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DU classes, exams suspended today
08:39 AM, 02 Aug 2018 ThursdayClasses and examinations of Dhaka University (DU) will remain suspended on Thursday. Besides, all classes and examinations of the affiliated colleges of DU will also remain off, said a DU press release...
Govt shuts schools, colleges down on Thursday
09:27 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayThe government has ordered to shut all educational institutions down across the country tomorrow over the ongoing protests of the students. Confirming the matter on Wednesday, Mahbubur Rahman, Director General of the Secondary and Higher Education directorate, told Jago News...
FE Editor Moazzem Hossain passes away
08:38 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayA. H. M. Moazzem Hossain, editor of The Financial Express, passed away at the city’s Square...
Jabal-e-Nur bus owner Shahadat arrested
08:15 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayThe Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Md Shahadat Hossain, owner of the Jabal-e-Noor bus...
Kamal urges students to withdraw protests
07:34 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan urged the students to stop the ongoing protests and return to normalcy as their demands have been taken into consideration for implementation. He said drivers of the killer buses have been arrested, while the route permit and registration of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan has been cancelled...
England win toss, bat against India in first Test
06:28 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayEngland captain Joe Root won the toss and chose to bat in the opening test of the five match...
New Road Transport Act to be placed at next cabinet meeting: Quader
06:01 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that the proposed Road...
Modern Road Transport Act in the offing: Anisul
05:59 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayLaw, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Wedbesday said the much waited Road Transport Act will be a modern law covering many aspects which were never addressed before...
UN chief to discuss North Korea in Japan
05:33 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is expected to discuss the North Korea crisis with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his visit to Japan next week, a UN spokeswoman said Tuesday...
Ariya hopes to be on song to regain British Open crown
05:02 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayAriya Jutanugarn wasn’t a fan of links courses but victory in the Scottish Ladies’ Open at...
Jabal-e-Nur bus driver Masum on 7-day remand
03:26 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayMasum Billah, the driver of the Jabal-e-Nur bus, will be placed on a seven-day remand in a case filed over the death of the two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College on Dhaka Airport Road on Sunday last. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate...
Rouhani rejects Trump offer of talks
02:29 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdaySenior Iranian officials on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of talks without preconditions as worthless and “a humiliation” after he acted to reimpose sanctions on Tehran following his withdrawal from a landmark nuclear deal...
Probe body formed on airport road crash
02:21 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayThe High Court has formed a committee to investigate into Sunday’s road crash on Dhaka airport road in the capital where two students were killed. The HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam on Wednesday passed the order. The three-member committee is headed by Professor Mizanur Rahman...
BRTA cancels registrations of two Jabal-e-Nur buses
01:43 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayBangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has cancelled the registrations of two Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan buses in connection with the killing of two students at Dhaka Airport Road in the city on Sunday last...
Trump to slap 25pc tariff on $200b imports from China
12:52 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayThe Trump administration plans to propose slapping a 25-percent tariff on $200 billion of imported Chinese goods after initially setting them at 10 percent, in a bid to pressure Beijing into making trade concessions, a source familiar with the plan said on Tuesday...
Imran Khan may invite Modi for his oath ceremony
12:27 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayImran Khan, widely seen as the next prime minister of Pakistan, may invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with leaders of other SAARC nations for the oath taking ceremony likely to be held on August 11...
Transport workers block Dhaka-Chattogram highway
12:06 PM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayA group of transports workers blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Signboard area in Shiddhirganj on Wednesday morning demanding their safety. A long tailback was created on the both sides of the highway, said Narayanganj Traffic Police Inspector Molla Taslim...
India’s 5th President, Fakhruddin’s kin excluded from Assam NRC
11:39 AM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayA relative of a former President of India has said his family is among the 40 lakh people left out of the draft citizens' list in Assam. Ziauddin Ali Ahmed is the nephew of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President who took charge in 1974 and died in office in 1977...
West Indies beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets in 1st T20
11:08 AM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayAndre Russell made an unbeaten 35 from 21 balls to guide the world champion West Indies to a seven-wicket win Tuesday in the rain-affected first Twenty20 international against Bangladesh...
Month of mourning begins
09:47 AM, 01 Aug 2018 WednesdayThe month of mourning begins today for the nation to recall once again the most brutal killing in its history and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country’s independence and sovereignty...