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SC accepts state appeal against HC verdict on mobile court
05:15 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today accepted three leave to appeal petitions filed by the state...
New Zealand beat Pakistan in fourth ODI
05:08 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayNew Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the fourth one-day international in Hamilton on...
ECNEC approves 14 projects worth Taka 18,483cr
05:06 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a total of 14 projects involving Taka 18,482.92 crore. The approval was made at the 15th ECNEC...
2 writ petitions filed seeking stay order on DNCC by-polls
03:55 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayTwo voters of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) filed two writ petitions on Tuesday with the High Court seeking stay order on the upcoming DNCC mayoral by-polls. A joint High Court bench of Justice Naima Haydar and Justice Zafar...
Ebtedayee madrasa teachers call off hunger strike
03:42 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayThe Ebtedayee madrasa teachers, who went on hunger strike demanding nationalisation of all...
Over 1 lakh students still missing school in Rakhine
02:54 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayOver 105,000 students have failed to resume their educations after 303 schools were re-opened gradually since mid-October in northern Rakhine, according to Rakhine State Education Office data for December 2017...
Recruitment tests of 8 banks cancelled
01:29 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayAn examination for appointing senior officers to eight bank and financial institutions has been cancelled on Tuesday over allegations of gross mismanagement and irregularities in the exam.The Bankers’ Selection Committee (BSC) took the decision in an emergency meeting...
Bangladesh, Myanmar to implement Rohingya return deal in 2 yrs
01:06 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayThe first meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on the return of the displaced Rohingyas from Rakhine State was held on 15 and 16 January in Nay Pyi Taw. Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque led the Bangladesh delegation while Permanent Secretary Myint Thu led the Myanmar side...
Ronaldo wants Man U return as he feels ‘cheated’ at Real
12:33 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayCristiano Ronaldo wants to return to Manchester United after feeling cheated over a broken promises of new terms at Real Madrid...
Hrithik Roshan is the most handsome actor in the world
12:11 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayThe New Year has begun with a bang for Indian actor Hrithik Roshan as he bags the title of 'The most handsome actor in the World 2018.' Beating international hunks like Robert Pattison, Chris Evans to name a few, Hrithik is ruling this recent list.
Tabith gets BNP’s ticket to run for DNCC mayor
12:06 PM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayBNP has nominated Tabith Mohammed Awal as its mayoral candidate for contesting the by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)...
At least 20 dead as clashes shut airport in Libyan capital
11:46 AM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayFierce clashes broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, killing at least 20 people, shutting the airport, and damaging planes...
3 killed in Chandpur road crash due to fog
11:46 AM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayThree people were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a CNG-run auto rickshaw due to poor visibility caused by dense of fog at Matlab upazila in Chandpur early Tuesday...
43 gold bars recovered from man’s underwear
11:17 AM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayCustoms Intelligence officials have detained a person with 43 gold bars weighing 4.28 kg from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Md Anwar Hossain, a resident of Mohammadpur, was detained on charge of illegally carrying the gold bars when he arrived at the airport from Singapore on Monday night...
13 siblings found chained in California home
10:03 AM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayA California couple has been charged with torture after police rescued their 13 malnourished children from a home where some of them had been chained to beds, and neighbors on Monday described the family as shut-ins who shunned social contact...
75pc of India’s air pollution-related deaths are rural
09:28 AM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayRural Indians, who make up about two-thirds of the country of 1.3 billion people, are disproportionately at risk of breathing polluted air, according to new research...
Myanmar says camps for Rohingya will be ready next week
09:02 AM, 16 Jan 2018 TuesdayA top Myanmar official said Monday that a camp to house Rohingya Muslim and Hindu refugees who return from Bangladesh will be ready by its promised deadline next week. More than 650,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown...
AL Local Government Nomination Board’s meeting Tuesday
09:45 PM, 15 Jan 2018 MondayA meeting of Awami League (AL) Local Government Nomination Board will be held at Prime...
Pranab calls Bangladesh protector of Bengali language, heritage
09:32 PM, 15 Jan 2018 MondayFormer Indian President Pranab Mukherjee today called Bangladesh the "protector" of Bengali...
Mashrafe hopes to put up same performance in 2nd match
09:15 PM, 15 Jan 2018 MondayWinning Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza hoped that his side would carry out the...