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First Bangladeshi Rahman elected as Georgia senator
10:05 AM, 24 May 2018 ThursdayIn a stunning upset, Bangladeshi-American Sheikh Rahman unseated a 14-year incumbent to become the first immigrant ever elected to the Georgia Senate of United States. State Senate District 5 sits in the rapidly diversifying suburbs of Gwinnett County, just north of Atlanta...
Bullet-hit bodies of 2 drug traders found in Magura
08:45 AM, 24 May 2018 ThursdayPolice recovered bullet-hit bodies of two drug traders from Parnanduali housing project of Magura sadar upazila in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased Ajub Hossain and Mizanur Rahman Kalu were accused in 20 cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act...
Bangladesh, West Indies first Test on July 4
08:37 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayBangladesh will be facing West Indies in the first Test match at Vivian Richards Cricket Ground...
Gold policy gets economic affairs nod
08:34 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayThe government today approved the 'Gold Policy-2018' to ease the import and export of the precious metal as well as ensure transparency in its trade inside the country. The approval came at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) at the cabinet division...
Actress Tazin Ahmed laid to rest
07:53 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayPopular TV actress and anchor Tazin Ahmed was buried on her father's grave at Banani...
NBR launches ‘LTU-VAT Mobile App’ to ensure tax services
07:21 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched 'LTU-VAT Mobile App' to facilitate large...
Villiers retires from international cricket
05:45 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayIn a shock move, AB de Villiers has announced his retirement from all international cricket with...
US$20,000 project underway to protect Rohingya from flooding
05:00 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayA major canal dredging and renovation project is underway to protect local residents and...
Romero ruled out of Argentina squad with knee injury
03:44 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayArgentina’s goalkeeper Sergio Romero has been ruled out of the World Cup 2018 after injuring...
12 dope gang men held in Dhaka
02:37 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayDetective Branch (DB) of police on Tuesday in separate raids arrested 12 members of an organized ogyan part (dope gang) from the city's Kawran Bazar and Tejgaon thana areas...
Distressed Rohingyas getting local support: PM
01:55 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said local people have given their overwhelming support to the government's steps giving shelter to displaced Rohingya citizens of Myanmar in Bangladesh. She said this when visiting UNFPA Executive Director and UN Under Secretary Natalia Kanem called on the PM at her Tejgaon office here today...
Three wheeler-mini truck collision kills 5 in Bagura
01:32 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayFive people were killed and eight others injured in a head-on collision between a three wheeler and a mini truck in Bagura on Wednesday. The incident took place on Bagura-Natore highway at Partekur Agriculture College area of Shahjahanpur upazila around 9 am...
Salaries of ministers to be cut by 10%: Malaysian PM
12:40 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayMalaysia will cut the salaries of its Cabinet ministers by 10 per cent with immediate effect, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced on Wednesday...
Ousted Malaysian govt accused of covering up scandal at state fund
12:05 PM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayThe government of ousted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak deceived parliament over the finances of state fund 1MDB and suppressed an investigation by intimidating and purging anti-corruption agents, officials said on Tuesday...
World Cup fever causes sleepless nights for flagmakers
11:08 AM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayFlagmakers in Bangladesh are doing a roaring trade weeks ahead of the World Cup, but no-one is interested in the home nation's colours - the money is all on pennants for Lionel Messi's Argentina and Neymar's Brazil...
Muktamoni dies
09:22 AM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayMuktamoni, a 12-year-old girl who was suffering from a rare disease, died on Wednesday. She breathed her last at her home in Kamarbaisha village of Satkhira sadar upazila around 8am. Quoting Muktamoni’s father, Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, Chief Coordinator for Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Rohingya insurgents killed 99 Hindus in Myanmar: Amnesty
09:09 AM, 23 May 2018 WednesdayAmnesty International says it has evidence that fighters from a Rohingya armed group killed scores of Hindu members of their community in Myanmar's Rakhine state last year. In a report published on Tuesday, the global rights group said fighters from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) rounded...
‘Digital Security Act to protect mainstream media’
09:36 PM, 22 May 2018 TuesdayMedia leaders here today said the proposed Digital Security Act (DSA) will not go against the...
Priyanka visits Rohingya camps in Teknaf
08:54 PM, 22 May 2018 TuesdayFamous Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, also the UNICEF goodwill ambassador for child...
CNG filling stations to remain open for 24-hour during Eid
07:40 PM, 22 May 2018 TuesdayThe government has decided to remain open all Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations for...