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Create a level playing field: Fakhrul
05:57 PM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayThe Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has urged the government to release all political prisoners and create a level playing field otherwise upcoming general election will not be fruitful. It will not be accepted unless political prisoners including Khaleda Zia are released...
US proposes rule banning asylum for illegal migrants
04:42 PM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayMigrants who cross the southern US border illegally will no longer be eligible for asylum under a new rule, the Trump administration has said...
Saudi bans Arab citizens of Israel from Mecca pilgrimage
03:46 PM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayThe Gulf Kingdom issued the veto on Palestinians with Israeli citizenship entering the country, meaning they cannot make Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest site made by millions of Muslims each year...
Sheikh Hasina to vie for 2 seats
03:15 PM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayAwami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will contest the national polls from Gopalganj-3 and Rangpur-6 constituencies. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday bought two nomination forms from the party office on behalf of the party President. He also bought nomination form for Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury...
Dr Kamal won’t attend Oikyafront rally in Rajshahi
01:42 PM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayThe top leader of Jatiya Oikyafront and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain will not be attending the rally of Oikyafront in Rajshahi on Friday due to illness. Gono Forum General Secretary Mostofa Mohsin Montu confirmed the matter to Jago News. Dr Kamal was supposed to address the rally as the chief guest...
AL starts selling nomination forms
12:09 PM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayThe ruling Awami League (AL) on Friday started selling of its nomination papers among the aspirants for the 11th parliamentary election. The aspirants are asked to collect the nomination papers from AL President’s Dhanmondi political office (new building) from 10 am...
Sushmita, Rohman might marry next year: Report
11:51 AM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayBollywood actress Sushmita Sen and her rumoured boyfriend Rohman Shawl are apparently planning to get married next year, DNA reports. Sushmita is believed to have met Rohman, a model, at a fashion show a couple of months ago...
AL Parliamentary Board meeting on Sunday
11:24 AM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayA meeting of Awami League (AL) Parliamentary Board will be held at the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city on Sunday...
EC sets Dec 23 for JS polls
11:09 AM, 09 Nov 2018 FridayThe Election Commission (EC) on Thursday set December 23 for the 11th parliamentary election. “The voting will be held on December 23, 2018” Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said while announcing the election schedule in an address to the nation on state-run television and radio...
12 killed in mass shooting at bar in California
05:21 PM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayAt least 12 people were killed and perhaps a dozen others injured late Wednesday at a packed Southern California bar when a gunman dressed in black burst in, tossed smoke grenades and fired off dozens of rounds, witnesses and authorities said...
PM urges BGB to free Bangladesh from drug, militancy
04:14 PM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) to work with utmost honesty and sincerity to free the country from the onslaughts of militancy, terrorism and drug. You have to work with sincerity and honesty so that drug cannot enter our country and our country cannot be used...
JaPa to sell nomination papers from Nov 11
03:54 PM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayThe Jatiya Party (JaPa) will start to sell its nomination papers to their candidates for the next parliamentary election on November 11...
PM stands by Prabir Mitra, Kuddus Boyati, Nutan
02:52 PM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday gave financial assistance of Taka 12.15 crore to 14 individuals and an organisation, including noted film actor Prabir Mitra, film actress Nutan and folk song ‘Samrat’ (king) Kuddus Boyati...
Khaleda back to jail after Niko graft case hearing
02:16 PM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayFormer Prime Minister BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been taken back to her cell of Old Dhaka Central Jail after the Niko corruption case hearing. BNP chief arrived at the jail premises around 11:15am on Thursday from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and appeared before a special court there...
Deadly smog returns to Delhi after Diwali
01:18 PM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayAir pollution in the Indian capital has risen to hazardous levels after firecrackers were set off to celebrate Diwali despite a court ban...
PM hoists flags of BGB’s Ramu HQ, two new battalions
12:13 PM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hoisted the flags of Ramu Region Headquarters of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) and two newly raised battalions of the force in the suburb of the capital. The flag hoisting ceremony was held at BGB Headquarters at Pilkhana on Thursday...
47 killed after two buses collide in Zimbabwe
11:12 AM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayAt least 47 people have been killed after two buses collided in southeast Zimbabwe, local media reported. One bus was travelling to the capital, Harare, from the eastern city of Mutare and the other...
235 police officers promoted to SP
09:59 AM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayThe government has promoted 235 Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) to the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP)...
White House suspends credentials for CNN’s Jim Acosta
09:49 AM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayThe White House has suspended the credentials of a CNN journalist hours after a testy exchange with US President Donald Trump...
Pakistani Christian woman Aasia Bibi ‘freed’ from jail
09:26 AM, 08 Nov 2018 ThursdayPakistani Christian woman Aasia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy, has been freed from jail, her lawyer said...