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-era oil, gas leases in Alaska refuge suspended
US President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday said it would suspend oil and gas leases that were handed out in an Alaska wildlife refuge during the final days of the Trump administration pending an environmental review.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Riots in Syria’s Manbij leave 4 dead: monitor
Kurdish forces have shot dead four Arab protesters during riots in the northern Syrian region of Manbij, a war monitor said yesterday.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Tortured’ Belarus journalist freed from prison: DW
Belarusian freelance journalist Alexander Burakov, who regularly reports for Germany’s Deutsche Welle, was freed Tuesday after 20 days in jail where he said he was tortured for covering an “unauthorised event”.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Buddhist monk attacked in temple
Two unidentified men attacked an indigenous Buddhist monk inside a temple in remote Panchhari upazila of Khagrachhari and looted Tk 1 lakh early Monday.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Peru leads global mortality rate after adjusting Covid toll
Peru on Monday more than doubled its official coronavirus death toll, becoming the country with the highest Covid-19 mortality per capita anywhere in the world.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Repairing Dam Themselves: Locals sling mud at MP, chase him away
Waterlogging, erosion and inundation caused by absence of sustainable embankments have made their lives miserable over the years.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Racket trafficked 500 women in 5 years
A transnational human trafficking racket, involving some Bangladeshis, has trafficked at least 500 young women and girls to India over the last five years and forced them into sex trade, said Rapid Action Battalion.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Crisis: Govt ready to address their realistic needs
Bangladesh government is ready to address any realistic needs and concerns of the Rohingyas, said foreign ministry yesterday, a day after a large demonstration by the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char in presence of a UN delegation.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
She killed her husband, dumped the cut up body
Police on Monday arrested a woman for murdering her husband, whose body parts were recovered the previous day from three areas of the capital.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
No room for compromise with Pakistan: Tajuddin
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad categorically declared today that “there is no room for compromise (with West Pakistan) within the framework of Pakistan”.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Payra rail link to cost Tk 40,000cr
The government has to spend more than 40,000 crore to bring Payra Sea Port in Patuakhali and Barishal under the rail network, a study says.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Amir Hamza confesses
Controversial Islamic speaker Mufti Amir Hamza yesterday confessed to a magistrate that he used to misinterpret religion and spread extremism in his sermons.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Doctor dies of post-Covid complications
Prof Farid-ul-Alam, former head of paediatrics department of Chattogram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, died from post-Covid-19 complications at a port city hospital early yesterday.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Pandemic: Economic Fallout: Turnaround still not happening
Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday said the slow implementation of development programmes and depressed private investment were concerning for the economy still recovering from the pandemic fallout.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Pandemic Impact on Women: Budget must reflect govt’s relief efforts
The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected women more than men in terms of monetary and other losses, economists and women rights activists say.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh delegation addresses Indian parliament
The Provisional Government of Bangladesh today ruled out any political settlement with the West Pakistanis. Home Minister AM Kamaruzzaman issued a statement to the press which categorically rejected President Yahya Khan’s offer of an amnesty. It’s a fight to the finish, he said.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Accord extended for 3 months
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh which was supposed to expire yesterday was extended by a further three months as only two out of over 190 clothing retailers had agreed to renew their contract.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Global warming blamed for 1 in 3 heat-related deaths
More than a third of summer heat-related fatalities are due to climate change, researchers said yesterday, warning of even higher death tolls as global temperatures climb.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Britain to accelerate relocation for Afghan staff
Britain yesterday announced plans to accelerate its relocation of Afghan staff who worked with the military and their families ahead of a planned withdrawal of US-led Nato forces.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden vows to push Putin at summit to protect human rights
US President Joe Biden pledged Sunday to press Russian leader Vladimir Putin to uphold human rights when they meet in Geneva next month for their first summit.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM