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Charges framed against Tarique, 3 others in sedition case
06:32 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayA Dhaka court has framed charges against BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, former ETV Chairman Abdus Salam and two others in a sedition case. The two other accused are former ETV chief reporter Mahathir Farooki Khan and former special correspondent Kanak Sarwar...
ACC arrests Pankaj Roy in corruption case
05:54 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday morning arrested the chairman of Alliance Securities & Management Limited Pankaj Roy from his residence at Dhanmondi in the capital in connection with a corruption case. Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Deputy Director of ACC, confirmed the matter to the Jagonews24.com...
AL leader slaughtered to death in Satkhira
04:44 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayUnknown miscreants killed a local leader of Awami League (AL) by slitting his throat at Koikhali Beribadh area of Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Solaiman Gazi, son of late Mokched Ali, general secretary of ward no. 9 unit of AL under the Nolta union of Kaliganj upazila...
Arab League declares Hezbollah a terrorist organization
04:32 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondaySaudi Arabia ramped up its campaign against Iran's growing influence in the Arab World Sunday by persuading most of the 22 member states of the Arab League to condemn Iran's Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, as a "terrorist organization."
Rs 10 Cr for heads of Deepika, Padmavati director: BJP official
04:05 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayThe vitriol over Bollywood film Padmavati went up a notch as a BJP office bearer from Haryana said he would double the bounty on the heads of actor Deepika Padukone and filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, to Rs. 10 crore...
Throat-slit body of madrasa student recovered in capital
03:36 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayPolice on Monday recovered a throat-slit body of an 11-year old Madrasa student from Gulistan in the capital early Monday. The deceased Md. Jidan, 11, son of Hafiz Uddin, hailing from Mymensingh was the student of Modinatul madrasa...
7.0 Magnitude quake off New Caledonia, triggering Tsunami warning
02:57 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayA powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of New Caledonia on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning, but there were no immediate reports of damage...
Morocco food stampede kills 15 and wounds many
02:38 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayAt least 15 people have been killed and several others wounded in a stampede in Morocco while food aid was distributed...
Mugabe vows to stay on despite party pressure
02:26 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayZimbabwe's embattled leader Robert Mugabe has vowed to stay in power for several weeks, despite mounting calls for him to stand down now...
China proposed three-phase plan for Rohingya issue
02:16 AM, 20 Nov 2017 MondayChina has proposed a three-phase plan for resolving the Rohingya crisis, starting with a ceasefire, that has won the support of Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Foreign Ministry said. More than 600,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late August driven out by...
Mugabe sacked as leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling party
01:44 PM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayZimbabwe’s ruling party, ZANU-PF, has voted to sack President Robert Mugabe as its leader.
India keen to invest in Bagherhat, Saidpur airports
01:35 PM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayIndia is keen to provide support to Bangladesh in building Khan Jahan Ali Khan airport in boarder district Bagherhat and in modernizing Saidpur airport in Nilphamari, another frontier district.
Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi on Dec 2
01:14 PM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayHoly Eid-e-Miladunnabi will be observed in the country on December 2, commemorating the birth of Great Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on this day of the month
Japan offers help to repatriate Rohingyas
12:53 PM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayVisiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono today offered his country’s help to repatriate the Rohingya people from Bangladesh as he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
US senators dub atrocities in Myanmar as “war crime”
12:19 PM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayVisiting US Senators today dubbed as “war crimes” the atrocities inflicted on Rohingyas by Myanmar security forces as they called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a day after visiting them in their makeshift
Rangpur attack aimed at destroying relations with India: Quader
12:11 PM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said attacks on the houses at village Thakurpara ahead of the next general
ABT man held over three bloggers murder
11:06 AM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayPolice arrested an operative of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) for his suspected involvement
Hathurusingha’s first assignment against Bangladesh next year!
09:05 AM, 19 Nov 2017 SundaySri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are on the verge of signing former Test cricketer Chandika Hathurusingha as the Head Coach of the Sri Lankan team...
Ex-deputy speaker Akhtar Hamid dies
08:43 AM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayBNP’s chairperson adviser and former deputy speaker of the parliament Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui died on Sunday. He was 71...
Palestinians to suspend US ties if PLO office closed
08:25 AM, 19 Nov 2017 SundayPalestinian officials have warned that they will freeze all communication with the US, following steps by the Trump administration to close the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO)