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Eid-ul-Azha being celebrated amid festivity
10:55 AM, 22 Aug 2018 WednesdayThe Eid-ul-Azha, one of the greatest religious festivals of the Muslims, is being celebrated across the country on Wednesday with great religious fervour and enthusiasm to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of Hazrat Ibrahim (AS)...
Tk 23 lakh looted from Badda Premier Bank branch
06:28 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayAn unidentified armed mugger allegedly looted Tk 23 lakh from the Badda branch of Premier Bank at gunpoint on Monday...
Nawshaba finally gets bail
05:52 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayA special court on Tuesday granted actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed bail a day before Eid in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act for allegedly spreading rumours on social media during the recent student movement for safe roads...
Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated Wednesday
03:35 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayThe holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated on Wednesday throughout the country with due solemnity and religious fervour. The Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th of Zilhajj month of the Hizri calendar as...
2 held with 20,000 yaba tablets at Jatrabari
03:24 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayPolice on Monday night arrested two drug peddlers along with 20,000 pieces of contraband yaba pills from the capital’s Jatrabari area...
Muslims in Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Europe celebrate Eid-ul-Azha today
12:56 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayMuslims in Saudi Arabia, Middle East and European countries are celebrating Eid-ul-Azha with religious zeal and fervor on Tuesday....
Light to moderate rain likely over country: met office
12:36 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayLight to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country....
Khaleda, Tarique directly involved in Aug 21 grenade attack: PM
12:29 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday accused again the then BNP government of perpetrating the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004, saying that there is no doubt that Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman were directly involved in the carnage...
Eid-ul-Adha celebrated in over 100 villages
12:24 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayThousands of people of more than 100 villages in several districts of Bangladesh are celebrating Eid-ul-Adha on Tuesday in line with the festival day in Saudi Arabia...
13 killed in Rio security operations: Officials
12:16 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayRio de Janeiro's drug war hit a bloody crescendo Monday when at least 11 suspected criminals and two soldiers were reported killed in a huge military sweep through impoverished favelas and during a rush-hour police car chase...
PM exchanges Eid greetings at Ganobhaban
12:14 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday exchanged greetings with people from different walks of life, including party leaders and workers, judges and foreign diplomats, at her official residence Ganobhaban on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha...
Death toll nears 400 in India's flood-hit Kerala, dozens missing
12:10 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayThe death toll in India's southern state of Kerala rose on Monday to nearly 400 after its worst flood in a century, as authorities handed out medicine and disinfectants to ward off disease in thousands of relief camps...
Trial in Aug 21 grenade attack cases at final stage
12:00 PM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayWhen the nation is set to recall with heavy hearts the 14th anniversary of the gruesome August 21, 2004 grenade attacks, prosecution has hoped to complete its trial as soon as possible as it has reached the final stage...
Australian PM clings to power after winning leadership contest
11:48 AM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayAustralian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull survived a leadership challenge by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Tuesday, a government official said, but the narrow margin of his win did little to dampen speculation about his future...
11 killed in Narsingdi road crash
11:38 AM, 21 Aug 2018 TuesdayEleven people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a human-hauler at Darikandi village on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Belabo upazila on Monday night. Six of the injured were identified as Abul Hossain, 55, Abdul Mia, 24, Mobarak Hossain...
Ministry gets AG’s opinion on FF quota in govt jobs
07:06 PM, 20 Aug 2018 MondayAttorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam on Monday send his opinion over Freedom Fighter quota in government jobs to the Ministry of Public Administration...
Cabinet approves ‘Sarkari Chakori Ain, 2018’
05:40 PM, 20 Aug 2018 MondayThe Cabinet has given final approval to the draft of the ‘Sarkari Chakori Ain, 2018’ providing for recruitment in the public service based on merit and open competition. The approval was given in the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)...
Nawshaba denied bail, sent to jail
05:32 PM, 20 Aug 2018 MondayA Dhaka court on Monday rejected the bail plea of actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed and sent her to jail in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act for allegedly spreading rumours on social media during the recent student movement for safe roads...
Indian actress Sujata Kumar dies after battling cancer
04:20 PM, 20 Aug 2018 MondayActress Sujata Kumar, fondly remembered for playing late veteran actress Sridevis sibling in the film “English Vinglish” has died of cancer, said her sister Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, the actress-singer...
Imran Khan announces 21-member cabinet
04:15 PM, 20 Aug 2018 MondayPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced his Cabinet comprising 21 members, the majority of whom previously held key posts in the regime of former military dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf...