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Nahid to sit with chiefs of edu institutions
03:04 PM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will meet with the chiefs of different schools and colleges in the capital following the students’ movement for safer roads enforced after a road crash that killed two students. The meeting will be held at the Institute of International Mother Language auditorium on Sunday afternoon...
PM urges agitating students to return to home
02:45 PM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged agitating students to return to home saying vested quarters infiltrated in their campaign for safer road to catch fish in troubled water. We are now worried about your security as the perpetrators of arson attacks (in 2014-15) may stage sabotages . . . a quarter is out...
1 detained over ‘phone conversation’ with Amir Khasru
01:43 PM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayDetectives in a drive detained a local councillor from Deura village in Barura upazila of Cumilla early Sunday in connection with a ‘leaked phone conversation’ with BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury...
Student protest continues
12:47 PM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayThe students from different schools and colleges continued their protests in the capital demanding safer roads and protesting the death of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School for the eighth day on Sunday...
PM opens optical fibre connectivity to 300 unions
11:15 AM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated optical fibre connectivity to 300 unions of 10 districts for bringing nearly one crore rural people under a high speed broadband internet network. The premier opened the optical fibre connectivity under a project titled the National Information and Communication Technology...
Nepalese PM invites Sheikh Hasina to join BIMSTEC Summit
10:18 AM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayNepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the upcoming 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in Kathmandu later this month...
Bangladesh level T20 series with 12-run win over Windies
09:43 AM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayA fine all-round performance by Shakib al Hasan lifted Bangladesh to a series-levelling 12-run win over the West Indies in the second fixture of a three-match T20 International series at the Central Broward Stadium in Florida on Saturday...
Trump letter delivered to Kim; N Korea ‘alarmed’ at Sanctions
08:45 AM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is wrapping up his Southeast Asia tour in Jakarta, but North Korea again is capturing much of the attention...
Venezuela President Maduro ‘survives drone attack’
08:20 AM, 05 Aug 2018 SundayVenezuelan officials say explosive drones went off as President Nicolás Maduro was giving a live televised speech in Caracas, but he is unharmed. Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said this was an attempt on Mr Maduro's life and seven soldiers were injured...
Nahid urges students to return to classes
09:37 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today urged the students to stop their ongoing
Protesting students call abduction story “rumour”
09:28 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayStudents waging the movement for safer road today termed as “rumour” the propagation that four female students were taken to hostages at Awami League’s Dhanmandi office saying no such incident took place as alleged.
Kamal calls rumor of students’ abduction “facebook production”
08:23 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today called “entirely baseless” a Facebook propagation that four female students were abducted and taken to hostages and eyes of a boy were gouged out at Awami League’s Dhanmondi Office.
Sufferings of commuters continue
07:43 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdaySufferings of commuters throughout the country, including the capital, continued for today too...
England beat India by 31 runs in 1st Test
06:36 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayEngland beat India by 31 runs to win the first Test at Edgbaston on Saturday and so take a 1-0...
Tension rises in Dhanmondi after miscreants attack student protesters
05:12 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayTension is running high in the capital’s Dhanmondi area following the attack on student protesters by a group of unidentified men this noon. Many students and journalists have been injured during the time.
BD A beat Ireland A by 87 runs in 1st ODI
03:32 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayA brilliant 92 runs by Zakir Hasan enabled Bangladesh A to record a thumping 87 runs victory...
BNP-Jamaat behind spreading false stories: Joy
02:47 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayAwami League government has agreed to all the demands of the road safety protesters and already started implementing them, said prime minister’s son and ICT Adviser, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, adding that the BNP-Jamaat are obviously behind spreading false stories online to incite students...
Students’ protest for safe roads enters 7th day
01:43 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayThe students of different schools and colleges took position on city roads for seventh day although the government agreed to accept their demands and urged them to go back to classrooms. The students were seen checking driving licenses of the vehicles in different parts of the capital. They were also chanting slogans in favour of their nine-point demand...
Ramiz Uddin Cantt College gets 5 buses
12:21 PM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayFive new buses have been handed over to the authorities of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College for students’ transportation on Saturday morning. Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan, chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation, handed over the buses on behalf of the Prime Minister to major general Ataul...
Saudi Arabia launches Hajj news site
11:34 AM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdaySaudi Arabia on Friday announced that it has launched a website which is dedicated to news on this year’s Hajj season which will begin next week...