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Oikyafront leaders on way to visit Subarnachar rape victim
12:00 PM, 05 Jan 2019 SaturdaySome leaders of BNP-led Jatiya Oikyafront are on way to visit gang-rape victim Parul Begum at Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali. The leaders led by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir began their journey by road from BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office on Saturday at 7:30am...
BPL begins today
11:20 AM, 05 Jan 2019 SaturdayThe sixth edition of UCB Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Powered by TVS begins today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in the city’s Mirpur...
Trump ready for US shutdown to last ‘for years’
10:37 AM, 05 Jan 2019 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump has said he is prepared for a partial shutdown of the US government - now entering its third week - to last years...
Subarnachar AL suspends Ruhul Amin over gang rape
09:34 AM, 05 Jan 2019 SaturdayNoakhali’s Subarnachar upazila Awami League (AL) has suspended Ruhul Amin from the post of Publicity Secretary over gang-rape of a mother of four children...
13 Myanmar police officers killed by Rakhine rebels
09:03 AM, 05 Jan 2019 SaturdayThirteen Myanmar police officers were killed in raids Friday by ethnic Rakhine rebels, the army said, in a brazen, co-ordinated attack on the country's Independence Day which adds a dangerous new dimension to conflict in the restive western state...
3 killed as truck hits pick-up van in Sirajganj
08:42 AM, 05 Jan 2019 SaturdayTwo passengers and the driver of a pick-up van were killed as a truck hit the van in Sirajganj early Saturday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. According to fire service, a truck hit a Dhaka-bound pick-up van from behind on Bangabandhu Bridge West Link Highway, leaving three people dead on the spot around 5am...
JP to act as opposition party in parliament: Ershad
04:24 PM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayJatiya Party (JP) has decided to act as the main opposition party in the 11th parliament. “As the chairman of the party, I’m informing our leaders, workers and supporters of all levels as well as the countrymen that the Jatiya Party will perform as the main opposition in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS)...
US issues China travel advisory amid increased tensions
03:41 PM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayThe US State Department on Thursday renewed its warning for US citizens traveling in China...
BNP leaders say nothing after meeting
01:32 PM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayThe leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said nothing after meeting with United States (US) ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Robert Miller.
PM, other AL MPs pay tributes to Bangabandhu
12:50 PM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayPrime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina along with the newly-elected parliament members of her party today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The prime minister and other AL MPs paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his portrait...
US House passes bills to end shutdown, ignoring Trump veto threat
12:18 PM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayThe new US House Democratic majority on Thursday approved two measures that would end a...
Meeting underway between BNP leaders and US ambassador
11:28 AM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayThe leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are meeting with United States (US) ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Robert Miller in the latter’s house this morning. The talks begin at 10 am. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir leads the three-member delegation team.
Man City snap Liverpool’s unbeaten run to reignite title race
10:54 AM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayManchester City won a “final” according to manager Pep Guardiola to remain in the title race...
Syed Ashraful Islam passes away
10:11 AM, 04 Jan 2019 FridayPublic Administration Minister and former general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Syed Ashraful Islam, MP, died at a hospital in Bangkok on Thursday. Ashraful Islam who had been suffering from lung cancer for a long time breathed his last at the Bumrungrad Hospital...
There is nothing to say about election: Khaleda
04:55 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayThere is nothing to say about the election, said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in jail. In a reply to a question of a journalist, BNP chief on Thursday declined to comment about the election held on Sunday last while Awami League got landslide victory. Earlier Khaleda Zia appeared before the court in Niko corruption case...
Sheikh Hasina set to be PM for fourth time
03:33 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayAwami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina is set to be the prime minister for the fourth time, third in a row, as she was unanimously reelected the leader of the AL Parliamentary Party today...
Oikyafront to file case over ‘election irregularities’
03:06 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayBringing allegation of election irregularities and vote rigging, BNP-led Jatiya Oikyafront will file a case with the election tribunal. The decision was taken from a meeting of the Oikyafront’s candidates at the BNP chief’s political office at Gulshan in the capital on Thursday...
Oikyafront’s MPs-elect not attend oath ceremony
01:48 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayNewly-elected seven lawmakers to the parliament from BNP and Gono Forum under the alliance of Jatiya Oikyafront didn’t attend at the oath-taking ceremony on Thursday. Oikyafront’s media coordinator Latiful Bari Hamim confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Case filed against Anupam Kher over “The Accidental Prime Minister”
12:39 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayA case has been filed against actor Anupam Kher and others associated with upcoming film 'Accidental Prime Minister' in a Bihar court on Wednesday for damaging the image of some top people...
Chang’e-4: China space mission lands on Moon’s far side
12:17 PM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayChina says it has successfully landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the Moon, the first ever such attempt and landing...