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5 killed as bus hits auto-rickshaw in Faridpur
09:15 AM, 07 Feb 2018 WednesdayFive people were killed in a head on collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw at Tomijuddin intersection of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday morning. Of them, two were identified as Abul Hossain, 35, driver of the auto-rickshaw and its passenger Khaleda Begum, 25...
World’s most powerful rocket Falcon Heavy launches
08:54 AM, 07 Feb 2018 WednesdayThe world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, roared into space through clear blue skies in its debut test flight on Tuesday from a Florida launch site where moon missions once began, in another milestone for billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s private rocket service...
Khaleda to meet press today
08:18 AM, 07 Feb 2018 WednesdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a press conference on Wednesday as a Dhaka court is set to deliver its verdict against her in a graft case on Thursday. The news conference will be held at 5pm at the BNP chief’s Gulshan office, said BNP chief’s media wing official Shamsuddin Didar...
Rashid Khan joins Sussex Sharks for T20 Blast
09:41 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayRashid Khan, the world’s second highest ranked T20 bowler, will play for Sussex Sharks in this...
Bangladesh takes place in 5 top growth achievers among LDCs: UNCTAD
09:16 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayFive countries among the 45 least developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh...
‘Disturbed’, says India on Maldives crisis
08:46 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayIn its first reaction to the crisis in the Maldives, India on Tuesday said it was "disturbed"...
Maldives president says judges plotted to overthrow him
06:57 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayThe president of the Maldives on Tuesday accused judges of plotting to overthrow him...
Ex-leader wants India to intervene to free Maldives judges
06:07 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayThe main political rival to the president of the Maldives has called for India to send an envoy...
DMP bans procession on February 8
05:02 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday imposed a ban on procession in Dhaka on February 8 to avoid any untoward situation centring a verdict in a graft case against Khaleda Zia. The decision has been taken over intelligence and news reports that subversive activities might be...
Verdict against 4 Noakhali war crimes accused any day
04:22 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will pronounce judgment any day in crimes against...
Facebook may soon tell if you are rich or poor
02:56 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayFacebook has filed a patent application for a technology that will automatically detect the users' socio-economic status and segregate them into one of three classes - working class, middle class or upper class.
PM seeks joint efforts to OIC to tap tourism opportunities
01:16 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said tourism is one of the areas where Islamic countries can work together to explore greater opportunities and potentials. Tourism is the fastest growing sector greatly contributing to economy and employment across the world...
Wall collapse kills 1 at Dhaka airport
12:19 PM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayOne person was killed when a wall of Customs office collapsed on them at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport at 10.30am on Tuesday.
Sohel picked up by police: Rizvi
11:33 AM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday claimed that its Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel has been picked up by police. The party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the claim while talking to Jago News this morning...
Bangladeshis in Maldives urged to avoid public gatherings
11:14 AM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayBangladeshi expatriates in Maldives have been urged to exercise due caution in public and avoid public gatherings over the political crisis in the country...
Air pollution closes all schools in Tehran
09:54 AM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayAll schools in Tehran will remain closed on Tuesday because of dangerously high levels of air pollution blanketing the Iranian capital, authorities said.
Mathews sidelined for remainder of Bangladesh tour
09:16 AM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayThe hamstring complaint that forced Angelo Mathews out of the tri-nation series in Bangladesh after one match will in fact keep him out of the entire Bangladesh tour...
Maldives’ Chief Justice, Supreme Court judge arrested
08:27 AM, 06 Feb 2018 TuesdayMaldives police have arrested the country's chief justice of the Supreme Court as a political crisis worsens in the Indian Ocean nation. Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and another judge, Ali Hameed, were arrested hours after the government declared a state of emergency...
PM seeks sustained Swiss, global pressures on Myanmar
09:42 PM, 05 Feb 2018 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her call to Myanmar to resolve the Rohingya crisis implementing the Kofi Annan Commission Report, simultaneously seeking intensified global pressures on NayPyiDaw as she held bilateral talks with visiting Swiss President Alain Berset.
Pran-RFL’s 4 arms receive top VAT payer awards at DITF
09:24 PM, 05 Feb 2018 MondayFour companies of Pran-RFL Group received the highest VAT payer awards for paying highest...