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
Helping 1.75M Poor: WB approves $600m for 2 projects
The World Bank has approved $600 million for two projects in Bangladesh to help over 1.75 million poor and vulnerable people.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Junta moves to dissolve Suu Kyi’s party
Myanmar’s junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was fraud in a November election, news outlet Myanmar Now said yesterday, citing a commissioner.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Boat Capsize in Med: Another 36 Bangladeshis rescued off Tunisia coast
Another 36 Bangladeshi migrants were rescued off the Tunisian coast on Thursday, after a boat carrying them capsized in the Mediterranean, reaching the tally of rescued Bangladeshis from the incident to 68.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Bangalees are true Muslims’
The US consul general in Karachi sent a telegram to the US State Department providing details of his meeting with Pakistan President Yahya Khan on May 22, 1971. As to the political situation in Pakistan, Yahya Khan affirmed his belief that the future of the wings were intertwined with the whole.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Banshkhali Power Plant: Instigation, late payment fuelled labour unrest
A police probe found that instigation by outsiders, irregular payment of salaries and sanitation problems fuelled labour unrest in the SS Power I Plant in Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila, leading to a clash on April 17 that left seven workers dead in police firing.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Hefajat Men’s Wealth: ACC forms body for probe
The Anti-Corruption Commission has formed a three-member committee for an enquiry into the illegal wealth of Hefajat-e-Islam leaders.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
US warship illegally enters its territory in S China Sea: China
China said yesterday a US warship had illegally entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea, the latest salvo in the two nations’ dispute over Beijing’s territorial claims in the busy waterway.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Hasina happy as new generation interested in country’s history
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday appreciated the willingness of the new generation to know the history of the country.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Belgium on alert after rogue soldier threatens virus expert
Police stepped up a manhunt Wednesday for a Belgian soldier with suspected extreme-right views and access to rocket launchers who went missing after threatening public figures -- including a renowned coronavirus expert.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Agreement shaping up’ on Iran nuclear talks: negotiators
An agreement is “shaping up” to bring the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, negotiators said Wednesday, citing headway in efforts to break the impasse.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
German ‘refugee’ soldier in dock over far-right attack plot
The trial of a German soldier who allegedly plotted to attack prominent politicians while posing as a Syrian refugee began yesterday in a bizarre case fuelling concerns over right-wing extremism.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
AL factional clash leaves two dead
Two men were killed and at least 10 more injured in a clash between two groups of the ruling Awami League in Barishal’s Mehendiganj upazila.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna Division’s Water Crisis: Dearth now in all 10 districts
The crisis of pure drinking water is deepening in Khulna division as the underground water level has also gone down in five previously unaffected districts, say experts.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid Crisis in India: ‘Black fungus’ surges among virus patients
India has ordered tighter surveillance of a rare fungal disease hitting Covid-19 patients, officials said yesterday, piling pressure on hospitals struggling with the world’s highest number of daily infections of the novel coronavirus.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Hefajat man dies in judicial custody
A Hefajat-e-Islam activist died at a hospital in the capital yesterday while undergoing treatment in judicial custody.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
36 more die, 1,457 infected with Covid
The number of new Covid-19 cases dropped slightly as the health directorate yesterday reported 1,457 cases, including three Indian returnees in Jashore.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Gaza ‘hell on earth’ for children
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday described Gaza as “hell on earth” for children, appealing to Israel for rapid and unhindered aid access and telling the 193-member General Assembly he would launch an appeal for humanitarian funding.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
World’s largest iceberg comes from Antarctica
A giant slab of ice bigger than the Spanish island of Majorca has sheared off from the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg afloat in the world, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Yahya invites refugees to return home!
Pakistan today conceded that there had been violations of human rights in East Pakistan and that “as in all conflicts innocent people had suffered”.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
RHD project gets Japanese award
A Roads and Highways Department project, which set a rare example being complete on time and saving around Tk 1,400 crore from its budget, has received a prestigious Japanese award.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM