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Kim makes history as he crosses border to South Korea

11:28 AM, 27 Apr 2018 Friday

With a single step over a weathered, cracked slab of concrete, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history Friday by crossing over the world’s most heavily armed border to greet South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons.

Tarique may be brought back under mutual legal assistance act: Anisul

09:36 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said though Bangladesh has no extradition treaty with the UK, it can bring back BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman from London under the mutual legal assistance act.

Shakib’s Sunrisers Hyderabad bat first

08:52 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and invited Sunrisers Hyderabad to bat first at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Midday meal in all primary schools by May 31: Mustafizur

07:58 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman today said the government will introduce midday meal in all government primary schools across the country by May 31 this year.

Former information Minister Shamsul Islam dies

07:37 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Former Information Minister M Shamsul Islam died today due to old age complications at a city...

EC giving utmost importance to Gazipur, Khulna city polls: CEC

06:54 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda today said the Election Commission (EC) is giving utmost importance to the elections to Gazipur and Khulna city corporations scheduled for May 15.

US embassy to remain closed on April 29, May 2

05:49 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

The American Embassy in Dhaka, including the Consular Section and the American Center...

‘If Iran attacks Tel Aviv, Israel will strike Tehran’

04:50 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned Iran that Israel would strike its capital if the Jewish state is attacked by the Islamic Republic.

‘Game of Thrones’ author announces new book

04:09 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

American author George R.R. Martin Wednesday announced a new book to be released in...

3 killed in Rangpur road accident

02:43 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

At least three persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Paglapeer point on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway under Sadar upazila here on Thursday, police said...

PM off to Australia to join Global Summit of Women

02:39 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here on Thursday afternoon for Sydney on a three-day official visit to Australia to join the Global Summit of Women...

KCC election campaign gains momentum

01:46 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

With only 18 days left, campaign for the upcoming election of Khulna City Corporation (KCC),scheduled to be held on May 15, has gained momentum...

2 killed in fridge compressor blast in Moulvibazar

12:22 PM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Two members of a family were killed on Thursday morning when the compressor of a refrigerator exploded in a house at Vojbol area under Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district...

‘BJP using picture of BNP-Jamaat violence in manifesto’

11:25 AM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the two major political parties in India, of using a photograph of BNP-Jamaat violence in Bangladesh in their election manifesto for the coming state Panchayat polls...

Drug peddler killed in Munshiganj ‘gunfight’

11:12 AM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

A accused drug peddler has been killed in a “gunfight” with members of Police at Katakhali Haidrabad in the municipality area of Munshiganj...

France’s Macron decries nationalism in speech to US Congress

10:40 AM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

French president Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged the United States to reject nationalism and stay true to global ideals of cooperation in the face of terrorism and other challenges, saying countries can still retain their own identities...

Turkish court convicts 13 journalists on terrorism charges

10:33 AM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

A Turkish court convicted 13 employees of Cumhuriyet, Turkey’s oldest independent newspaper, of terrorism-related crimes on Wednesday, and handed down stiff sentences for several of them even while ordering the release of the newspaper’s chief executive...

It was my decision, no one pushed me: Gambhir

09:46 AM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

My hotel suite on the 22nd floor has blinds covering vast glass windows. At the bottom of these blinds there is a white plastic rod holding them together. Those who know me hate the fact that I keep my room freezing cold. It was no different on Monday night when I returned to my room after we lost to Kings XI Punjab...

13 children killed in bus-train collision in India

09:27 AM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

At least 13 children were killed on Thursday morning when the school vehicle they were in collided with a moving train at an unmanned rail crossing near Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh of India, reported Times Now...

Facebook sales soar despite data scandal

08:39 AM, 26 Apr 2018 Thursday

Facebook's quarterly sales rose by nearly 50% in the social media giant's first results since a privacy scandal over users' data emerged...