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UK, EU announce change to Brexit deal ahead of key vote

Britain and the European Union emerged from last-minute talks late Monday to announce they had finally removed the biggest roadblock to their Brexit divorce deal, only hours before the U.K. Parliament was due to decide the fate of Prime Minister Theresa May’s hard-won plan to leave the EU.
12 March 2019

Ducsu Election: Nur, 4 others sued for ‘assaulting Ruqayyah Hall provost’

A case is filed against five people including quota reformist Nurul Haq Nur, who has been elected the vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) on charge of assaulting the Ruqayyah Hall provost during yesterday’s election.
12 March 2019

Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash: US to mandate design changes

The United States will mandate that Boeing Co implement design changes by April that have been in the works for months for the 737 MAX 8 fleet after a fatal crash in October but said the plane was airworthy and did not need to be grounded after a second crash on Sunday.
12 March 2019

Ethiopian crash victims were aid workers, doctors, academics

They worked to bring food to the hungry, medicine to the sick and clean water to people living in areas without it. Among the 157 people who died in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner Sunday were dozens of international aid workers hailing from several countries in Africa and around the globe.
12 March 2019

BCL in demo rejecting Ducsu election result

Ruling party’s front Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is demonstrating in front of the vice chancellor’s residence rejecting the results of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election.
12 March 2019

Demand for national minority commission to be fulfilled: Minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq assures the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee that their demand for constituting the national minority commission must be fulfilled, saying that it is a matter of time.
11 March 2019

8 DU teachers demand fresh Ducsu polls

A panel of eight teachers of Dhaka University, who voluntarily observed the just concluded Ducsu election, has demanded cancellation of the election and urged the university authority to announce a fresh election schedule.
11 March 2019

STAR Day at a Glance | Monday, March 11, 2019

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines on March 11, 2019.
11 March 2019

RO 'embarrassed' for Ducsu polls irregularities

Chief Returning Officer of Ducsu election SM Mahfuzur Rahman expresses embarrassment for the untoward incidents during the voting.
11 March 2019

UP chairman held with arms at Dhaka airport

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) detains a union parishad chairman with a pistol at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
11 March 2019

12kg gold recovered from Biman flight

Customs officials with the help of National Security Intelligence (NSI) recovered 12.3 kg gold from the lavatory of an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
11 March 2019

HC restrains govt from felling trees for dev projects

The High Court issues an injunction restraining the government from felling trees for implementing different development projects in the forests and forest lands across the country for next six months.
11 March 2019

ACC files plea challenging Farmers Bank MD’s bail

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) challenges the February 13 order of a metropolitan magistrate that granted bail to former Farmers Bank Managing Director and CEO, Chowdhury Mustaque Ahmed in a case filed over embezzling Tk 29 crore from the bank.
11 March 2019

Youth held with yaba at Dhaka airport

The Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) arrests a passenger with 2000 yaba pills soon after he lands at the domestic terminal at the airport in Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar.
11 March 2019

UN envoy fears "new crisis" for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island

A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voices deep concern at Bangladesh's plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in April, saying that it may not be habitable, creating a potential "new crisis".
11 March 2019

Chatterton Dickson new British envoy to Bangladesh

Robert Chatterton Dickson is appointed British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, according to a statement of British High Commission, Dhaka.
11 March 2019

Black box from crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight recovered: state TV

The black box from the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday has been recovered by investigators at the crash site, Ethiopian state TV says.
11 March 2019

Midday Brief, Monday, March 11, 2019

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on March 11, 2019.
11 March 2019

Ducsu polls environment congenial apart from few isolated incidents

The Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University says the environment of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election was normal apart from a few isolated incidents.
11 March 2019

The pregnancy of Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex

The Duchess of Sussex, former US actress Meghan Markle, is due to give birth this Spring to her first child with husband Prince Harry, 34, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson.
11 March 2019