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Agent banking accounts surpass 14 lakh
09:18 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayAs banks are gradually expanding their agent banking activities, the number of agent banking...
10th parliament comes out of walkout, boycott culture: TIB
08:19 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayTransparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today said the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) has...
Riyad believes Afghan series to be a challenging one
07:19 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayBangladesh's T20 vice-captain Mahmudullah Riyad said that the T20 series against Afghanistan...
DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to city, says WHO
06:18 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a city, fuelling concern...
Meghan’s father to miss Royal wedding
05:04 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayMeghan Markle says her father will not now be attending her wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday...
Buffon to leave Juventus after 17 years at the club
04:20 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayItaly goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced his 17-year career as a Juventus player is to come...
PM urges media to discard negative frame of mind
04:10 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the media to discard a negative frame of mind in general about the government and expected journalists to portray positively whatever is done for the country’s betterment...
Surreal footballer comedy wins prize at Cannes film festival
03:35 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayA wacky comedy that features a superstar footballer bearing a striking resemblance to...
EU countries agree Iran deal ‘not perfect’: Merkel
03:15 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that EU countries agreed the Iran nuclear deal was “not perfect” but insisted it should be preserved, after the U.S. withdrawal threw the accord into doubt...
Country now needs to set up good capital market: Muhith
02:50 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayFinance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said now it is an urgent for the country to set up a good capital market as a source of long-term financing. He informed that soon after placing his national budget for fiscal 2018-19 in parliament on June 7 next, he would call some of the major players of the capital market to discuss...
To toss or not to toss? ICC may scrap tradition
01:56 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayTest cricket's fundamental starting point may be scrapped, as the ICC's cricket committee prepares to debate whether or not the coin toss should be removed as a way of reducing home ground advantage in the looming Test Championship...
Male depression may cause infertility: study
01:49 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayA study published Thursday in the journal Fertility and Sterility showed that among couples receiving infertility treatment, depression in the male partner was linked to lower pregnancy chances...
80 gold bars worth Tk 4cr seized at Dhaka airport
01:22 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayDhaka customs officials on Thursday seized 80 gold bars weighing 9.28 kilogrammes from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka...
Verdict on appeal over Rajib’s compensation Monday
12:59 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Monday on a petition filed by Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) seeking a stay on a High Court order that directed it to provide half of Tk 1 crore as compensation to the family of deceased Titumir College student Rajib Hasan...
Advertising official killed in race between buses
12:30 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayNazim Uddin, 38, a senior executive (advertising) of Dhaka Tribune, a national English-language daily, was ran over by a bus during a race between two buses in Dhaka...
World Cup 2018: ISIS threatens to behead Messi, Ronaldo
12:09 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayISIS has threatened to behead football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the World Cup in chilling new propaganda...
Trump discloses payment to attorney who paid off porn star
12:01 PM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayUS President Donald Trump has formally disclosed that he reimbursed his personal attorney more than $100,000 last year, apparently in connection with the payment of hush money to a porn star, government records show...
Yeddyurappa sworn in as Karnataka chief minister
10:53 AM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayBJP legislature party leader B S Yeddyurappa was today sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka for a second time, after an overnight high-voltage legal battle in the Supreme Court...
Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming day today
09:49 AM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayToday is the 37th homecoming day of Awami League President and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. On May 17 in 1981, she returned after a long exile...
Corruption scandal: Malaysian police raid home of ex-PM
09:31 AM, 17 May 2018 ThursdayPolice have raided the home of former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, reportedly in order to search for documents connected to the $3.2bn 1MDB scandal...