Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024, 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
Bangladeshis highest number of irregular migrants to Italy
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Delhi, Mumbai ease lockdown
Markets and shopping malls in New Delhi will be allowed to reopen from tomorrow in a further easing of the Covid-19 lockdown, the chief minister said as infections fall in major Indian cities after weeks of restrictions.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Sinopharm Shots: 2nd shipment of 6 lakh to arrive by June 13
China will deliver the second consignment of Covid-19 vaccines as gifts to Bangladesh by June 13, said the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka yesterday.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
3 electrocuted as lightning strikes pole
Two children and a 65-year-old man were killed after they were electrocuted by a live wire that fell from an electric pole because of a lightning strike in the capital’s Malibagh Chowdhury Para.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Harmful’ apps, games to be banned
Worried over their widespread abuse, law enforcers have moved to crack down on some online games and social media applications, including “TikTok”.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Mamunul sent to jail after 18-day remand
A Narayanganj court sent Hefajat-e-Islam’s former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque to Kashimpur Central Jail yesterday on completion of his 18-day remand in six cases filed over rape and violence.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Third Eye’ created for ‘smartphone zombies’
A South Korean industrial designer has come up with a satirical solution for “smartphone zombies” who can’t take their eyes away from their screen long enough to stop themselves walking into a wall or other obstacle.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Pakistan is dead: Syed Nazrul
Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of Bangladesh, today spelt out four preconditions for a political settlement of the Bangladesh issue. In a 45-minute broadcast from the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra,
5 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
81 Rohingyas reach Indonesia after 113-day voyage
A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees that set sail in February but had been adrift in the Andaman Sea with engine failure has landed on an Indonesian island after a voyage of more than 100 days, a human rights official said yesterday.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Aviation, Tourism Sector: Budget blanks out recovery plan
Aviation and tourism have been hit perhaps the hardest by the pandemic. Airlines went bankrupt and airliners were sent into early retirements or long storages. Flights got cancelled due to measures meant to contain the spread of the virus and planes that flew, flew nowhere near the full capacity.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Delta’ variant highly infectious
The coronavirus variant first identified in India is highly infectious and can be caught by people who have already had the disease or been only partially vaccinated, a panel of Indian government scientists said in a report published yesterday.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Transition to Developing Country: Initiatives underway to cover potential losses
The government is cautious about addressing the challenges the country would face after its transition to a developing country in 2026.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccine Production: Bangladesh seeks waiver of TRIPS obligations
Bangladesh has made a strong call for a temporary waiver from certain TRIPS obligations for the production of vaccines, medicines and health technologies to effectively respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccines Thru’ Covax: US to give Bangladesh, 15 countries 7m doses
Bangladesh and 15 other Asian countries will receive approximately 70 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine out of nearly 1.9 crore doses that will be shared by the US through COVAX, according to a White House fact sheet.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Budget doesn’t reflect people’s aspirations
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the proposed budget completely failed to address how people’s lives and livelihood can be protected amid the pandemic.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Citizenship: Myanmar’s NUG to draft new charter to ensure it
In a significant development, Myanmar’s National Unity Government has announced drafting a new constitution and committed to ensuring citizenship and fundamental rights of all ethnic groups, including the Rohingyas.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
SpaceX carrying research squids to ISS
A SpaceX rocket took off Thursday for the International Space Station carrying supplies for scientific experiments, including some surprising passengers -- squids and virtually indestructible microorganisms called tardigrades.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Private universities: Imposition of 15% tax goes against law, says owners’ association
The proposed 15 percent income tax on private universities is unacceptable and contradictory to the Private University Act-2010, Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) said yesterday.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
A conversation with Yahya Khan
In a telegram sent to the US State Department on June 5, 1971, US Ambassador in Pakistan Joseph Farland provided a detailed account of his conversation with Pakistan President Yahya Khan. The meeting was held on the same day.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Indian Covid-19 variant: Community transmission in Bangladesh confirmed
Government research confirmed community transmission of the Delta variant, popularly known as Indian variant, in the country and it also found one unidentified variant of coronavirus.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM