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Rohingya crisis: Red Cross faced with ‘real challenge’
09:18 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayThe Red Cross is faced with a "real challenge" following the Rohingya refugee crisis triggered by violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State, a senior official of the international humanitarian organisation has said...
Joy opens post office’s ‘Daak Taka’
08:48 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayPrime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Monday opened "Daak Taka", a digital wallet of Bangladesh Post Office (BPO), with a view to tap the unbanked people of grass roots level with banking channel...
Demo staged in Dhaka against Trump’s Jerusalem move
07:38 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayThe hardliner three Islamist pressure groups staged demonstration demanding the cancellation of the declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Three Islamic parties demonstration took place towards US Embassy on Monday...
Legendary actor Dilip Kumar celebrates 95th birthday
07:01 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayLegendary actor Dilip Kumar turns 95 today. The actor remains strong inspite of being in and out of the hospital for almost a year now. Recently he was detected with mild pneumonia as well...
Pakistan working with Congress to beat BJP in Gujarat polls: PM
06:16 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayIn the latest among a string of controversial utterances that have heated up the Gujarat poll campaign, PM Narendra Modi made the stunning charge that Congress and elements in Pakistan...
PM off to Paris to attend One Planet Summit
05:04 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here on Monday morning for Paris on a three-day official visit to France to attend the One Planet Summit, reports BSS. The Bangladesh premier will join the summit at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim...
Joy shares a photo with Bangladesh new Test captain on Facebook
04:21 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayCricket lover Sajeeb Wazed Joy uploaded a photo with Bangladesh’s Test captain Shakib Al Hasan on his verified Facebook page on Monday morning...
Venezuela opposition parties banned from election
03:41 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayThe President of Venezuela has said the country's main opposition parties are banned from taking part in next year's presidential election...
Jerusalem issue: President to join special OIC summit today
02:39 AM, 11 Dec 2017 MondayPresident M Abdul Hamid will join Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) special summit convened on December 13 over the unilateral US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital sparking protests across the Muslim world...
Shakib made new Test captain
12:30 PM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayBangladesh cricket superstar Shakib Al Hasan has been appointed as the Test captain following a general meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
Bangladesh losing 1pc GDP every year due to air pollution: WB
12:14 PM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayDhaka and other cities face severe air and water pollution due to rapid and unplanned urbanization. To achieve an upper-middle income status, Bangladesh must check environmental degradation, particularly in the urban areas and become climate resilient, says a new World Bank analysis...
Every house will be illuminated: PM
10:42 AM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated that her government will illuminate every house of the country, saying that desired development is not possible without electricity. Production of electricity is very much needed for the development of the country...
Prof Mahmudul gets Japanese FM’s commendation
09:45 AM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayJapanese Foreign Minister’s commendation was conferred on Mahmudul Haque, a professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Dhaka University, on Saturday at the official residence of Japanese ambassador...
PM opens ‘Sheikh Hasina Software Park’
08:04 AM, 10 Dec 2017 Sunday‘Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park’ in Jessore started its journey today as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the newly-built park opening a new horizon of potentiality in the country's ICT sector...
Trump drinks 12 cans of Diet Coke daily
07:17 AM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayDonald Trump voraciously drinks Diet Coke, is addicted to watching news and uses TV to manipulate his own moods, insiders say.
PM flies to Paris on Monday to attend One Planet Summit
06:11 AM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here on Monday for France to attend the One Planet Summit in Paris...
PM opens 4 power plants, 100pc electrification in 10 UZs
05:30 AM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated four new power plants including two solar power plants as well 100 percent electrification in 10 upazilas. The prime minister opened the four power plants and 100 percent electrification in 10 upazilas through a videoconferencing from her official...
2 youths killed in BSF shooting
05:05 AM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayIndian Border Security Force (BSF) shot two Bangladeshi youths dead at DMC char area of Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Saturday midnight...
Bank guard burnt alive in N’ganj market fire
04:31 AM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayA security guard was burnt alive in a fire at a branch of United Commercial Bank (UCB) limited at a city corporation market in Narayanganj in the wee hours of Sunday. The deceased was identified as Selim, 45. The reason behind the fire could not be known immediately...
Dangal actress Zaira allegedly molested on Delhi-Mumbai flight
03:53 AM, 10 Dec 2017 SundayDangal actress Zaira Wasim has been allegedly molested on a Delhi-Mumbai flight by a man who was sitting behind her...