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
50 injured in clashes between protesters, cops, BCL activists
At least 50 people, including students, were injured in separate clashes involving police, Bangladesh Chhatra League activists and protesters in Motijheel and Dhaka University areas yesterday.
25 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Imran writes to Hasina
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, congratulating her on the occasions of the Golden Jubilee of Independence and Mujib Borsho.
25 March 2021, 18:00 PM
FFs, Martyred Intellectuals: Govt publishes partial lists
With the country observing the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence, the government yesterday published a partial list of freedom fighters containing 1,47,537 names.
25 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Dhaka, Thimpu agree to boost connectivity, trade power
Bangladesh and Bhutan have reached a consensus to enhance connectivity as well as trade in electricity, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Double mutant’ Covid variant found in India
India has detected a new “double mutant variant” of the novel coronavirus yesterday, as the pandemic has taken a turn for the worse in many nations with known infections worldwide crossing 124 million and death toll passing 2.7 million.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Tension on Border: Flag meeting brings no solution
Tensions remained on the Gojukata border of Sylhet after Indian Border Security Force (BSF) set up bunkers in no-man’s land.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Journo Kajol: Cops press charges in case filed under DSA
A Dhaka tribunal yesterday took into cognisance charges pressed against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol “for publishing indecent, defamatory, objectionable and fake information” about ministers, lawmakers, and Jubo Mahila League leaders on Facebook.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
FB Post on Minister: Two BCL leaders sued under DSA in N’ganj
Two Chhatra League leaders were sued under the Digital Security Act in Narayanganj for spreading “false information and rumour” on Facebook about Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Gang Rape in Begumganj: 13 accused indicted
A Noakhali court yesterday farmed charges against 13 persons in a case filed over the gang-rape and torture of a woman in the district’s Begumganj upazila.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Mysterious fire destroys 100-acre orchard
A devastating fire yesterday destroyed an 100-acre orchard of the Mro community who have been protesting the construction of a luxury hotel in Naitong area of Bandarban.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Largest art canvas sells for $62m
Work by British artist Sacha Jafri consisting of the world’s largest painting on canvas has been sold for $62 million at an auction in Dubai, organisers said on Tuesday.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
The gates of hell cast open
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a press statement issued today called for a general strike throughout Bangladesh on March 27 against the army’s action in certain places in East Pakistan including Saidpur, Rangpur and Joydebpur.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘We sleep fearing another fire’
Five kilometres away from the fire that erupted at Camp-8(E), Meer Kashem was watching the smoke billow on the horizon from his home in Balukhali’s West Para in Cox’s Bazar on Monday.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Observing Genocide Day: Countrywide 1-minute blackout at 9:00pm
The government has declared several programmes to observe Genocide Day today and remember the brutalities of Pakistani occupation forces on unarmed Bangalees on the night of March 25, 1971.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Mayhem in Sunamganj: No case, yet Jhumon in jail for 7 days
Niva Rani Das, mother of Jhumon Das Apon, yesterday demanded release of her son.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Natural soundscapes boost people’s health markers
Spending more time in green spaces might be just what the doctor ordered, according to a study that quantifies the health benefits of natural sounds, from improved mood and cognitive performance to decreased heart rate and sensitivity to pain.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Gas supply Disruption in City: Titas, RHD trade blame
Thousands of people in different parts of the capital suffered badly after being hit by a severe gas crisis as a Titas connection was damaged in Amin Bazar on the outskirts of the city on Monday night.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM
The telephone call that never came
There was a final meeting between Awami League’s team and President Yahya Khan’s advisers on March 24 at 6:00pm. The reading of all the clauses and schedules of the draft proclamation, initially prepared by Yahya’s advisers and subsequently modified by AL representatives, was concluded.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Wrong Locomotives: BR probing if those can be used
Although two probe committees found that South Korean company Hyundai Rotem Company (HRC) supplied 10 locomotives to Bangladesh Railway breaching the contract, the BR has now formed another committee to determine whether those engines can be used.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM
March 7 speech defends universal values
Unesco Director General Audrey Azoulay yesterday said the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman defended universal values, freedom, human rights and dignity.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM