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UGC approves Tk 4643.50 crore for 40 public universities

08:48 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh today approved the revised budget...

South Korea v Germany World Cup starting line-ups

08:11 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Starting line-ups for the World Cup Group F clash between South Korea and Germany at the...

Life expectancy at birth goes up to 72 years

07:26 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Life expectancy at birth in the country increased to 72 years for both male and female in 2017 from 71.6 years in 2016. According to a survey report titled Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2017, by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), life expectancy for females rose to...

Banks remain open on Saturday

06:48 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Branches concerned of all scheduled banks will remain open on Saturday (June 30), the last day...

Israel launches interactive chat robot to help Palestinians in daily life

05:52 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Israel launched Tuesday night a chat robot with innovative digital interface, aiming to provide a...

11-day photography exhibition at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro

05:21 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

The exhibition titled “A Phoenix From The Ashes - Destruction and Reconstruction of Warsaw 1939-1955” organised jointly by the Polish Institute and Bishwo Shahitto Kendro will begun on Tuesday at 5 pm at the Art Gallery Bishwo Shahitto Kendro in the capital...

Brazil vs Serbia preview: Tite’s side on verge of knockout rounds

05:14 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Brazil are on the verge of the World Cup last 16, requiring a win or draw against Serbia in the...

Met office predicts rainfall over country

04:55 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at many places across the country in the next 24 hours ending 9 am on Thursday...

Serena Williams seeded for Wimbledon

04:24 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has been seeded 25 for this year’s women’s...

57 arrested in anti-drugs drives

04:17 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Metropolitan Detectives Branch (DB) on Wednesday arrested a total of 57 people on charge of peddling and taking drugs from different parts of Dhaka...

Rojo reveals what Messi said at half-time against Nigeria

03:11 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Marcos Rojo hailed Lionel Messi as "the best captain in the world" after the Argentina skipper delivered the half-time team talk that helped inspire their victory over Nigeria...

BNP rejects GCC polls results

01:40 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Rejecting Gazipur City Corporation elections’ results, BNP on Wednesday demanded re-election bringing allegation of irregularities. BNP’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir rejected the results at a press conference held at BNP chief office at Gulshan. He said, this election was merely a mockery in the name of elections. The government probes that they don’t believe in the democracy...

HC to hear Khaleda’s plea in graft case July 3

01:27 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

The High Court on Wednesday set July 3 for starting hearing an appeal filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging a lower court verdict that sentenced her to five-year imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust Corruption case...

8 simple, science-backed tricks to get better sleep

12:52 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

In an ideal world, we wouldn’t have distractions keeping us up at night, or end up hitting the snooze button repeatedly in the morning...

Speedboat sinks in Padma with 18 on board

12:13 PM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

A speedboat of Shamim Enterprise sank in Padma river with 18 passengers on board while it was heading towards Kathalbari speedboat terminal from Madaripur’s Shimulia on Wednesday. The incident took place due to the sudden increase in the speed of wind...

17 states sue Trump administration over family separations

11:36 AM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, sued President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families...

Brazil set for acid test against Serbia today

11:32 AM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Brazil still haven't sealed their progression to the round of 16 and face a Serbian team in Moscow capable of an upset...

Maradona receives medical treatment after Argentina victory

10:44 AM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Diego Maradona had to receive medical attention during Argentina’s World Cup victory against Nigeria in St Petersburg...

AL wins Gazipur mayoral polls

09:47 AM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Awami League mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam was unofficially declared elected in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election on Wednesday. Jahangir won the election with a big margin bagging 400,010 votes while his nearest rival Hasan Uddin Sarker of BNP polled 197,611 in 416 election centres out of total 425...

God is with Argentina and wouldn't let us miss out: Messi

09:09 AM, 27 Jun 2018 Wednesday

Argentina narrowly saw off Nigeria to secure a spot in the knockout stages of the World Cup, finishing second in Group D behind Croatia, with the usual suspect opening the scoring and expressing his joy after the full-time whistle...