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
Bagha Jatin’s Bust: Jubo League leader, two cohorts held for vandalism
Police yesterday arrested a local Jubo League leader and his two associates over vandalising the sculpture of revolutionary freedom fighter Bagha Jatin at Kaya College in Kushtia’s Kumarkhali upazila.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
US approves Moderna’s vaccine
The United States has authorised Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for millions of doses of a second jab to be shipped across the hardest-hit country in the world.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Mujib felicitates Kosygin
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today expresses his confidence that the bond and deep understanding that exist between Bangladesh and the Soviet Union will grow stronger in the years to come.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Positive branding to boost investment, create jobs
With positive branding, foreign investment flow will increase significantly in the country contributing to job creation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Kurigram’s Rajarhat records lowest 6.6 degrees Celsius
The lowest temperature, 6.6 degrees Celsius, was recorded in the country yesterday at Rajarhat of Kurigram, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
France charges four over attack on former Charlie Hebdo offices
French authorities have charged and detained four Pakistanis suspected of links to a meat cleaver attack by a compatriot outside the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly that wounded two people, the national counter-terrorism prosecutor’s office said Friday.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
US planning to close last consulates in Russia: report
Donald Trump’s outgoing administration is planning to close the two remaining US consulates in Russia, media reports said Friday, as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office amid high tensions with Moscow.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Fiji scrambles to provide aid as cyclone toll rises
The devastation in Fiji following Cyclone Yasa was compared to a war zone yesterday as reconnaissance flights showed entire villages wiped out and authorities put the cost at hundreds of millions of dollars.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Erdogan tells Merkel Turkey wants to turn over new leaf
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday told German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a videoconference call Turkey wants to turn over a new leaf with the European Union, the Turkish presidency said.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Biden team warns of security risk after Pentagon halts briefings
The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden warned Friday of risks to national security after it said the Pentagon suddenly halted briefings for the transition team.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 positivity rate climbs for 2nd day
The percentage of the Covid-19 tests that come out positive continued to rise for the second consecutive day yesterday after it hit an eight-month low.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Severe Covid variant found in S Africa
A severe variant of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa which could explain the rapid spread of a second wave that affects younger people, the health minister said.
19 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Covax to begin vaccine delivery in early 2021
The World Health Organization and partners yesterday said that the Covax facility, created to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines worldwide, expected to begin delivering jabs early next year, as Moderna’s vaccine was set for imminent approval in the US.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Labour-Receiving Countries: Govt ready to negotiate low-cost hiring
Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday said he was ready to negotiate different issues with labour receiving countries to send abroad as many workers as possible at low cost.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
7 held over gang rape in Gazipur
Police yesterday held seven men over gang-rape of a woman in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Sculpture of Bagha Jatin vandalised in Kushtia
Some unidentified miscreants have vandalised a statue of British revolutionary leader Bagha Jatin on the campus premises of Kaya College in Kushtia’s Kumarkhali upazila.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Approval from 3 authorities must for foreign trips
The High Court has ruled that any government official below the rank of joint secretary must take permission from the cabinet division and finance ministry, along with the approval from his or her own ministry, for any official foreign tour.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Good move; now follow them up
The Bangladesh-India prime minister-level summit on Thursday was a remarkable step forward in advancing not only bilateral relations but also regional connectivity and economic integration, analysts have said.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Mujibnagar officials to get 9 months’ arrears
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman acknowledges the highest sense of patriotism and sacrifice of the officials who helped run the provisional government from Mujibnagar.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Mahmudullah sparkles as Khulna take the title
Skipper Mahmudu-llah Riyad played the decisive hand to help Gemcon Khulna overcome Gazi Group Chattogram by five runs in the final of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM