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Myanmar to send team to Dhaka to discuss Rohingya issue
06:19 AM, 27 Sep 2017 WednesdayA Myanmar team will arrive in Bangladesh next week to discuss the mass exodus of Rohingya, an official said on Tuesday (Sep 26), amid huge diplomatic efforts to find a durable solution to the crisis...
Trump boasts he could have had sex with Princess Diana
05:51 AM, 27 Sep 2017 WednesdayDonald Trump said he would have slept with Princess Diana in a radio interview recorded just three years after her death, but he joked that he would have had the British royal get an HIV...
PM undergoes successful gall bladder surgery in Washington
05:19 AM, 27 Sep 2017 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in the United States in connection with the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, underwent a gall bladder operation in Washington...
Google celebrates its 19th birthday
05:08 AM, 27 Sep 2017 WednesdayGoogle’s latest Doodle for its 19th anniversary is a birthday surprise spinner that takes players back to its most memorable Doodle games...
‘Husband-proof’ shopping list goes viral
04:16 AM, 27 Sep 2017 WednesdayAn Indian woman left little to chance by creating an illustrated 'dummy-proof' shopping list to aid her husband for their weekly food shop - and it struck a chord with thousands of social...
Syed Haque’s first death anniversary today
03:43 AM, 27 Sep 2017 WednesdayToday is the first death anniversary of eminent litterateur Syed Shamsul Haque...
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive
03:23 AM, 27 Sep 2017 WednesdayIn a reversal of a longstanding rule, Saudi Arabia has announced that it will now allow women to drive...
Bangladesh ranks 99th in Global Competitiveness Index
02:32 AM, 27 Sep 2017 WednesdayBangladesh’s ranking in the Global Competitiveness Index for 2017-18, released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday, has improved seventh place to 99th among 137 countries surveyed...
Myanmar refugees to Bangladesh at 480,000
02:33 PM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayThe number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar since August 25 has risen to 480,000, international aid bodies say.
ACC to probe allegations of illegal food stockpiling
02:11 PM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said today they have decided to probe the allegations of illegal stockpiling of foods by hoarders in connivance with a section of food officials.
Three JMB men jailed for hurling bomb at courtroom
01:14 PM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayA Chittagong court today sentenced three members of the banned Islamic outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in two separate cases filed over hurling a bomb
Bangladesh’s chance to do more than settle for winning at home
12:30 PM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayTwice in the last four weeks, members of BCB’s power base said that winning at home was more important for the Bangladesh team.
Quader urges global bodies to come in aid of Rohiyngas
11:24 AM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today urged the local and international aid agencies to come forward in aid of the Rohiynga refugees as it is very important to ensure quality sanitation and safe drinking
UNHCR calls for redoubling humanitarian efforts for Rohingyas
10:56 AM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayThe UNHCR on Tuesday called for a redoubling of the international humanitarian response in Bangladesh, saying, the conditions for an estimated 436,000 Rohingyas who have fled to the country from Myanmar
Visit to Myanmar depends on PM: Home Minister
10:41 AM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayAn uncertainty is hovering over a visit of a Bangladesh delegation to Myanmar as the final decision on the visit totally depends on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Nawaz to be indicted on Oct 2, arrest warrants issued for children
09:01 AM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayThe Accountability court on Tuesday announced that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would be indicted on October 2, and issued bailable arrest warrants for his children in the three...
Palestinian gunman kills three Israelis
08:38 AM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayThree Israelis have been shot and killed, and a fourth wounded, in a settlement in the...
Facebook, Google bound to change handling of politics ads
08:38 AM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayFacebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google have little choice but to rein in internet political ads in the face of growing U.S. government pressure, a panel of advertising consultants and...
Malaysian actor fined for punching Bangladeshi
07:15 AM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayMalaysian actor Sharnaaz Ahmad was slapped with a RM1,200 fine by a magistrate’s court for punching a Bangladeshi man at a golf club...
Govt to provide smart card for Rohingya orphan children
07:10 AM, 26 Sep 2017 TuesdayThe government has taken an initiative to provide smart card for Rohingya orphan children to take care of them.