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17 killed as 2 dragon boats capsize in China
08:49 AM, 22 Apr 2018 SundaySeventeen people were killed after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, authorities said Sunday. The boats were practicing Saturday for a race in the Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident happened, said the fire department of the city of Guilin, capital of Guangxi region...
Hearings over delimitation of constituencies begins
09:38 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayThe hearings on appeals over delimitation of different parliamentary seats began today at...
Winning start for Bangladesh in Bangabandhu Int’l Volleyball meet
09:09 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayDefending champions Bangladesh got off to a winning star in the second edition of...
Bangalore opt to bowl
08:39 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayVirat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, elected to bowl first with an eye on the...
Australian dog receives police honours for keeping lost child safe
07:25 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayA deaf and partially blind dog that kept a lost three-year-old girl safe in Australian bushland...
India cabinet clears ordinance on death penalty to child rapists
05:38 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayIndia's federal government Saturday approved an ordinance (emergency executive order) to allow courts to award death penalty to child rapists...
5 held for using electronic devices in recruitment test
05:32 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayDetective Branch (DB) of police on Friday morning arrested five persons for taking part in...
C'wealth takes strong stance against cybercrime
04:55 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayCommonwealth countries have unanimously committed to take action on cybersecurity between now and 2020, following a landmark declaration...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth celebrates 92nd birthday
04:06 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayQueen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest reigning monarch, celebrated her 92nd birthday on...
3 DU female students return to Sufia Kamal Hall
03:51 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayThree residential students of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall who were handed over to their guardians on Thursday night for allegedly spreading falsehood and rumors in social media, returned to the dormitory on Friday...
Ex-BCL leader arrested for shaving Imam’s head
02:36 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayPolice have arrested Russel Howlader, 26, ex-president of Mirzaganj Union Chhatra League for shaving head of Abdul Goffar, 30, an Imam (Islamic cleric) of Mirzaganj Mosque in Patuakhali. He was arrested while staying next to the police station on Friday night. Russel is a son of Abdul Khaleque Hawlader of the union...
SLC earn Rs 94 crore in profit from Nidahas Trophy
01:43 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdaySri Lanka Cricket has generated a whopping Rs. 940 million (Rs. 94 crore) in profit by successfully hosting the Nidahas Trophy Cricket Tournament in March...
1 killed, 5 bullet-hit in clash in Narail
01:41 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayA man was killed and twelve others were injured in a clash between two rival groups in Parmoillokpur village under Lohagara upazila of Narail district on Saturday morning...
Putin’s pen sold for Tk 64 lakh at auction
01:05 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayA crystal-encrusted pen that Russian President Vladimir Putin used to ink political deals sold at an auction for a cold hard $77,170 (BDT 64,07,425) in cash, according to a report Friday...
Shane Warne apologises to Rajasthan Royals fans after meek performance
12:55 PM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayRajasthan Royals were outgunned and outplayed as Chennai Super Kings ran out comfortable winners in an IPL 2018 match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday night...
Plane crash: US-Bangla to brief journalists Sunday
11:15 AM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayThe US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi airline, will arrange a press conference on Sunday to inform the latest information on its plane crash at Kathmandu in Nepal that killed 52 people including 26 Bangladeshis...
Twitter bans ads from Russia’s Kaspersky Lab
10:41 AM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayTwitter Inc said on Friday that it has banned ads from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, saying the cyber-security company’s business model conflicts with advertising rules and citing U.S. government claims that Kaspersky has ties to Russian intelligence agencies...
Israeli soldiers kill 4 Palestinians at Gaza rally
09:59 AM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayIsraeli forces have shot dead four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, as more than 10,000 gathered in a mass demonstration in the besieged Gaza Strip demanding the right of return for Palestinian refugees...
North Korea suspends nuclear, missile tests
09:26 AM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced that his country will suspend nuclear and missile tests immediately, according to state media. The announcement on Saturday came amid increasingly decreasing tensions on the Korean peninsula ahead of a landmark summit between the North and the South next week...
Gunmen kill 4 policemen in Saudi Arabia
09:15 AM, 21 Apr 2018 SaturdaySaudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says four policemen were killed after gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in the southwestern province of Asir, which borders Yemen. A ministry statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency says two of the gunmen were arrested following the attack...