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PM opens Krishi Batayon, Krishak Bandhu Phone Seba
01:00 PM, 28 Feb 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today opened digital platform "Krishi Batayon" (agriculture portal) and "Krishak Bandhu Phone Seba" for expansion of e-agriculture services across the country. The prime minister inaugurated the services through a videoconference from her official residence Ganabhaban here this noon...
Kushner loses access to top intelligence briefing
12:50 PM, 28 Feb 2018 WednesdayU.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President’s Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secrets, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday...
N Korea sending chemical weapon supplies to Syria: UN
11:32 AM, 28 Feb 2018 WednesdayNorth Korea has been sending supplies to Syria that could be used to produce chemical weapons, a United Nations Security Council diplomat has told CNN. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the diplomat said that North Korea had sent acid-resistant tiles, valves and thermometers to Syria...
Moon to get 4G mobile network in 2019
10:49 AM, 28 Feb 2018 WednesdayThe moon will get its first mobile phone network next year, enabling high-definition streaming from the lunar landscape back to earth, part of a project to back the first privately funded moon mission...
Neymar facing six weeks out injured for PSG
10:29 AM, 28 Feb 2018 WednesdayNeymar faces "at least six weeks" out with a fractured metatarsal and a sprained ankle, according to the Paris Saint-Germain forward's father...
Myanmar denies visa to UK parliament committee
09:12 AM, 28 Feb 2018 WednesdayThe Myanmar Embassy in London has rejected visas to a British parliamentary delegation, according to the parliamentary group Tuesday. “Today, the Burmese Embassy has failed to provide visas for the International Development Committee to travel to Burma [Myanmar],” it said in a statement.
BBC’s aid charity sacks six for sexual misconduct
08:57 AM, 28 Feb 2018 WednesdayA charity linked to the BBC last night revealed it had sacked six staff for sexual misconduct. BBC Media Action, the corporation’s international development charity, dismissed the workers ‘for sexual harassment or for watching pornography on work computers’.
President returns home after medical checkup
08:32 AM, 28 Feb 2018 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid returned home on Tuesday night after medical checkup in Singapore hospitals...
HC stays NBR decision to freeze Robi accounts
09:28 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayThe High Court on Tuesday stayed the decision of the National Board of Revenue to freeze all the bank accounts of mobile phone operator Robi on charge of dodging VAT. An HC bench of Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the order...
Facebook removes page of firebrand anti-Rohingya Myanmar monk
09:07 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayFacebook has removed the page of a Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden"...
Govt starts construction of 11 mosques next month
07:58 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayReligious Affairs Minister Principal Matior Rahman today said the construction of 11 mosques...
DNCC launches hotline to eradicate mosquitoes
07:31 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayThe Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has launched a hotline number to conduct the mosquito eradication programme. The hotline number 01932665544 will remain open for all from tomorrow morning...
4 killed in Gopalganj road accident
06:46 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayFour people were killed and 14 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a pickup van in Pona...
3-Day fair for women entrepreneurs in city from Mar 8
05:59 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) will organise a three-day fair in the city from March 8 for the successful...
Sridevi case closed, body handed to family
05:06 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayActor Sridevi's body has been handed over to her family and government officials in Dubai said...
Mathews sidelined from Nidahas Trophy
04:34 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdaySri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of the upcoming Nidhas Trophy – tri-series...
Shehbaz Sharif elected as PML-N’s interim president
03:19 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayPunjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday was elected as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s interim president. Shehbaz Sharif will head the PML-N for up to 45 days until the party elects a leader...
Saudi appoints first female deputy minister of labour
03:02 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdaySaudi Arabia’s King Salman has appointed Tamader bin Youssef Al-Rammah as deputy minister of labor and social development, Saudi state news agency SPA reported...
Coaches are more like ‘father figures’: Walsh
02:46 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayCourtney Walsh, filling in as Bangladesh's head coach on an interim basis, feels the role itself is that of a father figure and is eager to take on the challenge which begins with the Nidahas T20 tri-series on March 6...
Result of 38th BCS preliminary test in March
01:27 PM, 27 Feb 2018 TuesdayThe result of 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination will be published in the first week of March this year. The chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) Dr. Mohammad Sadiq on Tuesday confirmed the matter to Jago News...