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Dinajpur fire burnt 30, gutted 50 houses
07:26 AM, 13 Mar 2016 Sunday
At least 30 people were burnt and 50 houses were gutted in a fire at Sarkerpara village of Khansama upazila in Dinajpur district on Saturday night.
Trafficked Nepali, Bangladeshi women trapped in Syria
07:15 AM, 13 Mar 2016 Sunday
Nepali villager Sunita Magar thought she was heading to a safe factory job in Kuwait, but only when she landed in Damascus did she realise "something had gone very wrong".
CNG-run auto-rickshaw strike continues
06:50 AM, 13 Mar 2016 Sunday
The 24-hour strike, enforced by Dhaka District CNG-run Auto-rickshaw Drivers Union, to press home its 7-point demand is underway in the capital on Sunday.
1 held with arms, ammo
06:43 AM, 13 Mar 2016 Sunday
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained an alleged illegal arms trader from Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Sunday morning.
Road crash kills 3 of a family
06:27 AM, 13 Mar 2016 Sunday
A woman and her two sons were killed in head-on collision between a pickup van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Titabotgachh area of Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong district early on Sunday.
CNG run-auto rickshaw driver’s strike Sunday
12:21 PM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
A down to dusk strike was enforced by CNG-run auto-rickshaws drivers for Sunday to meet their seven-point demands.
Why are you arguing?
11:59 AM, 12 Mar 2016 Saturday
Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room.
The teacher says, ‘Why are you arguing?’
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.