Sports
The petition names Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Imam-ul-Haq, skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed. It also names Sania Mirza, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF),reports the Indian Express.A petition has been filed in Sindh High Cour...
National
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all concerned to be loud against violation of women and children.Expressing the hard-line of her government against the rape of minor girls and women, she said,” Those who commit these types of crimes and heinous acts are not human beings.”She also ...
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday appointed four senior jurists as amicus curiae to help the court in the hearing of a writ challenging a provision of vehicle requisition by police, reports BSS.A HC division bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury passed the order...
Former Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was released from Tangail District Jail on Tuesday.The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that granted Rana’s bail.Tangail District Jailer Abul Bashar confirmed the matter.On Monday, the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court o...
Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon has invited agitating rickshaw-pullers at Nagar Bhaban for tea.The mayor invited them at a training workshop held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital on Tuesday.Khokon said “I invited them at Nagar Bhaban. We will hear their demand and...
The High Court on Tuesday rejected the writ petition filed seeking a stay order on the government decision to increase gas price.The HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal rejected the petition.Following the order, the new gas price will remain effective.Earlier, ...
Marshall Island President Dr Hilda Heine arrived here early hours of today on a two-day visit to attend the “DhakaMeeting of the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA)”, reports BSS.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received the president of the Pacific Island nation at Hazrat Shahjalal ...
Sports,Cricket
Team India, the only Asian team which remained in the ongoing ICC Men’s World Cup, are all set to take on New Zealand in the first semifinal of the event on Tuesday at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester.India booked their name in the semifinal as the number one team at the end of the league sta...
A rape suspect was killed in an encounter with police in Bhaluka Upazila of Mymensingh.The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 40, an accused in a case filed for raping a schoolgirl.The incident took place at Hatiber Village of the upazila in the early hours of Tuesday.Officer-in-Charge of Bhal...
World
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the controversial bill that would have allowed extradition to the Chinese mainland "is dead".In a press conference on Tuesday, Ms Lam said the government's work on the bill had been a "total failure".But she stopped short of saying it had ...
The US State Department has approved a potential arms sale to Taiwan, estimated to be worth $2.2bn (£1.76bn), the Pentagon said.The deal is for 108 Abrams tanks, 250 Stinger missiles and related equipment, reports BBC.Last month, China's Foreign Ministry had urged the US to halt the sale, ...
The Rickshaw-pullers on Tuesday morning blocked different city streets, including Rampura, Badda, Malibagh, for the second consecutive day protesting rickshaw ban on three major roads in the capital.They took to the streets around 8am and staged demonstration blocking the roads.Rickshaw puller Abu H...
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is expected to visit Bangladesh to attend the birth centenary celebration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.He is likely to visit Dhaka at the end of this year or at the beginning of the next year to join the occasion.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Mome...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said, “Bangladesh will be economically the largest country in Asia by 2030. None will remain poor in the country.”She expressed her firm confidence in the inaugural ceremony of the seminar on ‘Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Financial Regula...
The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on July17.Education Ministry sources said the results will be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban around 10 am.A total of 13, 51,505 examinees from 9,081 e...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a press conference on Monday afternoon to brief media about the outcomes of her five-day visit to China.The press conference will be held at the premier's official residence Ganabhaban at 4pm, Prime Minister’s Office sources said on Saturday.During he...
Dutch Queen Maxima will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday on a four-day official visit to see various development activities.She is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) by an Emirates flight at 5:20 pm.Queen Máxima has served as the UN Secretary-General’s Sp...
Hasan Arefin, managing editor of the daily Natun Kagoj, died of cardiac arrest at a city hospital on Monday morning. He was 60.He was also an executive committee member of the National Press Club.Family sources said he breathed his last at Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital in the capital at about 9 ...
At least 29 people have been killed after a bus they were travelling in went off an expressway in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The crash happened early on Monday near the city of Agra, 336km (208 miles) from the state capital, Lucknow.The bus was carrying about 50 people and trav...
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will host the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom conference in Washington on July 16-18. The State Department sources said top foreign officials including Foreign Minister Dr. A K A Momen will participate in the conference.Many opined th...
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