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BNP cancels today’s press conference
04:24 AM, 24 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe BNP has canceled today’s press conference following the death of its leader MK Anwar...
Zidane named Coach of the Year for Real Madrid success
04:04 AM, 24 Oct 2017 TuesdayReal Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has been named the Men's Coach of the Year at The Best FIFA Football Awards...
Asian restaurant award launched
03:41 AM, 24 Oct 2017 TuesdayA successful media launching of ‘Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Award’ (ARTA) has recently taken place at London Docklands Royal Victoria Dock last week in UK...
US considering sanctions over Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya
03:16 AM, 24 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe United States is taking steps and considering a range of further actions over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, including targeted sanctions under its Global Magnitsky law, the State Department...
Tipu Sultan was a mass rapist: Indian minister
03:01 AM, 24 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe ruling Congress and opposition BJP in Karnataka of India are heading for a showdown on the state government-sponsored Tipu Jayanti celebrations on November 10 for the third...
Ronaldo wins Best FIFA Men’s Player Award 2017
02:41 AM, 24 Oct 2017 TuesdayReal Madrid's Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned the best soccer player in the world for the second year running at FIFA's The Best awards gala on Monday...
BNP leader MK Anwar dies
02:29 AM, 24 Oct 2017 TuesdayFormer minister and BNP standing committee member MK Anwar died of old age complications at his residence on Elephant road in the capital. He was 84. She breathed his last at 1.20am on Tuesday. Shamsuddin Didar, an official of BNP chairperson’s press wing, confirmed the news of death to the Jagonews24.com...
Queen Rania calls for greater int’l response to end Rohingya crisis
04:04 PM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayQueen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan called on the international community to respond “effectively, quickly, and generously” to bring an end to the sufferings of Myanmar’s Rohingya minority.
Fire breaks out at BB headquarters
01:58 PM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayA fire broke out at Bangladesh Bank headquarters in Dhaka on Monday afternoon but fire fighters doused the blaze within a few minutes,
Israel maintains robust arms trade with rogue regimes
12:36 PM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayHuman rights activists are stepping up efforts to expose Israel’s long and covert history of supplying weapons and military training to regimes while they actively commit massacres, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Bangladesh gets priority among all of India’s neighbours: Sushma
11:13 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayExternal Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj today said Bangladesh gets priority among all of India’s neighbours and bilateral ties are moving forward at a fast pace.
Rohingya children still at acute risk: UNICEF
10:53 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayNearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic lifesaving services, UNICEF said on Monday.
PM receives donations for relief fund
10:45 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayThree ministries, a government division and a private organization today gave donations to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund,
Wall collapse kills 4 in N’ganj
08:15 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayFour people including three siblings were killed and another was injured after a wall collapsed on them at Fatullah area in Narayanganj on Monday. The deceased are Sadekur Rahman, 40, Lamia, 12, Laboni, 8 and Lima, 3...
Arrest warrants for Tarique, two journalists
07:02 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayA Dhaka court on Monday issued warrants for the arrest of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and two others in a sedition case filed in 2015. The two other accused in the case are Mahathir Farooki Khan, the then chief reporter of Ekushey Television, and its then special correspondent Kanak Sarwar...
Jordanian Queen arrives in Cox’s Bazar to meet Rohingyas
06:17 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayJordanian Queen Rania Al Abdullah has arrived in Cox’s Bazar to meet Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine state...
Syed Ashraf’s wife dies of cancer
05:44 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayPublic Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam’s wife Sheila Islam has died after a long battle with cancer. She breathed his last in London at 8.10am (Bangladesh local time) on Monday, the minister’s cousin Ashfaqul Islam Titu told Jagonews24.com...
Shamsur Rahman’s 89th birthday today
05:31 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayThe 89th birthday of renowned Poet Shamsur Rahman is being observed on Monday in a befitting manner across the country...
Buddhists protest to urge Myanmar not to repatriate Rohingya
05:08 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayHundreds of hard-line Buddhists protested Sunday to urge Myanmar's government not to repatriate the nearly 600,000 minority Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh since...
22-day ban on Hilsa fishing ends
04:12 AM, 23 Oct 2017 MondayA 22-day ban on catching, selling, transportation and hoarding of Hilsa ended on Sunday. The government imposed a ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transportation of hilsa in different rivers for 22 days from October 1 in 27 districts to boost Hilsa output through...