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Bhutan PM coming for official visit in Apr
Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering is expected to visit Bangladesh in April with an aim to strengthen ties, especially in the sector of bilateral trade.
19 March 2019
Students’ road safety demand logical: DNCC mayor
In the face of severe protests following a road crash that killed a university student near Bashundhara, the newly elected mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation said the students’ demands for safe road are “completely logical”.
19 March 2019
Obaidul Quader’s bypass surgery tomorrow
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and also general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Obaidul Quader will undergo a bypass surgery tomorrow at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, says Prof Dr Abu Nasar Rizvi of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
19 March 2019
Ardern vows to deny accused mosque gunman notoriety he seeks
New Zealand’s prime minister declares she would do everything in her power to deny the accused mosque gunman a platform for elevating his white supremacist views, after the man dismissed his lawyer and opted to represent himself at his trial in the killings of 50 people.
19 March 2019
ePassports set to be on roll in June
Bangladesh is planning to start the distribution of digital passports, also known as ePassports, as early as June this year to ease immigration activities.
19 March 2019
Myanmar court jails Rakhine leader for 20yrs for treason
A Myanmar court has sentenced a prominent ethnic Rakhine leader to 20 years in jail for treason, a verdict likely to intensify anger amid fighting between the ethnic group and the army.
19 March 2019
Tech consortium flags over 800 versions of NZ attack video
A consortium of global technology firms has shared on its collective database the digital fingerprints of more than 800 versions of the video of New Zealand's mass shootings that killed 50 people, it says.
19 March 2019
2 killed in Narsingdi AL factional clash
Two people are killed and three injured after a clash broke out between two factions of Awami League in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi this morning.
19 March 2019
Turkey probing Utrecht attack: Erdogan
Turkish intelligence services are investigating the gun attack in the Netherlands to determine whether it was a terror attack or a possible family dispute, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
19 March 2019
Paris catches Asian tigers in most expensive city race
Paris and Hong Kong for the first time join Singapore as the world's most expensive cities to live in, a study reveals, with utilities and transport driving up the cost of living.
19 March 2019
AL leader found dead in Sunamganj, 3 held
A union level leader of Awami League is found dead in Sunamganj Sadar upazila.
19 March 2019
Now local AL leader gunned down in Rangamati
A upazila chief of ruling Awami League has been gunned down under broad daylight in Rangamati, less than 24 hours into the killing of seven people on election day which included 2 polling officers and 4 security personals.
19 March 2019
Myanmar military court to probe Rohingya atrocity allegations
Myanmar's army says it has set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
19 March 2019
Students call for countrywide class boycott tomorrow
The students, who were stating demonstration protesting the death of one of their fellows in a road crash in Dhaka’s Pragati Sarani, call for countrywide class boycott programme tomorrow.
19 March 2019
EC condemns Rangamati attack
The Election Commission has strongly condemned the attack in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati that left six people including three election officials and two Ansar members dead.
18 March 2019
STAR Day at a Glance | Monday, March 18, 2019
Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines on March 18, 2019
18 March 2019
Mother, daughter gang-rape prime accused held in Narsingdi
Rapid Action Battalion arrests the prime accused in a case filed over the sensational gang-rape incident of a mother and her daughter in Narsingdi.
18 March 2019
Dial 100 to lodge complaint against mobile operators
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) urges all the telecom users to lodge any complaints regarding the operators' services by calling its short code 100.
18 March 2019
No hike in train fare now: Minister
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan says they have decided not to hike train fare as of now, giving a hint that the fare may be raised in near future.
18 March 2019
Candidates now can take computer-delivered IELTS through British Council
The British Council Bangladesh launches the computer-delivered testing format for IELTS. They will be offering this testing format in Dhaka, Chattogram, and Sylhet.
18 March 2019