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Pakistan Election 2018: Voting begins amid tight security
09:38 AM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayVoting in Pakistan has begun amid tight security as around 105.95 million eligible voters will exercise their right of franchise in country’s eleventh general election to elect their preferred candidates and parties...
5 children killed in Cox’s Bazar landslides
09:30 AM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayFive children were killed in separate incidents of landslides in Cox’s Bazar early Wednesday in Cox’s Bazar. In Cox’s Bazar sadar upazila, four children of a family were killed in a landslide when they were asleep in their home at Bachamiahr Ghona area of South Romaliarchora at 6:15am due to incessant rain...
ISIS threaten to behead Mark Zuckerberg
08:48 AM, 25 Jul 2018 WednesdayCybersecurity firm Sixgill revealed the shocking threats as part of a wave of online terror operations by the so-called United Cyber Caliphate (UCC)...
Barcelona host Real Madrid for first Clasico in October
09:37 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayDefending Spanish champions Barcelona will host Real Madrid on October 28 in the first Clasico...
Quader visits CPB office
08:44 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today visited the office of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) in the city. CPB President Mujahidul Islam Selim and General Secretary Shah Alam welcomed the AL general secretary...
No legal bar in holding Kurigram-3 by-polls
07:49 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) today scrapped a petition seeking stay on holding the Kurigram-3 by-polls.
Halda to take part in three int’l film festivals
07:09 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayHalda, international-awards winning film directed by Tauquir Ahmed, is going to take part in...
Drug-fuelled HIV surge raises concerns at AIDS meeting
05:41 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayConcerns over an HIV surge in countries where strict laws cause drug users to share...
Thai Airways craft skids off runway
05:02 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayA Thai Airways aircraft today skidded off runways of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here while landing amid heavy rainfall causing flight operation suspension for two hours...
PM asks DCs to get tough on muscle power, terrorism
04:23 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to take stern actions against tender mongers, extortion, muscle power and terrorism. Inaugurating the three-day DC Conference, the prime minister said the deputy commissioners have to take tough actions for peace...
3 to die, 19 get life for murder
01:57 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayA court in Netrokona sentenced three people to death and nineteen others to life imprisonment in a murder case. Netrokona District Sessions Judge KM Rasheduzzaman Raza passed the order around 11:30am on Tuesday. The court also fined them Tk 20,000 each...
15,000 attend global Aids conference in Amsterdam
01:11 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayThe Netherlands has earmarked €10m for a special fund which works to make hiv prevention and drugs more accessible to vulnerable groups, Dutch aid minister Sigrid Kaag told a major Aids conference in Amsterdam on Monday evening...
Bangladeshi autistic athlete goes missing in Chicago
12:48 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayA search is underway for an autistic soccer player from Bangladesh who disappeared outside a Chicago hotel he was staying at during the Special Olympics. Rezwanul Haque, 22, who does not speak English, was last seen in hotel surveillance footage voluntarily getting into an SUV on Thursday afternoon, a day before the games were set to begin...
AIDS conference opens in Amsterdam
12:16 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayThe 22nd International AIDS Conference began on Monday in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam. The four-day conference brings together the world’s AIDS experts to present new research findings...
Khaleda’s bail extended till July 31 in Zia Charitable case
12:02 PM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayA Dhaka court has extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail until July 31 in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Dr Akhteruzzaman of the Special Judge Court 5 passed the order and fixed the new date on Tuesday. The court extended Khaleda’s bail several times in the last five months...
“I’d love to sing for Janhvi”, says Lata Mangeshkar
11:53 AM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayThe Nightingale of Asia Lata Mangeshkar doesn’t see too many films any more. But she did catch glimpses of Boney Kapoor’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor’s debut film Dhadak and of Anil Kapoor’s homage to Lataji in Fanney Khan. And Lataji is all praise for the two...
US says 463 migrant parents may have been deported without kids
11:01 AM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayMore than 450 immigrant parents who were separated from their children when they entered the United States illegally are no longer in the country though their children remain behind, according to a joint court filing on Monday by the federal government and the American Civil Liberties Union,
UNSC urges Myanmar to ease Rohingyas’ safe return
09:57 AM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayThe United Nations Security Council on Monday urged Myanmar to step up efforts for Rohingya refugees to return to the country safely and voluntarily. During a closed-door meeting, the 15 council members called for more social and economic development aid and facilitating the return of Rohingya refugees...
Greece wildfires leave at least 20 dead
08:39 AM, 24 Jul 2018 TuesdayForest fires raging across Greece have killed at least 20 people, the government says, as the authorities there seek international assistance. Hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazes and people have left their homes near the capital, Athens...
Govt declares July 30 general holiday in three cities
09:45 PM, 23 Jul 2018 MondayThe government has declared July 30 as general holiday in Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet...