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Record 17,000 women contest Sri Lanka elections
09:15 AM, 11 Feb 2018 SundayVoters in Sri Lanka are choosing representatives in more than 300 local polls, with more female candidates than ever standing for election...
Saudi women need not wear abaya robes: Senior cleric
08:47 AM, 11 Feb 2018 SundaySaudi women need not wear the abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith - a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication of the Kingdom’s efforts towards modernization...
BNP is more united now: Fakhrul
09:59 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayBangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that BNP now is more united than the previous time. He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after concluding the meeting of BNP standing committee members’...
Modi becomes first Indian PM to visit West Bank
09:26 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayNarendra Modi on Saturday became the first Indian prime minister to visit the West Bank...
Khaleda not given division yet: Moudud
08:37 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayBNP senior leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday alleged their party chief Khaleda Zia has not yet been given division in jail though she was a former prime minister. “It’s a matter of regret that our leader (Khaleda) has not yet been given division though she is...
Mahmudullah disappointed with result
08:01 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayBangladesh stand in captain Mahmudullah said he is very mush disappointed for their massive...
Rangana becomes leading left-arm wicket-taker in Test history
06:24 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdaySri Lanka veteran spinner Rangana Herath touched another milestone on Saturday as the...
5 Pro-BNP lawyers meet Khaleda at jail
05:54 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayA total of five senior lawyers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia have entered inside the old Dhaka central jail at Nazimuddin Road in the capitals’ old part to meet her on Saturday. Five lawyers are Jamiruddin Sirkar,....
China, UNDP, UNFPA extend humanitarian supports to flood victims
05:46 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayThe government of China with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United...
KJHAA holds its first reunion Saturday
05:33 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayDhaka University (DU) Kabi Jasimuddin Hall Alumni Association (KJHAA) holds its first reunion on Saturday at....
3-day farm machinery fair begins in city
05:07 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayA three-day national farm machinery fair-2018 began here today for the first time with a view...
Bangladesh include 5 new faces for T20 squad
03:34 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced 15-member Bangladesh cricket team squad for the first match.....
Over 51 lakh get overseas employment in 9 years
02:36 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayWith fresh 81,846 people finding jobs in January 2018, a total of 51,98,914 male and female Bangladeshi workers have been able to fetch overseas employment from 2009 to 2017
Top BNP leaders to meet today
02:14 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdaySenior leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are going to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday evening at the party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office in the capital. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will preside over the meeting scheduled to take place at 6pm...
Dananjaya takes five as Sri Lanka clinch series
02:03 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayBangladesh plunged, Sri Lanka's spinners soared and the Mirpur Test tore to its conclusion midway through day three, the visitors triumphing by 215 runs.
Bangladeshi charged with 'IS-inspired' Australia stabbing
01:01 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayA young Bangladeshi woman was Saturday charged with stabbing a man in the neck while he slept in Melbourne in what....
368 sued over BNP-police clash in Dhaka
12:30 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayA total of 368 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have been sued over Thursday’s clash with police in the capital following a court verdict that sentenced five years jail to the party chairperson Khaleda Zia in graft case...
UN demands probe into ‘alarming’ massacre in Myanmar
12:06 PM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdayThe United Nations laid emphasis on the need for a through probe into the violence in Myamer’s Rakhaine state describing....
6 children burnt in transformer blast in Dhaka
11:20 AM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdaySix children have been burnt in a transformer blast at Bangshal in the old part of Dhaka on Saturday morning. The injured were identified as Ashik, 7, Mostakim, 8, Abdur Rahman, 8, Jabed, 7, Salman, 7 and Sazzad...
Sri Lanka set 339-run target for Bangladesh to chase
10:38 AM, 10 Feb 2018 SaturdaySri Lanka have set Bangladesh a target of 339 to win the second Test and the series at Sher-e Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.