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Myanmar agrees repatriating 200 Bangladeshis

09:17 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Myanmar said today it had reached an agreement with neighbouring Bangladesh to repatriate 200 Bangladeshis rescued from a boat off the Myanmar coast last week.

Schwarzenegger in Bollywood movie!

08:48 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a strong Indian link. He was in Chennai for the audio release of South Indian Actor Vikram’s I.

3 held for human trafficking, rescued 2

08:37 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Police on Wednesday held three people in charge of trafficking human and rescued two victims from Bank Colony area under EPZ police station in Chittagong.

Smartphone market continues going low

08:17 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Analysts at International Data Corporation (IDC) again confirmed on Wednesday that the worldwide smartphone market will continue to see its overall growth slow in 2015.

Mamata unlikely to visit Dhaka with Modi

07:54 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Though she has not formally conveys her inability to join the Prime Minister of India, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee does not seem inclined to accompany Narendra Modi on his forthcoming visit to Bangladesh, reports Hindustan Times.

Dhaka is the city of rape: Mahbubur Rahman

07:37 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Mahbubur Rahman, BNP standing Committee member, on Wednesday said Dhaka has become the city of rape. He was speaking at a meeting organized by Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal marking the 34th death anniversary of the party’s founder Ziaur Rahman at Engineers’ Institute this noon.

FIFA officials held over corruption charge

07:15 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Six football officials have been arrested over corruption charges at governing body Fifa, as Swiss prosecutors launch a criminal case into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.

RAB held two for ethnic girl gang-rape

06:52 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) on Tuesday night arrested two alleged in connection of the rape of the Garo girl in a running microbus at Kuril in the capital. Arrestees are identified as Ashraf alias Tushar and the driver of the microbus Lavlu.

Bangladesh will build fighter planes: PM

06:28 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her confidence on building fighter planes in Bangladesh in future. She said this while speaking at the induction ceremony of L-410 Transport Trainer Aircraft at BAF Base Bashar at Tejgaon in the capital this morning

Mojaheed`s verdict on June 16

06:10 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on June 16 on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging death penalty awarded to him for his wartime offences.

RAJUK dumping the cave

05:33 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) started dumping the piling cave of the under-construction building with sandsacks to check the collapse of hotel Sundarban and adjacent road in Karwanbazar.

Planning Minister praises Pran milk

10:38 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal praised the project and quality of PRAN milk and proposed to replicate it in state run Milk Vita milk production project. He said this to the media after the meeting of Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) at Planning Commission at Sher-E Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday.

People will answer to the oppression: Nazrul Islam Khan

10:16 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

Nazrul Islam Khan, Standing Committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), said on Tuesday people of the country will answer to the oppression on the opposition leaders and activists soon.

Three Bangladeshi films in SAARC Film Festival

09:35 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

The Ministry of Information selected three Bangladeshi films to participate in the ‘SAARC Film Festival’ in Colombo in Srilanka. The festival has begun on Tuesday (May 26) and will be end on Sunday (May 31).

HC grants bail to Latif Siddique

08:50 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to detained lawmaker and sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in the cases filed against him over hurting the ‘religious sentiment of Muslims’.

Modi to visit Dhaka on June 6

08:34 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

At the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi would be coming to Bangladesh on a State visit from 06 to 07 June 2015, a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms.

Heat wave kills more than 700 in India

08:11 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

The worst-hit area is the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, where authorities say more than 550 people have died in the last four to five days. Another 215 have died in the neighboring state of Telangana.

Pak cricketer Raza Hasan banned

07:57 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) suspended Raza Hasan, the Pakistan left-arm spinner, from playing any form of cricket for two years, after conducting dope tests during the Pentangular one-day cup 2015 in Karachi. Hasan was tested positive for a prohibited substance, says ESPN.

Coca-Cola IT manager in Bangladesh arrested as IS suspect

07:46 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

One of the two men arrested in Bangladesh on suspicion of planning to fight for Islamic State in Syria was identified as the IT manager at a subsidiary of Coca-Cola Co, police and company sources said on Monday.

Cannes best dressed Aishwariya

07:30 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday

Although Sonam Kapoor has developed a reputation for the new fashionista in Bollywood, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan caught the eyes at Cannes this year most. As per the festival’s poll she is the winner when it comes to best-dressed Indian beauties at the 68th Cannes Film Festival, reports The Indian Express.