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
Some of BNP were behind Ilias going missing
BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas yesterday hinted that some people from his party had hands behind the disappearance of former lawmaker M Ilias Ali.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Leaders’ Summit on Climate: Focus on temperature, funding, technology
Keeping global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, climate funding, technology transfer, and rehabilitating the climate migrants should be the major issues that Bangladesh needs to focus on at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, said leading climate experts and policymakers yesterday.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Teen raped in Sirajganj, accused in hiding
A teenage girl was raped allegedly by a neighbouring youth in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila on Thursday.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid death toll passes 3 million
The global Covid-19 death toll passed three million yesterday as the pandemic continues to speed up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiralling infection numbers.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Mirza ‘behind Friday attack on Quader’s home’
Some ruling Awami League men yesterday alleged that Abdul Quader Mirza is the mastermind behind Friday’s bomb attack on the residence of his elder brother Obaidul Quader, also the general secretary the party.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Projects hit snags with suspension of flights
Several major projects involving Chinese contractors are facing problems due to the week-long suspension of international flights, project officials and contractors said.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Signs of progress at nuke talks
A new understanding is emerging at talks aimed at salvaging Iran’s nuclear deal with global powers, Tehran’s chief negotiator said yesterday according to Iranian state media, as China’s delegate also reported progress.
17 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Expired medical testing kits seized from 3 firms
A medical product supply company in the capital has been importing expired testing kits and supplying those to government and private hospitals tempering the expiry dates.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Three land in jail for raping woman
A Bogura court yesterday sent three men to jail in connection with the rape of a woman in the district’s Sherpur upazila.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Pandemic in India: Vaccinations fall from peak
India’s daily Covid-19 vaccinations have slowed from their peak early this month while new infections have set a record, government data showed yesterday, as its main producer of shots urged the United States to end a ban on raw material exports.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Tit-for-Tat Sanctions: Russia asks 10 US diplomats to leave country
Russia will ask 10 US diplomats to leave the country in retaliation for Washington’s expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats over alleged malign activity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Bhasan Char: UN positive about refugee relocation
The UN has made positive observations on Bhasan Char, but suggested expanding protection, education and livelihood options at the project meant to shelter 100,000 Rohingyas.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
2019 Protests in HK: Jimmy Lai among five activists jailed
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was jailed yesterday for 14 months along with four other veteran democracy activists for their roles in protests that helped trigger a sweeping crackdown on dissent by China.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Nine years gone, still no word on Ilias Ali
Nine years have passed since former BNP lawmaker M Ilias Ali and his driver Ansar disappeared from the capital, but their families are still waiting anxiously for their return home.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
100 spl flights for migrants
Expatriate workers only having clearance from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training will get priority in getting special flights to return to their workplaces in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Oman and Singapore.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Mujibnagar government sworn in
The independence of Bangladesh was formally proclaimed today at Baidyanathtala, Meherpur.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Mayhem in Dhaka: Another top Hefajat leader arrested
Police arrested Vice-president of Hefajat-e-Islam’s Dhaka city unit Maulana Jubair Ahmed from his house in the capital yesterday.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Pakistan restores social media apps after temporary block on security grounds
Pakistan restored Facebook, Twitter and several other social media apps yesterday after blocking them for about five hours on security grounds amid a crackdown against a violent Islamist group, officials said.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
UN to maintain Afghan mission after US, Nato withdrawal
The UN said Thursday it will maintain its political and humanitarian mission to Afghanistan despite the departure of US and Nato troops later this year.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Kremlin urges Macron, Merkel to ease Ukraine’s ‘provocations’
The Kremlin yesterday called on French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to encourage Ukraine to observe ceasefire agreements in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM