Bhashani writes to Mao

Maulana Bhashani, leader of the National Awami Party (Bhashani), had written personal letters to Chairman Mao and the Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Chou en-Lai, expressing surprise at Peking’s support to the Pakistani military junta.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Doctor, Cops Altercation: HC decline to hear petition

A High Court bench yesterday refused to pass any order regarding an altercation between a doctor, a magistrate and a police officer over the possession of a movement pass, the video footage of which went viral on social media yesterday.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Those who grow food can’t go hungry: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is extending all sorts of support to the farmers to help them grow more food in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic alongside the measures to make sure that they will have food in their homes.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Ex-Ducsu VP Nur sued under DSA

Former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur has been accused in a case of hurting religious sentiments of Awami League activists and supporters and defaming the party with his derogatory comments in a Facebook live session on April 14.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Oxygen Shortage in Covid:: India bans oxygen supply for industrial purposes

Faced with a shortage of oxygen supply to treat an unprecedented rise in critical Covid-19 patients across India, its government last night decided to ban the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes from April 22 till further order.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

UK backs Prague after it expels Russian diplomats

Britain said yesterday that it “stands in full support of our Czech allies” after Prague expelled 18 Russian diplomats identified as secret agents of the Russian intelligence services suspected of involvement in a 2014 explosion.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Pandemic Assistance: PM to give aid to 36 lakh families

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will provide financial assistance to some 36 lakh families who have been hit hard by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and recent natural disasters.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Migrant trafficking gang busted in Greece

Greek police have dismantled a migrant trafficking network accused of abducting and torturing two people, the Athens News Agency reported yesterday.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Eight family members killed in Afghanistan mosque shooting

Eight members of the same family were gunned down in an attack on a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Delhi under siege from Covid-19

India’s capital New Delhi recorded 25,500 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, with about one in three people tested returning a positive result, its chief minister said, urging the federal government to provide more hospital beds to tackle the crisis.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Media distorted my statement on Ilias Ali’

BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas yesterday said that the media distorted his statement regarding the disappearance of former BNP lawmaker M Ilias Ali.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Renowned actor Wasim laid to rest

Renowned actor Wasim passed away in a city hospital early yesterday.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Case Under DSA: Man held over FB post in Khagrachhari

A young man in Khagrachhari landed in jail yesterday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act over his Facebook comments.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh Cabinet discusses war strategy

The Bangladesh cabinet met today and issued instructions to Col MAG Osmani for preparing a strategy to oust the occupation army from certain important strongholds.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Migrant Workers Stuck Home: Drowning in debt

Migrant worker Nazim Uddin returned home from Saudi Arabia in May last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. His residence permit expired after a few months, meaning he could not return to the Gulf country.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Movement in Lockdown: Six lakh passes issued in 5 days

In the five days after the movement pass was introduced by police to ensure a “strict lockdown”, going to workplaces has been the most common reason for people availing the passes.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangalees claim Calcutta Consulate

The predominantly Bangalee staff of Pakistan’s diplomatic mission in Calcutta took over the establishment today and transformed it into a mission of the newly proclaimed provisional government of Bangladesh.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Axed flights leave migrants in the lurch

The return of several thousand Bangladeshi expatriate workers to their workplaces abroad, particularly in Saudi Arabia, suffered a major blow yesterday due to cancellation of eight flights from Dhaka.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Khaleda slightly improved

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition has slightly improved as her body temperature dropped since she got infected with coronavirus, said FM Siddique, head of the medical team that has been monitoring her.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM

44% Covid-19 infected getting hospitalised; patients dying faster: IEDCR finds

A staggering 44 percent Covid-19 patients had to be hospitalised between late January and mid-April, according to data of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) released yesterday.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM