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Plane crash: US-Bangla to brief journalists Sunday

11:15 AM, 21 Apr 2018 Saturday

The US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi airline, will arrange a press conference on Sunday to inform the latest information on its plane crash at Kathmandu in Nepal that killed 52 people including 26 Bangladeshis...

Twitter bans ads from Russia’s Kaspersky Lab

10:41 AM, 21 Apr 2018 Saturday

Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has banned ads from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, saying the cyber-security company’s business model conflicts with advertising rules and citing U.S. government claims that Kaspersky has ties to Russian intelligence agencies...

Israeli soldiers kill 4 Palestinians at Gaza rally

09:59 AM, 21 Apr 2018 Saturday

Israeli forces have shot dead four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, as more than 10,000 gathered in a mass demonstration in the besieged Gaza Strip demanding the right of return for Palestinian refugees...

North Korea suspends nuclear, missile tests

09:26 AM, 21 Apr 2018 Saturday

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced that his country will suspend nuclear and missile tests immediately, according to state media. The announcement on Saturday came amid increasingly decreasing tensions on the Korean peninsula ahead of a landmark summit between the North and the South next week...

Gunmen kill 4 policemen in Saudi Arabia

09:15 AM, 21 Apr 2018 Saturday

Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says four policemen were killed after gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in the southwestern province of Asir, which borders Yemen. A ministry statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency says two of the gunmen were arrested following the attack...

Quota reformists demand DU Sufia Kamal Hall provost’s removal

09:30 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council on Friday demanded immediate removal of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall Provost for “throwing out” several female students from the hall on Thursday midnight...

BNP out to spread rumors to thwart JS polls: Maya

07:56 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Bir Bikram, on Friday said BNP is out to spread rumors centering baseless issues to thwart the next Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election...

Commonwealth backs Prince Charles as next head

07:35 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Commonwealth leaders agreed Friday that Prince Charles should follow his mother Queen Elizabeth II as the next head of the group, the BBC and other media reported...

3 residential students handed over to guardians: DU VC

06:09 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman on Friday said that three students of Sufia Kamal Hall were handed over to their guardians on Thursday for spreading falsehood and rumors in social media....

Sehwag saved the IPL by picking me: Gayle

05:28 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

On Thursday night at Mohali's PCA Stadium, the leading run-scorer in Twenty20 cricket lit up the IPL with the first century of season 11 - and it was an innings that rolled back the years...

BFUJ condemns attack on Ekattor TV journalist in UK

05:11 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) on Friday condemned Thursday's attack on Ekattor Television special correspondent Farzana Rupa in the United Kingdom (UK)...

Chargesheet in Gulshan cafe attack next month: police

04:55 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Chargesheet in the case of July 1, 2016 militant attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan area of the capital city will be submitted to the concerned court next month as investigation into the matter reached its final stage....

Mobile court to conduct drive ahead of KCC polls

02:40 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Ten mobile courts will begin drives on Tuesday ahead of Khulna City Corporation polls.

YouTube video reunites Indian man with family after 40 years

01:32 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

An Indian man missing for 40 years was to be reunited with his family on Thursday after a...

#MeToo hits Pakistan as allegations mount against leading singer

01:07 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Pressure mounted Friday against Pakistani singer Ali Zafar after he was hit with a sexual...

Gayle says ‘nothing to prove’ after IPL ton

12:07 PM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, who struggled to find an Indian Premier League...

Kathmandu airport closed after jet skids off runway

11:12 AM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Kathmandu airport was closed Friday after a Malaysian jet with 139 people on board aborted...

Bangladesh PM seeks Commonwealth reform

09:58 AM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Commonwealth's reform appeared essential to cater evolving needs and member states' expectations as she joined the first executive session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

Sheikh Hasina, Modi hold talks, discusses bilateral issues

08:47 AM, 20 Apr 2018 Friday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra...

KXIP win toss, opt to bat against SRH

09:03 PM, 19 Apr 2018 Thursday

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mohali on Thursday.