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Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rams police truck, kills 7
08:54 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdayA Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car into a police truck in the southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, police said...
EC enjoys full freedom: CEC
08:24 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) has been enjoying full freedom under the present government without any intervention. He said this at the election dialogue with Awami League at the conference room of Nirbachon Bhaban in the city...
Bangladesh win toss, opt to bowl
07:55 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdayBangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and opted to bowl in the second One-Day International of a three-match series against hosts South Africa at Boland Park on Wednesday...
Rohingya man refugee again 40 years after leaving Bangladesh
07:13 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdayNearly four decades ago Fazol Ahmed returned to his native Myanmar with his family under a Rohingya repatriation scheme. Now he is back in the teeming camps of Bangladesh with his wife and children, a refugee once again...
Saunders wins Man Booker Prize for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
06:15 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdayGeorge Saunders’s surreal, experimental first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, marking the second year in a row that the prize has gone to an American author...
2 held over DIU student murder
04:35 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdayPolice in a drive held two people in connection with the murder of a student of Daffodil International University (DIU) Khandakar Abu Talha on Tuesday night. In a mobile massage, Media and Public Relations department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) confirmed the matter to the journalists on Wednesday morning...
China to take 70pc stake in strategic port in Myanmar: official
03:24 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdayChina has agreed take a 70 percent stake in a strategically important sea port in Myanmar, at the lower end of a proposed range amid local concerns about Beijing’s growing economic clout...
Myanmar army killed hundreds of Rohingya: Amnesty
02:54 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdayMyanmar security forces killed hundreds of men, women and children during a systematic campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International said in a new report Wednesday...
CJ Sinha’s wife flies to Australia
02:42 AM, 18 Oct 2017 WednesdaySushama Sinha, wife of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, left for Australia on Tuesday night, three days after her husband went there. She left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Singapore Airlines flight around 11:55pm, according to officials of Immigration, Bangladesh Police...
More documentaries needed to be built on Nazrul: Noor
03:48 PM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayCultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor today said more documentaries should be made...
EC’s dialogue with AL begins
03:27 PM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) will hold dialogue with Awami League (AL) on Wednesday as part of its ongoing talks with 40 registered political parties ahead of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad election...
Bangladesh face Proteas in 2nd ODI today
02:59 PM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayIt will another acid test for Bangladesh as they face mighty South African in the second...
Sri Lanka eases ban on Gunathilaka before Pakistan tour
02:02 PM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdaySri Lanka's cricket board Tuesday halved a six-match ban imposed on all-rounder Danushka...
September inflation 6.12pc
01:09 PM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe rate of inflation in the country in September this year was registered 6.12 percent which...
36th BCS final result published
11:28 AM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayPublic Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday published the final result of the 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations.
Zakir Hossain made SC acting registrar general
11:16 AM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayMd Zakir Hossain, registrar of the Appellate Division (AD), has been given the charge of Acting Registrar General of the Supreme Court (SC).
AL will support CEC for holding fair election: Nasim
11:01 AM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayHealth and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim today said Awami League (AL) would...
U.N. urges Bangladesh to move Rohingya refugees stranded at border
10:41 AM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe U.N. refugee agency urged Bangladesh on Tuesday to speed up vetting of up to 15,000 Rohingya refugees “stranded” near the border after crossing into the country from Myanmar and move them further inland to safer and better conditions.
Sheikh Russell’s 53rd birthday today
10:29 AM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayToday is the 53rd birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's youngest son Sheikh Russell...
Taj Mahal built by blood, sweat of Indians: Yogi Adityanath
10:25 AM, 17 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe Taj Mahal was “built by the blood and sweat of Indians”, Yogi Adityanath said today, responding to a controversy over a leader of his party BJP describing the world-renowned