Dhaka – The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘The National Online Mass Media Policy, 2017’ incorporating a proposal for constituting a National Broadcast Commission to facilitate the operation of online mass media in a well-organised manner. -UNB
Dhaka – A court here on Monday took cognisance of charges against all the five accused, including Shafat Ahmed, in the Banani rape case. -UNB
Dhaka – The number of refugees from Myanmar rose to 490,300 by the end of 2016, from 451,800 the previous year with Bangladesh remaining to host the largest number of them – 276,200, says a new global report. -UNB
Dhaka – BNP on Monday demanded the government immediately declare the hillslide-hit areas of the country as ‘disaster zones’, and stand by the victims with necessary support. -UNB
Munshiganj – At least 15 people, including a woman, were injured as a fox bit them at Patharghata and Bazarkhola villages in Sirajdikhan upazila on Sunday night. -UNB
Fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, a social housing block in Kensington, in western London, in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as it tore through the building with terrifying speed. “I believe there are 79…
Russia has warned the US-led coalition fighting in Syria that it will view its aircraft as targets, after a Syrian military plane was shot down. The coalition said it had shot down the Syrian Su-22 after it bombed US-backed fighters…
Boeing has maintained the pressure on Airbus, its main rival, with the launch of the biggest version yet of the 737 short-haul jet. The world’s largest commercial aircraft maker announced plans for the 737 Max 10 at the Paris Air…
Brexit Secretary David Davis has said he is entering negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU in a “positive and constructive” frame of mind. As he began talks in Brussels, he said he was determined to build a “strong…
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has gone down memory lane and has remembered the time he shot with Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, whom he calls the “most humble and down to earth” person. Amitabh shared a photograph of himself along with DiCaprio…
Salman Khan’s charitable organization Being Human is one great machinery which churns out a lot of resources to help people of every kind, especially children. Today, we spoke to Mr Rakesh Awar, father of a two-year-old child who is suffering…
Digital Marketing training has made many youths competent to earn foreign currencies here for the last couple of years. The training has also given them scope of thinking and working intensively on how to transform themselves into competent freelancer and…
It’s a rubbish job, but someone has to do it. Or some animal: in the alleyways of Algiers’ famed Kasbah, donkeys shift tonnes of trash every day. Some streets in the Kasbah are so narrow that single file is necessary.…
Asian markets on Monday built on last week’s gains following another record on Wall Street, while the euro edged up on news that French President Emmanuel Macron’s party had secured a healthy majority in National Assembly elections. The Dow in…
Pop diva Beyonce and her rap mogul husband Jay Z have welcomed twins, the US singer’s father tweeted Sunday, appearing to confirm the arrival of new additions to a music family that already includes five-year-old Blue Ivy. News that the…
Tehran – After firing missiles targeting the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Monday issued a stark warning to IS militants, saying that any future attack against Iran will result in more powerful launches. –AP/UNB
Tokyo – Global shares were higher Monday after Wall Street ended last week barely higher and investors watched for Brexit talks set to start later in the day. –AP/UNB
Berlin – A senior German official is stressing that the European Union doesn’t want to punish Britain for leaving, but says its departure will not be good for the U.K. or the rest of the EU. –AP/UNB
Dhaka – Bangladeshi mountaineer Musa Ibrahim and two Indians, who got stuck for the last six days at the base camp of Mount Carstensz Pyramid in Papua Province of Indonesia due to bad weather, were rescued on Monday morning. -UNB
Dhaka, Jun 19 – Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at places of four divisions of the country due to active monsoon for 24 hours of Monday.
Dhaka, June 19 – The rail communications between Sylhet and rest of the country halted on Monday morning due to a hill slide triggered by heavy rainfalls in Lauachhara forest of Kamalganj in Moulvibazar.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard says it targeted ISIL bases in Deir Az Zor in retaliation for the June 7 attacks in Tehran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has fired several missiles at ISIL positions in Syria’s Deir Az Zor province in…
French President Emmanuel Macron’s party has won a clear parliamentary majority, results show, weeks after his own presidential victory.
At least 26 people were injured, four seriously, when turbulence hit a China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris on Sunday, state media reports.
A man has died and eight people have been injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians near a north London mosque. The van mounted the pavement and struck a group of people just after midnight near Finsbury Park Mosque in…
SYDNEY,(BSS/AFP) – Australia’s cricketers will not back down in a bitter pay dispute, David Warner has warned amid fears their October tour of India is looming as a flashpoint.As the June 30 deadline for a new memorandum of understanding between…
LONDON, (BSS/AFP) – Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said he hoped a proposed World XI visit to the country later this year went ahead after his side served notice of their enduring talent with a stunning Champions Trophy final win over…
Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith today said the decision on the proposed excise duty on the bank deposits will be changed when the budget will be passed in the Jatiya Sangsad.
By Nava Thakuria Indian subcontinent as a whole today stands at an awkward position over the journo-murder index, as the populous zone witnessed the murder of over ten journalists in the first half of 2017. India and Pakistan contributed seven…
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has prepared the largest ever digital database of over 2 lakh 53 thousand identified criminals, including a large number of militants.