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Five religious babas get ministerial status in India
02:10 PM, 04 Apr 2018 WednesdayFive religious leaders have been given 'Minister of State' (MoS) status by the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, a move seen by the opposition Congress as linked to state elections this year...
SME advisory centre to be set up in every district: PM
01:22 PM, 04 Apr 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government would establish SME advisory centers in all district and Upazilas, which will act as one-stop centers to provide service to the entrepreneurs...
Almost 1.7mn tickets sold for Russia 2018 World Cup
12:39 PM, 04 Apr 2018 WednesdayWith less than three months to go until the 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia, a total of 1,698,049 tickets have been sold through the official FIFA website...
Throat-slit body, bullet-hit injured found in student mess
10:35 AM, 04 Apr 2018 WednesdayPolice recovered throat-slit body of a student and another bullet-hit injured from a student mess at Racecourse area in Cumilla on Wednesday. The deceased Sagor and injured Sajeeb are the intermediate students of Cumilla Government College...
Google marks 90th birth anniv of Angelou with special doodle
09:53 AM, 04 Apr 2018 WednesdayGoogle doodle celebrates 90th birth anniversary of an American award-winning poet, author, playwright, historian, songwriter, singer, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, and civil rights activist, Dr Maya Angelou.
Shooter wounds 3 at YouTube HQ, kills herself
08:53 AM, 04 Apr 2018 WednesdayA woman opened fire with a handgun at YouTube’s headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday, wounding three people before shooting herself dead as employees of the Silicon Valley Tech Company fled into the surrounding streets, authorities said...
PM spends time with BAB leaders
09:18 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today spent some time with the leaders of Bangladesh...
Facebook hate speech exploded in Myanmar during Rohingya crisis
08:31 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayHate speech exploded on Facebook at the start of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar last year...
Dhoni awarded Padma Bhushan
07:51 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayFormer India cricket captain MS Dhoni was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, the country's...
Tight security planned for Pahela Baishakh: Kamal
06:45 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayThe government would ensure tight security across the country for smooth celebration of the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, on April 14. "We have taken all measures to ensure a fool-proof security for smooth and peaceful celebration of the traditional Pahela Baishakh...
Bangladesh top primary healthcare providers in SA: WHO official
06:03 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayThe Regional Director for Southeast Asia of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Poonam...
No MCQ in PEC exams
05:22 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayPrimary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman today said the government has...
GDP growth to reach 7.65% in 2017-18 fiscal
04:37 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayPlanning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the country will attain a 7.65 percent GDP growth in the current fiscal year (2017-2018) which is higher than the budgetary target of 7.40 percent.
16 Cox’s Bazar men indicted for war crimes
03:05 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal -1 has framed 10 charges against 16 Cox's Bazar men for their alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971...
82,473 get primary scholarships
01:53 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayA total of 82,473 students got scholarships in the examinations of Primary Education Certificate 2017. Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman on Tuesday announced the list of scholarship recipients at a press conference at his ministry's conference room in the secretariat...
PM to meet pvt bank owners today
12:58 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited private bank owners in a meeting to discuss the existing crises in the banking sector.
Rohingya crisis: UNSC to visit Bangladesh in April
12:05 PM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayThe 15-panel UN Security Council will visit Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iraq in two separate trips later this month, the rotating president of the council announced on Monday. Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra of Peru, this month's president of the council, told reporters at UN headquarters that the two trips were still in the planning stages...
National film day today
11:17 AM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayThe National Film Day-2018 is being observed on Tuesday in a befitting manner under the auspices of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) and the National Film Observance Committee...
Afghan military strike kills 70 at mosque
10:50 AM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdayAfghan military helicopters bombed a religious gathering in the northern province of Kunduz on Monday, killing at least 70 people and wounding 30 others, according to a local official in the area, reports The New York Times.
Israelis have right to their own land: Saudi crown prince
10:06 AM, 03 Apr 2018 TuesdaySaudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in U.S. magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv appearing to grow closer, reports Reuters.