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Pope Francis due in city Nov 30
12:01 PM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayPope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church will arrive here on November 30 on a three-day visit to...
Bangladesh take 88 runs lead after second day’s play
11:33 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayShakib Al Hasan marked the first day of his 50th Test match by scoring a half-century; on the second day, he continued the party with a five-wicket haul. There is every reason to think that by the end of this match, he might be celebrating Bangladesh's first ever Test win over Australia. But that is getting...
Ram Rahim gets 20 years in jail for rape
10:26 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondaySelf-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail for rape...
Australia bundled out for 217
09:44 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayAustralia were bundled out for 217 runs as the Tigers took a 43-run first innings lead against the Aussies in the first test match of the two match Test series in Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday.
PRAN supports Bidyanondo Foundation’s Ek Takay Ahar program
09:08 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayPRAN supported Bidyanondo Foundation’s ‘Ek Takay Ahar' (food for a single penny) program. A large number of street children took part at the lunch held at Kamalapur and Airport Railway...
After Ram Rahim Verdict, Alia reportedly confined to hotel
08:36 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayBollywood actress Alia Bhatt and the unit of the film Raazi are currently in limbo in Patiala after Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's conviction for rape forced them to suspend...
Presumed militant killed in bomb explosion in Mymensingh
08:18 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayA presumed militant was reportedly killed in a blast as he was making a bomb in a rented house in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh yesterday evening, police said. Mymensingh Additional Superintendent of Police Mohammad Nur-e-alam said police cordoned off...
Pakistan postpones US visit after Trump speech
07:00 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayPakistan postponed a visit by a U.S. acting Assistant Secretary of State, officials said, as small protests broke out against President Donald Trump’s accusations that Islamabad was prolonging the war in Afghanistan...
Maxwell, Wade depart as Aussies crumble
06:29 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayAustralia went to lunch at 6-123 on day two of the first Test in Dhaka after Bangladesh claimed three more wickets in the morning session to be well on top in the contest. Steve Smith was bowled for eight inside the first 15 minutes of the day as Australia...
Rohingya: ‘Even a baby was not spared by the army’
06:22 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayThe Myanmar army has been accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings in the restive Rakhine region, with residents and activists accusing soldiers of shooting indiscriminately at unarmed...
Sierra Leone mudslides ‘kill more than 1,000’
06:01 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayMore than 1,000 people have died from the mudslide and flooding that hit Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, nearly two weeks ago, according to a local leader and a minister...
ISIS threatens to behead ex-porn star Mia Khalifa
05:35 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayA Lebanese-American ex-porn star says ISIS threatened to behead her in gruesome mocked-up execution photos...
Dhoni sleeps on field as crowd trouble stops match
05:21 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayCrowd trouble forced the umpires to stop play for about 35 minutes when India were cruising to a series clinching win in the third ODI in Pallekele on Sunday...
Indian ‘rape guru’ awaits sentencing amid huge security
04:48 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayAn Indian guru convicted of rape awaited sentencing Monday, with authorities ramping up security amid fears of fresh violence days after protests over his guilty verdict left 36 dead...
Smith goes early on day two
04:30 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondaySteve Smith was bowled for eight inside the first 15 minutes of day two as Australia's first Test predicament went from bad to worse in Dhaka. Bangladesh spinner Mehedi Hasan knocked over an advancing Smith, the Aussie skipper looking to whip the ball through a vacant midwicket...
Major floods in Houston, 5 dead
04:09 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayAt least five deaths and more than a dozen injuries were reported by Sunday in the aftermath of Harvey, the hurricane that tore across the Gulf Coast of Texas over the weekend. The powerful system, now a tropical storm, pounded the region with torrential rains that were...
IIT Professor drowns trying to save son after selfie fall
03:39 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayAn IIT Kharagpur professor drowned while trying to rescue his four-year-old son, who had fallen into a water body, in West Midnapore district of West Bengal, on Sunday...
No panic from Australia: Lyon
02:48 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayNathan Lyon insists Australia are not panicking despite being rocked by a frantic - and potentially match-defining - conclusion to the opening day of their Qantas Tour of Bangladesh...
2 Bangladeshis killed in Qatar road crash
02:17 AM, 28 Aug 2017 MondayTwo Bangladeshi citizens were killed in a road accident at Umm Salal in Qatar on Sunday midnight local time. The deceased are Moksud Box, 32 and Foysal Ahmed, 28, hailing from Moulvibazar...
Death anniversary of Nazrul observed at DU
02:23 PM, 27 Aug 2017 SundayThe authorities of Dhaka University (DU) today observed the 41st death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam with due solemnity.