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BNP doesn’t get permission, demo Wednesday
01:38 PM, 07 May 2018 MondayBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage demonstration at each thana of Dhaka city on Wednesday as police did not permit them to hold rally demanding release of the jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia...
4 throat-slit bodies found in Bagura cropland
01:29 PM, 07 May 2018 MondayPolice on Monday recovered throat-slit bodies of four people from a cropland at Dabuir Pathar area of Atmul union in Shibganj union of Bagura. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The legs and hands of the bodies were tied up with rope, said Sanaton Chakrabarty, Bagura Additional Superintendent of Police...
Salman appears in court in black-buck case
12:45 PM, 07 May 2018 MondayBollywood actor Salman Khan’s hearing scheduled for Monday has been adjourned to July 17. He was seen leaving the Jodhpur sessions court...
Bangabandhu-1 to be launched on May 10
11:58 AM, 07 May 2018 MondayThe new date for launching Bangabandhu-1, the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications satellite, has been set on May 10. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood on Monday confirmed the matter to Jago News...
14th death anniversary of Ahsanullah Master today
11:51 AM, 07 May 2018 MondayThe 14th death anniversary of veteran freedom fighter, labour leader and teacher Ahsanullah Master, MP, is being observed today...
3 workers killed as truck overturns in Gopalganj
11:40 AM, 07 May 2018 MondayThree paddy workers were killed and ten others injured as truck carrying them overturned on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Pathalia area in Gopalganj on Monday morning. The deceased were the paddy workers. Further details regarding their matter could not be known...
UK pledges £70m Rohingya aid ahead of rainy season
09:40 AM, 07 May 2018 MondayThe UK is to provide the Rohingya people in Bangladesh with an extra £70m of humanitarian support as the rainy season nears. Officials warned cyclone and monsoon season could destroy makeshift homes and cause deadly diseases to spread more rapidly in camps in Cox's Bazar near the Myanmar border...
Putin to sworn in as Russia’s president today
08:36 AM, 07 May 2018 MondayVladimir Putin is due to be sworn in for a fourth term as president of Russia on Monday after winning the last election in March. He has been in power for 18 years, whether as president or prime minister, and opponents have likened his tenure to the reign of a tsar, or emperor...
Pakistan Interior Minister shot at election rally
09:56 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayPakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has been wounded by an unidentified gunman at an election rally in central Punjab province, according to officials...
‘Myanmar should take lessons from Bangladesh’
09:40 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday suggested Myanmar to take lesson from the prevailing religious harmony in Bangladesh...
Mumbai beat KKR by 13 runs
08:45 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayMumbai Indians restricted Kolkata Knight Riders at 168/6 in 20 overs at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Sunday...
BNP leader Noman detained
08:30 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayPolice have detained BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman from near the party’s Gazipur City polls mayoral candidate Hasnuddin Sarkar’s residence on Sunday afternoon...
OIC-CFM forms ministerial body on Rohingya crisis
07:55 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayThe two-day 45th session of foreign ministers meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) concluded here on Sunday with a call for accountability for the atrocities and human rights violations in Rakhine state and to hold the perpetrators to account...
MoU signed with China for Padma Bridge rail link
06:18 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayThe government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Exim Bank of China for the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project...
Stocks open the week down
05:55 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayStocks continued to witness a downward trend as major indices on the two bourses-Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-were in red zone on Sunday, the first day of the week...
Female students outnumber male counterparts in SSC exams
05:52 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayThe female students have outnumbered their male counterparts in terms of pass rate in this year's SSC or equivalent examinations...
2,813 cases lodged for traffic rule violations
05:36 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Saturday filed 2,813 cases on charges of traffic rule violation...
BGB recovers smuggled goods, drugs of Tk 84cr in April
05:09 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayThe paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a huge quantity of smuggled goods and illegal drugs worth about Taka 84.3 crore from different border areas of the country last month, said an official release...
HC stays GCC polls for 3 months
04:05 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayThe High Court has stayed the polls of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) for six months following a writ petition challenging the election...
All students fail SSC, Dakhil exams in 109 institutions
03:05 PM, 06 May 2018 SundayThe students of 109 institutions across the country have failed to come out successful in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Dakhil examinations. According to the results published on Sunday, the board-wise number of such institutions is 3 under Dhaka Board, 1 under Rajshahi Board, 1 under Jessore Board, 3 under Barisal Board...