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Verdict on Mymensingh Al-Badr leader Thursday
01:31 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Wednesday set Thursday to pronounce its judgement in the crimes against humanity case against Mymensingh Al-Badr commander Reaz Uddin Fakir...
Light to moderate rain likely over country
12:28 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayLight to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at many places over the country in 24 hours as of 9 am on Thursday...
Iran will remain in nuclear deal without US: Rouhani
11:54 AM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayPresident Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran would remain committed to a multinational nuclear deal despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 agreement designed to deny Tehran the ability to build nuclear weapons...
SC hearing on GCC polls deferred for a day
10:43 AM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayThe Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday deferred to Thursday the hearing on the appeal petitions filed challenging the High Court order that stayed Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months...
Trump declares US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal
08:59 AM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayUS President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it "decaying and rotten", he said the deal was "an embarrassment" to him "as a citizen". Going against advice from European allies, he said he would reimpose economic sanctions that were waived...
Yeasin Arafat called up to Bangladesh’s preliminary squad
09:26 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayThe Bangladesh selectors have called up the 19-year-old pace bowler Yeasin Arafat to a 31...
Bangladesh Golf Open inaugurated
08:36 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayThe AB Bank Bangladesh Golf Open-2018, an Asian Tour approved Professional Golf...
Kim Jong Un meets Xi Jinping again
07:35 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayKim Jong-un has made a surprise visit to China, meeting president Xi Jinping ahead of an expected summit between the North Korean leader and US president Donald Trump. The two-day visit to the north-eastern city of Dalian comes a month after Kim visited China...
Quota scrapping under ‘active consideration’: official
07:02 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayThe issue of scrapping quota system in public service is under 'active consideration' of the government, Senior Secretary of Public Administration Ministry Dr Md Mozammel Haque Khan said here today.
Physically-challenged boy gets GPA-5 in SSC examination
06:24 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayPhysically challenged Kamol Chandra Roy, a struggling student of Gobindho Ideal Secondary...
Rezina Ahmed made Bangladesh envoy to Mauritius
05:20 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayThe government has appointed Rezina Ahmed as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the...
SC hearing on GCC poll stay Wednesday
04:52 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hold hearing on appeals...
Sherlock Holmes 3 release date announced
03:22 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayOver two years ago, Robert Downey Jr. promised a third Sherlock Holmes movie would finally...
2 get death, 3 get life for killing RU teacher
03:12 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayA court in Rajshahi has given death penalty for two people and life term imprisonment for three others in a case filed for killing Rajshahi University teacher Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddikey. Judge of Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal Shirin Kabita Akhter on Tuesday passed the order...
Eskaton double murder case verdict deferred
02:07 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayA Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred its verdict against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, in Eskaton double murder case...
Human chain for quota gazette Wednesday
01:32 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayQuota reform protesters will form human chains at colleges and universities across the country on Wednesday as the government is yet to publish a gazette scraping quota system in government jobs. Nurul Haque Nur, Joint Convener of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad on Tuesday gave the announcement...
HC orders to compensate Tk 1cr to Rajib’s family
12:40 PM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayThe High Court has ordered the BRTC and Swajan Paribahan authorities to give Taka one crore as compensation to the family of Rajib Hasan, who died after losing one of his hands in a collision between the two buses. A HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque on Tuesday passed the order...
Legendary filmmaker Ritwik’s wife Surama dies
11:42 AM, 08 May 2018 TuesdaySurama Ghatak, wife of legendary Indian filmmaker Ritwik Kumar Ghatak, passed away at the age of 92 in the early hours of Tuesday (India local time)...
Rabindranath’s 157th birth anniversary today
10:56 AM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayThe nation is celebrating the 157th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, in a befitting manner across the country on Tuesday...
NY AG resigns amid assault accusations
09:01 AM, 08 May 2018 TuesdayNew York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned following a report in the New Yorker alleging that he hit, slapped, or choked four women. Schneiderman continued to deny the allegations, but said that they made it impossible for him to continue. Gov. Andrew Cuomo had called on Schneiderman to resign...