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Dhaka, Oct 22 (UNB) – The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved five projects involving Tk 4636.80 crore. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 22 (UNB) –The government on Tuesday confirmed that 104 people died from dengue in the country since January. Read More »

Vatican City, Oct 22 (AP/UNB) — A top Vatican administrator is denying the Holy See risks default over its structural deficit, saying claims in a new book about possible financial ruin are overblown. Read More »

Cambridge, Oct 22 (AP/UNB) — Music artist and actress Queen Latifah is among the honorees being recognized by Harvard University for their contributions to black history and culture. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 22 (UNB) – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hasan on Tuesday said some people are conspiring to destroy the image of Bangladesh cricket abroad and instigating the country’s top cricketers to stand against the board. Read More »

Chattogram, Oct 22 (UNB) – Police arrested a youth from a hotel at Laldighi here on Monday night for reportedly sharing a provocative status on his Facebook wall against the Chattogram Police Commissioner. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed for four weeks the proceedings of a case filed against BNP leader and former minister Mirza Abbas. Read More »

Bangkok, Oct 22 (AP/UNB) — Thailand’s king has stripped his royal consort of her titles and military ranks for disloyalty, accusing her of seeking to undermine the position of his official wife, the country’s queen, for her own benefit. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – Bangladesh has signed an Agreement on Labour Cooperation (ALC) with the Seychelles, opening the way for manpower export to resume to the Indian Ocean archipelago nation off the east coast of Africa. Read More »

Kurigram, Oct 22 (UNB) – Although it was opened to traffic barely 13 months back, most lights of the Sheikh Hasina Kulaghat Dharla Bridge in Fulbari upazila have gone out of order, turning it into a ‘safe haven’ for drug addicts, muggers and anti-social elements at night. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – The US Department of State has sponsored a free’ Massive Online Open Course’ (MOOC) for teachers who specialise in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) between three and ten years of age in Bangladesh. Read More »

Seoul Oct 21 (Xinhua/UNB) — Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s automotive giant, said Monday that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based, driver-customized autonomous driving technology. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – BNP will stage protest programmes across the country on Wednesday against the killing of four people in Sunday’s violence in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila following a blasphemous Facebook post from a hacked account. Read More »

London, Oct 21 (AP/UNB) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in court Monday to fight extradition to the United States on charges of conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer, with his legal team saying it needs more time to prepare its case. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – A tribunal here on Monday sentenced 12 people to death for killing a man in Kishoreganj in 2015. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 21 (UNB) – Bangladesh top cricketers on Monday announced that they will abstain from all cricket-related activities until their 11-point demand, including salary hike, is met by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB) – Gambia will be taking Myanmar to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to face charges of genocide against its Rohingya minority, said Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister for Justice Abubacarr Marie Tambadou. Read More »

Chattogram, Oct 20 (UNB) – Madrasah students on Sunday attacked Hathazari police station after four people were killed and over 200 others injured in a clash between police and locals in Borhanuddin upazila over a ‘Facebook post’ hurting the religious sentiment. Read More »

Los Angeles, Oct 20 (AP/UNB) — The Walt Disney Co.’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” knocked “Joker” out of the No. 1 spot at the box office, but just barely. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB) – Jubo League chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury has been relieved of his duties. Read More »

Srinagar, OCT 20 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani and Indian soldiers traded fire in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, killing at least seven people on both sides, officials said. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB) – Police arrested two Indian citizens in Chattogram and Tangail districts on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Read More »

New York, Oct 20 (AP/UNB) — Naomi Wolf and her U.S. publisher have split up amid a dispute over her latest book, “Outrages.” Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday received two books on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman translated into Russian language by a Russian professor. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday thanked Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, MP for what he said confirming that people could not cast their votes in the December-30 national election. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB) – A Jatiya Oikyafront delegation, led by its convener Dr Kamal Hossain, wants to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheik Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB) – BNP on Sunday said Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon like a ‘state approver’ admitted the fact that the current government is ‘illegal as no election was held on December 30 last year’. Read More »

Bhola, Oct 20 (UNB) – Four people were killed and an unspecified number of others injured in a clash between police and local people while demonstrating in Borhanuddin upazila on Sunday, demanding the punishment of a youth ‘for a Facebook post’ hurting the religious sentiment. Read More »

Washington, Oct. 18 (Xinhua/UNB) — Additional U.S. tariffs on a wide range of goods from the European Union (EU) after World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on aircraft subsidies took effect on Friday, a move likely to fuel trade tensions between the two sides. Read More »

Chapainawabganj, Oct 19 (UNB) – A mobile court here on Saturday sentenced three individuals after a drive to prevent them from marrying off under-aged children. Read More »