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100 industrial zone soon: PM
08:35 AM, 28 Feb 2016 Sunday
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared to establish 100 industrial zones in different parts of the country for creating more opportunities for development and employment.
Mindfulness may help keep glucose levels healthy
08:21 AM, 28 Feb 2016 Sunday
Those who score high on mindfulness-the ability of being aware of one’s current thoughts and feelings-are significantly more likely than people with low scores to have healthy glucose levels, suggests new research.
Iran election: Reformists win all 30 Tehran seats
08:15 AM, 28 Feb 2016 Sunday
Allies of Iran`s reformist president, Hassan Rouhani, have won a landslide victory in Tehran, in the first elections since Iran signed a nuclear deal with world powers.
Grameenphone-foodpanda online food festival
08:02 AM, 28 Feb 2016 Sunday
Foodpanda has revolutionized the way people use the internet in Bangladesh, bringing together a diverse collection of restaurants on a single platform.
Woman found dead in capital
07:13 AM, 28 Feb 2016 Sunday
A housewife was found dead at Hazipara in the capital area early on Sunday.
Man kills himself after killing 14 of his family
06:50 AM, 28 Feb 2016 Sunday
In the wee hours of Sunday, a 35-year-old chartered accountant from Thane, a city in the state of Maharashtra of India, allegedly murdered 14 of his family members with a knife and then hung himself to death.
3 killed as bus overturned in Comilla
06:35 AM, 28 Feb 2016 Sunday
At least three people were killed and fifteen others were injured when a passenger bus overturned after hitting with road divider at Chouddagram on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla early on Sunday.
Like a newborn baby?
06:16 AM, 28 Feb 2016 Sunday
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turned to the other and said:
‘Slim, I’m 83 years old now and I’m just full of aches and pains.
Fire at Brac centre under control
03:10 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
The fire at Brac Centre has come under control in the capital’s Mohakhali area.
Dozens killed, wounded in Afghanistan suicide attacks
02:08 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near the Afghan defense ministry in Kabul on Saturday, causing heavy casualties just hours after an attack in the eastern province of Kunar killed 13 people and put prospects for new peace talks in doubt.
Alibaba in talks with banks for $4 billion loan: WSJ
02:00 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is in talks with several banks to borrow up to $4 billion to fund expansion plans, including acquisitions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Tall, muscular men seen as better leaders
01:53 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
If you want to be seen as a leader, go hit the gym! New research suggests that when it comes to judging a person’s leadership potential, a muscular physique might just be a more important attribute than wisdom and intelligence.
It isn’t Salman Khan?
01:01 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
A picture that went viral on social media on Friday night sent Salman Khan Fans into a tizzy.
IBBL boad directors meeting held
12:48 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Saturday at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower.
2 construction workers electrocuted
12:32 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
Two construction workers died and two others injured after being electrocuted while working at an under construction building at Jamtala area of Madhya Badda in the capital on Saturday.
Yoko Ono hospitalized for flu symptoms
12:21 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
Yoko Ono has been hospitalized in New York City for flu-like symptoms, but her representative says the artist-singer is on the mend and should be released this weekend.
First-ever Maritime VSATs on river barges launched
12:13 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
Friendship, a non-governmental organization (NGO), jointly with SES, a world-leading satellite operator based in Luxembourg, on Saturday announced the launching of the first state-of-the-art Maritime VSATs on river barges.
Pro-AL panel bagged Dhaka Bar polls
12:08 PM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad (SASP), a forum of pro-Awami League lawyers, bagged the maximum posts in the election of Dhaka Bar Association.
Dad taught me to be informed, bold, unafraid: Avijit’s daughter
11:46 AM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
Exactly a year ago today, Avijit Roy was hacked to death in the most public of places: Coming out of a crowded book fair in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His crime?
How do you feel?
11:24 AM, 27 Feb 2016 Saturday
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turned to the other and said:
‘Slim, I’m 83 years old now and I’m just full of aches and pains.