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Textbook distribution festival held amid enthusiasm
07:40 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayAround 4.26 crore school children across the country today celebrated the Textbook Festival receiving books free of cost for their new classes on the first day of the New Year.
Garment workers block Rampura road over death of two colleagues
06:27 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayGarment workers have taken to the street to protest over the death of two colleagues in the capital’s Rampura on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Nahida Parveen and Meem. They were working at MH garment.
9 ways to polish your LinkedIn profile
05:40 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayLinkedIn has profoundly changed the way we network, explore business opportunities and...
‘If PM wishes, I will join new cabinet’
05:16 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayFinance Minister AMA Muhith today said if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks him to take part in the new cabinet, he will join as he always obey the prime minister.
Bangladesh fail to secure direct qualification to T20 WC
03:35 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayBangladesh and former champions Sri Lanka have failed to get direct qualification for the...
Cabinet may take oath before Jan 10, says Quader
03:15 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayRuling Awami League secretary Obaidul Quader has said the new cabinet may take oath before the Home Coming Day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on January 10. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said this on Tuesday while talking to the journalists at the party chief’s political office at Dhanmondi...
Newly-elected MPs to be sworn in Jan 3
01:46 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayNewly-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. The Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu revealed this while addressing at a programme titled ‘BSRF Sanglap’...
Upazila polls schedule in February
01:02 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) is going to announce the upazila polls schedule in the first week of February. The election will be held in 6 phases, according to the EC’s election management department. In the first phase, polls will take place in around 100 upazilas out of 492...
Bollywood actor Kader Khan passes away
12:02 PM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayVeteran Bollywood actor-screenwriter Kader Khan passed away on Tuesday in Canada. He was 81...
PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu on polls triumph
11:42 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of her party’s absolute victory in 11th parliamentary elections. The premier paid the homage by placing wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu...
Saudi King, Crown Prince congratulate Sheikh Hasina
11:12 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdaySaudi King Salman sent on Monday a cable to the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, congratulating her on winning parliamentary elections...
Philippines President admits to sexually assaulting maid
09:21 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte has invited outrage after describing a sexual assault he committed against a maid as a teenager. Although a spokesperson later said the president had invented the claim, women's rights groups have criticised him and called for his resignation...
Saddam’s daughter publishes last message before his death
08:44 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayThe daughter of the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has posted on her Twitter account what she said were the last words her father had for the Iraqi people, four days before his execution on December 30, 2006...
Kim warns of change in direction on denuclearization
08:30 AM, 01 Jan 2019 TuesdayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has renewed his commitment to denuclearisation but warned that he may have no option but to seek an alternative course if the United States does not take corresponding measures and maintains sanctions. Kim made the comments on Tuesday during his annual New Year's Day address laying out Pyongyang's top priorities for the 12 months ahead...
Legal battle alongside movement for re-election: Fakhrul
09:41 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayRejecting 11th parliamentary elections, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said they will go for movement alongside the legal battle demanding the re-election. Fakhrul said while addressing a press conference at the party’s political office at Naya Paltan after holding a meeting with standing committee members at Naya Paltan on Monday...
80pc votes cast in 11th JS polls: CEC
07:05 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda today expressed his satisfaction over the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections and said some 80 percent votes were cast in the December 30 polls. “A total of 10.41 crore voters got opportunity to vote in the parliament elections this year. . . 80 per cent of the votes were cast during the polls,” the CEC told...
Quader asks AL men don’t do politics of vengeance
06:22 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayGeneral Secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Obaidul Quader asked his party leaders and activists don’t do politics of vengeance after being inspired with landslide victory of the grand alliance in the 11th parliamentary election...
DMP issues directives to celebrate 31st night
05:36 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued a set of directives to celebrate the 31st night on the eve of the English New Year in a safe and peaceful manner...
Khaleda knows her party’s defeat
05:03 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayBNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in old central jail in the capital’s Nazimuddin Road, has known her party’s defeat in the 11th parliamentary elections...
BNP leader Dulu’s bail plea rejected
03:45 PM, 31 Dec 2018 MondayA Dhaka court today rejected the bail plea of BNP leader advocate Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu in a case lodged over vandalizing vehicles in capital...