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RU Eid vacation from August 15
12:56 PM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayRajshahi University (RU) will go on a 19-day vacation for Eid-Ul-Azha from August 15...
Khaleda gets 6-month bail in Narail defamation case
12:40 PM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayThe High Court has granted bail for 6 months to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed over her ‘derogatory remarks’ about freedom fighters and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kashefa Hussain passed the order on Monday...
SC rejects state’s plea on Shahidul Alam
12:36 PM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday rejected a petition filed by the government against the High Court order for sending acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam to BSMMU for treatment and health test...
5 Patuakhali men to die for war crimes
12:07 PM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayThe International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced five men from Patuakhali to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member bench of the tribunal, headed by Justice Md Shahinur Islam passed the order on Monday...
India’s ex-Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath dies
11:52 AM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayIndia's ex-Lok Sabha Speaker and veteran communist leader Somnath Chatterjee passed away on Monday at the age of eighty-nine...
Indian boy distributes dad’s Rs 46L to his friends
11:43 AM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayA son’s generosity for his beloved friends on Friendship Day last week cost his father a fortune! This incident happened in India's Madhya Pradesh where a teenaged son of a builder distributed gifts worth Rs 46 lakh of his father’s money, to his friends last week...
Bangladesh’s Razzaque gets World Down Syndrome Day Award
11:14 AM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayChairman of Down Syndrome Society of Bangladesh Sardar A. Razzaque has been given the World Down Syndrome Day Award for his contributions to creating awareness about the genetic disorder...
39th BCS exam results may be published after Eid
10:40 AM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayThe results of the 39th Special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination may be published after Eid-ul-Azha this month. Confirming the matter, Ishrat Sharmin, Public Relations officer of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), said: “The process for publishing results of 39th BCS is underway.”
36 confirmed dead after dam collapse in Laos
10:07 AM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayLao military personnel and a rescue team from Singapore are continuing the search for the 98 people still missing in the wake of the dam burst, with the number of dead confirmed at 36, local daily Vientiane Times reported Monday...
Saudi father pardons son’s killer minutes before execution
09:36 AM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayA father has been applauded online for forgiving a killer in Saudi Arabia, minutes before the latter's execution...
Arms depot blast in Syria’s Idlib province kills 39
09:01 AM, 13 Aug 2018 MondayAt least 39 people - including 12 children - have been killed in a blast that brought down a building in Syria's mainly rebel-held north-western province of Idlib, reports say. The building in the Sarmada town is said to have contained munitions belonging to an arms trafficker...
Quader rules out dialogue with BNP
09:34 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Sunday his party has no scope to hold any dialogue with BNP as the latter observes fake birthday of its chief Begum Khaleda Zia on National Mourning Day...
Fomer Brazil striker Ronaldo hospitalised in Spain
07:52 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayRetired Brazilian striker Ronaldo has been hospitalised with pneumonia on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza and is recovering well, a local newspaper reported Sunday...
Eid-ul-Azha in Bangladesh on August 22
07:27 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayMuslims in Bangladesh will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on August 22 as the Zil-Haj moon has been sighted. The announcement came after a meeting of the National Moon-Sighting Committee at Islamic Foundation’s office in Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Sunday...
Jabal-e-Noor to pay Tk 5 lakh each to families of Mim, Rajib
05:37 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayOwner of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan will pay Taka five lakh each to the families of Rajib Uddin Rajib and Dia Khanam Mim, who were crushed to death by his bus in the capital on July 29, as per a direction of the High Court (HC)...
Jute bag now mandatory for packaging poultry, fish feeds
05:30 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayThe government has made the use of jute bags mandatory for the packaging of poultry and fish feeds...
Mentally challenged youth killed, 36 houses gutted in Ctg fire
05:25 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayA mentally challenged youth was burnt alive inside a slum in a fire in city’s Faridarpara area under Chandgaon Police Station on Sunday morning...
BEPZA export up by 19.66pc, hits record high
04:57 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayBangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA)’s eight EPZ zones have achieved a record high growth rate in export by 19.66pc during the current fiscal year (FY) ended 2017-18 under the tenure of current government...
Uterus cancer kills 11,000 women annually in Bangladesh
04:35 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayNearly 11,000 women die of uterus cancer annually in Bangladesh, while about five crore females are at risk to be affected by the disease, a recent research said...
Quota protesters give Aug 31 deadline to free students
03:58 PM, 12 Aug 2018 SundayQuota reformists on Sunday gave the government August 31 deadline to meet their five-point demand including release of detainees, trial of attackers and publishing gazette notification on abolishing quota system in government jobs as per the prime minister’s announcement...