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US embassy to remain closed on Jan 1
10:45 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe United States Embassy in Dhaka will remain closed on Monday, January 1, 2018 on the...
Van Dijk most expensive defender ever at $100m
10:30 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayLiverpool is breaking the world transfer record for a defender by signing Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in a $100 million move...
From USA to Iraq, basketball star Mayfield rebounds from arrest
09:48 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayDeMario Mayfield feared his basketball career was over when he was arrested on suspicion of planning a robbery, but the former US college star is now bouncing back – in war-torn Iraq...
Fog forces to suspend flight operation at HSIA for 5 hrs
09:38 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayAll flight operations were suspended at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) for more...
38th BCS preliminary exam Friday
08:45 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination will be held on Friday. The test will be held simultaneously in centres in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet, Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions...
Taka 8,000-cr allocated to public universities: UGC Chairman
08:31 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayChairman of University Grants Commission Prof Abdul Mannan has said more than Taka 8,000 crore were allocated for quality improvement of infrastructure, technical, education and research of the country’s public universities
Stay workplace or quit job: PM to govt doctors
08:20 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the government physicians to stay at their respective workplace to properly serve the people, saying that otherwise they could quit job. When we're appointing doctors in upazilas, many of them don't want to stay at their workplace...
40 killed in multiple Kabul blasts
08:00 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayAt least 40 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a suicide attack at a Shia cultural and religious organisation in a western area of the Afghan capital, Kabul. The interior ministry said the suicide blast was followed by another two explosions in the area. No-one has yet said they were behind the attack...
Myanmar-Bangladesh fence being upgraded
06:56 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe Myanmar-Bangladesh border fence in Taung Pyo Letwei, Rakhine State has been upgraded, with barbed wire being attached to the top. The border fences were damaged by ARSA extremists. The Commander-in- Chief’s Office said earlier this month that materials needed for upgrading the fence are being transported to the site...
Ferry service resumes on Shimulia-Kathalbari route
06:29 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayThe ferry service on Shimulia-Kathalbari route resumed this morning after five hours suspension due to thick fog on the route...
Obama warns against irresponsible social media use
04:56 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayFormer US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview since stepping down in January...
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar ‘feels sad’ over fresh US sanctions
04:14 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayMyanmar “feels sad” over a U.S. decision to sanction a military general, a government spokesman said, after Washington linked the commander last week to abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority...
Voting begins in 9 municipalities, 115 UPs
03:16 AM, 28 Dec 2017 ThursdayElections, re-elections and by-elections for nine municipalities and 115 union parishads (UPs) of different districts began at 8am on Thursday and it will continue till 4pm without any break...
ACC to grill AB Bank’s ex-chairman, MD
03:55 PM, 27 Dec 2017 WednesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today sent notices to former chairman of AB Bank M Wahidul Haque and its managing director M Fazlur Rahman to face questioning in a graft allegation
Zimbabwe, bowled out for 68, forced to follow on
03:44 PM, 27 Dec 2017 WednesdayZimbabwe were forced to follow on after being bowled out for 68 on the second day of their...
Go to war with Pakistan, tear it to pieces: Subramanian
03:35 PM, 27 Dec 2017 WednesdayReacting sharply to the reports of intimidation and humiliation of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family members by Pakistan, firebrand BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said that New Delhi should go to war with Islamabad
France to support Bangladesh on Rohingya issue
03:27 PM, 27 Dec 2017 WednesdayFrance government will stay beside Bangladesh to resolve the Rohingya crisis, said Buon Tan,
JP to contest independently in next general election: Ershad
02:55 PM, 27 Dec 2017 WednesdayJatiya Party Chairman Hussain Mohammed Ershad today said his party would contest independently in the next election...
BB urges all to abstain from transactions of virtual coins
01:59 PM, 27 Dec 2017 WednesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has requested all to abstain from online-based virtual currency or crypto...
2 BAF training aircrafts crash in Moheshkhali, 4 pilots safe
01:43 PM, 27 Dec 2017 WednesdayTwo training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed at 7pm at Telipara Putiabazar area of Moheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday.