Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshis highest number of irregular migrants to Italy
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
BSF seizes ‘record’ 41.49 kg gold near Benapole border
22 July 2022, 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
Rise in Covid Cases: All local body polls postponed
The Election Commission yesterday postponed all elections, including the first phase of union parishad and sixth phase of municipality polls, due to a steep rise in coronavirus infections.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Ban on Ride-Sharing Bikes: Over a lakh lose means of livelihood
The first day of the ban on ride-sharing services via motorcycles stripped over one lakh bikers of means to a livelihood until further notice.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
USSR urges Yahya to stop bloodshed
On April 2, 1971, N. V. Podgorny, the president of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, sent a message to Pakistan President Yahya Khan expressing concern at the repression let loose against the people of Bangladesh by the Pakistani army:
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Mail servers of some firms compromised
Some Bangladeshi organisations running Microsoft Exchange mail servers have been compromised by cyberattacks, says the e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) in an advisory.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Woman gang-raped at eco-park in Barguna
A woman was gang raped while visiting Sonakata Tengragiri Eco-park in Barguna’s Taltoli upazila.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Tufan can’t seek bail for 6 months
The High Court yesterday ruled that Tufan Sarkar, a suspended Sramik League leader of Bogura who is accused of committing corruption, cannot seek bail from any court for six months for resorting to fraudulence.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Project for Purchasing 10 Locomotives: PD punished for ‘good work’
Railways ministry has changed a project director, who had halted payment to Hyundai Rotem Company (HRC) for supplying 10 locomotives to Bangladesh Railway breaching the contract, and posted him under a junior in his BCS batch.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
UP panel chairman shot dead
A leader of the ruling Awami League was shot dead in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari yesterday.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
2019 Protests: Nine veteran HK activists convicted
Nine veteran Hong Kong activists face jail after they were convicted yesterday for their roles in organising one of the biggest democracy protests to engulf the city in 2019.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Death of 14 Protesters: Govt must carry out impartial investigation
Bangladesh authorities must conduct prompt, thorough, impartial, and independent investigations into the death of at least 14 protesters in the country between March 26 and 28, said 11 human rights organisations in a joint statement yesterday.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
2nd Phase of WB Polls: 80pc turnout recorded amid sporadic clashes
An estimated 80 percent turnout was recorded despite sporadic violence and stray street clashes in the polling for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections for 30 seats.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Integration has a long way to go
Sanzid Hasan was five when his parents, impoverished residents of Mohammadpur’s Geneva Camp area, discovered that he could not communicate as easily as other children.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
West Bengal State Polls: ‘Battle royale’ in Nandigram
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday urged all Indian opposition parties to unite against ruling BJP, a day before she clashes in Nandigram in a vote battle against one of her former confidante who defected to BJP, which has thrown a serious challenge to her 10 year rule in the crucial Indian state.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Mirza Quader ‘decided to quit party’
Abdul Quader Mirza, younger brother of ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, yesterday decided to resign from his post in the AL.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
UN CHIEF REFUSES RELIEF REQUEST
The UN Secretary General U Thant declined to request the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) to send relief to the victims of Pakistan military massacre in Bangladesh.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Militants doing business from inside the jail
Leaders and operatives of four local militant outfits are now operating an online business from behind bars to collect funds, say police investigators.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Carnivorous dinosaur with short snout menaced Patagonia
Scientists in Argentina have unearthed the well-preserved skull of a meat-eating dinosaur that roamed northern Patagonia about 85 million years ago - a beast with a short snout, keen hearing and stout bite strength that made it a daunting predator.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
DU teacher Samia Rahman sues unknown people under DSA
Dhaka University teacher Samia Rahman yesterday sued some unknown people under the Digital Security Act for what she claimed was feeding a DU probe body false and fabricated information.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Human Rights Violations: US state department paints bleak picture
In its annual report on the global state of human rights, the US Department of State documented in-depth the violations happening in Bangladesh.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Summit on Climate: Kerry due on Apr 9 to invite PM
John Kerry, the US special president0ial envoy for climate, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 9 when Bangladesh will convey its climate priorities to him.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM