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Brazil beat Argentina in front of sell-out Jeddah crowd
12:07 PM, 17 Oct 2018 WednesdayBrazil snatched a dramatic 1-0 win over Argentina with an injury-time header from Miranda in their friendly match in front of a sell-out crowd in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday...
YouTube back after global outage, tweets “thanks for your patience”
11:23 AM, 17 Oct 2018 WednesdayYouTube is working again after a global outage that reportedly lasted around 45 minutes. The hugely-popular video platform suffered a serious outage this morning with its users confronting error messages as they tried to login, upload or watch content on the platform...
Marriage to Tom Cruise protected me: Nicole Kidman
10:34 AM, 17 Oct 2018 WednesdayNicole Kidman married Tom Cruise for love, but ended up getting shielded from sexual harassment as well. That's what the actress contends in an as told-by-her essay published in New York magazine...
Pakistan Zainab murder: Imran Ali executed in jail
10:26 AM, 17 Oct 2018 WednesdayPakistan has hanged a man convicted for the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab in January...
Nine UNSC members ask to discuss Myanmar inquiry
09:47 AM, 17 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe chair of a United Nations inquiry that accused Myanmar’s military of genocide is likely to brief the Security Council this month after Britain, France, the United States and six other members requested the meeting, diplomats said on Tuesday...
PM arrives in Riyadh
09:02 AM, 17 Oct 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here this evening on a four-day bilateral visit to the Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA) at the invitation of Saudi King and Custodian of two Holy Mosques Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud...
Saudi crown prince ‘denies knowledge’ of missing journalist
08:34 AM, 17 Oct 2018 WednesdaySaudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has denied knowing what happened to the missing Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, according to US President Donald Trump. Saudi Arabia being blamed was a case of "guilty until proven innocent", Mr Trump told the AP news agency...
BERC decides not to hike gas price
09:24 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayBangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has decided not to increase gas price considering the overall situation. “We find no reason to increase the gas price in the present situation,” BERC Chairman Monwar Islam told a press conference...
Police reportedly found evidence Khashoggi killed in Saudi consulate
07:56 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayA Turkish official told AP that police have found evidence inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul which confirms that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed there. The "high level official" spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity...
Bangladesh moves two notches up in 2018 GHI
07:33 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayBangladesh has maintained a steady progress in tackling hunger as the country has moved...
Jatiya Oikyafront unity not to sustain: Quader
06:37 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayTheir unity is fragile and their efforts will go in vain soon,” he told reporters after visiting the newly constructed building of BRTA (Bangladesh Road Transport Authority) in city’s Banani area. Quader, also the general secretary of Awami League...
India guru Rampal sentenced to life in jail for murder
05:56 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayA self-styled Indian guru and 14 others have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering four women and an 18-month-old baby in 2014...
FBCCI team off to Saudi Arabia
05:52 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayAs the entourage of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, an 11-member delegation of the Federation of...
De Villiers included in draft for South African T20 league
05:21 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdaySouth African batting star AB de Villiers was on Monday named among 12 leading players for...
PM off to Riyadh on 4-day visit
05:21 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here on Tuesday for Riyadh on a four-day bilateral visit to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) at the invitation of Saudi King and Custodian of two Holy Mosques Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud...
26.21pc pass in DU ‘Gha’ unit admission test
04:09 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayAdmission test results of Dhaka University Gha-unit for 2018-19 academic session have been published with a pass rate of 26.21 percent. DU vice-chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman on Tuesday afternoon announced the results at...
Zimbabwe cricket team arrives in Dhaka
03:34 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayThe Zimbabwe national cricket team arrived in Dhaka this morning to play a bilateral series...
IU declares 5-day Puja vacation
02:46 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayIslamic University (IU) in Kushtia has announced a 5-day vacation from tomorrow on the occasion of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Bangalee Hindu community, said an IU press release today...
Prince Harry, Meghan start Aussie tour with baby gifts
02:10 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayA beaming Duke and Duchess of Sussex thrilled thousands of fans outside the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday during their first meeting with the general public since the former Meghan Markle’s newly announced pregnancy...
ICC WC trophy to arrive in Bangladesh Wednesday
01:29 PM, 16 Oct 2018 TuesdayICC World Cup Trophy will arrive in Bangladesh on October 17 next as part of its worldwide ‘Trophy Tour’ ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 scheduled to be held in England...