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
Missing College Girl: Skull, bones recovered after 3 months
Almost three months into the disappearance of a female college student from Kushtia, her skull and bones were recovered in Chuadanga’s Damurhuda on Saturday, police said.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Biden to name Blinken as top US diplomat
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate seasoned diplomat Antony Blinken as his secretary of state, a decision likely to signal a return to multilateralism after Donald Trump’s shunning of traditional allies, US media reported Sunday.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
All above 10yrs to get smart NID cards by 2025
The Election Commission has prepared a proposal for the second phase of a project to distribute smart NID cards among all citizens aged above 10.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
NBR wants info about all bank accounts of Monir, family
The National Board of Revenue yesterday asked banks and financial institutions to provide detailed information on all types of accounts and transactions of Md Monir Hossain, also known as Golden Monir, his family members and their five firms.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid Vaccines: Unicef working on delivery of 2b doses to 92 countries
The Unicef is working with major global airlines and freight providers to step up efforts to deliver about 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines next year to over 92 countries as soon as those become available.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Pandemic inflames violence against women
No country has been spared the coronavirus epidemic, nor the scourge of domestic violence, which has surged during lockdowns as the day marking such violence approaches on Wednesday.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Myanmar urged to end prosecutions
Myanmar authorities should immediately release imprisoned human rights defenders and end criminal proceedings against dozens of peaceful protesters and others charged in relation to recent legitimate activities, Fortify Rights and nine other human rights organisations said in a joint statement yesterday.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Jihadist threat keeps 300,000 voters from Burkina polls
Hundreds of thousands of voters in Burkina Faso were unable to cast ballots in Sunday’s general election due to security threats, officials said, as the West African nation grapples with a growing jihadist insurgency.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Guatemalans protest for second day to demand president resign
Hundreds of Guatemalans took to the streets for a second day Sunday to demand the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, following the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
The land was taken on false promise
Kwe Shwe Hla, chairman of Bandarban Hill District Council, has allegedly tricked around 20 Mro families into giving their jhum land in Lama upazila’s Dola Para for tourism.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Oxford vaccine highly effective
The developers of a coronavirus vaccine in Britain yesterday claimed success after mass testing, as the United States announced plans to give jabs to 20 million people before the end of the year to combat surging infections.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Begum Para’ in Canada: ACC seeks a list of people who bought homes
The Anti-Corruption Commission asked the government to provide a list of its officials who own homes in “Begum Para” of Toronto, Canada.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
US delegation calls on Bangabandhu
The 11-member congressional delegation from the Agriculture Committee of the United States House of Representatives holds talks for
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
G20 pushes for ‘equitable’ Covid vaccine access
G20 nations yesterday pushed for ensuring equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines worldwide and reaffirmed support for debt-laden poor countries as the pandemic led to further closures in parts of the world.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Biden to name first Cabinet picks tomorrow
Joe Biden will announce the first of his Cabinet picks tomorrow, a senior aide said yesterday, as the president-elect moves ahead with planning for his incoming administration while President Donald Trump showed no sign of abandoning his long-shot bid to overturn the US election.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
British proposal for Bangladesh-Pakistan talks
British Foreign Secretary Sir Alex Douglas Hume has offered London as “neutral ground” for a peace meeting between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
British Airways: Dhaka-London direct flight to resume after 11 years
British Airways, one of the world’s leading airlines, is going to resume its operations from Dhaka after a recess of 11 years, sources at the Ministry of Civil Aviation said.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Israel pounds Gaza after rocket attack
Palestinian militants fired a rocket into Israel, drawing Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said yesterday.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
World’s deepest diving pool opens in Poland
A 45.5-metre (150-foot) deep diving pool with artificial underwater caves and Mayan ruins, the world’s deepest such structure, opened near Warsaw this weekend.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Bandarban: Amnesty Int’l concerned at construction of 5-star hotel
Amnesty International yesterday shared a statement stating its concern about the construction of a five-star hotel in the Chittagong Hill Tracts that could lead to the forced eviction of the Mro people, an indigenous tribe, from their ancestral lands.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM