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
Anisuzzaman Khan passed away
Noted zoologist and wildlife expert Mohammed Anisuzzaman Khan passed away on Monday, leaving behind his wife, son, daughter, siblings, and a host of friends and well-wishers to mourn his death.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
DU Teacher’s Firing: HC questions legality of syndicate decision
The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the Dhaka University authorities’ decision to terminate its teacher Prof Morshed Hasan Khan from his job.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Supply of Covid Vaccines: Bangladesh should go for production
For long-term solution to Covid vaccine supply, Bangladesh needs to go for vaccine production as the crisis for the shots is worldwide, experts said at a webinar yesterday.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Death toll in Pakistan train crash rises to 56
The death toll in a train crash in southern Pakistan rose to 56 yesterday, a railway spokeswoman said, the latest accident to highlight a broken railway system that dates back to the 19th century.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO warns of ‘two-track pandemic’
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said unequal distribution of vaccines has allowed the coronavirus to continue spreading, thus increasing odds of a variant emerging that could render these treatments ineffective.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Glitch in Fastly: Media, govt websites hit by outages
Several media, government and social sites such as the UK government, the White House and Reddit suffered temporary outages yesterday due to a glitch in cloud computing services provider Fastly.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Engr Delwar Murder: His colleague killed him for obstructing bribery
Delwar Hossain, then executive engineer of Gazipur City Corporation, was killed last year over a disagreement with his colleague Mohammad Selim over the latter’s illegal activities, a police probe has found.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Kushtia Sugar Mills: 53 tonnes of sugar vanish, probe on
About 53 tonnes of sugar, worth around Tk 33 lakh, has been stolen from a warehouse of state-owned Kushtia Sugar Mills.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Think-tanks’ new poor figure flawed: Planning minister
The surveys conducted by private think-tanks to deduce the number of new poor due to the pandemic do not stand scientifically, said Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Operation Hotel InterContinental
Commandos of the Crack Platoon today launched an attack at InterContinental Dhaka. The commandos, armed with grenades, bayonets, and submachine guns, stopped in a car in front of the hotel. Five grenades were thrown in the attack which took place between 7:45pm and 8:00pm.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Australia’s largest dinosaur a new species
A gigantic dinosaur discovered in Australia’s outback has been identified as a new species and recognised as one of the largest to ever roam the Earth, according to palaeontologists.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
MP Papul’s JS Membership: HC rejects writ against cancellation
The High Court yesterday observed that if any court of sovereign state convicts and punishes a lawmaker of Bangladesh with imprisonment for two years or more for moral turpitude, he or she becomes disqualified to hold the office of Member of Parliament.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Cops arrest 2 suspected human traffickers
Two more people were held in Satkhira’s bordering area yesterday over trafficking a young girl who returned home from India last month after escaping captivity of 77 days.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Trains Collide in Pakistan: 43 killed, dozens hurt
At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured yesterday when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed just minutes earlier, officials said.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
At least 62 Bangladeshis detained in Malaysia
Malaysia’s Immigration Department detained 156 immigrants, including 62 Bangladeshis, during an integrated operation at an illegal settlement in Cyberjaya city Sunday night.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Graft in Chuadanga Hospital: Probe body visits almost a year later
The probe committee tasked with investigating alleged irregularities in procurement of medicine and medical equipment for Chuadanga Sadar Hospital and four upazila health complexes visited the district for the first time on Sunday, almost a year after its formation.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
UK refuses aid to Pakistan
The reported statement of Pakistan President Yahya Khan that he would take “genuine refugees” back into Pakistan met with sharp reaction from the Bangladesh government today.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown slack in key districts
People in general are neglecting rules of the lockdown in some districts, despite the operations of mobile courts.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
11 people killed in attack by gunmen in Nigeria
Eleven people were killed after unknown gunmen attacked a town in southwestern Nigeria, police said on Sunday.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid Treatment in Pvt Hospitals: Will look into unusually high costs
Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government would look into overcharging Covid patients at private hospitals.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM