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
Ancient skeleton offers clues on prehistoric diet
German researchers are piecing together the life of a prehistoric woman who died more than 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic period, after her skeleton was found during excavation works for wind turbines.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM
A free man and a lost kingdom
In the hilly terrain of Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila, right at the foot of the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, there is the grave of a visionary leader who dreamt of an independent Khasi state till his last day.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Freight train derails in Sreemangal
Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country was suspended for hours yesterday after the derailment of a fuel oil-laden train in Sreemangal. Meanwhile, two people died after a train hit a bus in Gazipur.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Jewel’s Murder: Suspect ‘who started the rumour’ held
Detectives yesterday arrested Abul Hossain alias Hossain Ali, who allegedly spread the rumour that Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel demeaned the Holy Quran, in the capital’s Kuril Bishwa Road area.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Unending holiday hurting a lot
Over 3,000 Bangladeshi expatriate workers have been stranded at home for several months as they cannot fly to Kuwait to rejoin work due to suspension of air communications between the two countries amid the pandemic.
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Birangana Parul Rani laid to rest
Birangana Parul Rani died of old-age comp-lications at her house in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila town on Thursday night. She was 90.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Four of a family killed in B’baria road crash
Four members of a family, including a child, were killed and three others injured when a truck hit two other vehicles at Syedabad in Kasba upazila yesterday.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Country sees record rainfall in 9 months
In a shift from the usual weather pattern, the country has witnessed around 50 percent more rainfall in the first nine months of this year, compared to the average rainfall in the corresponding period during the last 30 years.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Recognition will bring peace in subcontinent
A brief joint press statement issued at the conclusion of the Indo-Bangla talks held in Delhi notes that both sides are in complete agreement
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Dozens dead as Eta wreaks waterlogged havoc on Central America
The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, with fatalities sharply up on Thursday mostly because of mudslides as streets turned into rivers and bridges came tumbling down.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
If elected, Biden likely to focus on human rights
Potential US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy will emphasise on strengthening democracy and human rights globally -- a shift from that of incumbent President Donald Trump who focused on trade, said international relations analysts at Washington, DC.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Padma Bridge: 36th span installed, 5.4km of the main structure now visible
The 36th span of the Padma bridge was installed yesterday, making a 5.4km stretch of the main structure visible.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Gang-rape victim raped again in Lalmonirhat
A schoolgirl, who was allegedly gang-raped about a month ago, was raped again in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid cases hit new record in US
Coronavirus cases hit new records in the United States as swathes of Italy returned to lockdown yesterday with the resurgent pandemic continuing its march through Europe.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Girl arrested for ‘hurting religious sentiment’
A teenage girl has been arrested in the capital’s Mirpur for “hurting religious sentiments” through social media.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Substandard Education: Pvt medical college shut in Rajshahi
The health ministry ordered suspension of student admission at Shah Makhdum Medical College in Rajshahi because of the “poor state of education”.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Afghan violence soars despite peace talks: watchdog
Violent attacks in Afghanistan surged by 50 percent over recent months even as the Kabul government and the Taliban launched unprecedented peace talks in September, a US watchdog warned yesterday.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat Lynching: Police yet to track down key suspect
Eight days into the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in the district’s Patgram upazila, police are yet to arrest Abul Hossain who allegedly first spread the rumour about desecration of the Holy Quran by the victim.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Second Wave of Covid-19: Entire England put under lockdown
England’s 56 million people joined much of western Europe in a second coronavirus lockdown yesterday, as the United States set a fresh daily record with close to 100,000 new infections.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Can’t accept useless people’
As Aung San Suu Kyi is vilified internationally for denying genocide against the Rohingya, her opponents in Sunday’s Myanmar election are ramping up the rhetoric against the Muslim minority.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM