Stronger co-op needed among S Asian countries

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called for stronger collaboration between the South Asian countries for an effective implementation of adaptation activities.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Trump inching towards exit

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the November 3 election, even as he repeated unfounded claims of massive voter fraud.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Teenager dies in gun accident

A teenager was killed as a bullet was fired mistakenly from a gun of some hunters in Lohagara upazila on Wednesday evening.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Maradona to remain in hearts of football fans forever: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of football legend Diego Maradona.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Copyright should go to first publisher

As the first publisher of the books Bangabandhu Maney Swadhinota and 3053 Din, the Ministry of Liberation War and the prison directorate should have the copyright of the two books, recommends an enquiry committee.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Interpol wants 6 Bangladeshi human traffickers

Interpol put six human traffickers of Bangladesh in their “wanted-list”, on charges of deceiving jobseekers and “wrongfully confining and killing” people over ransom demands.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Job Security: Trump order can spark mass firings

US government civil servants could face mass firings under an executive order before President Donald Trump leaves office, and Democratic lawmakers, watchdog groups and unions are scrambling to block it.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Laundering Tk 236 Crore: ACC sues 23

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed three cases against 23 people, including former AB Bank chairman M Wahidul Haque, for their alleged involvement in laundering about Tk 236 crore to the USA, the UAE and Singapore.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Up a notch

Dhaka University has ranked 134th, climbing one step from last year, in a list of Asia’s top 1,000 universities.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Cargil calls on Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and World Bank Vice-president Peter Cargil have a 45-minute talk at the Gono Bhaban
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Swechhasebak League leader beaten to death

A ward-level leader of Swechhasebak League was beaten and hacked to death in Barura upazila of Cumilla yesterday.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Climate Change: Dhaka seeks partnership with the UK

Dhaka seeks a strong partnership with the UK to address the fallout of climate change that poses a threat to lives and livelihoods of millions of people.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

WHO warns of ‘infodemic’

As early as February, with the global pandemic spreading fast, the World Health Organization issued a warning about an “infodemic”, a wave of fake news and misinformation about the deadly new disease on social media.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

37 killed as bus, truck crash in Brazil

At least 37 people were killed and 15 injured yesterday when a bus and a truck crashed in southeastern Brazil, police said.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Virus load soars in US

Officials warned Americans to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday as a restaurant dining ban in Los Angeles was due to come into force yesterday, while parts of Europe eyed looser coronavirus lockdowns over the festive season.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Foreign minister, secy test positive

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen have tested positive for coronavirus just before their scheduled visit to Niger to attend the foreign minister-level meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Mob beats 2 ‘robbers’ dead in Narsingdi

An angry mob beat two escaping “robbers” to death in Narsingdi’s Shibpur upazila early yesterday.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Hindu families living in fear of land grabbers

Three Hindu families, with members who fought in the Liberation War, are now living in fear of attacks by land grabbers in Biroi village of Gafargaon, Mymensingh.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM

White House co-op ‘sincere’

“Immediately, we’ve gotten outreach from the national security shop to just across the board,” Biden told NBC News’ Lester Holt in his first interview as President-elect.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu asks Adamjee workers to increase production

The governments of Bangladesh and India regretted Pakistan’s failure to comply with the joint Indo-Bangladesh proposal to repatriate all families of Bangladesh nationals in Pakistan purely on humanitarian grounds,
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM