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
Media Freedom in BD: Concerned, rights bodies write to UN
Eight global and regional human rights bodies yesterday wrote a letter to the UN human rights chief, expressing concerns over the state of media freedom in Bangladesh and urging authorities to protect and respect freedom of expression.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh waits for US response on vaccines
Bangladesh is eagerly waiting for US response over obtaining Covid-19 vaccines as its stock of AstraZeneca vaccine doses purchased from India will run out soon.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Super Specialised Hospital: Project staring at long delays
The government will again extend the period of a project taken to set up a modern healthcare facility at the capital Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) after the project authorities failed to complete the work on schedule mainly due to the pandemic.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Longest suspension foot bridge opens in Portugal
Hugo Xavier became one of the first people to cross the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge when it opened on Thursday near his tiny hometown of Arouca in northern Portugal.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
College Girl’s Death: Lawyer asks govt to verify phone convo
A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice on the government, asking it to verify through forensic tests the authenticity of an alleged conversation between the college student found dead in a Gulshan flat and Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran denies US prisoner swap reports
Iran yesterday denied media reports suggesting a prisoner swap deal had been reached with the United States, in parallel with nuclear talks involving the two arch-rivals.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Palestinian vote delay threatens Abbas-Hamas ties: experts
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s decision to indefinitely postpone elections could rekindle tensions between his secular Fatah movement and Hamas Islamists, piling pressure on Abbas to set a new timeline for a vote, experts said.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
65 more die of Covid, 1,739 get infected
Bangladesh reported that 65 more people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, raising the death toll to 11,644.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Taiwan investigating China dinghy defector claim
Taiwan’s defence minister yesterday said authorities were investigating whether a man from mainland China had managed to cross the Taiwan Strait in a rubber dinghy in a bid to seek political sanctuary.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
India’s Covid peak seen nearing
India reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus infections for a 12th straight day yesterday to take its overall number of cases to just shy of 20 million, as scientists predicted a peak in the pandemic in the coming days.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Press Freedom Day: 200 violations of press freedom in Asia-Pacific
Over 200 press freedom violations linked to the pandemic were reported in the Asia-Pacific region, of which about half were from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal, stated a press release by International Press Institute (IPI).
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
UK defends aid cuts after UN warnings of deadly impact
Britain yesterday defended cuts to its aid spending, stressing the budget impact of the coronavirus pandemic, after several UN agencies warned they would translate into thousands of deaths among the world’s poor.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Brussels police arrest 132 in crackdown on anti-lockdown party
Belgian police arrested 132 people as they used tear gas and water cannon to break up a banned anti-lockdown party in a Brussels park on the weekend, an official report said yesterday.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Journo sued under DSA sent to jail
A Dinajpur court on Saturday sent a journalist to jail in connection with a case filed under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA).
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
3 sent to jail over rape of 11-yr-old
A Cox’s Bazar court on Saturday sent three men to jail on charge of gang-raping an 11-year-old girl.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Some int’l flights resume after 17 days
Operation of regular international flights to and from Dhaka resumed on May 1 after a 17-day suspension due to coronavirus restrictions.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
69 more die of Covid, positivity rate drops
As the deadly coronavirus continues its onslaught in Bangladesh, health authorities reported 69 more deaths in 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Pakistan denies refugee exodus
West Pakistan newspapers on May 3 quoted government sources as denying that large numbers of refugees were fleeing East Pakistan to neighbouring India.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
More Covid aid lands in India
India struggled to contain one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks with nearly 400,000 new infections reported yesterday, as more international aid arrived in the South Asian nation to help end the crisis.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Khaleda to be in hospital for a few more days
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s medical check-up is yet to be completed and she needs to stay in hospital for a few more days.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM