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Bangladesh among countries where journalists are killed with impunity
07:19 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayBangladesh has been listed among the 12 countries in the world where journalists are slain and the killers evade justice...
Modi gifts a football to Bhutan Prince
05:32 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a football to Bhutanese Prince Jigme Namgyal Wangchuk when the Himalayan kingdom’s royal family called on him at his official residence here on Wednesday evening, reports The Statesman...
Pakistan secure top slot in ICC T20 rankings
05:10 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayPakistan Twenty20 team has secured the number one position at the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings following a 53-run defeat to New Zealand at the hands of India in the first match of a three-match series.
2 dead in shooting inside suburban Denver Walmart
05:06 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayAt least two people were killed and one wounded in a shooting inside a Walmart store in suburban Denver on Wednesday, police said...
UK defense minister resigns in growing harassment scandal
04:45 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayUK defense minister Michael Fallon quit on Wednesday saying his conduct had fallen below the high standards demanded of his position, the first resignation in a sexual harassment scandal in parliament...
Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine
04:28 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayMyanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Rakhine on her first visit to the violence-torn state. Government officials say she is visiting the regional capital Sittwe and other towns during a one-day unannounced trip...
Father, daughter found dead in capital
04:03 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayPolice recovered the bodies of a father and her daughter from a room on the rooftop of a rented house at Uttar Badda in the capital early Thursday...
Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Sheffield
03:39 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayAung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the Freedom of Sheffield because of her response to the Rohingya refugee crisis...
Hasina now 30th on Forbes’ list of 100 most powerful women
02:57 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayPrime minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 30th among the world’s 100 most powerful women in 2017, according to the Forbes’ list. With this, she has seen a significant elevation in her position in the list - from 36th in 2016...
India power plant explosion kills 20
02:26 AM, 02 Nov 2017 ThursdayAt least 20 people were killed and over 100 injured following a blast in a boiler pipe at NTPC Unchahar power plant at Raebareli district in Uttar Pradesh of India, 110 km from Lucknow, on Wednesday evening...
EU wants Rohingya’s safe, dignified return to Rakhine
03:55 PM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayEuropean Union (EU) Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides today said EU wanted “safe and dignified” return of Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar as he called on foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali at his office.
BD-19 take on Nepal in 1st one-dayer tomorrow
03:29 PM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayBangladesh U-19 team will take on visiting Nepal U-19 team in the first youth one-dayer...
President visits Rajshahi Central Jail
03:21 PM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid, now on a two-day tour of Rajshahi, today visited different wards in...
Putin visits Tehran for talks on Syria, nuclear deal
02:59 PM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayRussian President Vladimir Putin met Iran’s leadership on Wednesday (Nov 1) in Tehran as the two Damascus allies push a Syria peace plan and the Kremlin offers its backing for a landmark
Income Tax Fair begins with Tk 3,000cr revenue collection target
02:53 PM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayThe weeklong Income Tax Fair-2017 kicked off in the capital and other parts of the country...
Mother, son slaughtered to death at Kakrail
01:59 PM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayA woman and his son have been slaughtered to death by miscreants in the capital’s Kakrail. The incident took place at their house on Wednesday evening.
TIB for resolving Rohingya crisis through diplomatic efforts
01:05 PM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayTransparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman today said Bangladesh can resolve the Rohingya crisis by carrying out diplomatic efforts in the international arena.
Four neo-JMB militants put on remand
12:31 PM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayA Dhaka court today put four alleged members of militant outfit neo-JMB including now...
PM thanks UNESCO for recognizing Bangabandhu’s 7th March address
11:33 AM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today extended her thanks to UNSECO for recognizing...
Facebook releases video on Bangladesh’s Search English group
11:30 AM, 01 Nov 2017 WednesdayFacebook, a social media platform, has recently released a documentary on ‘Search English’, a Bangladesh-based Facebook group. The popular social network in Bangladesh