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Hasina now 30th on Forbes’ list of 100 most powerful women

02:57 AM, 02 Nov 2017 Thursday

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 30th among the world’s 100 most powerful women in 2017, according to the Forbes’ list. With this, she has seen a significant elevation in her position in the list - from 36th in 2016...

India power plant explosion kills 20

02:26 AM, 02 Nov 2017 Thursday

At least 20 people were killed and over 100 injured following a blast in a boiler pipe at NTPC Unchahar power plant at Raebareli district in Uttar Pradesh of India, 110 km from Lucknow, on Wednesday evening...

EU wants Rohingya’s safe, dignified return to Rakhine

03:55 PM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

European Union (EU) Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides today said EU wanted “safe and dignified” return of Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar as he called on foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali at his office.

BD-19 take on Nepal in 1st one-dayer tomorrow

03:29 PM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Bangladesh U-19 team will take on visiting Nepal U-19 team in the first youth one-dayer...

President visits Rajshahi Central Jail

03:21 PM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

President M Abdul Hamid, now on a two-day tour of Rajshahi, today visited different wards in...

Putin visits Tehran for talks on Syria, nuclear deal

02:59 PM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iran’s leadership on Wednesday (Nov 1) in Tehran as the two Damascus allies push a Syria peace plan and the Kremlin offers its backing for a landmark

Income Tax Fair begins with Tk 3,000cr revenue collection target

02:53 PM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

The weeklong Income Tax Fair-2017 kicked off in the capital and other parts of the country...

Mother, son slaughtered to death at Kakrail

01:59 PM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

A woman and his son have been slaughtered to death by miscreants in the capital’s Kakrail. The incident took place at their house on Wednesday evening.

TIB for resolving Rohingya crisis through diplomatic efforts

01:05 PM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman today said Bangladesh can resolve the Rohingya crisis by carrying out diplomatic efforts in the international arena.

Four neo-JMB militants put on remand

12:31 PM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

A Dhaka court today put four alleged members of militant outfit neo-JMB including now...

PM thanks UNESCO for recognizing Bangabandhu’s 7th March address

11:33 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today extended her thanks to UNSECO for recognizing...

Facebook releases video on Bangladesh’s Search English group

11:30 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Facebook, a social media platform, has recently released a documentary on ‘Search English’, a Bangladesh-based Facebook group. The popular social network in Bangladesh

Dhaka seeks strong steps by UNSC to resolve Rohingya crisis

11:05 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Bangladesh has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to play a stronger and bolder role to resolve the Rohingya crisis and save numerous innocent children in particular.

Training on ‘Financial Management’ held at Green University

10:46 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Quality Assurance Unit of Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) organized a training workshop on ‘Financial Management’ for faculty members of the university on 01 November 2017, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.

No room for terrorists, extortionists, land grabbers in AL: Quader

10:11 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today categorically said there is no room for identified terrorists, extortionists and land-grabbers in the AL,

Chandimal believes ‘witchcraft’ helped visitors clinch Test series

09:24 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Sri Lanka's surprise two-match Test series win against Pakistan this month was down to...

46 million Malaysian mobile users data leaked

08:36 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

A massive data breach has seen the customer data of more than 46 million mobile subscribers in Malaysia leaked on to the dark web...

SC extends stay on HC order against mobile court for 5 weeks

08:22 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today extended for five more weeks the stay it had imposed on High Court sorder declaring running mobile courts by executive magistrates illegal...

Bangladesh dragging feet over repatriating Rohingya: Myanmar

06:51 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

Myanmar has blamed Bangladesh for delaying the start of a repatriation process for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees, saying it feared Dhaka could be stalling until it receives multi-million dollars of international aid money, reports Reuters...

Imran H Sarker gets bail again

06:22 AM, 01 Nov 2017 Wednesday

A Dhaka court has granted bail to Gonojagoron Moncho spokesperson Imran H Sarker in a defamation case filed for making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...