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5,000 acres forest destroyed in Cox’s Bazar: Minister
04:08 PM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayEnvironment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Wednesday said around 5,000 acres of forest were destroyed in Cox’s Bazar due to rehabilitation of forcibly displaced Rohinghya people...
Bangladesh Bank AD found dead in Thai swimming pool
02:12 PM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayAn assistant director of Bangladesh bank, central bank of Bangladesh, was found dead at a swimming pool in Thailand on Wednesday noon...
37 held in Dinajpur
01:51 PM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayLaw enforcers, in special drives arrested37 persons including 13 drug traders and three activists of Jamaat-E-Islami from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8am Wednesday morning...
Govt to build 9 multi-storey residential buildings for police
01:09 PM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayGovernment likely to undertake a construction project for nine residential buildings for the police in Dhaka metropolitan area at a cost of Tk 7.92 billion...
Tribunal sends former Jamaat lawmaker to jail
01:04 PM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today send former Jamaat lawmaker and party’s executive committee leader Hamidur Rahman Azad to jail as he surrendered before the court after being convicted for contempt of court in 2013...
Pakistan election: 31 killed in suicide blast in Quetta
12:38 PM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayAt least 31 people have been killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide blast outside a polling station in Quetta's Eastern Bypass area of Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. Police officials and civilians both are among the dead. Eight of the wounded are in critical condition...
Rain likely to continue for 5 days more
12:20 PM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayThe ongoing light to moderate rain may continue across the country for five more days, the Met Office says...
19 sued for Barapukuria coalmine corruption
11:38 AM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayA total of 19 people have been sued over corruption at Barapukuria coalmine in Dinajpur that led to a crisis of coal at the Barapukuria Power Plant, prompting it to shut down indefinitely. Coal mine Administration Manager Anisur Rahman filed the case with the Parbatipur Model Police Station at 12am on Wednesday...
Laos dam collapse: 20 killed as floods hit villages
10:32 AM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayAt least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing in flooding following the collapse of an under-construction dam in south-east Laos...
Pakistan Election 2018: Voting begins amid tight security
09:38 AM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayVoting in Pakistan has begun amid tight security as around 105.95 million eligible voters will exercise their right of franchise in country’s eleventh general election to elect their preferred candidates and parties...
5 children killed in Cox’s Bazar landslides
09:30 AM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayFive children were killed in separate incidents of landslides in Cox’s Bazar early Wednesday in Cox’s Bazar. In Cox’s Bazar sadar upazila, four children of a family were killed in a landslide when they were asleep in their home at Bachamiahr Ghona area of South Romaliarchora at 6:15am due to incessant rain...
ISIS threaten to behead Mark Zuckerberg
08:48 AM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayCybersecurity firm Sixgill revealed the shocking threats as part of a wave of online terror operations by the so-called United Cyber Caliphate (UCC)...
Barcelona host Real Madrid for first Clasico in October
09:37 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayDefending Spanish champions Barcelona will host Real Madrid on October 28 in the first Clasico...
Quader visits CPB office
08:44 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today visited the office of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) in the city. CPB President Mujahidul Islam Selim and General Secretary Shah Alam welcomed the AL general secretary...
No legal bar in holding Kurigram-3 by-polls
07:49 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) today scrapped a petition seeking stay on holding the Kurigram-3 by-polls.
Halda to take part in three int’l film festivals
07:09 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayHalda, international-awards winning film directed by Tauquir Ahmed, is going to take part in...
Drug-fuelled HIV surge raises concerns at AIDS meeting
05:41 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayConcerns over an HIV surge in countries where strict laws cause drug users to share...
Thai Airways craft skids off runway
05:02 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayA Thai Airways aircraft today skidded off runways of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here while landing amid heavy rainfall causing flight operation suspension for two hours...
PM asks DCs to get tough on muscle power, terrorism
04:23 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to take stern actions against tender mongers, extortion, muscle power and terrorism. Inaugurating the three-day DC Conference, the prime minister said the deputy commissioners have to take tough actions for peace...
3 to die, 19 get life for murder
01:57 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayA court in Netrokona sentenced three people to death and nineteen others to life imprisonment in a murder case. Netrokona District Sessions Judge KM Rasheduzzaman Raza passed the order around 11:30am on Tuesday. The court also fined them Tk 20,000 each...