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HC issues rule over using ‘indecent’ words in Coca-Cola adds
05:04 PM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayThe High Court today issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain as to why action shall...
Himu Akram comes up with fun-filled story
04:14 PM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayHimu Akram has made a name for himself in the Bangladesh television industry for making...
Facebook faces criminal probe of data deals: report
03:55 PM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayUS prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into Facebook’s practice of...
Over 100 Malaysian schools shut after toxic waste dump
03:05 PM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayOver 100 schools in Malaysia have been closed after the dumping of toxic waste into a river...
Quota reform leader Rashed gets ‘death threat’
12:49 PM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayQuota reform movement leader Rashed Khan, who was a general secretary candidate in DUCSU polls, was allegedly given a death threat on Wednesday night...
PM opens, lays foundation stones of 31 uplift schemes in Tangail
12:10 PM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 31 development projects in Tangail district. The prime minister opened 14 development projects and laid the foundation stones of 17 other schemes by unveiling their plaques from Kumudini Complex...
PM reaches Tangail to hand over RP Saha Gold Medal
11:57 AM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here this morning on a daylong visit to hand over “Danveer Ranada Prasad Saha Gold Medal” on Kumudini Complex in Mirzapur and inaugurate and lay foundation stones of 31 development projects in the district...
10 killed in Nigeria school building collapse
11:29 AM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayAt least 10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos...
MPs vote to reject no-deal Brexit
10:33 AM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayMPs will vote on Thursday on delaying Brexit after they rejected the idea of leaving the EU without a deal. In a night of high drama in the Commons, MPs surprised the government and voted by 312 to 308 to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances. The vote is not binding - under current law the UK could still leave without a deal on 29 March...
US grounds all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after crashes
09:49 AM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayThe United States grounded Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft over safety fears, raising questions why it took so long days after the Ethiopian Airlines crash killed all 157 people on board...
Piasa’s dream of presenting PM’s portrait becomes true
09:21 AM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayPiasa Sarkar’s dream of presenting a portrait of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to her (the premier) has become true as the class five student of Tangail could do it finally...
Facebook suffers the most severe outage in its history
08:24 AM, 14 Mar 2019 ThursdayFacebook is suffering the most severe outage in its history, with key services rendered unusable for users globally for much of Wednesday. The last time Facebook had a disruption of this magnitude was in 2008, when the site had 150m users - compared to around 2.3bn monthly users today...
Australia beat India by 35 runs, clinch series 3-2
09:56 PM, 13 Mar 2019 WednesdayAdam Zampa took three wickets while Pat Cummins and Jhye Richardson took two each as Australia beat India by 35 runs to clinch the series 3-2.
Consequent crashes concern CAAB about Boeing’s MAX-8 craft
09:25 PM, 13 Mar 2019 WednesdayThe consequent two crashes of Boeing’s newly introduced 737 MAX 8 aircraft in the past five...
Circular bus service will be introduced in capital: DSCC mayor
08:35 PM, 13 Mar 2019 WednesdayMayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon today said circular bus service...
HC expresses dismay over inaction in checking pollution
07:57 PM, 13 Mar 2019 WednesdayThe High Court today expressed its resentment on Department of Environment (DoE) for not...
NGOs spent only 25 pc fund for Rohingyas: Mozammel
06:57 PM, 13 Mar 2019 WednesdayLiberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque today blasted NGOs and aid agencies...
RCBC’s case not to create problem: BB governor
06:23 PM, 13 Mar 2019 WednesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir today said the defamation lawsuit, filed by Philippines’ Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) against the central bank, will not create any problem to the efforts to recover the stolen money...
India bans flying of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft
05:37 PM, 13 Mar 2019 WednesdayAfter China, India joined a list of countries that banned flying of the controversial Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in its airspace.
Dhaka motor show begins Thursday
04:41 PM, 13 Mar 2019 WednesdayAn international motor show, along with concurrent expositions of bikes, commercial vehicles and auto parts, will begin here tomorrow to exhibit new products and solutions to the...