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EC Mahbub walks out of meeting again
01:10 PM, 15 Oct 2018 MondayElection Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Monday morning once again walked out of a meeting on the next general election at the election commission by giving a note of dissent. After getting out of the meeting, he went to his room at the election commission. However, sources at the EC said that his note of dissent was concerned...
Editors form human chain, seek amendment of Digital Security Act
12:10 PM, 15 Oct 2018 MondayThe Editors’ Council on Monday formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club demanding amendment to nine sections of the recently passed Digital Security Act, 2018. Editors’ Council General Secretary Mahfuz Anam, Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, Acting Editor of Jugantor Saiful Alam...
Malasian citizen arrested with 7 kg gold
11:51 AM, 15 Oct 2018 MondayCustoms officials arrested a China-origin Malaysian national along with seven kilograms of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Sunday night. The arrestee is Cyan Gi Kiong, 47...
President, PM greet Hindu community on Durga Puja
10:57 AM, 15 Oct 2018 MondayPresident Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today felicitated the Hindu community in separate messages on the occasion of the Durga Puja...
Durga Puja begins amid festivity
10:37 AM, 15 Oct 2018 MondayDurga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, began on Monday with the incarnation (Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Sashthi at temples across the country amid stringent security...
Putin ‘probably’ involved in assassinations: Trump
09:03 AM, 15 Oct 2018 MondayUS President Donald Trump on Sunday admitted Russian President Vladimir Putin was "probably" involved in assassinations and poisonings, but those crimes were "not in our country." Lesley Stahl on CBS's "60 Minutes" pressed Trump over his unusually warm relationship with Putin, whom he often declines to criticize publicly...
Morgan, Ford cancel plans for Saudi investor event
08:37 AM, 15 Oct 2018 MondayJP Morgan & Chase Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and Ford Motor Co Chairman Bill Ford canceled plans to attend a Saudi investor conference, the companies said on Sunday, the latest such high-profile announcements after the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
BD worker injured after ceiling collapses in Malaysia
09:16 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayA Bangladesh worker suffered head injuries after falling from a height of 40 feet when the...
Dr Kamal joined hands with killers: PM
08:16 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today came down heavily on Dr Kamal Hossain for forging an alliance with BNP calling the combine a platform of killers and opportunists. “Dr Kamal claims to be an advocate of truthfulness, but has joined hands with Tareq Zia, who has no acceptability to the people of Bangladesh...
India sweep series 2-0 against Windies
07:39 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayIndia thumped West Indies by 10 wickets inside three days to complete a 2-0 series sweep on...
Indian Minister MJ Akbar denies sexual misconduct allegations
05:56 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayMinister of state for External Affairs, M J Akbar on Sunday said accusations against him about
Best Buy opens outlet at capital’s Khamrbari
05:35 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayBest Buy has opened its new retail outlet at capital’s Khamarbari area recently.
Rainbow Paints opens another showroom in Feni
05:20 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayRainbow Paints, a brand of RFL Group, has opened its outlet at Mohipal in Feni recently.
World tourism numbers up 6.0% in first half of 2018: UN
04:41 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayInternational tourist numbers grew 6.0 percent in the first half of 2018, with southern Europe...
Befitting reply awaits Padma Bridge “conspirators”: PM
04:02 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the quarters who hatched a conspiracy over the construction of the Padma Bridge now awaited a befitting reply as the landmark structure was set to be erected completely eventually with completion of its 60 percent works.
Graft trial to continue in Khaleda’s absence
01:33 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayThe High Court on Sunday cleared the way to continue the trial proceedings of Zia Charitable Trust graft case against jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in her absence. The bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman passed the order rejecting a review petition filed by Khaleda Zia...
PM opens ‘Padma Bridge Rail Link Construction Project’
12:59 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina here today inaugurated the groundbreaking work of the ‘Padma Bridge Rail Link Construction Project’ unveiling a new horizon in the country’s rail sector development. The prime minister opened the groundbreaking work of the rail link between Dhaka and Jashore...
Bangladesh’s ex-CJ Sinha gets political asylum in US
12:23 PM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayFormer Chief Justice of Bangladesh Surendra Kumar Sinha has got political asylum in the United States. US Department of State on Friday granted his application filed seeking asylum in the country. Earlier on September 29, Sinha at a program to launch his book ‘A Broken Dream’ in Washington, said...
Tanushree demands lie-detector tests on Nana Patekar
11:18 AM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayBollywood actress Tanushree Dutta has written to Oshiwara police station in Mumbai, demanding that investigators conduct narco analysis, brain-mapping and lie detector tests on actor Nana Patekar, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, producer Samee Siddiqui and director Rakesh Sarang...
4 killed in landslide, wall collapse in Ctg
09:53 AM, 14 Oct 2018 SundayAt least four people including mother and daughter were killed in separate incidents of landslide and wall collapse after heavy rainfall in Chattogram in the wee hours of Saturday. The deceased are Nur Jahan, 45, and her two years old daughter Foyzunnesa, Bibi Johra, 70, hailing from Barishal and Nurul Alam Nantu...