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18 people killed in helicopter crash in Russia
10:30 AM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayA Mi-8 helicopter with passengers on board has crashed in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, in Russia. According to preliminary reports, 18 people have died in the crash. According to an emergency services source cited by TASS, the helicopter was operated by the Utair airline...
Denmark veil ban: First woman charged for wearing niqab
10:15 AM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayA woman has become the first person in Denmark to be charged with wearing a face veil in public, after a ban came into effect on Wednesday...
Hollywood producer Harvey wants rape case dismissed over emails
10:10 AM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayHollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is seeking to get the criminal case against him thrown out of court...
N Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile program: UN report
09:16 AM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayNorth Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Friday. The six-month report by independent experts monitoring the implementation of U.N. sanctions was submitted to the Security Council North...
Bollywood movie Mulk banned in Pakistan
09:06 AM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayThis is not the first time that a Bollywood movie has been banned in Pakistan. In the recent past films like Veere Di Wedding, Raazi and PadMan amongst others had to face the censor board due to their objectionable content...
Attackers target Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, killing 39
08:42 AM, 04 Aug 2018 SaturdayAttackers clad in burqas opened fire on a Shiite mosque and set off a suicide blast Friday, killing at least 39 people and injuring scores of others in southeastern Afghanistan, officials said...
3 killed in Dhamrai road crash
09:42 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayThree people were killed and 30 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Dhamrai, on the outskirts of the capital on Friday evening.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
21 die in northern Nigeria boat capsize: emergency services
08:48 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayTwenty-one people were killed when their boat capsized in an area wracked by deadly attacks blamed on cattle thieves in northern Nigeria, the emergency services said Friday...
Three neo-JMB operatives arrested from Patgram
07:53 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayRapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested three active operatives of banned militant outfit Neo Jama’atul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (neo-JMB) with firearms, ammunition and ‘jihadi’ books from Patgram municipality town of Lalmonirhat in the early hours on Friday...
BB likely to get back more $29m of heist money soon
06:37 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayBangladesh Bank (BB) is expected to get back around US$29 million heisted reserve from the Philippines soon since the Philippines court has already delivered a verdict in favour of the central bank...
Quader urges students not to step into ‘instigation trap’
06:30 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday urged the students not to step into any ‘instigation trap’...
75 rivers register rise, 19 fall
04:22 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayWater levels in 75 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 19 stations recorded falls...
Motorcyclist killed in Mogbazar road crash, bus torched
03:29 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayA motorcyclist was killed when a bus of ‘SP Golden Line Paribahan’ ran him over at Moghbazar in the capital on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam Rana, 30, son of Shahjahan of Goran and head nurse of Moghbazar Community Clinic...
UN moves to unblock humanitarian aid to North Korea
02:20 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayThe UN Security Council is poised to back a US proposal aimed at removing some of the...
Owners close transport services in different districts
12:59 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayThe mass transport services have been closed in different districts on Friday. The owners and the workers have gone on an indefinite strike, citing security concerns.
Glamour girl turned duchess: Meghan tones down
12:05 PM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayMuted colours, long dresses and chaste necklines: Meghan has had to tone down her fashion...
Govt. accepts all demands of students over road crash: Kamal
10:34 AM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said the government has accepted all...
Massive traffic jam on Dhaka-Ctg highway
09:30 AM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayA huge traffic jam has formed on both sides of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, starting all the way from Gouripur in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla coming up to the Daudkandi toll plaza.
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa wins first post-Mugabe election
08:28 AM, 03 Aug 2018 FridayZimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former spy chief installed after Robert Mugabe’s removal in a coup in November, was elected on Thursday after a poll marred by the deaths of six people in an army crackdown on opposition protests.
Bank interest rate to come down to single digit from Aug 9: Muhith
09:36 PM, 02 Aug 2018 ThursdayFinance Minister AMA Muhith today said the interest rate in the banking sector will come down...