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
Govt spreading fear to stop criticism: BNP
The BNP yesterday alleged that the opposition leaders and activists were being made to disappear to stop the criticism of the government’s misdeeds.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
UK PM backs minister over bullying report but adviser quits
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday backed one of his senior ministers after an independent inquiry concluded she had broken rules following allegations of bullying of her staff, prompting the report’s author quit.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Vaccine roll-out nears in US
US giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech was preparing yesterday to file an emergency request to roll out their vaunted vaccine while New York shut its schools and California braced for nighttime curfews heading into the US holiday season.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Defence Hardware: India keen to work with Bangladesh
India is keen to work with Bangladesh on defence hardware platforms like Akash missile, radars, mortars, artillery guns and ammunitions, said Raj Kumar, secretary (defence production) of Indian defence ministry.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Man held for raping Jashore madrasa student
Police arrested a man on charges of raping a madrasa student in Jashore town early yesterday.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Climate change devastated dinosaurs twice
Most people know that land-dwelling dinosaurs were wiped out some 66 million years ago when an asteroid roughly twice the diameter of Paris crashed into Earth.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
DU suspends evening MBA admission test
The Dhaka University yesterday postponed the admission test for the evening programme of Master of Business Administration (MBA).
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Armed Forces Day today
The Armed Forces Day is being celebrated today amid festivity and enthusiasm, marking the establishment of the forces during the Liberation War.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Pakistan to repatriate 10,000 Bangalees
Pakistan President ZA Bhutto announces at a jirga meeting today that 10,000 Bangalee women and children would be allowed to go back to their
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Probashi Kallyan Bank: Crippled by manpower shortage
Probashi Kallyan Bank, a specialised financial institution for migrant workers, is struggling to conduct its day-to-day activities due to manpower shortage.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize for ‘Shuggie Bain’
Scottish author Douglas Stuart was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize for his acclaimed debut novel “Shuggie Bain,” set in his home city of Glasgow.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Salary Discrimination’: Govt health workers to go on indefinite strike from Nov 26
All health inspectors, assistant health inspectors and health assistants will start work abstention for an indefinite period from November 26, demanding a solution to “salary discrimination”.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Morgue asst arrested on charges of necrophilia
CID officers arrested a morgue assistant of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College on charges of necrophilia.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
KL’s plan to make foreign workers wear wristbands discriminatory
Two rights groups of Malaysia yesterday condemned the country’s government for planning to make migrant workers wear wristbands under the pretext of containing Covid-19.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Kashmir to enact India’s forest rights law 14 years on, in boost for nomads
Authorities in India’s Jammu and Kashmir will implement a law to grant land rights to forest dwelling communities 14 years after the legislation was enacted nationwide, a long-awaited move that may better protect nomadic tribes, human rights activists said.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Crisis: UN adopts resolution for urgent solution
The United Nations has adopted a resolution stating that there should be an urgent solution to the Rohingya crisis to ensure safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homes by creating a conducive environment inside Myanmar.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Oxford Covid vaccine safe for older adults
AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s potential Covid-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response in older adults, data published yesterday showed as the world Health Organisation warned that vaccines would not arrive in time to defeat the second wave of the pandemic.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid Fallout Package: Let barriers be removed
In the face of criticisms, the government is going to evaluate its economic rescue scheme announced six months ago to tackle the fallout of the pandemic.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM
HC Terms for Bail: Rape accused marries victim in Feni jail
A man detained in a rape case yesterday married his victim at Feni jail gate in order to get bail in line with a directive from the High Court.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM
No separate tribunal for trying drug offences
The “Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020” was passed in parliament yesterday, dropping the provision of setting up separate narcotics control tribunals to pave the way for competent courts to try the narcotics-related crimes.
19 November 2020, 18:00 PM