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
Rohingya Genocide Case: 104 UK MPs urge govt to support it
More than 100 UK MPs have called on the British government to support The Gambia’s Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as human rights violations against the Rohingyas continue.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Ex-BGMEA vice president Sirajul Haque passes away
Md Sirajul Haque, former vice president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), passed away at a hospital in the capital on Thursday night.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Cold snap sweeping the north
The northern part of the country is witnessing a sharp fall in temperature as a cold wind from the Himalayan region is sweeping through the region.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensure justice seekers get verdict copies without delay
President Abdul Hamid yesterday called upon judges to ensure that “justice-seekers do not have to keep coming back to the court for days even after the verdict in a case is delivered”.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Hasina for further integrated economies
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday suggested further integrating the economies of Bangladesh and India to consolidate the global and regional value chains cashing on the available synergies.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Relations with Bangladesh a priority: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that Bangladesh remains a “significant pillar” of his country’s Neighbourhood First policy.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Vaccine ‘hesitancy’ rises among Indians
Many Indians appear hesitant to get vaccinated for Covid-19 as infections have fallen sharply since a mid-September peak and some people are worried about possible side-effects, according to a survey of 18,000 people.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Europe to start Covid shots before yr end
French President Emmanuel Macron became the latest head of state to test positive for coronavirus yesterday, forcing several other European leaders into quarantine as the continent struggles with a winter surge in infections.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Police officer shot by ‘drug trader’ in city
A police official was wounded after being shot by an alleged drug trader while carrying out a drive in the capital’s Mohammadpur area yesterday morning, police said.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
RU teachers demand registrar’s removal
Teachers of Rajshahi University demanded immediate implementation of recent government orders, including relieving Prof Abdul Bari from the post of the university registrar.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid positivity rate drops to 8-month low
The rate of daily positive coronavirus cases dropped yesterday to 8.6 percent, the lowest it has been in more than eight months, while the recovery rate continued to increase.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Husband kills wife after fight over his affair
A woman has been strangled to death allegedly by her husband in Chattogram’s Ambagan Rail Gate area as she prevented him from being involved in an extra marital affair.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Int’l Migration Day Today: Present grim, future worrying
Shahadat Hossain was all set to fly to Saudi Arabia in March as a date farm worker, dreaming of a better life for his family members. But before he could make his journey, came the deadly Covid-19, suspending air communications with the Gulf countries in mid-March.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Hitler’s alligator’ put on display in Moscow
An alligator believed to have belonged to Adolf Hitler that died aged 84 has been taxidermied and put on display in Moscow.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
‘No interference in judicial function’
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares today that the rule of law will be established at any cost. In his speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the Supreme Court,
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
11 districts get new DCs
The government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 11 districts, including Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Twitter cracks down on false posts about Covid vaccines
Twitter said on Wednesday that it would crack down on false posts about Covid-19 vaccines beginning next week, following in the footsteps of Facebook and YouTube.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
HRW accuses Egypt of ‘collective punishment’ of inmates
Human Rights Watch yesterday accused Egypt of imposing punitive conditions on hundreds of inmates at one of its most notorious prisons in collective punishment for a foiled September escape attempt.
17 December 2020, 18:00 PM
8 still missing in Meghna trawler capsize
At least eight people have remained missing till 4:00pm yesterday since a trawler capsized in the Meghna on Tuesday.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Clashes mar Victory Day celebrations
Members of Bangladesh Chhatra League allegedly attacked some followers of former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque in Brahmanbaria while they were paying homage to martyrs marking the Victory Day yesterday.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM