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Viqarunnisa teacher Hasna gets bail
05:49 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayThe teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Hasna Hena has been granted bail in a case filed for instigating the suicide of a Class-IX student Aritree Adhikari. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Billah on Sunday passed the order on condition of a bond of Tk 5000 until the police report is submitted...
Bangladesh tick most boxes in dominating first ODI victory
05:24 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundaySpin, pace and sagacious batting took Bangladesh to a five-wicket win over West Indies in the first ODI in Dhaka. The only plan the visiting side seemed to have when defending a below-par 195 for 9 was to blow the home batsmen away with pace. But that wasn't a very useful ploy on a slow and low pitch...
JaPa gets 29 seats from AL-led alliance
04:25 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayThe ruling Awami League-led grand alliance has given 29 seats to the candidates of Jatiya Party (JaPa) to contest the 11th parliamentary election which is scheduled to be held on December 30...
Trump chief of staff John Kelly to leave White House job
03:49 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayUS President Donald Trump has announced that his chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by the end of the year. There have been persistent reports for several days that Gen Kelly was under pressure to go...
PM for mother’s special attention to children
02:50 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon parents specially mothers to give attention to groom up their children as worthy citizens with the ideals of Begum Rokeya. “Especially the mothers should give attention to the children so that they don’t become bending to militancy, terrorism and drug,” she said...
WI bat; Shakib, Tamim, Mustafizur among 5 Bangladesh changes
01:18 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayWest Indies stand-in captain Rovman Powell won the toss and decided to bat against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Dhaka. The decision was slightly surprising given the amount of dew that usually falls at the Shere Bangla National Stadium around 7.00 pm onwards...
Viqarunnisa student sit on hunger strike for teacher’s release
01:02 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayA group of students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College has been continuing their movement for the consecutive three days demanding the release of teacher Hasna Hena from jail. Now the students are observing the hunger strike after boycotting the classes in the same demand...
Priyanka Chopra: US writer sorry for ‘scam artist’ comment
12:03 PM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayA US journalist has apologised after writing that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra was a "scam artist" who had trapped US singer Nick Jonas into marrying her to further her career...
PM hands over Rokeya Padak
11:42 AM, 09 Dec 2018 SundayBegum Rokeya Padak has been handed over to five prominent women for their outstanding performances in women empowerment in the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the award to them at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Sunday morning. This year, former state minister of Women and Children affairs Jinnatunnesa Talukder...
Sheikh Hasina for united efforts to ensure Grand Alliance’s victory
09:24 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayPrime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today expressed...
Miss World 2018 is Mexico’s Vanessa Ponce de Leon
08:47 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayThe moment that was magical for all present there when Miss World 2018 was...
Begum Rokeya Day Sunday
07:25 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayBegum Rokeya Day will be observed tomorrow across the country with due respect...
Motivated Bangladesh face West Indies in first ODI Sunday
07:12 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayMotivated Bangladesh take on West Indies in the first ODI of the two-match series...
EC rejects Khaleda’s appeals
06:39 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayThe Election Commission (EC) has rejected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s candidacies following she filed three appeal petitions with the EC against the rejection of her nominations for Feni-1, Bogura-6 and Bogura-7 constituencies.
No technocrat ministers in cabinet from Dec 9: Quader
05:44 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said there will be no...
Oikyafront’s meeting postponed
05:19 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayThe Jatiya Oikyafront has postponed its pre-schedule coordination committee meeting. The meeting was scheduled to be held at Oikyafront’s Old Paltan office at around 3:30 pm on Saturday. Shah Ahmed Badol, a leader of the Oikyafront, told Jago News that...
Oikyafront to meet this afternoon, final contestants list may be published
03:43 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayThe coordination committee of Jatiya Oikyafront is going to meet this afternoon to fix the final contestants list for the upcoming national polls scheduled to be held on December 30. The meeting will be held at Oikyafront’s Old Paltan office at around 3:30 pm on Saturday.
President asks army to be alert to defend sovereignty
02:52 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayPresident M Abdul Hamid today asked the newly-inducted military officers to remain always alert for safeguarding the country’s hard-earned independence and sovereignty keeping in mind the cost the nation had to pay for it...
Decision on Khaleda’s candidacies in afternoon
02:25 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayThe Election Commission (EC) has kept the decision pending on the appeals of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia filed against the rejection of her nominations for Feni-1, Bogura-6 and Bogura-7 constituencies. The EC will hear the appeals and take the decision around 5pm on Saturday...
US accuses Huawei CFO of Iran sanctions cover-up
12:26 PM, 08 Dec 2018 SaturdayHuawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer faces U.S. accusations that she covered up her company’s links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions, a Canadian prosecutor said on Friday, arguing against giving her bail while she awaits...