‘KNF member’ arrested in Bandarban
10 April 2024
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Fakhrul, Khasru walk out of jail
15 February 2024
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Crime & Justice
Metro rail / Uttara Centre Station to open Feb 18, Mirpur-10 on Mar 1
9 February 2023
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Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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Transport
PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023
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Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023
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Online
Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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Politics
Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
10 January 2023
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Diplomacy
The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022
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Online
Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
Cabinet sees a reshuffle
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina changes the portfolios of three ministers to reshuffle her cabinet for a third time.
13 February 2020
183 Bangladeshi workers sent back from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has sent back 183 more Bangladeshi migrant workers, including 20 women, according to Brac Migration Programme.
13 February 2020
Akhaura-Agartala train commute by 2021: Indian envoy
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das says rail communication between Akhaura of Bangladesh and India’s Agartala will start by next year.
13 February 2020
RU teacher ‘assaulted’ by colleague over ‘confidential papers’
A faculty member of the Department of Crop Science and Technology of Rajshahi University was allegedly physically assaulted by his colleague over some “hijacked confidential documents”.
13 February 2020
US presidential candidate Bloomberg drops memes for campaign
US Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has contracted some of the biggest meme-makers on the internet to post sponsored content on Instagram promoting his campaign.
13 February 2020
Rear Admiral Nazmul Hassan new envoy to Maldives
The Government decides to appoint Rear Admiral Nazmul Hassan as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the Republic of Maldives.
13 February 2020
Make candidates’ pending criminal case details public: Indian SC to parties
India’s Supreme Court has directed all political parties to upload details of pending criminal cases against their candidates contesting elections on their website as well as on social media.
13 February 2020
Midday Brief, Thursday, February 13, 2020
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on February 13, 2020
13 February 2020
No drug can enter or go out of India: Amit Shah
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah says they will not allow any drug to enter or go out of the country.
13 February 2020
Motijheel building fire under control
A fire that broke out at DR Tower in Dainik Bangla intersection of Dhaka’s Motijheel area this afternoon has been brought under control.
13 February 2020
34 CU students injured as bus falls into ditch
At least 34 passengers, all students of Chittagong University, are injured as a bus falls into a road-side ditch in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila.
13 February 2020
6-year-old brutally killed in Gopalganj
A six-year-old has been brutally murdered in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj.
13 February 2020
Nurse gang-raped in Bhola
A nurse of a private clinic has been allegedly gang-raped by four youths in Daulatkhan upazila of Bhola.
13 February 2020
Cleaner held with 32 gold bars at Dhaka airport
A cleaner has been detained at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with 32 gold bars hidden inside his shoes.
13 February 2020
Android phones face difficult launch as MWC 2020 canceled amid Coronavirus fears
On Wednesday, GSM Association (GSMA), the London based industry organisation that represents the global mobile industry, pulled the plug on the 2020 Mobile World Congress show. The show's organiser said the coronavirus, the virus infecting tens of thousands of people globally and originating from China, had made it "impossible" for the show to proceed.
13 February 2020
Court accepts Ilias Kanchan’s defamation case against Shajahan Khan
A Dhaka court accepts a Tk 100 crore defamation case against Shajahan Khan, former shipping minister.
13 February 2020
Cruise ship shunned over coronavirus fears arrives in Cambodia
A cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard might have the coronavirus arrived in Cambodia on Thursday, to the relief of passengers and praise from global health officials.
13 February 2020
Barrister Suman resigns from International Crimes Tribunal
Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman has resigned from the post of prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal.
13 February 2020
Joint initiatives underway with neighbours to prevent drug smuggling: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the parliament that joint measures were being taken with neighbouring countries to stop smuggling of drugs as part of the ongoing anti-narcotics campaign.
13 February 2020
Harvard and Yale investigated over foreign funding
The US Department of Education has said it has opened an investigation into whether the universities of Harvard and Yale failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts as required by law.
13 February 2020