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Mother, 2 children burnt in Ctg cylinder blast
03:42 PM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayA woman and her two children sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in the port...
Uttara Victory Day chess meet Friday
03:26 PM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe Victory Day International Rapid Rating Chess Contest - 2017 "organized by the Uttara...
Nasim calls for quality medical education
03:11 PM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayHealth and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim today urged the Bangladesh Private...
Parliamentary Committee raises concern over corruption in Biman
02:40 PM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayParliamentary standing committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry has raised concern over the irregularities and corruptions in Civil Aviation and Biman Bangladesh Airlines...
BFDC opens specialized fish market in city
01:56 PM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayBangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) today opened a specialized...
There is no practice of democracy in BNP: Quader
01:05 PM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThere is no practice of democracy in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader came up with this remark while distributing blankets on Thursday...
Father attempts to rape daughter, gets injured
12:23 PM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayA 48-year-old man was injured when his teenage daughter resisted his alleged attempt to molest her at their house here on the intervening night of December 25 and 26...
Shakira cancels tour, hopes for June return
11:50 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayColombian pop star Shakira on Wednesday cancelled the remainder of her world tour because of a problem with her vocal cords
Textile Directorate made as Department
11:44 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe government has upgraded Textile Directorate under the Textile and Jute Ministry as Textile...
ADP size increases by 438pc in last 9 years
11:14 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe size and expenditure of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) have increased manifold over the last nine years...
Zainul’s 103rd birth anniversary Friday
10:50 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe 103rd birth anniversary of the country’s most revered artist Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin will be observed Friday....
US embassy to remain closed on Jan 1
10:45 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe United States Embassy in Dhaka will remain closed on Monday, January 1, 2018 on the...
Van Dijk most expensive defender ever at $100m
10:30 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayLiverpool is breaking the world transfer record for a defender by signing Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in a $100 million move...
From USA to Iraq, basketball star Mayfield rebounds from arrest
09:48 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayDeMario Mayfield feared his basketball career was over when he was arrested on suspicion of planning a robbery, but the former US college star is now bouncing back – in war-torn Iraq...
Fog forces to suspend flight operation at HSIA for 5 hrs
09:38 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayAll flight operations were suspended at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) for more...
38th BCS preliminary exam Friday
08:45 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination will be held on Friday. The test will be held simultaneously in centres in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet, Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions...
Taka 8,000-cr allocated to public universities: UGC Chairman
08:31 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayChairman of University Grants Commission Prof Abdul Mannan has said more than Taka 8,000 crore were allocated for quality improvement of infrastructure, technical, education and research of the country’s public universities
Stay workplace or quit job: PM to govt doctors
08:20 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the government physicians to stay at their respective workplace to properly serve the people, saying that otherwise they could quit job. When we're appointing doctors in upazilas, many of them don't want to stay at their workplace...
40 killed in multiple Kabul blasts
08:00 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayAt least 40 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a suicide attack at a Shia cultural and religious organisation in a western area of the Afghan capital, Kabul. The interior ministry said the suicide blast was followed by another two explosions in the area. No-one has yet said they were behind the attack...
Myanmar-Bangladesh fence being upgraded
06:56 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe Myanmar-Bangladesh border fence in Taung Pyo Letwei, Rakhine State has been upgraded, with barbed wire being attached to the top. The border fences were damaged by ARSA extremists. The Commander-in- Chief’s Office said earlier this month that materials needed for upgrading the fence are being transported to the site...