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5 get death for killing farmer in Natore
03:06 PM, 19 Aug 2018 SundayA Natore court has sentenced five members of Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a farmer in Singra upazila in 2004...
40 students get bail
02:10 PM, 19 Aug 2018 SundaySeparate courts in Dhaka granted bail to 40 students who were arrested in cases filed over vandalism and attacks on policemen during the road safety movement. Bails were granted to 12 students in a case filed with Badda, nine students in a case filed with Dhandmondi, six students in a case filed with Bhatara...
Johnson retires from all cricket
01:14 PM, 19 Aug 2018 SundayMitchell Johnson has confirmed he is retiring from all forms of cricket with his body "starting to shut down" and will not continue on the T20 circuit...
Multi-storey buildings to replace city slums: PM
12:53 PM, 19 Aug 2018 SundayThe existing slums in the city would be replaced by multi-storey buildings to allow the inhabitants to live in a healthy and better condition. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced this today while laying the foundation of Dasherkandi Sewerage Treatment Plant at a function at Hotel Sonargaon...
Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage
12:17 PM, 19 Aug 2018 SundayMore than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba from first light in Mecca that Islam's faithful face five times each day during their prayers. The five-day hajj pilgrimage represents one of the world's biggest gathering every year...
Kerala flood toll 368, over 58,000 rescued
11:28 AM, 19 Aug 2018 SundayThe death toll due to rains and floods in Kerala has gone up to 368, as 33 more deaths were reported on Saturday even as around 58,000 people were rescued in different parts of the state, and red alert is now there in just three districts, down from 11...
Tributes pour in for former UN chief Kofi Annan
10:32 AM, 19 Aug 2018 SundayFrom his native Africa to the United States, tributes poured in from top leaders around the world Sunday after UN chief, Nobel peace laureate, and "diplomatic rock star" Kofi Annan died at the age of 80. The Ghanaian national was a career diplomat who projected quiet charisma and was widely credited...
Child passive smoking ‘increases chronic lung risk’
10:06 AM, 19 Aug 2018 SundayNon-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to US research...
PTI nominates Dr Arif as Pakistan’s next President
09:03 AM, 19 Aug 2018 SundayPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has nominated one of its lawmakers, Dr Arif Alvi as its candidate for the presidential elections...
Bangladesh U15 girls lose SAFF crown to India
09:12 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayIndia have clinched the six-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-15 Women’s Championship, beating Bangladesh 1-0 at the Changlimithan Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on Saturday...
NOVOAIR to increase domestic flight operations from Sept 1
09:04 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayNOVOAIR, one of the country’s private airlines, is increasing flight operations in the domestic...
No official or personal ID of Sheikh Hasina in social media
08:54 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayThere are no official or personal IDs of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and the prime minister’s daughter Saima Wazed in social media particularly on facebook and twitter...
BCB still hopeful of Shakib playing in Asia Cup
07:37 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB’s) chief selector Minhajul Abedin on Saturday said they are...
President, PM mourn death of Kofi Annan
06:51 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayPresident Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general...
Ghana mourns death of Annan, ‘one of our greatest compatriots’
06:48 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayGhana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday hailed the late former U.N. Secretary...
President mourns death of Kofi Annan
06:02 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayPresident M Abdul Hamid today condoled the death of former Secretary General of United...
Kofi Annan was a guiding force for good: UN chief
05:47 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayUnited Nations chief Antonio Guterres voiced deep sorrow Saturday at the news his...
Constitution doesn’t allow retreating from electoral process: Quader
05:16 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayThe ruling Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said there is no scope to backtrack from next general election process as per the constitution...
Fire at Bangladesh Police Academy
03:56 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayA fire broke out at Bangladesh Police Academy (BPA) at Sardah under Charghat upazila in the district early on Saturday morning without causing any casualties...
Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies
03:46 PM, 18 Aug 2018 SaturdayFormer United Nations Secrety General Kofi Annan has died, the UN's International Organization of Migration announced. Annan, who served as the seventh UN chief for almost 10 years, died on Saturday.