‘Gunfight’ With Bgb: Rohingya ‘drug dealer’ killed in Bandarban

A Rohingya man suspected to be a yaba dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with Border Guard Bangladesh in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila early yesterday.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Khaleda now has no Covid symptoms

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has further improved as she no longer has coronavirus symptoms, said her physicians.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Cases Over Mayhem: Another Hefajat leader, 10 activists held

Eleven more Hefajat-e-Islam leaders and activists, including central leader Nur Hossain Noorani, were arrested yesterday in different cases.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Robots to fan out across oceans to monitor their health

After years studying the icy waters of the Southern Ocean with floating robotic monitors, a consortium of oceanographers and other researchers is deploying them across the planet, from the north Pacific to the Indian Ocean.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

US urges restraint in wake of Indo-Pak confrontation

US State Department sent a telegram to the US Embassy in Pakistan on April 24, 1971. The telegram provided a critical overview of the East Pakistan situation based on US Assistant Secretary Sisco’s meetings with Pakistan Ambassador Hilaly and Indian Ambassador Jha.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Rana Plaza Collapse: No progress yet in trial of murder case

The trial proceedings in the murder case filed in connection with the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar have made no progress in the last five years due to High Court stay orders.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Arrival by Spl Flight: Institutional quarantine reduced to five days

The government has decided that passengers arriving from abroad on special flights will have to stay under institutional quarantine in government-designated hotels for five days instead of 14 days.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

China initiates platform for South Asian nations

China has initiated a new platform for South Asia focusing on Covid cooperation and post-pandemic economic recovery as the region faces severe vaccine shortage amid rising cases of coronavirus that’s pushing millions of people into poverty, officials said.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

2 arrested for raping 7-year-old in Bagerhat

Police yesterday arrested two teenage boys for their alleged involvement in the rape of a minor girl in Bagerhat’s Chitalmari upazila.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Czechs to cut Russian diplomat numbers amid spat

The Czech government said yesterday it would slap a ceiling on the Russian embassy workforce as part of a spiralling diplomatic row, which means dozens of staff will have to leave by next month.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

China warns of ‘serious harm’ to relations as Australia scraps BRI deal

China yesterday said Australia’s sudden scrapping of a Belt and Road Initiative deal risked “serious harm” to relations and warned of retaliatory actions, but Canberra insisted it would not be bullied.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Over 1,700 detained at pro-Navalny rallies across Russia

More than 1,700 people were detained by police at rallies in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in dozens of cities across Russia, an independent monitor reported yesterday.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Ilias Ali: BNP seeks explanation from Abbas over remark

The BNP has sought an explanation from the party’s standing committee member Mirza Abbas over his statement on the disappearance of the party leader M Ilias Ali.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

India sets record in daily Covid infections

India yesterday posted a global record for the number of coronavirus cases in a day, as US President Joe Biden hailed his government’s “stunning” vaccination drive.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid-19: Earnings of low-income people drop by 66pc

The ongoing Covid-19 crisis has been taking a heavy toll on low-income groups as they have been facing income losses and taking out loans to cope with the pandemic fallout.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Possible Unrest Before Eid: Cops to make list of factories

Intelligence and regulatory bodies fear a possible labour unrest ahead of Eid caused by the uncertainty over payment of salaries and festival bonuses of workers of some factories affected by the pandemic.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Nasa’s Perseverance rover makes oxygen on Mars

The six-wheeled robot has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen, the first time this has happened on another planet, the space agency said Wednesday.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Mujibnagar cabinet meets

The Pakistan radio said tonight that Pakistan had decided to close down the Deputy High Commission office in Calcutta and had asked India to close her Deputy High Commission office in Dacca.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Khulna court denies journo bail in case under DSA

A Khulna court yesterday rejected the bail petition of a local journalist in a case filed under the Digital Security Act over circulating misinformation on Facebook against the city mayor.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Salinity in Coastal Areas: Alternative crops ignite farmers’ hope

People living by the Kirtonkhola river in Barishal noticed in March this year that the river’s water had become unusually salty.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM