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Mr. Bean turns 63

08:46 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Rowan Atkinson, popularly known as Mr. Bean, the man whose existence has filled the world with laughter, celebrates his 63rd birthday today...

Crime tendency comes down half in last 5 yrs years: IGP

08:40 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Inspector General of Police (IGP) A K M Shahidul Hoque today said the tendency to commit...

WB to provide additional $245m fund for safety net programs

07:39 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

The World Bank will provide additional $245 million for the project to improve the equity, efficiency and transparency of major safety net programs in Bangladesh...

AL Publicity, Publication sub-committee to meet Sunday

07:07 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Awami League (AL) Publicity and Publications Sub-Committee will hold a meeting on the occasion...

Quader asks BCL to hold council in March

06:14 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday asked the leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student ...

Ex-Bihar CM Lalu sentenced to 3.5 years in jail

06:03 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

A special court sentenced on Saturday Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad to 3.5 years in jail and fined him Rs 5 lakh for fraudulent withdrawal of public funds...

Police bans releasing sky lanterns in Dhaka

05:49 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Police today banned use of sky lanterns popularly known as (Fanush) in Dhaka metropolitan area amid the risk of fire incidents from the lanterns. "It is being seen recently that some people or organizations on different occasions or functions are releasing sky lanterns from different areas in Dhaka city.

Trump on Saudi leadership, 'We put our man on top’

05:38 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

US President Donald Trump took credit for Saudi Arabia's political shakeup which resulted in the elevation of Mohammed bin Salman to the position of crown prince last year...

19th JS session begins Sunday

05:17 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

The 19th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin tomorrow at 4 pm.

New Zealand beat Pakistan by 61 runs in 1st ODI

04:50 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

New Zealand ended Pakistan’s run of nine consecutive wins in one-day internationals...

11 Saudi princes arrested for protesting at ruling palace

04:41 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Saudi police have arrested 11 princes for protesting at the ruling palace in Riyadh and refusing to leave, sources confirmed to Sabq local online news...

Matarbari power plant achieves 18pc physical progress: Nasrul

03:49 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said Matarbari 1,200 MW ultra-supercritical coal fired power plant in Cox's Bazar...

Unusual cold weather disrupts normal life in Rajshahi

02:51 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

The unusual cold biting is disrupting normal life in the city and its adjacent areas for the last couple of days as the difference between maximum and minimum temperature was further reduced here during the past 24 hours...

Bus catches fire as gas balloons explode, 7 burnt

02:36 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Seven people were injured when gas balloons exploded on a bus at Farmgate in the capital at 11am on Saturday. Identities of the injured could not be known immediately...

Intense cold kills over 70 in Uttar Pradesh

01:20 PM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Extreme cold wave conditions prevailed in most parts of Uttar Pradesh state in India on Saturday...

BGB member killed in road crash in capital

10:44 AM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed as a bus rammed his motorcycle at Tejgaon Bijoy Sharani in the capital on Saturday morning...

90pc Rohingyas in Bangladesh under-nourished: UN

10:10 AM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

A new study shows more than 90 percent of recent Rohingya refugee arrivals in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, are at risk from having a poor diet despite receiving emergency food assistance, a UN spokesman said...

Rohingya insurgents launch ambush in Rakhine, 3 hurt: army

08:47 AM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

Rohingya Muslim insurgents ambushed a vehicle in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State on Friday, wounding three people, including two members of the security forces...

Aid group projects 48000 births in Rohingya camps

08:32 AM, 06 Jan 2018 Saturday

An international aid agency projects that 48,000 babies will be born this year in overcrowded refugee camps for the Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh from neighboring Myanmar...

Mashrafe-Shakib face off today

09:27 PM, 05 Jan 2018 Friday

The Bangladesh national cricket team will play a practice match split into two groups under the banner of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Red Team and BCB Green Team...