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Govt allocates Tk 40 crore for roads in Rohingya camps
08:51 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayThe government has allocated Taka 40 crore for construction of roads in 12 temporary camps of Myanmar refugees in Cox's Bazar as part of its massive programmes for the rehabilitation...
Arrest warrant issued against Imran
07:21 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayA Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant against Gonojagoron Moncho spokesperson Imran H Sarker and cultural activist Sanatan Ullash in a defamation case filed for their derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Women are willing to spend $50,000 to look like Ivanka
06:54 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayIvanka Trump’s loyalties may be as questionable as her father’s perennial tan, but that’s not stopping a slew of women from wanting to look like the US President Donald Trump’s eldest...
Actor Dipjol hospitalized
06:07 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayDhallywood actor Monowar Hossain Dipjol was admitted to the Labaid Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon after falling ill...
Sushma meets Hasina, no talks on Rohingyas
05:33 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayIndian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City, but the Rohingya...
Facebook is ‘deleting’ Rohingya Muslim reports of ‘ethnic cleansing’
04:56 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayMore than 400,000 had fled the Buddhist-dominated country, also known as Myanmar, to Bangladesh after a crackdown following attacks by Rohingya militants on police targets...
Suu Kyi award suspended by UK union over Myanmar crisis
04:05 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayOne of Britain’s largest trade unions has suspended an award given to Aung San Suu Kyi during her time as a political prisoner, as international criticism mounts over her tepid...
Rohingya crisis: UK bans military training in Myanmar
03:29 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayPrime Minister Theresa May has responded to criticism that the UK has dragged its heels on “ethnic cleansing” in Burma by announcing a ban on military training in the country...
Mexico earthquake: Death toll rises to 248
02:27 AM, 20 Sep 2017 WednesdayA 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings and killing scores of people on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that devastated Mexico City...
UN chief urges Myanmar to halt military campaign against Rohingya
03:18 PM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours after Aung San Suu Kyi failed to quell an international outcry in a much-anticipated address.
Trump warns of ‘rogue nation’ threat in speech to UN
02:38 PM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump has warned of the threat from “rogue nations” in a speech to the UN General Assembly, singling out North Korea and Iran
Traders to cut rice prices
12:19 PM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayThe Rice traders assured that the prices of rice would decline from tomorrow as the government would resolve several problems related to the rice imports
Rubel denied immigration clearance to fly to South Africa
12:06 PM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayFast bowler Rubel Hossain could not travel with the Bangladesh Test squad to Johannesburg on Saturday after he was denied a boarding pass by the airlines. Till this report was filed, Rubel remained in Dhaka and his availability
6 Indians held with foreign cigarette at Shahjalal Intl Airport
11:55 AM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayCustoms intelligence early today arrested six Indian nationals along with 850 cartons of foreign cigarette worth about Taka 50 lakh from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city.
Tk 22.66 lakh fined for traffic rule violations in a day
11:47 AM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayTraffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) fined Taka 22.66 lakh and filed 3,285 cases against various modes of vehicles on charges of traffic rules violations in a daylong drive on Monday.
Suu Kyi ‘burying head in sand’ over Rohingya crisis
10:43 AM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayRohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have dismissed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s stated concern over their plight as a rights group accused her government of “burying their heads in the sand” over violence tearing through Rakhine state.
Facebook may be facing an ‘era of accountability’
08:42 AM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayThe problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it's unclear how long the internet giant will be...
H T Imam loses phone on Kolkata visit
07:48 AM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's political adviser H T Imam, in Kolkata for a meeting...
Suu Kyi’s speech at a glance
05:50 AM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday broke her silence on communal violence...
Suu Kyi condemns ‘all human rights violations’
04:34 AM, 19 Sep 2017 TuesdayAung San Suu Kyi said she "feels deeply" for the suffering of "all people" caught up in conflict scorching through Rakhine state, her first comments on a crisis that also mentioned Muslims displaced by violence.