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12 Nobel laureates urges UNSC to end Rohingya crisis
12:55 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayTwelve Nobel laureates including Muhammad Yunus and fifteen eminent global citizens on Wednesday wrote an open letter to United Nations Security Council (UNSC) urging it to...
Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi to address nation on Sept 19
12:26 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMyanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi will address the crisis engulfing Rakhine state next week, in her first speech since scores were killed in violence that has sent nearly 380,000 Rohingya...
Shane Warne turns 48
11:38 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayA short walk, a leap and you see the ball whizz out of the hand, turning, bouncing and mesmerising batsmen. For 15 years, Shane Warne made international cricket's greatest...
DU admission tests begin Friday with ‘Ga’ unit exams
11:27 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayThe first-year honors admission tests of Dhaka University (DU) under academic session 2016-2017 will begin on Friday with entry test of Business Studies faculty under "Ga-Unit"...
Salman Khan’s injured photos go viral on social media
10:37 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdaySalman Khan is gearing up for the release of the kick-ass action film ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ which is just few months away. He’ll be seen along with ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif in the movie directed...
Al Qaeda warns Myanmar of ‘punishment’ over Rohingya
09:55 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayAl Qaeda militants have called for support for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, who are facing a security crackdown that has sent about 400,000 of them fleeing to Bangladesh, warning that Myanmar would face...
Who are the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army?
09:31 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMore than 300,000 Rohingya have been forced to flee their ancestral homeland in Myanmar's western region of Rakhine amid a campaign of murder, torture, arson and mass rape by...
Khadem, another slaughtered at Munshiganj shrine
08:45 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayTwo women, including a khadem (caretaker) of a mazar (shrine), were found dead at a...
Message to the world from Begum, a Rohingya
08:00 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMy life has been one long struggle. My husband died 25 years ago, and since then I have been...
Bodies of 6 Rohingyas recovered after boat sinks in Naf River
07:19 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayBodies of six Rohingyas, including four children, who tried to enter Bangladesh amid fresh...
Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis
05:34 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMyanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly session in New York, a party spokesman said on Wednesday.
Champions League: Barcelona beat Juventus 3-0
04:31 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayWhen Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta was serenaded off the pitch on Tuesday following a vintage...
N Korea threatens US with ‘greatest pain’ after UN sanctions
03:15 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayNorth Korea has said the United States will "suffer the greatest pain" over its role in bringing forth the latest sanctions on Pyongyang. "The forthcoming measures ... will make the US suffer the greatest pain it ever experienced in its history," North Korea's Ambassador to the UN Han Tae Song...
Apple launches three new iPhones
02:49 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayApple launched three new iPhones on Tuesday at its event in Cupertino: iPhone 8, iPhone 8...
Tamim’s World XI bowl in historic game in Pakistan
02:37 PM, 12 Sep 2017 TuesdayFaf du Plessis, the World XI captain, chose to bowl in front of an expectant crowd at the Gaddafi Stadium, where the first T20I against Pakistan got underway.
HC stays mark deduction for 2nd time medical aspirants
02:33 PM, 12 Sep 2017 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) on Tuesday stayed a government decision to deduct five marks from the total obtained by second time admission seekers in medical and dental colleges.
BB to give award to encourage inflow of remittances
02:10 PM, 12 Sep 2017 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) will give remittance award to the highest remittance senders and the highest remittance receiving institutions for encouraging Non Residence Bangladeshis (NRBs) to send money through legal channels.
Rohingya refugee numbers in Bangladesh surge to 370,000
01:19 PM, 12 Sep 2017 TuesdayThe number of Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Burma has soared to about 370,000, according to the UN refugee agency. The new estimate from the UNHCR is more than 50,000 higher than Monday’s figure after aid agencies reached “more villages, hamlet and pockets where refugees have gathered” in Bangladesh.
Like India, China too backs Myanmar on Rohingya issue
12:06 PM, 12 Sep 2017 TuesdayChina and India rarely see themselves on the same side, but in the case of Myanamar and the Rohingya issue, it appears they are. Undeterred by the UN Human Rights Council's criticism of India on the issue a day earlier, China on Tuesday said it backed the Myanmar administration's
GUB VC presents key note at the 7th World Edu Summit
10:58 AM, 12 Sep 2017 TuesdayGreen University of Bangladesh (GUB) vice chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Golam Samdani Fakir presented key note at the 7th World Education Summit held in Bengalore, India on September 9, 2017.