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PM calls for protecting rivers to save country
02:57 PM, 25 Jan 2018 ThursdayPutting emphasis on proper river management, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said rivers will have to be protected for saving and developing the country...
Govt orders to close all coaching centres ahead of SSC exams
02:05 PM, 25 Jan 2018 ThursdayActivities of all coaching centres across the country will have to be suspended from Jan 26 to until Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations are over. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid came up with the announcement...
Bangladesh ranks 179 out of 180 in Environmental Performance Index
01:42 PM, 25 Jan 2018 ThursdayBangladesh is the second worst country in the world when it comes to handling environmental issues, according to the 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) - the green rankings released on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meet in Davos...
US Doctor sentenced to 175 years
12:49 PM, 25 Jan 2018 ThursdayOlympics doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years for sexually abusing young...
Javed Patwary made new IGP
12:17 PM, 25 Jan 2018 ThursdayThe government has appointed Additional Inspector General of Police (Adi-IGP), special branch (SB) Dr. Mohammad Javed Patwary as the 40th Inspector General of Police (IGP). The home ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on January 25....
Bangladesh set 83-run target for Sri Lanka
11:50 AM, 25 Jan 2018 ThursdayBangladesh set a target of 83 runs for Sri Lanka in the six ODI of the tri-nation series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.
Novelist Shawkat Ali passes away
09:59 AM, 25 Jan 2018 ThursdayEminent novelist Shawkat Ali has died while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) at the age of 81. He breathed his last around 5.30am on Thursday, his son Asif Shawkat Kollol told the reporters...
Richardson quits Suu Kyi’s ‘whitewash’ Rohingya crisis panel
08:54 AM, 25 Jan 2018 ThursdayVeteran U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it was conducting a “whitewash” and accusing the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi of lacking “moral leadership.”
GP offers new call tariff
09:48 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayMobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) has introduced a new call tariff for its customers.
I want to move taking all with me: PM
09:35 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today thanked the people for their wholehearted support to run the country, saying that she always tries to move taking all with her.
Teletalk to launch 4G service in May, Mostafa Jabbar tells JS
09:14 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayPost Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Mostafa Jabbar today said...
EC to announce presidential election schedule today
08:09 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayThe presidential election schedule will be announced on Thursday. The election of the President will be held on any day from February 18 to 20...
ASEAN parliamentary mission suggests sanctions against Myanmar army
07:37 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayA fact-finding mission of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on Rohingya crisis...
UN calls on Myanmar for unhindered access to Rohingya camps
06:20 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayThe United Nations on Wednesday called on Myanmar to give aid agencies unhindered access...
Tigers aim to maintain winning record
05:51 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayBangladesh aims to maintain their winning record as they take on Sri Lanka in the sixth ODI of...
UNICEF seeks humanitarian access to Myanmar
05:32 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayImproved security and unimpeded humanitarian access to Myanmar are essential before sending back Rohingya...
HC upholds death penalty of 5 for killing JU student Zubair
04:23 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) has upheld the death sentence for five convicts in the murder of Jahangirnagar University student Zubair Ahmed. The court also upheld the life term imprisonment of two others convicts and acquitted four in the same case....
Enamul Bari re-appointed as Biman chair for third time
03:43 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayThe government has reconstituted the board of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and re-appointed former Air Marshal (retd)...
Army chief’s father dies at CMH
03:31 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayThe father of chief of Bangladesh Army General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq and former...
Countrywide student strike called for Jan 29
02:40 PM, 24 Jan 2018 WednesdayThe Progressive Students’ Alliance has called a student strike across the country for January 29 protesting the Chhatra League’s attack on the students of the Dhaka University (DU). Imran Habib Rumon, a leader of the alliance and President of a section of Socialist Students’ Front, on Wednesday...