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Tareque Masud festival kicks off
11:09 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
A two day long Tareque Masud festival has been started at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy for the third time on Saturday.
Malaysian cabinet halts intake of new foreign workers
10:50 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
The Malaysian cabinet has decided to halt the recruitment of new foreign workers into their country.
93 year old woman gets diploma
10:22 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
A 93-year-old Ohio woman has received the high school diploma she was denied in 1942 because of rules that expelled married students.
Hajj reg from Mar 20
09:37 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
Minister for Religious affairs Principal Matior Rahaman said that the online registration for hajj 2016 will begin on March 20.
Poet Rafiq Azad dies
09:10 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
Noted poet Rafiq Azad has died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in city on Saturday.
Paris attackers listed in leaked IS files: German media
08:43 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
A trove of leaked Islamic State group documents features the names of the three jihadists who carried out the assault on the Bataclan theatre during November`s terror attacks in Paris, German media reported Friday.
4 madrasah students missing
08:33 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
Four residential students of Purba Noagaon Haji Suruj Ali Hafizia Madrasah at Noagaon village in Habiganj sadar upazila reportedly went missing from the madrasah on Friday.
Indian EXIM Bank opening office in Dhaka
08:19 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
After the signing of the biggest-ever line of credit (LoC), India’s EXIM Bank is now all set to open its Dhaka office and embark on new cooperation with Bangladesh.
UN votes to send home peacekeepers accused of sexual abuse
08:04 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for the repatriation of peacekeeping units whose soldiers face allegations of sexual abuse.
New electrodes could power next-gen light sources, solar cells
07:14 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
A team of European scientists has developed new transparent electrodes and barrier materials which may power the next-generation light sources and solar cells.
Smartphone app can help prevent heart attack
07:11 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
A cardiologist at Max Super Specialty Hospital in Saket, Delhi has developed a Smartphone app that can help people know the warning signs of a heart attack in advance and take corrective action.
Emraan Hashmi’s mother passes away
07:03 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
Actor Emraan Hashmi’s mother Maherahh Hashmi passed away on March 11 afternoon.
Gazipur road crash kills cop
06:48 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Hotapara Outpost under Joydevpur Police Station in Gazipur district was killed and two other personnel among three were injured as a microbus carrying policemen hit a standing truck.
4 suspected dacoits lynched in Hatia
06:31 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
Four suspected dacoits have been lynched and two others were injured at Chairman ghat of Hatia upazila in Noakhali district in the wee hours of Saturday.
Criminals in Bangladesh heist likely studied bank’s inner working
12:21 PM, 10 Mar 2016 Thursday
The perpetrators of a $100 million digital heist at Bangladesh`s central bank had deep knowledge of the institution`s internal workings, likely gained by spying on bank workers, security experts said.
Taskin-Sunny’s bowling test in 7 days
11:09 AM, 10 Mar 2016 Thursday
Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed and left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny have been reported for suspect bowling actions during the side’s ICC World Twenty20 first round match against the Netherlands in Dharamsala on Wednesday.
ACC’s new chairman Iqbal Mahmud
10:26 AM, 10 Mar 2016 Thursday
The government has appointed former senior secretary Iqbal Mahmud as the chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
You are very sick
10:02 AM, 10 Mar 2016 Thursday
The doctor to the patient: ‘You are very sick’
The patient to the doctor: ‘Can I get a second opinion?’
The doctor again: ‘Yes, you are very ugly too...’
Facebook ‘Like’ button violates privacy, rules German court
08:59 AM, 10 Mar 2016 Thursday
Facebook ‘like’ buttons on commercial websites break German law if users are not warned that their personal data is being shared, a court ruled on Wednesday.
UN: 34 countries don’t have enough food for their people
08:52 AM, 10 Mar 2016 Thursday
A report released Wednesday by the U.N. agriculture agency said 34 countries around the world, nearly all of them in Africa, do not have enough food to feed their people and need help.