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
Trump casts early ballot in Florida
President Donald Trump cast his vote in Florida yesterday ahead of another punishing day with three campaign rallies as he works to close the gap with Joe Biden and pull off a 2016-style upset win on November 3.
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Suicide Bombing: 18 killed in Kabul
A suicide bomber struck near an education centre in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing at least 18 people in the latest attack to rock the conflict-wracked country.
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
19 more die, 1,094 infected with Covid-19
Nineteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Five bodies found after speedboat sinking
Rescuers recovered the bodies of five people from the Agunmukha river in Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila yesterday morning, about 40 hours after a speedboat carrying 18 passengers, including the five, sank in rough weather.
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Israel warplanes strike Gaza following rocket fire
Israeli warplanes struck suspected Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip before dawn on Friday following rocket fire from the blockaded Palestinian territory.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Continental Shelf in Bay: Dhaka submits updated report seeking UN nod
Bangladesh yesterday lodged an amended submission to the UN on the limits of its outer continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Europe’s daily cases double in 10 days
The coronavirus is spreading even faster than it did during the first phase of the pandemic, a French government adviser said yesterday as authorities across Europe scrambled to try to contain the disease once again racing through the continent.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Libyan Civil War: Two warring factions sign ‘permanent’ ceasefire
Libya’s two warring factions signed a “permanent” ceasefire agreement yesterday after five days of talks at the United Nations, which hailed the deal as a historic moment following years of turmoil and bloodshed.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
14 more die from Covid, 1,586 test positive
Fourteen people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Child raped by 55-yr-old in Noakhali
A seven-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 55-year-old man at Char Jabbar union in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali on Wednesday.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Dolphins vanishing from Halda
The freshwater dolphins in Bangladesh are only decreasing in number over the last few years mainly for manmade hazards, say experts.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Constitution copy will be a handwritten document
The original copy of the constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh will be a handwritten document and will bear the signatures of all members of the Constituent Assembly.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Healthcare within reach, yet distant
Expecting mothers needing specialised care in remote villages under Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj still have to endure hours-long potentially risky journeys to the nearest public health facility, despite two new mother and children welfare centres in the area.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
‘This isn’t a reality show’
Former US president Barack Obama excoriated Donald Trump and warned against complacency despite favorable opinion polls during his first public rally in support of Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday ahead of the November 3 election.
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM
France extends virus curfew to more regions: PM
French Prime Minister Jean Castex yesterday said that because of the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the government will extend the 2100 to 0600 curfew to 38 more departments, starting from Friday at midnight.
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Nigeria’s Lagos shut down after protest shooting
Shops were shuttered and streets empty yesterday as Nigeria’s largest city Lagos was locked down under curfew after unrest flared following the shooting of protesters.
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM
2 French women charged over ‘racist’ stabbing of veiled Muslim women
Two women accused of stabbing two other women wearing Muslim headscarves near the Eiffel Tower in Paris and trying to rip off their veils have been charged with assault and racist slurs, legal sources told AFP yesterday.
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Brexit Trade Deal: Time running out
With time fast running out, Britain and the European Union start yesterday intensified negotiations in a new, final push to try to secure a deal to protect billions of dollars of post-Brexit trade between the neighbours.
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Senate body okays SC pick by Trump
The Republican-led US Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday approved President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime US Supreme Court seat despite a Democratic boycott of the meeting, clearing the way for a full Senate debate and vote on confirmation.
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Three girls raped by neighbours
Three teenage girls were raped by their neighbours in Savar, Narayanganj and Mymensingh on Wednesday and a 65-year-old retired sergeant was arrested for raping a woman for the last nine months in Noakhali.
22 October 2020, 18:00 PM