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National

National Moon Sighting Committee meets today

10:16 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Sunday to fix the date of holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi of Hijri 1439 and review reports of moon sighting of Rabiul Awal month...

Education

Demo at RU, demand rescuing abducted-female student

09:24 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

Students of Rajshahi University demonstrated at the campus in demand of rescuing a female student, who was allegedly abducted by her former husband from the campus on

International

Over 100 Rohingyas drowned since Aug 25: UN

08:42 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

More than 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees have drowned in shipwrecks and boat incidents since the beginning of the crisis on Aug. 25, the UN said on Friday...

Sports

Dhaka Dynamites set 202-run target for Rajshahi Kings

07:56 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

Dhaka Dynamites scored 201 for seven against Rajshahi Kings in the 19th match of the AKS Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur on Saturday.

Entertainment

Folk singer Bari Siddique is on life support

07:34 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

Noted folk singer-composer and flautist Bari Siddiqui is on life support in the intensive care unit at Square Hospital in Dhaka.

National

10 Bangladeshis named in Paradise Papers

07:25 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

A total of ten Bangladeshis including BNP Chairperson’s adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo have been named in the Paradise Papers, a fresh leak of financial documents revealing how the powerful and wealthy secretly invested vast amounts of money in offshore tax havens...

Sports

Sri Lanka bowl out India for 172 in 1st Test

07:09 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

Cheteshwar Pujara made a gritty 52 before India were bowled out for 172 on day three of the rain-hit first Test against Sri Lanka in Kolkata on Saturday.

International

Zimbabwe ruling party says Mugabe should step down

04:52 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

On a day Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe appeared in public for the first time since his nation plunged into political crisis, his ruling party is reportedly calling for him to step down...

Sci-Tech

Facebook launches Facebook Creator App

04:06 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

Facebook hoping to court more video creators to its platform with the launch of a new app...

Sports

Tennis star Serena Williams marries Alexis Ohanian

03:54 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

Tennis star Serena Williams has married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in one of the biggest showbiz weddings of the year...

Politics

PM Hasina arrives at Suhrawardy Udyan rally

03:25 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

A grand rally will be held in city's Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday to celebrate the recognition of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's historic March 7 speech as a world documentary heritage by UNESCO...

International

India, China hold first border talks post-Doklam

03:07 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

India and China held their first border talks after the Doklam military standoff, which ended last August, in Beijing on Friday. The talks under the Working...

International

6.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet

02:54 AM, 18 Nov 2017 Saturday

A strong intensity earthquake measuring 6.9 on Richter Scale hit Tibet's Nyingchi prefecture, located close to Arunachal Pradesh border, in the early hours of Saturday...