starts
10:14 AM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayBangladesh Railway has started selling advance train tickets for holiday makers of Eid-ul-Azha. The sale of tickets began at 8 am on Wednesday and each passenger will be able to buy maximum four tickets. The advance ticket of August 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 will be available on August 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 respectively...
Malaysian ex-PM Najib to be charged with money laundering
09:39 AM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayMalaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak will be charged under the money-laundering act on Wednesday in connection with an ongoing scandal concerning the 1MDB state investment fund, the government said...
Boris Johnson ‘won’t apologise’ for burka comments
09:13 AM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayBoris Johnson has stood by his remarks about the burka after the Conservative Party chairman told him to apologise...
Ivan Duque sworn in as Colombia’s next president
09:06 AM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayColombia's newly-elected President Iván Duque took office on Tuesday, pledging to unite the country and improve economic growth...
88th birth anniversary of Bangamata today
08:42 AM, 08 Aug 2018 WednesdayThe nation is observing the 88th birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in a befitting manner on Wednesday...
Bangladesh on super highway of IT: Speaker
09:20 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayJatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today said Bangladesh is on the super...
Smart NID card distribution begins in 27 districts Wednesday
09:02 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) will start distribution of smart national identity (NID) cards among...
Persuade Myanmar to take back Rohingyas: PM
08:39 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday renewed her call to the international community, including Japan, to persuade Myanmar to take back their Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh...
a2i to launch digital centres in 5 countries
07:59 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayAfter the success in Saudi Arabia with ‘Expatriate Digital Centres’ (EDCs), Access to...
20 cattle markets to be set up in capital
07:42 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayThe only permanent cattle market at Gabtoli and 19 other makeshift markets will officially be opened in the capital ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha aiming to ensure smooth trading of sacrificial animals during the Eid...
CUET goes into 21 day vacation
07:36 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayChattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) today went on 21-day vacation...
HC asks jail authorities to send Shahidul to BSMMU
05:51 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayThe High Court today asked the jail authorities to send photographer Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University immediately for his treatment. The bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Hossain and Justice Md Iqbal Karim passed...
Bangladesh A face Ireland A in 4th one-day Wednesday
05:33 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayBangladesh A team face their Irish counterpart in the fourth one-day of the five-match series...
ACC to serve wealth notices on listed drug peddlers
05:20 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to serve notices on the listed drug peddlers by this month asking them to submit their wealth statements to the commission...
BB to release new notes from August 13
04:44 PM, 07 Aug 2018 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) will release new currency notes of Taka 10, 20, 50 and 100 denominations in the market ahead of Eid-ul-Azha from August 13...