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MBBS admission test result published
02:01 PM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayThe result of the test for admission into MBBS course at the country’s public and private medical colleges for academic session 2018-19 was published on Sunday. Some 63,026 candidates appeared at the admission test held on October 5 and 24,968 of them came out successful...
11 killed as quake topples homes in Haiti
01:14 PM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayAn earthquake that struck off the northern coast of Haiti late on Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured more than a hundred when several buildings collapsed in the impoverished Caribbean country, officials said...
Bangladesh refuses to accept new Pakistani high commissioner
11:40 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayTies between Bangladesh and Pakistan have gone sour as Dhaka has refused to accept new Pakistani high commissioner to Bangladesh. Credible diplomatic sources told Daily Times that Islamabad was awaiting the agreement of high commissioner Bangladesh Saqlain Syedah...
Khalaf murder: SC upholds death penalty for Mamun
11:17 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayThe Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the death penalty for Saiful Islam Mamun in the sensational murder case of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed the order on Sunday rejecting the review petition filed by the convict...
Kangana Ranaut accuses Queen Director of sexual harassment
10:53 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayKangana Ranaut, who played the lead role in Vikas Bahl's Queen, has accused the director of sexually harassing on the sets of the 2014 film...
DR Congo oil tanker collision leaves 50 dead
10:21 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayAt least 50 people have died after an oil tanker collided with a car on a major road in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Video shows monkey ‘driving’ bus in India
09:23 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayAn Indian bus driver has been suspended - for letting a monkey "drive" his bus. This is despite not one of the 30-or-so passengers on board the vehicle in southern Karnataka state complaining about their furry chauffeur...
I don’t always agree with my husband: Melania Trump
09:09 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayUS first lady Melania Trump has said she often disagrees with what her husband tweets and she tells him so - but he doesn't listen...
Tanushree Dutta files police complaint against Nana Patekar
08:49 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayBollywood actor Tanushree Dutta, who has accused actor Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her on a film set in 2008, has filed a police complaint over the incident...
Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as US Supreme Court justice
08:41 AM, 07 Oct 2018 SundayThe US Senate voted to send Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, ushering in a generational conservative majority and delivering a huge victory to President Donald Trump...
Info on PRAN products’ licences not right
08:03 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayThe information that Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) revoked licences of a few products of PRAN Group, is not true as it never happened and purposively disseminated by Jamuna TV...
Dhaka protests Myanmar’s false claim over St. Martin
06:29 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayThe foreign affairs ministry on Saturday summoned Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka U Lwin Oo over a map the neighbouring country drew, tending to show the St Martin’s as a territorial island of theirs. “As the Myanmar ambassador came, we handed him over a...
Khaleda finally admitted to BSMMU
06:05 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayBNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was in jail in Dhaka in a graft case, has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical treatment on Saturday afternoon...
President asks varsity graduates to lead nation-building activities
05:49 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Saturday asked the youths, specially the new graduates from Dhaka University, to lead the nation-building activities to build a hunger and poverty-free “Sonar Bangla” dreamt by Father of the Nation...
Review: The God of Small Things
05:37 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayYou may find hundreds of summaries, book reviews of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. But I still feel like writing one because this novel holds a very special place in my heart for its unique writing style...
Protesters vow to continue demo for quota restore
03:35 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayProtesters on Saturday took a fresh vow to continue their movement for restoring freedom fighters’ 30 percent quota in class-I and class-II in civil service jobs...
Retired judge, wife commit suicide by jumping in front of train
02:47 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayA retired district judge of Andhra Pradesh and his wife allegedly committed suicide by jumping under running trains yesterday, police said...
WB approves $515m for Bangladesh to improve fisheries, roads, forests
02:24 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayThe World Bank (WB) has approved US$515 million for three projects in Bangladesh to improve coastal and marine fisheries, forest management, and rural roads. These financings will help rural people by reducing poverty and creating new livelihood opportunities, including for local communities in the Cox’s Bazar district...
Mamata gets a special gift from Messi
01:26 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayIndian state West Bengal Chief of India Minister Mamata Banerjee received a special gift from Barcelona legends as she was handed over a customised Barcelona jersey, signed by none other than global superstar Lionel Messi...
Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU this afternoon
12:07 PM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayBNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in jail in Dhaka in a graft case, will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical treatment on Saturday. “The prison authorities have said they will bring her today,” said BSMMU Director Brigadier General Md Abdullah-Al-Harun...