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
India re-opens major cities
Key Indian cities re-opened for business yesterday, with long queues for buses in the financial hub of Mumbai while traffic returned to the roads of New Delhi after a devastating second wave of coronavirus that killed hundreds of thousands.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid Impact on Work: 4 times worse than 2008 financial crash: UN
The United Nations said yesterday that the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the world of work was four times worse than the 2008 economic crisis.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Temporary Iran nuclear deal becoming hard: IAEA
The UN nuclear watchdog’s head said yesterday it was “becoming increasingly difficult” to extend a temporary inspections arrangement with Iran, as Tehran and world powers try to salvage a nuclear deal.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Migrants’ Quarantine in KSA: Govt to send them Tk 25k to help with hotel costs
The government has decided to send Tk 25,000 as a subsidy to the hotel quarantine fee for Saudi Arabia-bound migrant workers to their bank accounts.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ruling party MPs blast govt for graft
A senior ruling party MP yesterday in parliament lambasted the government for rampant corruption and money laundering in the country.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu Killers: Four convicts stripped of gallantry awards
The government has revoked the state gallantry awards of four convicted killers of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
2 largest currency denominations withdrawn
The Pakistani government removed from circulation today part of the nation’s currency in an effort to check the economic effects of looting from banks in East Pakistan.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Delta Variant of Covid: It’s ‘40pc more transmissible’
The Delta variant of the coronavirus is estimated to be 40 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant that caused the last wave of infections in the UK, Britain’s health minister said yesterday.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Reef stars’ promote growth of dying coral
Using a snorkel and protective gloves, Pariama Hutasoit dives down into the clear waters off the Indonesian island of Bali to pull away plastic from a “reef star” installed by her conservation group to encourage new coral growth.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
NID Services: Move to Home unconstitutional
The moving of services related to National Identity cards from the Election Commission to the home ministry was contrary to the constitution, eminent citizens said yesterday.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Mamunul has links with militants
Police have found information about Hefajat-e Islam’s former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque’s involvement in local and external militant organisations.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Raped, assaulted, locked up in foreign land
Many cannot even imagine the brutalities an 18-year-old girl endured for more than two months.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022
Realising their imminent failure to meet the deadline for early commissioning, the authorities are planning to launch the Uttara-Agargaon metro rail service by December next year.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
With homemade rifles, Myanmar self-defence groups take fight to junta
At makeshift factories hidden in Myanmar’s jungle, locals who have formed self-defence groups make rifles to take the fight to the military junta, but their homemade weapons don’t always hit the mark.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Putin says wants to find ways with Biden to improve ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he hoped to improve deeply damaged relations with the United States when he holds his first summit with US counterpart Joe Biden later this month.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
China blasts US and EU consulates in Hong Kong for Tiananmen candles
China yesterday berated the US and EU consulates in Hong Kong for displaying candles to commemorate the June 4 Tiananmen crackdown, slamming it as a “clumsy political show” to destabilise the city.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
2 Rohingyas killed in landslides
Two Rohingyas were killed in two incidents of landslides in refugee camps of Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas yesterday.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
PM calls for massive tree plantation to save environment
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the people to go for massive plantation of trees to protect the country from the adverse impacts of climate change.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Turkish drone strike kills 3 civilians in Iraq refugee camp
Three civilians were killed yesterday in a Turkish drone attack on a refugee camp in northern Iraq in an area Turkish President recently threatened to “clean up”, a Kurdish lawmaker said.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Assange fiancee seeks safe haven for jailed WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange’s fiancee joined forces Friday with the mayor of Geneva and the UN’s torture expert to seek the WikiLeaks founder’s immediate release from a British jail and safe haven in another country.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM