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Rakhine is home of Rohingyas: Canada’s special envoy

09:03 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Canadian Prime Minister’s special envoy to Myanmar Bob Rae on Monday called for more international engagements for safe repatriation of Rohingyas saying that Myanmar’s Rakhine state is their homeland and described the crisis as a “too bigger” problem for Bangladesh...

UK foreign minister Boris Johnson resigns

08:34 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

British foreign minister Boris Johnson resigned on Monday, following former-Brexit minister...

BNP out to hatch conspiracy centering quota movement: Quader

08:16 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday charged the BNP with hatching conspiracy centering the quota reform movement in the wake of the party’s failure to wage any anti-government agitation...

Duke of Sussex to attend 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam

07:47 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

The Duke of Sussex will join Sentebale Let Youth Lead Advocates from Lesotho and...

4-day BGB-BGP conference begins in Dhaka

06:49 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

A four-day conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar’s Border Guard...

BB to hold meeting with economists on Wednesday

06:37 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will hold a consultation with economists and business leaders on Wednesday for taking suggestions on upcoming Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the first half of the 2018-19 financial year...

Eight of 13 young footballers rescued from Thai cave

05:37 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Rescue divers have headed back inside a flooded cave complex in Thailand to rescue more members of the stranded soccer team — and appear to have made their first rescue of the day...

Qubee announces plan to switch to LTE

05:17 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Limited (AWBBL) which has been offering broadband internet service in Bangladesh with the brand name of “Qubee” on Monday announced its plan of switching to LTE (4G) Services all over the country in phase...

Second phase of Thai cave rescue operation underway

04:54 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Thai authorities said the second phase of the operation to rescue a youth soccer team trapped in a flooded cave was underway Monday, a day after four boys were pulled from the complex after more than two weeks underground.

DU restricts to outsiders

04:10 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Dhaka University authorities on Monday announced that they would not allow any outsider to roam around the university campus without permission of the relevant officials.

Cabinet okays draft of Jatiya Krishi Niti-2018

04:03 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

The cabinet has given approval to the draft of the Jatiya Krishi Niti-2018 with an objective of making the agriculture sector safe and profitable for farmers and attaining food and nutrition security for the people...

Strike at Ctg pvt hospitals withdrawn

02:32 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Indefinite strike at private clinics, hospitals and diagnostic centres in Chittagong was withdrawn on Monday. Confirmg the matter, Private Hospital and Diagnosis Owner’s Association General Secretary Dr Liakat Ali, said they withdrew the strike temporarily considering the sufferings of patients and the situation...

Stay order on BFUJ polls withdrawn

01:39 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

A Labour Court in Dhaka has withdrawn its stay order on the election of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ). Chairman of the First Labour Court Dr Shah Jahan passed the order on Monday following a petition filed by Molla Jalal, a president candidate of BFUJ polls, seeking withdrawal of the stay order...

Bangladeshi killed in Saudi terror attack

01:09 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

A member of Saudi Arabia’s security forces and a Bangladeshi national were killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in Buraidah, a city in Qassim Province north of the capital Riyadh, the state news agency said on Sunday...

Japan says death toll from floods climbs to 100

12:52 PM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

The Japanese government says at least 100 people have died or are presumed dead from the heavy rains, floods and mudslides that have struck western Japan...

BNP observing 7-hr hunger strike

11:51 AM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

BNP is observing a seven-hour token hunger strike protesting the Supreme Court order upholding its stay on bail granted by the High Court to Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed in Cumilla. The demonstration is being held at the Mahanagar Natyamancha in Dhaka’s Gulistan from 9am to 4pm on Monday...

Bangladesh should liberalise its import rules: Tripura CM

11:28 AM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Indian state Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday, demanded that Bangladesh should liberalise its import rules so that the products from Tripura could be easily exported to the neighbouring country...

UK woman dies after being exposed to nerve agent novichok

09:41 AM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

A woman who was exposed to the nerve agent novichok in Amesbury, Wiltshire, has died in hospital, reports The Guardian. The Metropolitan police have launched a murder investigation after Dawn Sturgess, 44, from Durrington, died on Sunday after handling an item contaminated with the nerve agent on 30 June.

Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns

09:17 AM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Brexit Secretary David Davis has resigned from the UK government. His resignation comes days after Theresa May secured the cabinet's backing for her Brexit plan despite claims from critics that it was "soft". Mr Davis was appointed to the post in 2016 and was responsible for negotiating the UK's EU withdrawal...

10 killed in Turkey train derailment

08:55 AM, 09 Jul 2018 Monday

Ten people were killed and 73 injured on Sunday when a train packed with weekend passengers derailed in northwest Turkey, the health ministry said...