Dhaka, Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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President seeks EU support to resolve Rohingya crisis
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - President M Abdul Hamid today urged the European Union to extend its co...
ECNEC okays Tk 2,573 cr project for BTCL
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS)-The ECNEC today cleared a Tk 2,573.40 crore project to build reliable mo...
IOM DG lauds Bangladesh's 'great generosity' for Rohingyas
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - Terming the Rohingya crisis 'a very large humanitarian crisis', Intern...
582,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh from Myanmar since August 25: UN
GENEVA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS/AFP) - Some 582,000 Rohingya refugees have fled their homes in Myanmar ...
Speaker for playing effective role in solving Rohingya crisis
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Tuesday urged the international ...
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National
Symposium on controlling chemical weapons held in city
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - A national symposium on controlling the chemical weapons was held at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden in the city today. Marking the 20th founding anniversary of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Bangladesh National Authority for Chemical Weapons ... More...
HC passes contempt of court rule against 5 govt official
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - The High Court (HC) today passed a contempt of court rule against five officials of the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs including its secretary for not giving regular allowances of 13 freedom fighters ignoring the court order. A HC division bench comprising Justice Qua... More...
Journalists warns of consequences against upsetting wage board
DHAKA, Oct 17 (BSS)- Journalists representing mainstream print and electronic media today warned of unpleasant conseque... More...
Spain to provide humanitarian aid for Rohingyas soon: envoy
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - The newly appointed Spanish Ambassador in Dhaka Alvaro de Salas today reiterated Spain's ... More...
September inflation 6.12pc
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - The rate of inflation in the country in September this year was registered 6.12 percent wh... More...
International
Japan military chopper with four crews aboard missing
TOKYO, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS/AFP) - A Japanese military helicopter with four people on board went missing on Tuesday during a drill in the Pacific off central Japan, the defence ministry said. The Black Hawk helicopter of the Air Self-Defence Force disappeared from radar at around 6:00 pm (0900 GMT), so... More...
Rain, winds help tame wildfires in Spain and Portugal
LISBON, Portugal, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS/AFP) - Overnight rain and winds helped firefighters tame wildfires that devoured homes and people in their cars, leaving 36 dead in Portugal with four also killed in blazes in northern Spain. Portugal's civil protection agency said Tuesday that the 15 biggest f... More...
Venezuela faces more isolation, sanctions after contested vote
CARACAS, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS/AFP) - The United States condemned closely watched regional elections in Venezuela as neith... More...
US strikes kill 'dozens' at IS training camps
ADEN, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS/AFP) - The US military said Monday it killed dozens of Islamic State fighters at the group's tr... More...
British and US authors vie for Man Booker Prize
LONDON, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS/AFP) - Three British and three US authors will on Tuesday discover which one of them is the w... More...
Sports
AHF honour BHF President & Secretary
DHAKA, Oct. 17, 2017 (BSS) - Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has honoured the president and general secretary of Banglades... More...
BCB announce draft voters list
DHAKA, Oct.17,2017 (BSS) - A five member election commission announced 167 names in the draft voters' list yesterday for... More...
District
Two die in Kushtia road accident
KUSHTIA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - Two people died and three others injured as a passenger bus collided head on with an eas... More...
Hossainpur AL leader Razu passes away
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - Aminul Islam Razu, the organizing secretary of Hossainpur Uapzila Awami League in Kishoreganj distric... More...
Economic
Stocks up on large-cap vibe
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - Stocks saw upward trend on Tuesday with the major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong St... More...
Climate Change
Thousands without power in Ireland as freak storm hits
DUBLIN, Oct 16, 2017 (AFP) - Ireland was being hit by an "unprecedented storm... More...
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Japan's blind piano maestro plays it by ear
TOKYO, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS/AFP) - Blind since birth, virtuoso Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii puts his global success down to a wide range of experiences outside music -- and listening to how the conductor breathes. "I love sport, I love swimming, skiing," the 29-year-old ... More...
Technology
ICT Expo-2017 begins tomorrow
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - Bangladesh ICT Expo-2017 will begin tomorrow at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) for letting the people know about the remarkable successes achieved so far in ICT sector. Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority of Information a... More...
Education
DU 'Gha' unit admission test begins Oct 20
DHAKA, Oct 17, 2017 (BSS) - The first-year honors admission test of Dhaka Univer... More...
Weather
Dry weather with partly cloudy sky likely
DHAKA, Oct 17 (BSS) - Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with temporary p... More...