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Newly-elected lawmakers take oath
11:31 AM, 03 Jan 2019 ThursdayThe newly-elected lawmakers to the parliament took oath of their office on Thursday at 11:15am. Speaker Shirin Sharmin administered the oath ceremony at the Jatiya Sangsad. Earlier on Tuesday, the Election Commission (EC) published the results of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections through issuing a gazette notification...
Six new Indian visa centres to be opened soon
09:25 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe Indian High Commission in Dhaka today announced that six new Indian Visa Application...
FIFA should expand 2022 World Cup to 48 teams if possible, Infantino says
08:49 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayFIFA should if possible increase the size of the football World Cup in Qatar in 2022 to 48 from 32 teams, the global governing body’s president Gianni Infantino has said.
Netflix drops satire episode critical of Saudi Arabia
08:21 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayNetflix has removed an episode of a satirical comedy show that criticizes Saudi Arabia after...
No culprit will be spared, Quader on Noakhali gang rape
07:43 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayAbout repression and rape of a woman at Subarnachar in Noakhali, Road Transport and...
2-day int’l entrepreneurial expo, summit begins Jan 18
06:38 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayA two-day International Entrepreneurial Expo and Summit-2019, organized by the Dhaka...
PM expresses gratitude to countrymen for AL’s landslide victory
05:52 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today expressed heartfelt gratitude to the countrymen for her party’s absolute victory in the December 30 national elections...
Driver of Supravat Paribahan sent to jail
04:06 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayDhaka Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court ordered to send the driver of Supravat Paribahan to...
Newly-elected lawmakers to take oath Thursday
03:38 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe newly-elected lawmakers to the parliament will be sworn in tomorrow as the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Secretariat is now taking preparation to hold the oath taking ceremony.
India assures to continue cooperation with Bangladesh
03:03 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe Government of India has assured to continue cooperation with Bangladesh as a close neighbor. Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday gave this assurance after congratulating her Bangladesh counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali over phone on his reelection in the 11th national parliamentary polls...
Journalist Hedayet on 3-day remand
02:01 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayA Khulna court has granted three days remand for Dhaka Tribune’s Khulna correspondent Hedayet Hossain in a case filed under the Digital Security ACT for the reporting ‘wrong’ information regarding election results...
Gazette for 298 new MPs published
01:31 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayThe Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday published the gazette on the 298 MP-elects of the 11th parliament on Wednesday. Newly-elected members of the parliament will be sworn in on January 3. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer the oath ceremony at the Jatiya Sangsad...
Sonia Gandhi greets Sheikh Hasina on AL’s landslide victory
12:34 PM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayChairperson of Indian Congress Parliamentary Party Sonia Gandhi today extended her heartiest congratulations to Bangladesh Premier and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on securing her party’s absolute victory in the 11th parliamentary elections...
Taiwan “must and will be” reunited with China: Xi
11:27 AM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayChinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it "must and will be" reunited with China. In a speech marking 40 years since the thaw in cross-strait relations, he reiterated Beijing's call for peaceful unification on a one-country-two-systems basis. However, he said China reserved the right to use force...
GM Quader to act as JaPa Chairman in absence of Ershad
10:09 AM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayJatiya Party (JP) co-chairman Golam Mohammad Quader will act as its chairman in absence of incumbent chairman and former President HM Ershad...
Re-election in 3 centres of Brahmanbaria-2 Jan 9
09:39 AM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayRe-election in three centres of the Brahmanbaria-2 (Sarail-Ashuganj) constituency will be held on January 9...
Brazil’s far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro sworn in
09:08 AM, 02 Jan 2019 WednesdayBrazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, was sworn in on Tuesday during a ceremony in the capital Brasilia, likely marking the beginning of a hard conservative shift in governing Latin America's largest economy and most populous nation...
Koala drinks from water bottle in Australia heatwave
09:31 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayAs Australia swelters in an extreme heatwave, a video of a woman in the state of Victoria...
Police bring Malibagh situation under control
09:23 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayThe situation in the capital’s Malibagh was brought under control, police said. The agitating workers withdrew the road blockade around 6:40 pm. Garment workers took to the streets when a Gazipur bound bus of Supravat Paribahan ran over the two garment workers Nahida Parveen and Meem while they were crossing the road...
Ranga for further strengthening Jatiya Party
08:34 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayJatiya Party Secretary General Md Mashiur Rahman Ranga today said the party will be further...