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Accord gets 6 more months to continue its activities
07:39 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayAccord, a western buyers' platform working on improving workplace safety in Bangladesh readymade garment sector, has been given conditional extension for six months to stay in Bangladesh...
Stocks close the week downward
07:15 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayStocks continued to witness a sluggish trend as all indices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) dropped for the seventh day on Thursday in a row due to poor participation of investors...
NEC approves Tk 1,80,870 crore ADP for FY19
05:46 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayThe National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved an overall Annual Development Programme (ADP) of Taka 1,80,869.17 crore for the next fiscal (2018-19), including the organisations' own fund, with more emphasis on speeding up the implementation of mega projects...
3268 cases filed for traffic rule violations
05:15 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Wednesday filed 3268 cases on charges of traffic rule violation...
Bangladesh 57th country to launch satellite
05:00 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayBangladesh will be the 57th country to launch geostationary communication satellite as the country’s first satellite ‘Bangabandhu-I’ is being sent into orbit in the early hour of Friday...
At least 47 dead after dam bursts in Kenya
04:13 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayAt least 47 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police said Thursday...
SC directs EC to arrange GCC polls by June 28
01:34 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayThe Appellate Division of Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to arrange the polls of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) within June 28 scraping the order of High Court that stayed the polls for three months. A four-member bench of the SC led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Thursday passed the order...
Zia Charitable case: Khaleda’s bail extended till June 4
01:04 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayA Dhaka court has again extended till June 4 the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of the Special Judge Court 5 passed the order following a petition filed by the BNP chief’s lawyers on Thursday...
Mymensingh Al-Badr commander gets death for war crimes
12:24 PM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has sentenced Mymensingh Al-Badr commander Riaz Uddin Fakir to death in a case filed for the crimes against humanity during the liberation war in 1971. Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1 on Thursday passed the order...
How Bangladesh became SpaceX’s first Block 5 Falcon 9 customer
11:19 AM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayWhen it comes to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the company’s most daring customers have been NASA and satellite fleet operator SES. Now add Bangladesh to that mix, reports SpaceNews. NASA was SpaceX’s first customer after Falcon 9’s debut flight in 2010...
Mahathir won’t be sworn in as PM of Malaysia today
10:02 AM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayMahathir Mohamad, who pulled off a stunning general election win, will not be sworn in as the new prime minister of Malaysia on Thursday, a spokesman for the King’s palace said, but gave no reason for the change in schedule...
Mahathir set to become world’s oldest PM at 92
08:55 AM, 10 May 2018 ThursdayFormer Malaysian leader Dr Mahathir Mohamad is poised to become the world’s oldest prime minister after defeating Najib Razak in a fiercely contested election that put an end to the ruling coalition’s six-decade hold on power. Mahathir, 92, who was prime minister between 1981 and 2003, led the opposition coalition, Pakatan Harapan...
77 to 87 pc of women’s labour participation in economy unaccounted: CPD
09:42 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayWomen's contribution to the country's GDP is 20 percent as 77 to 87 percent of their labour...
Dhaka University’s 51st convocation on October 6
09:10 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayThe 51st convocation of Dhaka University (DU) will be held on October 6, this year, said a DU...
Australia cancel hosting Bangladesh later this year
08:41 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayAustralia have called off hosting Bangladesh later this year for financial reasons, arguing that it no longer makes sense to play top-end matches, usually played in north Queensland and the Northern Territory, out of season because they get "swamped" by the major football codes.
5 Bangladeshi films to be screened at SAARC film festival
07:54 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayA total of five Bangladeshi films will be screened at the 8th SAARC Film Festival beginning on May...
Lightning kills 23 in different districts
06:43 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayAt least 23 people were killed in lightning strikes in Habiganj, Sunamganj, Manikganj, Kishoreganj, Nilphamari, Rajshahi, Jamalpur, Sirajganj, Mymensingh, Narayanganj and Gaibandha districts of the country today.
BCB announces HP core squad, specialised pace bowling squad
06:22 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today announced the HP Core Squad and Specialised...
Lightning kills 6 in Habiganj
05:18 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayA total of six farmers were killed in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj district on Wednesday.According to locals, they were hit by lightning while harvesting paddy at separate haors in the district around 1:30pm, leaving them dead on the spot...
Rambo returns for one last mission
05:05 PM, 09 May 2018 WednesdayRambo is back on the warpath. US film star Sylvester Stallone has revealed that his muscle-