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HC asks UK-Bangla Trading boss to surrender in graft case
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS) - The High Court today asked UK-Bangla Trading Limited chairman Ahmed ...
Ministries plan separate programmes to attain SDGs
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS) - Different ministries of the government have undertaken separate step...
HC issues rule for compensating Tampaco victims
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS) - The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned as ...
Tk 85 lakh distributed among 17 patients in Joypurhat
JOYPURHAT, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS)- The government distributed Taka 85 lakh as an one-time donation am...
PM keeps on doing urgent jobs from US
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been doing urgent official business si...
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PSC restricts carrying electrical device in BCS exams
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS)- The authority of Public Service Commission (PSC) today put restriction on carrying any kind of electronic devices during the preliminary test of the 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations to be held on September 30, said a press release today. Restricting on... More...
BAF replaces 117 peacekeepers, deploys 3 helicopters in Mali
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS) - Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) replaced a 117-member contingent, led by Group Captain AFM Shamimul Islam, at the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Republic of Mali, a press release of Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) said here today. As part of the replacement, ... More...
32nd death anniversary of Moyezuddin tomorrow
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS) - The 32nd death anniversary of Moyezuddin, one of the organizer of country's War of Liber... More...
Six abducted fishermen rescued after gunfight
KHULNA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS) - A Rab-6 team early today rescued six fishermen, following a gunfight with robbers at ... More...
New leadership would work to bring AL again to power: Hasan Mahmud
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS)- Awami League publicity and publication affairs secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the new ... More...
International
'Snake on a train' halts Japan bullet express
TOKYO, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP) - A Japanese bullet train was forced to make an emergency stop on Monday after a snake was found slithering between the seats, local media reported. A passenger spotted the 30 centimetre (12 inch) serpent poking between a gap in the seats, prompting the train, trave... More...
Oman court jails three journalists, orders daily shut
MUSCAT, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP)- An Omani court on Monday upheld a government order to permanently close a national newspaper and jailed three of its journalists for undermining the state, judicial sources said. Authorities shut Azamn daily in August, drawing condemnation from international rights g... More...
Smoke forces Philippine Airlines flight to turn back
MANILA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP) - Smoke from an air vent forced a Philippine Airlines flight to Japan to turn back ju... More...
Fuel tanker fire extinguished in Gulf of Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP) - A massive fire that burned for more than 24 hours aboard a fuel tanker ship lo... More...
Four men injured in shootout in Sweden
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP) - Four men were injured, one critically, late Sunday in the centre of Sweden... More...
Sports
Kvitova, Konta win as retirements rock Wuhan
WUHAN, China, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP) - Double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Briton Johanna Konta made convinc... More...
Cricket: India on verge of victory in landmark 500th Test
KANPUR, India, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP) - India closed in on victory Monday in the first Test against New Zealand, with t... More...
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Economic
Training on export to China begins at DCCI
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS) - A two-day workshop on "how to export to China" began at Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Ind... More...
Climate Change
Melting Greenland ice threatens to expose Cold War waste
COPENHAGEN, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP) - A snow-covered former US army base in Gr... More...
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Entertainment & Arts
Singapore scion buys 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone
SINGAPORE, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP)- A Singapore firm headed by a scion of one of Asia's richest families has bought a 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone, with plans to diversify the iconic magazine into new business including live events and merchandising. BandLab Technol... More...
Technology
Sylvan to produce hi-tech electrical equipment
DHAKA, Sept 25, 2016 (BSS) - Sylvan Technologies Limited (STL), a concern of PRAN-RFL Group, signed an agreement with a Switzerland-based multinational company ABB to produce world-class electrical equipment.
Engineer Mustafizur Rahman Khan, STL chief operating officer and Moshfeq Ulla... More...
Education
DU teachers, students get IFIC grant for research
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS)- Two teachers and eight students of Dhaka University (DU) today received the 'IFIC Bank Trust Fund' grants for research purpose while eight other students received stipend at a function on the campus here.
DU Vice-... More...
Weather
Taiwan evacuates tourists ahead of third storm in two weeks
TAIPEI, Sept 26, 2016 (BSS/AFP)- Taiwan evacuated thousands of tourists from ... More...