April2018
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Bangladesh-India-Nepal bus services begin
Apr 24, 2018Bus services on Bangladesh-India-Nepal route on trial basis have been flagged off in Dhaka on Monday, reports UNB. Two buses carrying 25 Bangladeshis, 12 Indian and six Nepal representative led by Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC)... -
PM Hasina nominated for women’s leadership award
Apr 24, 2018Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will be honored with the ‘Global Women’s Leadership Award’ for what is said as her outstanding leadership in advancing women education and women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, Asia and Asia-pacific region. The... -
Bangladeshi Poet Belal Chowdhury no more
Apr 24, 2018Ekushey Padak winning poet Belal Chowdhury died at a city hospital on Tuesday. He was 79, reports UNB. The prominent poet breathed his last at 12:30pm at Anwar Khan Modern Hospital in Dhanmondi, Abdullah Pratik Chowdhury,... -
Facebook to give users right to appeal for removed posts
Apr 24, 2018Facebook said Tuesday it will give users the right to appeal decisions if the social network decides to remove photos, videos or written posts deemed to violate community standards. Plans to roll out an appeals process... -
FIFA set to meet over $25bn offer to launch two tournaments
Apr 24, 2018Fifa is planning to hold a special meeting next month at which two lucrative tournaments could be given the go-ahead. Football’s world governing body is said to have held “promising” consultations in recent weeks with regional... -
Family of late Swedish DJ Avicii says grateful for tributes
Apr 24, 2018The family of Swedish electronic music DJ and producer Avicii on Monday said they were grateful for the numerous public tributes paid to the “Wake Me Up” hitmaker but offered no details on his unexpected death.... -
UK’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend memorial service for murdered Stephen Lawrence
Apr 24, 2018Britain’s Prince Harry and his American fiancée Meghan Markle attended a memorial service on Monday to mark 25 years since the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, reports Reuters. The 1993 murder of the 18-year-old student... -
London Marathon runner dies in hospital
Apr 24, 2018A 29-year-old chef who collapsed while running in Sunday’s London Marathon has died in hospital, event organizers said on Monday. Matt Campbell went down 22.5 miles into the race and was treated by doctors before being... -
Driver kills 10 plowing van into Toronto sidewalk crowd
Apr 24, 2018A driver deliberately plowed his white Ryder rental van into a lunch-hour crowd in Toronto on Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 along a roughly mile-long (1.6-km) stretch of sidewalk thronged with pedestrians, police said,... -
France’s Macron visits Trump as Iran nuclear deal hangs in balance
Apr 23, 2018French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Washington on Monday for a state visit likely to be dominated by differences over trade and the nuclear accord with Iran. As Macron headed west, the Iranian government urged European...