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Irregularities in 47 out of 50 seats during polls: TIB
03:01 PM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdayTransparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has found irregularities in 47 seats after surveying 50 seats during the 11th parliamentary elections held on December 30 last year. Shahjada M Akram, senior programme manager (research and policy) of TIB on Tuesday revealed the findings at a press conference held at TIB office in Dhanmandi...
Nawshaba gets permanent bail
01:37 PM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdayA Dhaka court has granted a permanent bail to actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act for allegedly spreading rumours on social media during the student movement for safe roads...
Woman, who entered Sabarimala hit by mother-in-law, in hospital
01:19 PM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdayOne of the two women who walked into Kerala's Sabarimala earlier this month and became the first to defy the temple's ban on women of menstrual age - or between 10 and 50 - is in hospital after being attacked allegedly by her mother-in-law, say sources...
China sentences Canadian to death for drug smuggling
12:10 PM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdayA Canadian citizen in China has been sentenced to death after a court convicted him of drug smuggling on Monday, a move likely to further inflame tensions between Ottawa and Beijing...
AL begins sale of nomination forms for reserved seats
11:29 AM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdayAwami League (AL) has begun to sell nomination forms for aspirants to its 43 reserved seats (women) in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad. The party’s general secretary and also the road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the selling programme at AL president’s Dhanmondi political office in the city on Tuesday at 10am...
Canada issues China travel alert as tensions escalate
10:55 AM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdayCanada has warned its citizens of the risk of "arbitrary enforcement" of local laws in China after a Canadian man convicted of drug trafficking was suddenly retried and sentenced to death, and Beijing denied another detained Canadian diplomatic immunity...
Labour MP Tulip delays birth to vote on Brexit
09:22 AM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdayA Labour MP has delayed giving birth in order to vote on the prime minister's Brexit deal, reigniting the debate over proxy voting in Parliament...
Manobkantha acting editor Abu Bakar dies
09:10 AM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdayThe acting editor of Daily Manobkantha Abu Bakar Chowdhury died of a heart stroke early Tuesday. He was 55...
Google Doodle celebrates Anglo-Indian author Sake Dean Mahomed
08:35 AM, 15 Jan 2019 TuesdaySake Dean Mahomed was an entrepreneur and surgeon who helped break down cultural barriers between India and England...
PM reappoints five advisers
09:20 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reappointed her five advisers in the new government. The Cabinet Division published a gazette dated January 13 in this regard. The advisers are- HT Imam for Political Affairs, Dr Mashiur Rahman for Economic Affairs, Dr Gowher Rizvi for International Affairs, Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs...
Rohingya is serious issue, it will get priority: Momen
08:50 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayForeign Minister AK Abdul Momen today termed the Rohingya crisis as a serious issue and said he set it as a priority to resolve the problem in his new assignment. “It’s a serious issue. It will remain as a priority issue,” he said while exchanging views with journalists at his office.
Polls schedule for women reserved seats on Feb 17
07:52 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayElection schedule for women reserved seats in 11th Jatiya Sangsad will be announced on February 17. Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed came up with the disclosure while briefing reporters at the Nirbachan Bhaban at Agargaon in Dhaka today.
SUST student commits suicide
06:46 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayA student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has committed suicide. The deceased was Protik, a Masters student of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of the university. Shanta Tawhida, sister of Protik and also a teacher of Dhaka University, confirmed the matter through a Facebook status on Monday.
Quader for completing road maintenance works before rainy season
06:15 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today asked the authorities concerned to complete road maintenance works before rainy season. “The ongoing road construction works needs to be completed within the scheduled time by maintaining quality,” he told a meeting in the conference room of the ministry in Dhaka.
Flychisty.com offers to book air ticket from home
05:38 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayFlychisty.com, an online travel agency, has offered to book air tickets and accommodation...
Wage board gazette for journalists by Jan 28: Mahmud
04:11 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayInformation Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said necessary initiatives will be taken to publish...
Messi scores 400th La Liga goal
03:16 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayBarcelona forward Lionel Messi further etched his name into Spanish football history by...
Military cargo plane crashes in Iran, 15 killed
03:06 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayA Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of the Iranian capital, killing 15 out of the 16 people on board, the Iranian army said.
Fakhrul sets condition to join dialogue
02:56 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said Jatiya Oikyafront will join dialogue if there is an election-centric agenda. Fakhrul, also the spokesperson of Jatiya Oikyafront, said this while briefing to the journalists after offering zirah of the graveyard of Hazrat Shahjalal (R)...
Oikyafront leaders reach Sylhet
01:41 PM, 14 Jan 2019 MondayA delegation team of BNP-led Jatiya Oikyafront have reached Sylhet to express their sympathy to the relatives of Balaganj upazila Chhatra Dal general secretary Sayem Ahmed Sohel who was killed in the violence during the 11th parliamentary elections held on December 30 last year...