All News
CAAB staff held with 6.6 kg gold bars at Shahjalal airport
06:52 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayThree people including a staff of Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) were held with 57 gold bars weighing 6.6 (kg) kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Sunday morning...
Two children drowned in Habiganj
06:20 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayTwo children drowned in a pond at Kalikapur village under Madhabpur upazila of the district on Sunday noon...
SC orders to admit ailing war crime convict to BSMMU
05:37 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday ordered the authorities concerned to admit convicted war criminal Abdul Quddus, who is said to be suffering from cancer, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)...
Joy hopes AL candidates’ success in 3 city polls
04:39 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayPrime Minister’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy today expected Awami League candidates’ success in three city polls saying different independent survey reports projected their possible victory...
ECNEC approves Tk 2,511-crore project to expand science education
04:29 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Tk 2,511.51-crore project to expand the scope for science education in 200 government colleges across the country...
“Bengalis’ dream of independence source of Ataturk’s revolution”
03:51 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayGono Bishwabidyalay (Gono University) lecturer Md Mahady Hasan on Saturday said that once the Bengali people’s dream had to own an independent land and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s reformist revolution was behind the dream...
2 students killed in Dhaka Airport road crash
03:03 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayAt least two students of Dhaka’s Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College were crushed to death by a bus of Jabale Noor Transport services on Airport Road in Kurmitola area of the capital on Sunday. Confirming the matter, DMP Cantonment police station...
Khaleda files bail petition with HC in Cumilla case again
01:20 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday again submitted a petition to the HC seeking bail in the Cumilla arson attack case after the Cumilla court has rejected Khaleda’s bail petition on July 26 in the case...
Powerful quake kills at least 10 on Indonesia’s Lombok island
12:58 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayA powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist destination of Lombok in Indonesia on Sunday, killing 10 people and damaging many buildings, authorities said...
8 Bangladesh pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia before Hajj
12:15 PM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayA total of eight Bangladeshis who are in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj, have died of various ailments including old age complications until now. The religious affairs ministry in a bulletin issued on Sunday confirmed the matter...
Nat’l Campus Journalism Fest ends at SUST
11:48 AM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayThe two-day long ‘National Campus Journalism Fest’ ended successfully at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet on Saturday afternoon...
PM greets Tigers for ODI series victory against West Indies
11:25 AM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday congratulated Bangladesh Cricket Team for their one day international (ODI) series victory over West Indies...
Qatar’s World Cup bid used “black operations”: UK report
10:58 AM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayQatar’s World Cup team used a secret “black operations” propaganda campaign to undermine rival bids in violation of Fifa rules, a British Sunday broadsheet has reported...
Floods wreak havoc in India as death toll reaches nearly 600
10:53 AM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayAround 600 people have died over the past couple of weeks, hundreds of thousands of houses were washed away or greatly damaged, and millions of people rendered homeless in as many as six states across India due to incessant rains leading to flash floods and landslides...
2 ‘drug peddlers’ killed in gunfights in 2 dists
09:28 AM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayTwo alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate ‘gunfight’ Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Rajshahi and Munshiganj early Sunday...
5 people killed in Texas nursing home shooting
09:06 AM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayFive people are dead in what investigators believe could be a murder-suicide at a nursing center and a nearby home in southern Texas, an official said...
Tigers beat West Indies by 18 runs to clinch ODI series
08:55 AM, 29 Jul 2018 SundayA brilliant century by 103 by Tamim Iqbal enabled Bangladesh to beat West Indies by 18 runs in the 3rd ODI played on the early hour of Sunday at St. Kitts Island, West Indies. Bangladesh batting first post a mammoth 301 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 50-overs...
All set to hold polls in 3 cities on Monday
10:15 PM, 28 Jul 2018 SaturdayThe Election Commission (EC) has completed all necessary preparations to hold elections in three city corporations in a free and fair manner. The electoral campaigns of the three city corporations – Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal – ended formally at midnight Saturday...
PM unveils plans for improved commuting system in Dhaka
08:13 PM, 28 Jul 2018 SaturdayUnveiling her plans to develop the city’s commuting system, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government has a plan to construct an elevated ring-road around Dhaka. “The ring-road will completely be an elevated one to make ease movement...
PM inaugurates Badda U-loop under Hatirjheel project
07:57 PM, 28 Jul 2018 SaturdayPrime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the Badda U-loop (north U-loop) under the Hatirjheel integrated development project which was expected to ease traffic movement...