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BNP leader Rafiqul gets six-month bail
04:49 PM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayThe High Court (HC) has granted six-month bail to Rafiqul Islam Miah, a standing
Hasina orders to give priority to youth in election manifesto
03:46 PM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Awami League, has ordered to...
Writ challenges ECs appointment legality
03:06 PM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayA writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Monday challenging the legality of the appointment of the five-member Election Commission led by KM Nurul Huda. The writ also sought to cancel the gazette notification issued on the appointment of them. Lawyer Delwar Hossain filed the petition with concerned department of the HC...
Charges framed against 8 in Gulshan attack case
02:41 PM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayA Dhaka court has framed charges against eight people for the militant attack on Holey Artisan bakery at Gulshan in the capital. Judge Mojibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal of Dhaka on Monday passed the order. Earlier on August 8, the tribunal accepted the charge sheet against them in the case...
Draft Company (amendment) Law 2018 gets cabinet nod
02:14 PM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayThe cabinet today approved in principle the draft of “The Company (amendment) Law, 2018” incorporating a provision allowing formation of a “one-man company”...
BNP starts distributing nomination letters
12:59 PM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started distributing nomination letters to the candidates who will contest the 11th parliamentary election. BNP on Sunday night started distributing the letters from its Chairperson Gulshan political office without any formal announcement. The nomination letter distributing programme continued on Monday...
First gene-edited babies claimed in China
11:58 AM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayA Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies - twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life...
Fire at ETV building
11:23 AM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayFire broke out on the ground floor of the ETV building in the capital’s Karwan Bazar after an air-conditioner exploded on Monday at 10:30am. On information, six units of fire service rushed to the spot to douse the fire, said Ataur Rahman, control room inspector of fire service headquarters...
Over 500 hurt in magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran
10:15 AM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayA magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck western Iran near its border with Iraq on Sunday night, injuring more than 500 people and sending fearful residents running into the streets, authorities said...
145 whales die on remote New Zealand beach
09:50 AM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayUp to 145 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on a remote part of a small New Zealand island, authorities said Monday. The stranding was discovered by a hiker late Saturday on Stewart Island, 30 kilometres (19 miles) off the southern coast of the South Island...
How climate change could be causing miscarriages in BD
09:06 AM, 26 Nov 2018 MondayIn small villages along the eastern coast of Bangladesh, researchers have noticed an unexpectedly high rate of miscarriage. As they investigated further, scientists reached the conclusion that climate change might be to blame...
AL picks CEC’s nephew for Patuakhali-3
05:16 PM, 25 Nov 2018 SundaySM Shahjada Saju, nephew of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda, has been selected as the ruling Awami League’s nominee for Patuakhali-3 constituency in the upcoming election. Saju is a former leader of Chhatra League and son of the CEC’s sister. Hearing the news of nomination, Saju’s supporters brought out...
HC directs to dispose Gatco case by 6 months
04:06 PM, 25 Nov 2018 SundayThe High Court (HC) has directed the lower court to dispose the trial proceedings of Global Agro Trade (Private) Company Ltd (Gatco) corruption case within 6 months. HC also directed the directors of Gatco Syed Galib Ahmed and Syed Tanvir Ahmed to appear before the lower court in two weeks...
Mashrafe gets AL’s nomination for Narail-2 constituency
02:46 PM, 25 Nov 2018 SundayBangladesh ODI cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been nominated by Awami league (AL) for Narail-2 constituency to contest in the upcoming 11th national parliamentary election...
Saudi Prince Turki says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi
02:26 PM, 25 Nov 2018 SundayA senior Saudi prince cast doubt on the reported CIA finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, saying the agency could not be counted on to reach a credible conclusion...
PM calls for strengthening cooperatives movement
01:40 PM, 25 Nov 2018 SundayLaying importance on strengthening cooperative movement across the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said cooperatives are a tested strategy to expedite economic development...
Copa final postponed after bus attack
01:29 PM, 25 Nov 2018 SundayA "shameful" attack on the Boca Juniors team bus by River Plate supporters has led to the postponement of the final of the Copa Libertadores second leg...
Writ seeks stay on polls schedule
12:54 PM, 25 Nov 2018 SundayA writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC) seeking stay on the national polls schedule. Supreme Court lawyer Younus Ali Akhand on Sunday filed the petition with the concerned department of HC...
AL confirms nominations of candidates
11:43 AM, 25 Nov 2018 SundayThe ruling Awami League (AL) on Sunday confirmed the nominations for their candidates to contest the 11th parliamentary election which is scheduled to be held on December 30. AL’s central office has started to send the confirmation letter to their candidates...
AL to declare polls manifesto after getting symbol
09:23 PM, 24 Nov 2018 SaturdayRuling Awami League will announce its election manifesto after the fixation of...