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Argentina 4-0 Haiti: Messi scores hat-trick in WC warm-up win
10:39 AM, 30 May 2018 WednesdayArgentina showed once again how reliant they are on Lionel Messi as the Barcelona forward scored a hat-trick in their 4-0 World Cup warm-up win over Haiti on Tuesday...
Pakistan, India vow to implement 2003 ceasefire agreement
10:16 AM, 30 May 2018 WednesdayPakistan and India have agreed to curb cross-border violence to comply with a ceasefire agreement signed between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in 2003...
Kushtia BCL Vice President shot dead
08:56 AM, 30 May 2018 WednesdayThe Vice President of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Kushtia unit was shot to death by unidentified miscreants in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased Nazmul Hossain, 27, son of Altaf Hossain, of Faraji para under Haripur union in Kushtia sadar upazila. The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately...
ECNEC approves 13 projects with an outlay of Taka 9,518.62 crore
09:39 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved five similar projects to improve the respective district highways into due standard and width of Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Chattogram and Sylhet Zone with...
Bangladesh ranks 73 in global cyber security index
07:49 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayBangladesh has been ranked 73 out of 100 nations in the global cyber security index measured by the UK-based National Cyber Security Index (NCSI)...
President asks peacekeepers to uphold country’s image
07:38 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday asked Bangladesh peacekeepers to uphold country’s image in the UN peacekeeping mission through their bravery and heroic work showing utmost professionalism and expertise...
Govt working relentlessly to build Digital Bangladesh: Palak
07:20 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayState Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Tuesday said present government is working relentlessly to build Digital Bangladesh...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to address nation Wednesday
04:54 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Wednesday to brief journalists about the outcomes of her just-concluded visit to India...
Mash to run in general polls, vote him: Minister
03:57 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayBangladesh’s cricket sensations Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will contest in the upcoming general elections from his home town, Narail. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said these while briefing reporters after a meeting...
Storms, lightning kill at least 47 in India: officials
03:01 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayStorms and lightning across a swathe of northern India have killed at least 47 people, officials said Tuesday, the latest deaths from freak weather that has battered the country this month...
Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal city polls on July 30
02:28 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayRajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal city corporation elections will be held on July 30. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday announced the election schedule for the three city corporations at the Nirbachon Bhaban in Dhaka...
I’d give up Barcelona title for World Cup glory: Messi
02:10 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayArgentina captain Lionel Messi said he would swap a Barcelona title for a trophy with the national team ahead of the World Cup in Russia...
BCS written exams: 39, 38 on Aug 3, 8
01:15 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayThe written examinations of 39th special BCS will be held on August 3 while 38th BCS will be started from August 8.Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Tuesday announced the dates in a syndicate meeting...
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal 3
12:13 PM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayMaritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three due to the depression over the Bay of Bengal. In a bulletin issued on Tuesday, the met office advised all fishing boats and trawlers in North Bay and deep sea to come close to the coast and not to venture into deep sea...
12 drug traders killed across country including Dhaka
10:33 AM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayTwelve drug traders were killed in reported gunfights in Dhaka, Cumilla, Jashore, Kushtia, Brahmanbaria, Thakurgaon, Barguna, Mymensingh and Satkhira in the early hours of Tuesday. In Dhaka, a drug trader was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Ashiyan city field of Dakshin Khan area in the capital at 12:15 am...
Petition seeks Nobel Prize nomination for Mahathir
09:06 AM, 29 May 2018 TuesdayTun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has become the subject of an online petition lobbying for the Prime Minister to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize this year...
PM hosts iftar for professionals
09:36 PM, 28 May 2018 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hosted an Iftar party in honour of the leaders of various professional organisations at her official Ganobhaban residence in Dhaka. Those who attended the iftar party included vice-chancellors and teachers of different public and private universities, editors and journalists of different newspapers...
AL organizes briefing for diplomats
09:32 PM, 28 May 2018 MondayThe Awami League’s International Affairs Sub-Committee today organized a ‘Diplomatic...
Wawrinka knocked out of French Open in round one
08:58 PM, 28 May 2018 MondayFormer champion Stan Wawrinka was knocked out of the French Open in the first round when he...
Tibet gets warmer, wetter
08:03 PM, 28 May 2018 MondaySouthwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region is getting warmer and wetter due to global climate...