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22-day ban on hilsa fishing from Oct 7: Chanda
08:53 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, selling, transportation and hoarding...
Promote own culture, avoid bad things of satellite culture: President
08:26 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid today urged all concerned to promote the country’s traditional...
‘You can’t cover the sun with a finger’
07:44 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayReal Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas admitted the LaLiga giants are missing Cristiano Ronaldo...
Bangladesh’s image brightened in UNGA: PM
06:40 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that her government had been able to brighten the image of Bangladesh by playing a strong role in the just held 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Bangladesh all out for 30 runs against Pakistan
06:27 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayBangladesh female cricket team were all out for 30 runs in a rain- hit T20 match against Pakistan at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday.
ACC starts probe into graft allegation against SK Sinha
05:39 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Iqbal Mahmood today said the national anti-
Briton and two Americans win 2018 Nobel Chemistry Prize
04:38 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayScientists Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research using directed evolution to produce enzymes and antibodies for new chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the award-giving body said on Wednesday...
PM starts press conference at Gonobhaban
04:18 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayBangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now addressing press on her recent visit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Cabinet approves quota abolition proposal
02:53 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal on merit-based recruitment of 1st and 2nd class employees in public services removing the quota system recommended by the secretary committee. Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam came up with the information after the meeting at secretariat in Dhaka...
Instagram back after global outage
02:41 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayFacebook's Instagram stopped working for about an hour for many users on Wednesday, with people getting such error messages as "Couldn’t refresh feed" and "We’re sorry, but something went wrong. Please try again" on the app...
Saudi king wouldn’t last ‘two weeks’ without US support: Trump
02:06 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayUS President Donald Trump said close ally Saudi Arabia and its king would not last "for two weeks" without US military support at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday...
Bangladesh to ban ‘Khat’
01:57 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has sent a proposal to the home ministry to ban ‘khat’, a New Psychotropic Substance (NPS) or a kind of drug in Bangladesh. DNC’s Director General Mohammed Jamal Uddin Ahmed came up with the information at a press briefing at its head office, in Tejgaon, on Wednesday...
Support Dhaka on Rohingya crisis: Guterres
01:08 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayIndia must support Bangladesh in dealing with the Rohingya crisis and put pressure on Myanmar for their return, Antonio Guterres, on his first official visit to India as the United Nations Secretary-General, said here on Tuesday...
7 top BNP leaders get anticipatory bail
12:35 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe High Court has granted anticipatory bail to seven top leaders of BNP including Secretary General Mirza Farkhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed with Hatirjheel Police Station. A High Court bench comprising of Justice Mohammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kashefa Hossain passed the order on Wednesday...
Taskin to play for Kandahar Knights in APL
12:01 PM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayBangladesh speedster Taskin Ahmed on Tuesday left the country for UAE to join the Kandahar Knights camp for the upcoming edition of the Afghanistan Premier League (APL)...
Bangladesh to hold talks with Emirates Nat’l Oil for LPG terminal
11:26 AM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayBangladesh will hold talks with Dubai-based Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) to set up an liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal in the country, a Dhaka-based official said on Tuesday...
Suu Kyi becomes first person stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship
10:56 AM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship on Tuesday (Oct 2) over her refusal to call out atrocities by her nation's military against the Rohingya Muslim minority...
Jubo League leader hacked dead in Sirajganj
10:40 AM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayA Jubo League leader was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Ranigram area in Sirajganj on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Mostofa alias Boam Mostofa, 45, son of late Hatem Ali. He was the president of 7 no. ward Jubo League of Sirajganj municipality unit...
President to open Int’l Folklore Festival at Netrakona today
10:09 AM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid will go to Netrakona today to inaugurate the first International Folklore Festival on Mukterpara ground of the district town...
Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to nearly 1,350
09:49 AM, 03 Oct 2018 WednesdayThe number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday's earthquake and tsunami has risen to 1,347, disaster response officials say. The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previously confirmed figure of 844...