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PCB bans Shehzad for 4 months over positive dope test
11:18 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned opener Ahmed Shehzad for four months - effective from July 10, 2018, the day he was issued a Notice of Charge and provisionally suspended from participating in all forms of cricket - for consumption of a "prohibited substance". The backdated ban means Shehzad will return to cricket on November 11, 2018...
Facebook Messenger internally tests voice commands for chat, calls
10:30 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayFacebook Messenger could soon let you use your voice to dictate and send messages, initiate voice calls and create reminders...
Lubna appointed as first woman Saudi bank head
10:01 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayA woman has been appointed to run a Saudi Arabian bank in a first for women in the country...
‘I love working with Trump’: Saudi crown prince
08:49 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdaySaudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has praised the kingdom's relationship with the current US administration just days after President Donald Trump warned that the Middle East country wouldn't survive "two weeks" without US support...
Interpol chief Meng Hongwei vanishes on trip to China
08:36 AM, 06 Oct 2018 SaturdayFrance has opened an investigation into the disappearance of Meng Hongwei, the Chinese head of the international police agency Interpol. His family have not heard from him since he left Interpol HQ in the French city of Lyon for a trip back to China on 25 September...
51th DU convocation today
09:24 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayA total of 21,111 graduates will attend the 51th convocation of Dhaka University (DU), the...
220 km riverside walkways to be built around Dhaka: Shajahan Khan
08:19 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayShipping Minister Shajahan Khan today said a total of 220 kilometer walkways would be built...
Bangabandhu, Indira plant seed of Bangladesh-India friendship: Shringla
06:52 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayIndian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla today said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had planted the seed of friendship between the two countries which continues till now.
Tigresses lose in 3rd T20I against Pakistan
05:58 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayThe Bangladesh women’s cricket team’s poor batting display suffered a seven-wicket defeat to...
Bangladesh to be 26th largest economy by 2030
05:11 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayBangladesh Ambassador to the USA, Mohammad Ziauddin has said Bangladesh would be the...
Nobel Peace Prize honours sexual violence fight
03:16 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayThe Noble Peace Prize 2018 has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. The Norwegian Nobel Committee made the announcement on Friday. “Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes,” it said in its citation.
331 nominees vying for 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
03:04 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayThe Norwegian Nobel Committee is Friday set to announce the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, choosing from a group of 331 nominations. The announcement is due at 11 am (0900 GMT)...
43 held in Satkhira
02:55 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayPolice, in special drives arrested 43 persons including two activists of BNP and an activist of Jamaat-E-Islami from eight upazilas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8am this morning...
Hilsha bans from Oct 7
01:01 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayLike other 36 districts of the country Hilsha catching, selling, transporting, hoarding and marketing will be prohibited in the district to protect mother Hilsha for ensuring safe breeding...
MBBS entry test held
12:20 PM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayThe admission test into MBBS course for 2018-19 academic sessions under public and private medical colleges was held on Friday...
2 bodies recovered from Ctg ‘militant den’
10:33 AM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayThe members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have recovered scattered body parts of two persons from a house at Sonapahar village under Mirsarai upazila suspecting it a militant hideout. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
‘Happy birthday’ captain Mashrafe
10:17 AM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayToday is the 35th birthday of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, current captain of the One Day International for Bangladesh national cricket team. He was born on 5 October 1983 in Narail District...
Indian actress Tanushree sued after alleging sexual harassment
09:32 AM, 05 Oct 2018 FridayAn Indian actress who alleges she was sexually harassed on two film sets said Thursday she had received legal notices and threats of violence over her claims...
Record 21,111 graduates to attend DU convocation on Oct 6
09:34 PM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayA total of 21,111 graduates will attend the 51th convocation of Dhaka University (DU), the...
India plans facial recognition technology at airports
09:07 PM, 04 Oct 2018 ThursdayIndian flyers will soon be able to leave their identification cards and boarding passes at home...