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Sheikh Hasina to be accorded mass reception
02:54 AM, 04 Oct 2017 WednesdayPrime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will be accorded a mass reception on her return from the United States where she attended the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...
Catalonia independence ‘in matter of days’
02:41 AM, 04 Oct 2017 WednesdayCatalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC. In his first interview since Sunday's referendum, Carles Puigdemont said his government would...
Bangladesh, India ink $4.5bn 3rd LoC deal
02:22 AM, 04 Oct 2017 WednesdayBangladesh signed US$4.5 billion third Line of Credit (LoC) agreement with India on Wednesday in presence of Finance Minister AMA Muhith and Indian Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley...
‘Sinha sent on forced leave’
03:23 PM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdaySupreme Court Bar Association president Advocate Zainul Abedin on Tuesday said Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha did not go on leave on his own but he was forced to do so. The SCBA president came up with the remark while talking to reporters in front of the bar association building...
UN, diplomats find ‘unimaginable’ suffering in Rakhine on visit
03:08 PM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe scale of the suffering inside Myanmar's Rakhine state is "unimaginable", the United Nations said Monday, after three of its members joined a belated government-steered visit...
UNODC praises ACC for anti-graft measures
02:15 PM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayA delegation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today praised the...
NU education assembly in city Oct 12
02:08 PM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayAn education assembly of National University (NU) will be held at Bangabandhu International...
Ronaldo jokes he could follow Ferdinand into boxing
01:37 PM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayCristiano Ronaldo reunited with his former Manchester United teammate Rio Ferdinand to...
Indian rape guru’s adopted daughter arrested
01:11 PM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayPolice in India have arrested Honeypreet Insan, the adopted daughter of controversial guru...
Deactivation of illegal mobile handset soon: Tarana
12:22 PM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayProcess of deactivating the illegal mobile handset in the country would begin soon...
3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics
11:11 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayThe Nobel Physics Prize 2017 has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in...
Indian finance minister in city on 3-day official visit
10:18 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayIndian Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley arrived here this afternoon on a...
CJ is a cancer patient: Law Minister
08:43 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayLaw Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said the chief justice went on the leave for treatment as he was suffering from cancer and different other ailments. He (CJ) mentioned about his disease in the letter sent to President Abdul Hamid, said the Law Minister during his briefing to the journalists at the Secretariat...
Myanmar beauty queen dethroned over graphic Rakhine video
08:13 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayA Myanmar beauty queen has been disqualified from a major international pageant just days before she was scheduled to compete after she released a video statement that blames the...
Nawaz Sharif re-elected PML-N president
07:00 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayDeposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was re-elected on Tuesday as president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)...
Saudi King to start Russia visit on Thursday
06:07 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayKing Salman of Saudi Arabia will arrive in Russia this week to conduct the first official visit to the country by a Saudi king, a senior Kremlin aide said Monday (Oct 2)...
PM offers condolence at Las Vegas mass shooting
05:40 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered profound condolence at the tragic deaths of 59 people in a mindless and deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, the USA on Sunday night...
PM leaves Washington for London
05:12 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Washington on Tuesday morning Bangladesh time (Washington time 10:15 pm on Monday) for London en route home wrapping up her 16-day official visit to the United States...
Suu Kyi’s ‘Freedom of Oxford’ under threat
04:28 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayAn honour granting Aung San Suu Kyi the Freedom of Oxford may be withdrawn by the city's council, amid criticism of her response to the Rohingya crisis...
Justice Wahhab acting CJ during Sinha’s leave
03:57 AM, 03 Oct 2017 TuesdayJustice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, a senior judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, will discharge the responsibility of chief justice during the absence of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha...