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‘383 Indian policemen killed on duty in last 1 year’
05:51 AM, 21 Oct 2017 SaturdayAs many as 383 Indian police personnel, including 56 belonging to the BSF and 42 from the Jammu and Kashmir, have laid down their lives in the line of duty in last one year...
Pablo Neruda ‘did not die of cancer’: Experts
05:31 AM, 21 Oct 2017 SaturdayChilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said. The Nobel Laureate was said to have died of cancer in 1973, less than two weeks after a..
30 Egyptian police officers killed in desert shootout
04:50 AM, 21 Oct 2017 SaturdayArmed militants killed at least 30 policemen in a shootout during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Egypt’s Western desert, security sources said on Friday...
Mogadishu bombing death toll rises to 358
04:21 AM, 21 Oct 2017 SaturdayThe number of people killed in last week's devastating bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 358, according to the government...
Thigh injury forces Tamim to return home
03:54 AM, 21 Oct 2017 SaturdayTamim Iqbal has been ruled out of the rest of Bangladesh's tour to South Africa after aggravating the injury on his left thigh muscle for the second time in two weeks...
Mushfiq moves up five places in ICC ODI ranking
03:48 AM, 21 Oct 2017 SaturdayBangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim has gained five places in the ICC ODI rankings after the latest ranking updates were carried out on Friday...
Bangladesh’s friend Father Marino dies in Italy
03:36 AM, 21 Oct 2017 SaturdayBangladesh’s honorary citizen and freedom fighter Father Marino Rigon died while undergoing treatment in Italy’s Vicenza at 9pm on Friday (Bangladesh local time). He was 92. In a Facebook video, Ravisankar Maitree, a Bangladeshi cultural activist in Paris, confirmed the news of Father Rigon’s death...
Suicide bombers attack 2 Afghan mosques, 72 killed
03:12 AM, 21 Oct 2017 SaturdaySuicide bombers attacked two mosques in Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 72 people including children, officials and witnesses said. One bomber walked into a Shi‘ite Muslim mosque in the capital Kabul as people were praying...
30 killed in Afghan mosque attack
03:35 PM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayA suicide bomber has killed at least 30 people inside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say. An eyewitness told the BBC the scene at the Imam Zaman mosque, in the west of the city...
Attorney general forms team to challenge 16th amendment annulment
03:16 PM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayAttorney General Mahbubey Alam has formed an 11-member legal team to challenge the annulment of the 16th Constitutional Amendment, officials said today.
30 organizations win Joy Bangla Youth Award
02:25 PM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayThirty organizations have won the Joy Bangla Youth Award 2017 for their outstanding...
15 held over forgery in DU ‘Gha’ unit entry test
12:48 PM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayA total of 15 youths, including two Dhaka University (DU) students, were detained for their alleged involvement in question paper leakage and illegally using electronic devices in “Gha-Unit” admission test of the university today.
Honorarium of FFs to reach their doorsteps: Mozammel
11:56 AM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayLiberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque today said the honorarium of freedom...
President leaves for London today
10:13 AM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayPresident M Abdul Hamid leaves here for London today on eight-day visit for health checkup and treatment of eyes...
DU Gha unit admission test held
09:15 AM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayThe admission test for first year honors courses of 'Gha' unit (combined unit for science, business studies and humanities group students) under the academic session
Oxford college drops Aung San Suu Kyi from common room's name
08:58 AM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayUndergraduates at the Oxford college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied have voted to remove the leader of Myanmar’s name from the title of their junior common room because of her response to the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.
Heavy rainfall likely to continue in next 24 hours
08:31 AM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayUnder the influence of land depression over Odisha coast, India and its adjoining area, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Rajshahi, Dhaka,
Nakla Upazila chairman’s body found hanging
06:52 AM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayPolice recovered the hanging body of Nakla Upazila chairman from his residence at Kursha in the district this morning.
Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh in dire state: UNICEF
05:09 AM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayNearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh camps where they lack enough food, clean water and health care, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Bangladeshi immigrant saves woman from gang rape attempt in Italy
04:19 AM, 20 Oct 2017 FridayA woman claims she was rescued from being gang-raped by 25 men in Florence after a Bangladeshi immigrant flower seller drove them away.