Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Greece to regularise 15,000 undocumented Bangladeshis
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
10 injured as BNP, police clash in Tangail
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Sohan captain for Zim T20Is
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Grain exports via black sea: Ukraine, Russia sign deal
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Lanka troops raid main protest camp
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
BSF seizes ‘record’ 41.49 kg gold near Benapole border
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
2 Covid patients die; positivity rate 8.36
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
25-yr-old tourist drowns in Nikli haor
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Schoolgirl raped in Manikganj
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Mirza stirs up debate once again
Abdul Quader Mirza, younger brother of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, yesterday urged journalists to look into the wealth statement of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before checking his.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Metro Rail: Rollout likely this year
Japan expects Bangladesh’s first metro rail service to be operational in the capital by this year despite setbacks caused by the pandemic.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM
First industrial and investment policy announced
The first industrial and investment policy of the country is announced by Industries Minister Syed Nazrul Islam today.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM
3 BR officials suspended over graft
Railways Ministry has suspended three railways officials -- two mid-level and one junior -- for their direct involvement in irregularities and corruption while purchasing materials for the Bangladesh Railway (BR).
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Russians see US democracy ‘limping’ after Capitol stormed
Russian officials yesterday pointed to the storming of the US Capitol as evidence of America’s decline, with one saying it showed US democracy was “limping on both feet”.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Accused, Convicts, Fugitives of Non-Bailable Offences: No media can air, publish their comments: HC
Referring to Ekattor TV allowing Proshanta Kumar Halder to participate in a live talk show and interview, the High Court has observed that no one accused or convicted of non-bailable, cognisable offences is entitled to any comment or interview through the media.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Nur Hossain gets life term in arms case
Nur Hossain, an accused in the Narayanganj seven-murder case, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in another case filed under the arms act.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Homegrown Covid Vaccine: Globe Biotech gets nod for trial
Globe Biotech has got the licence to produce its homegrown coronavirus vaccine for human trial.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
AL completes 12 consecutive years in office
The ruling Awami League has greeted countrymen on the completion of an era of the AL government at a stretch under the leadership of Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Democrats ahead in Senate race
Democrats won one US Senate race in Georgia and surged ahead in another yesterday, moving closer to a stunning sweep that would give them control of Congress and the power to advance President-elect Joe Biden’s policy goals.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Virus ‘Imprisonment’: Bangladeshi worker sues Singapore employer
A Bangladeshi migrant worker is suing his ex-employer and dormitory operator in Singapore, accusing them of “false imprisonment” after he was locked in his room during a coronavirus outbreak.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Origins of Pandemic: China blocks entry to WHO Covid team
An expert mission to China to probe the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic was in disarray yesterday after Beijing denied entry to the World Health Organization team at the last minute despite months of painstaking negotiations.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Discrepancies in pay will be reduced: Bangabandhu
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today reiterates his government’s intention to reduce the huge discrepancies in salaries of various grades of government officials.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Get jobs abroad via legal channels
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment ministry and recruiting agencies to take care of Bangladeshi expatriates.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘We will never concede’
Donald Trump yesterday launched a furious last-minute bid on the streets of Washington to reverse his election defeat, as Joe Biden was set to be certified president with an added triumph of his Democratic Party on track to win full control of Congress.
6 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Georgia votes in key US Senate runoffs
After an unprecedented campaign that mobilised President Donald Trump and his successor Joe Biden, the people of Georgia yesterday started voting in two US Senate runoffs that could shape the first years of the new Democratic presidency.
5 January 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO lauds India’s decisive Covid action
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus yesterday praised India’s action and its resolve to end the Covid-19 pandemic as the largest vaccine producer of the world.
5 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Vested interest trying to create chaos: Bangabandhu
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman receives a warm and hearty welcome when he flies into his hometown Gopalganj today.
5 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Migrants need social, legal protection
Bangladesh wants social and legal protection of migrant workers in destination countries during emergency situations like the Covid-19 pandemic that has exposed their sheer vulnerability abroad.
5 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Death in Jail Custody: Court asks PBI to probe alleged torture
The family of the apprentice lawyer, who died in a prison cell of a hospital after alleged torture by members of Detective Branch of police, was able to file a murder case yesterday with a Barishal court that ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to probe the incident.
5 January 2021, 18:00 PM