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Uttara to Motijheel in 38 minutes
04:33 PM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayA city commuter will travel Motijheel from Uttara in 38 minutes by Metro rail at the end of 2021 and there will be a train...
HC stays BTRC auction circular for 4G
04:21 PM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayThe High Court (HC) today stayed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
Why women live longer than men?
01:28 PM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayWomen are biologically stronger than men and hence tend to outlive their male counterparts...
Govt begins its 5th year for 2nd term Friday
01:14 PM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayThe government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is stepping on Friday into the fifth and the last year of its successive second term in office with steering the nation toward...
Vidya to play Indira Gandhi on screen
12:47 PM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayAcclaimed actress Vidya Balan will play former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi onscreen in a project based on journalist-author Sagarika Ghoses book “Indira...
Maulana Saad won’t take part in Biswa Ijtema: Home minister
11:49 AM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayIndian noted Islamic scholar Maulana Muhammad Saad Kandhalvi will not take part in the Biswa Ijtema, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday. The Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslim community after the holy hajj, will be held in two phases from January 12-14 and January...
US grand jury indicts Akayed accused of Manhattan attack
11:37 AM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayAkayed Ullah accused of attempting a suicide bombing in a busy New York City commuter hub in the name of Islamic State in December...
3 suspected pirates killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’
10:52 AM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayThree alleged members of a pirate gang were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Sharankhola range of Sundarbans in Bagerhat on Thursday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. A large number of guns and bullets were recovered...
Actor Siraj Haider passes away
10:25 AM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayActor Siraj Haider has died of a heart attack. He was 70. He breathed his last at his own residence at Kalyanpur in the capital at 6am on Thursday, said his son Lenin Haider...
Women above 25 to be allowed Saudi tourist visas
10:07 AM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayWomen aged 25 and over can be granted a tourist visa to go to Saudi Arabia alone, a spokesman for the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) has said...
Myanmar army admits to murder of 10 Rohingya Muslims
09:04 AM, 11 Jan 2018 ThursdayMyanmar’s military has admitted that its soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya who it claims were “terrorists” during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after local Buddhist villagers had forced the men into a grave they had dug...
Tabligh demo disrupts flight schedule at Shahjalal airport
10:07 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdayAt least 18 international and domestic flights have been disrupted on Wednesday at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka due demonstration of a section of Tabligh-Jamaat men over the arrival of...
ACC sues JP MP, 4 others for embezzling Tk 275cr
09:39 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed two cases against five persons, including Jatiya Party lawmaker Mahjabeen Morshed and its vice-president...
Khaleda Zia’s sons’ $1b, other property traced abroad: PM
08:58 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said one billion dollars as well as other property owned by the sons of Khaleda Zia were traced in Belgium, Malaysia, Dubai and Saudi Arabia...
Over 32.80 lakh taxpayers in country: Muhith
08:27 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdayFinance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Wednesday said currently the number of income taxpayers are 32, 80,105...
WB forecasts 6.7pc growth in 2018
07:58 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdayBangladesh economy would grow at 6.7 percent in 2018, thanks to the friendly fiscal measures and development initiatives...
We made Bangladesh a role model of dev within 9yrs: PM
07:37 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the party workers to work together to accelerate the pace of development and take a vow to build a nation...
Mominul hits double ton in BCL
06:52 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdaySouthpaw batsman Mominul Haque reached double ton against Prime Bank South Zone during the second day’s...
Maulana Saad taken to Kakrail Markaz
06:38 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdayIndian Tabligh-Jamaat Scholar Maulana Saad Kandhalvi has been taken to Tabligh Jamaat’s Kakrail Markaz(Tablig office) from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday afternoon...
PM to address nation Friday
05:56 PM, 10 Jan 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Friday evening, marking the completion of four years ...