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PM opens 4 road dev projects in Cumilla

01:38 PM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

Prime Minister Sheikh on Thursday inaugurated just-completed four road development projects in Cumilla expressing her firm optimism that Bangladesh would advance further keeping its head high....

Salman Khan convicted in blackbuck poaching case

01:09 PM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

A Jodhpur court of India on Thursday convicted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the two-decades-old blackbuck poaching case, reports Hindustan Times...

Myanmar to accept 675 refugees from Bangladesh

12:53 PM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

Myint Kyaing, Permanent Secretary of Immigration and Population Department of Myanmar, said, they were ready to accept 675 refugees from Bangladesh, reports Mizzima News of Myanmar...

Khaleda’s bail extended till April 22

12:38 PM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

The court has extended till April 22 the bail for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia charitable graft case. Special Judge Court-5 judge Md Akhteruzzaman on Thursday passed the order following a petition filed by Khaleda’s lawyer....

Rohingya rehabilitation in Bhasan Char to start in June

12:04 PM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

Bangladesh will begin relocating around 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a desolate island off its southern coast in June, a senior official said on Wednesday, despite warnings the site is prone to violent weather...

BCL 29th national council on May 11-12

11:31 AM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

The 29th national council of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a student wing of ruling Awami League, will be held on May 11 and 12. Besides, Dhaka Metro South, North and Dhaka University councils will be held on April 24, 26 and 29 respectively...

SUST website hacked

10:33 AM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

The official website of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) was hacked by a hacker named ‘SWE 2017-18’ on Wednesday night...

First Saudi cinema in 35 years to open on April 18

09:32 AM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

The Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information has signed an agreement with AMC Entertainment Holdings, controlled by China's Dalian Wanda, to open around 40 cinemas in 15 cities in Saudi Arabia over the next five years, reports Arab News...

Facebook says data leak hits 87 million users

08:33 AM, 05 Apr 2018 Thursday

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million, reports Reuters...

Govt mulls tax on Facebook, YouTube and Google

09:43 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

The government is planning to introduce tax on social networking site Facebook, video sharing website YouTube and Popular search engine Google in the next fiscal year. Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, chairman of the National Board of Revenue...

MS rod price to decrease Tk 1,000 per ton

08:40 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

Owners of the Steel and Re-rolling Industries on Wednesday announced that they would cut Taka 1,000 from the existing price of the per ton MS rod....

6 promoted as secretary

07:06 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

The government has promoted six acting secretaries to the post of secretary in the administration....

Indian woman Rupali fights off tiger with stick

06:44 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

A young Indian woman was lucky to survive, doctors say, after she fought off a tiger which attacked her goat...

DSCC to conduct cleaning programme ahead of Pohela Boishakh

06:09 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will conduct a daylong symbolic cleaning programme titled 'Detol Clean Dhaka' on April 13 in the capital ahead of the Pohela Boishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year....

3 get life term for rape in C’nawabganj

05:23 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

A court here on Wednesday sentenced three persons to life term imprisonment for raping a girl in Sadar upazila two years ago....

Stocks witness flat on lower transactions

05:09 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

Stock markets witnessed flat on Wednesday when daily transactions declined on lower demand....

3 killed in Mymensingh road accident

05:05 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

Three people, including a couple, were killed and two others injured as a private car hit a truck in bypass area of the district town early morning....

BNP leader Dudu released from jail

03:59 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has been released from prison on bail....

Five religious babas get ministerial status in India

02:10 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

Five religious leaders have been given 'Minister of State' (MoS) status by the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, a move seen by the opposition Congress as linked to state elections this year...

SME advisory centre to be set up in every district: PM

01:22 PM, 04 Apr 2018 Wednesday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government would establish SME advisory centers in all district and Upazilas, which will act as one-stop centers to provide service to the entrepreneurs...