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9 killed as relief-laden truck plunges into ditch

04:16 AM, 21 Sep 2017 Thursday

At least nine people were killed as a relief-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Chakdhala area of Naikkhongchari upazila in Bandarban on Thursday morning...

Myanmar mob attacks aid shipment bound for Rohingya area

03:52 AM, 21 Sep 2017 Thursday

Police in western Myanmar say they have fired warning shots after a Buddhist mob tried to block humanitarian aid headed to an area where ethnic Rohingya Muslims were driven from their...

Rakhi as Honeypreet in Ram Rahim biopic

03:01 AM, 21 Sep 2017 Thursday

Actress Rakhi Sawant has confirmed that she is going to play Honeypreet Insan, daughter of rape convict and 'Godman' Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan, in a film based on the Dera...

Trump urges ‘strong and swift’ UN action for Rohingya

02:28 AM, 21 Sep 2017 Thursday

US President Donald Trump wants the United Nations Security Council to take "strong and swift action" to end violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims...

Customs launches digital website to facilitate overseas trade

03:48 PM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

All customs related services and information, including baggage rules, duty facilities, tariff list...

US to provide $32 million humanitarian assistance to Rohingya

03:01 PM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

The United States will provide nearly $32 million in humanitarian assistance to address the urgent needs of Rohingya fleeing violence from Rakhine State, Burma to Bangladesh...

DU ‘Kha’ unit admission test begins Sept 22

01:55 PM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

The first-year honors admission test of Dhaka University (DU) "Kha-unit" under academic...

14-party rejects Suu Kyi's speech over Rohingya issue

12:49 PM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

The ruling Awami League (AL) led 14-party alliance leaders today outright rejected Myanmar...

Tigers’ lone three-day warm-up match tomorrow

12:29 PM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

The Tigers will start their South Africa campaign as they take on South Africa Invitational XI in...

4G mobile telecom service in December: Tarana

11:33 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

Keeping room for new mobile phone operators, the auction for the spectrum of 4G (fourth...

Factory fire kills 6 in Munshiganj

10:12 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

At least six workers, including a woman, were killed in a fire incident at Ideal Textile Mill in Char Mukterpur area of Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. Three of the victims are identified as Najmul, 20, Israt, 18, and Ujjal, 20, workers of the mill...

Rohingya issue: Thousands rally to show support for Suu Kyi

09:11 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

Thousands of people on Tuesday gathered in front of the City Hall in downtown Yangon of Myanmar to show their support for the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as she...

Govt allocates Tk 40 crore for roads in Rohingya camps

08:51 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

The government has allocated Taka 40 crore for construction of roads in 12 temporary camps of Myanmar refugees in Cox's Bazar as part of its massive programmes for the rehabilitation...

Arrest warrant issued against Imran

07:21 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant against Gonojagoron Moncho spokesperson Imran H Sarker and cultural activist Sanatan Ullash in a defamation case filed for their derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Women are willing to spend $50,000 to look like Ivanka

06:54 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

Ivanka Trump’s loyalties may be as questionable as her father’s perennial tan, but that’s not stopping a slew of women from wanting to look like the US President Donald Trump’s eldest...

Actor Dipjol hospitalized

06:07 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

Dhallywood actor Monowar Hossain Dipjol was admitted to the Labaid Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon after falling ill...

Sushma meets Hasina, no talks on Rohingyas

05:33 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City, but the Rohingya...

Facebook is ‘deleting’ Rohingya Muslim reports of ‘ethnic cleansing’

04:56 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

More than 400,000 had fled the Buddhist-dominated country, also known as Myanmar, to Bangladesh after a crackdown following attacks by Rohingya militants on police targets...

Suu Kyi award suspended by UK union over Myanmar crisis

04:05 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

One of Britain’s largest trade unions has suspended an award given to Aung San Suu Kyi during her time as a political prisoner, as international criticism mounts over her tepid...

Rohingya crisis: UK bans military training in Myanmar

03:29 AM, 20 Sep 2017 Wednesday

Prime Minister Theresa May has responded to criticism that the UK has dragged its heels on “ethnic cleansing” in Burma by announcing a ban on military training in the country...