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
30 more die, 1,181 get Covid
Thirty people died of Covid-19 in the country in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, while India’s health ministry reported the first eight cases of the mutated coronavirus strain in eight United Kingdom returnees.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Moscow expands list of German officials banned from Russia
Moscow yesterday expanded a list of German officials who are banned from entering Russia in response to EU sanctions that the bloc imposed over Russian cyber attacks on the German parliament.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Scattered violence, irregularities mar municipality polls
The municipal polls yesterday were marked by scattered incidents, including technical faults in Electronic Voting Machines, irregularities and an alleged assault on a journalist.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
14-day quarantine must for all UK returnees
All the UK returnees must stay in a 14-day institutional quarantine as the Cabinet yesterday made it mandatory in the wake of the spread of a new variant of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Wuhan Virus Reporting: Citizen journo jailed in China
A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years yesterday for her reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said, almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the central China city.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Hajj, umrah law approved in principle
The Cabinet yesterday approved the draft of “Hajj and Umrah Management Law-2020” in principle to bring more discipline in this sector.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
India lifts ban on onion exports
India yesterday decided to lift a ban on onion exports from January 1, as prices have fallen sharply in the last few weeks on expectations of a big crop.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Encroaching on Highways: Cabinet okays stern punishment
Anyone who erects a permanent or makeshift structure or sets up a market on the highways without prior approval may face a maximum of two years in prison or a fine between Tk 50,000 and Tk 5 lakh, or both.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
SK Sinha’s Trial: His brother, nephew testify against him
The elder brother of former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and one of his nephews yesterday gave their depositions before a Dhaka court in a money laundering case.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Ancient snack stall uncovered in Pompeii
Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Top priority given to agriculture:Bangabandhu
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today says the country is fast recovering from devastation and destruction wrought by the occupation of forces during the Liberation War and is making steady economic progress.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Bogura Mahasthangarh: Fort city open to destruction
The Department of Archaeology continues to struggle to save one of the country’s and region’s most significant archaeological sites, Mahasthangarh in Bogura, due to the delay in acquiring 393 acres of land in the fort city.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Sudan to deploy troops in Darfur after tribal clashes
Sudan is to send troop reinforcements to the south of its Darfur region after 15 people were killed in tribal clashes, the official news agency SUNA said.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Thailand records 3,000 foreign tourists in Nov as ban eases
Thailand recorded 3,065 foreign tourists in November, official data showed yesterday, in its second month of receiving long-stay visitors after a ban was imposed in April to keep coronavirus infections under control.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Turkey says it will retaliate against any attack by east Libya strongman
Turkey’s defence minister said that any attack by eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar on its personnel in the North African country would be met with force.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Spain ruling coalition divided over four-day work week
Spain’s coalition government is deeply split over a proposal to shorten the work week to four days to fight high unemployment sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Israel enters third nationwide lockdown
Israel yesterday began its third coronavirus lockdown, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced optimism that a “world record” vaccination drive will restore a degree of normality within weeks.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Jihadists snatch dozens of loggers in Nigeria, kill 3
Boko Haram jihadists have seized around 40 loggers and killed three others in northeast Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, militia sources and residents told AFP on Saturday.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Three killed, three wounded in Illinois shooting
Three people were killed and another three wounded Saturday in the US state of Illinois when a shooter opened fire at a bowling alley, police said.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
PM christens Biman’s new Dash-8 ‘Dhurbatara’
National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines got a new Dash 8-400 aircraft to help it expand operations in the short-range, including domestic and South Asian destinations.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM