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Entertainment

Nayak Raj laid to rest

02:17 PM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

Legendary actor Abdur Razzak, popularly known as Nayak Raj, has been laid to eternal rest at the Banani Graveyard...

Sci-Tech

Banglalink to invest $1b for 4G service

01:59 PM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

Banglalink, one of the country’s leading digital communications service providers, is set to offer 4G, the fourth generation internet for all through a most advanced and powerful network.

National

Nazrul’s widow Beauty satisfied with 7-murder verdict

12:48 PM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

Complainant Selina Islam Beauty hailed the High Court verdict over murder of her husband Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) councilor Nazrul Islam and six others.

Feature

Why it is healthier for men to sit and pee

12:25 PM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

If you worry much about hygiene, you must have asked your partner to sit while using the loo to avoid sprinkling

Sports

Joshi joins Bangladesh as spin consultant

11:57 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

Sunil Joshi, the former India left-arm spinner, will join the Bangladesh national team as the spin bowling...

National

N’ganj 7-murder: HC upholds death for 15

10:56 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

The High Court today upheld death sentences of 15 convicts including Noor Hossain, dismissed RAB officials Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Maj Arif Hossain and Lt Commander SM Masud Rana in sensational Narayanganj seven-murder trial.

International

Maldives army occupies parliament

10:27 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

The Maldives military locked down the nation’s parliament on Tuesday in what opposition lawmakers said was an attempt to block a motion to impeach the speaker of the house.

Education

28 DU students get Dean’s Award

10:04 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

The Faculty of Social Sciences of Dhaka University (DU) today awarded its 28 meritorious students with prestigious ‘Dean’s Award’ for their brilliant results.

Sports

Gayle, Samuels return to ODI squad

09:34 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels are set to play ODI cricket for West Indies after a prolonged absence...

National

7 held with counterfeit notes

09:10 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

Detectives detained seven members of a gang of currency counterfeiters from different parts of Dhaka...

National

SC clears way for law secretary to perform duty

07:21 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

The High Court stayed for three months the contractual appointment of Abu Saleh Sheikh Md. Zahirul Haque as secretary to the law ministry...

National

Pabna road crash kills 5

06:55 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

At least five people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna on Tuesday morning...

International

India’s SC suspends Muslim triple talaq law

06:34 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

India's Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the use of a Muslim divorce law until the government frames new legislation, a partial victory for Muslim women who had long argued...

International

Trump fires warning at Pakistan

05:40 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

President Donald Trump warned Pakistan on Monday that Washington will no longer tolerate Pakistan offering “safe havens” to extremists...

Entertainment

Tribute paid to Nayak Raj

03:39 AM, 22 Aug 2017 Tuesday

The dead body of the legendary actor Abdur Razzak, who died on Monday, was taken at central Shaheed Minar on Tuesday. People from all walks of life paid tribute to his departed soul. After holding a janaza at Azad mosque in Gulshan, he will be buried at Banani graveyard in the...

National

Over 90,000 pilgrims left for Jeddah so far

03:27 PM, 21 Aug 2017 Monday

A total of 90,409 hajj pilgrims left here for Saudi Arabia till this morning while around 36,000 pilgrims are...

National

PM warns of illegal power capture

03:13 PM, 21 Aug 2017 Monday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today blasted Bangladesh's comparison with Pakistan saying Chief Justice SK Sinha should have quit before making such comparison and defaming parliament while issuing a strong note warning against illegal power capture.