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Livestock minister Sayedul’s first janaza held
06:06 AM, 17 Dec 2017 SundayThe first namaz-e-janaza of fisheries and livestock minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque was held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka at 10:20am on Sunday...
UNSC mulls call for US Jerusalem decision to be withdrawn
05:33 AM, 17 Dec 2017 SundayThe United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would insist any decisions on the status of Jerusalem have no legal effect and must be rescinded after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the city as Israel’s capital...
Honduran helicopter crash kills 6, including president’s sister
05:28 AM, 17 Dec 2017 SundayThe sister of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and five others died when the helicopter they were traveling in crashed on Saturday, the Honduran military said...
Polls to new wards of DNCC, DSCC: EC to take decision Sunday
12:31 PM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayThe Election Commission (EC) is likely to take a decision on Sunday regarding holding of election to the newly formed 36 general wards and 12 reserved women councilor posts of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)
Col Ashok, who saved Hasina, recounts liberation war
12:24 PM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayAn Indian army officer, who was in the midst of heavy action in Dhaka during the liberation war in 1971, Colonel (retired) Ashok Kumar Tara, is no stranger to limelight.
People to reject anti-liberation forces in next polls: Quader
11:46 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the people of the country would reject anti-liberation forces in the next general election. "The next general polls will be held in the month of December in 2018... We hope the people of the country will refuse communal forces."
8 FFs injured in road accident on way to V-Day festival
11:27 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayEight freedom fighters and an auto-rickshaw driver were injured in a head-on collision between three-wheeler and auto-rickshaw on Bailey bridge of Ulipur Upazila in Kurigram on Saturday morning...
First janaza of minister Sayedul to be held Sunday
09:59 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayThe First namaz-e-janaza of Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque, will be held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad in the capital at 9am on Sunday...
Khaleda Zia pays homage to martyrs
09:21 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday paid homage to the martyred freedom fighters who made the supreme sacrifice for the country during the Liberation War in 1971 by placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum in Savar, marking the 47th Victory Day...
Bangladesh better for older people than India, Pakistan
08:25 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayBangladesh has been ranked 67th for older people to live, according to the Global AgeWatch Index report...
Rahul Gandhi takes over as Congress chief
06:39 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayRahul Gandhi took over as Congress president on Saturday from his mother Sonia Gandhi, who has led India's oldest party for 19 years...
PM releases postal stamp marking Victory Day
05:54 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday released the memorial postal stamp of Taka 10 denomination and its first day cover issued by Bangladesh Postal Department, marking the 47th Victory Day...
President, PM pay tributes to martyrs on Victory Day
05:44 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayPresident M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the War of Liberation by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka in the wee hours of morning, marking the 47th Victory Day...
Livestock Minister Sayedul Hoque passes away
05:28 AM, 16 Dec 2017 SaturdayFisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque died at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday morning at the age of 75. He breathed his last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 8:40am, BSMMU Public Relations Officer Proshanto Kumar Karmakar confirmed the matter...
Mohiuddin Chowdhury laid to rest
12:27 PM, 15 Dec 2017 FridayVeteran Awami League (AL) leader and Chittagong city unit President ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was buried on Friday with full state honours beside his father's grave at Chasma Hill family graveyard in Chittagong...
India clears bill that makes ‘triple talaq’ criminal offence
11:59 AM, 15 Dec 2017 FridayThe Union cabinet of India on Friday cleared the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, to make the practice of "instant" triple talaq an offence...
Mahathir calls Trump a ‘villain’ for Jerusalem plan
10:39 AM, 15 Dec 2017 FridayMuslim-majority Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump an “international bully” and a “villain” for his move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital...
People of all levels mourn at death of Mohiuddin Chy
09:55 AM, 15 Dec 2017 FridayPeople of all levels expressed profound shock and condolence at the death of renowned politician and an organiser of the War of Liberation in Chittagong ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury...
8, 44,227 Rohingyas registered so far
09:37 AM, 15 Dec 2017 FridayA total of 8, 44,227 Rohingyas have undergone biometric registration till December 14, an official release said here. The registration work is being carried out in 12 makeshift camps in Ukhia and Teknaf by the Department of Immigration...
Tourist stabbed dead in Cox’s Bazar
09:09 AM, 15 Dec 2017 FridayA tourist was stabbed to death by miscreants Cox’s Bazar at 10.30am on Friday. The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately. The deceased was identified as Abu Taher Sagor, 19, son of Md. Shafiullah, hailing from Sonagazi Upazila of Feni...