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
Man murders wife, son, dumps bodies in lake
She took refuge in her mother’s house to save herself from her husband’s torture and keep her three-year-old son out of harm’s way.
23 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
Work and Test Relief: Govt raises allocation by 81.25pc
The government has increased the allocation for its Money for Work and Test Relief (TR) programmes by 81.25 percent for the current fiscal year to revitalise a pandemic-hit rural economy and provide money to people through development of rural infrastructure.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Dhaka, Kathmandu sign four MoUs
Dhaka and Kathmandu yesterday signed four Memorandum of Understandings to enhance cooperation between the two countries in different areas, including tourism, sanitation, cultural exchange and railways link.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19: India reports worst day in months
India reported its most Covid-19 cases and deaths in months yesterday, on the first anniversary of the start of a chaotic nationwide lockdown that left many people jobless and shrank the economy.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
50yrs of Independence: Queen Elizabeth sends felicitations
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has sent a message of felicitation to President M Abdul Hamid on the occasion of Bangladesh’s 50 years of independence.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Europe can have immunity by July
Europe could have herd immunity against Covid-19 by July, a European Union commissioner has said, as incoming jabs are expected to speed up the continent’s sluggish vaccine rollout.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Tarique, 24 others sued under DSA
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and 24 others were sued under the Digital Security Act in Sunamganj yesterday for claiming Ziaur Rahman to be the first president of the country and the first to declare its independence.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Coup in Myanmar: EU imposes sanctions on military
The European Union yesterday imposed sanctions on 11 people linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by security forces reached what Germany’s foreign minister called “an unbearable extent”.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Bids opened despite leak of bidders’ names
Bids for the construction work of two student halls at Kushtia Islamic University (IU) for Tk 108 crore have been opened despite the fact that names of the bidders had been leaked a few days ago.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Student hung from ceiling fan, beaten
Police arrested a madrasa teacher on charge of beating up a student by hanging him from a ceiling fan in Bagerhat’s Rampal.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Let’s hope for the best and prepare for the worst’
The representatives of President Yahya Khan and an Awami League team met twice today. The AL team arrived at the President’s House flying the Bangladesh flag -- a sight which clearly disturbed the junta. However, an agreement on the implementation of the principles embodied in the Six Points was ultimately achieved.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Fear, despair grip them
“They took away all of my savings and the gold jewellery we had for my daughter’s wedding. We managed to flee minutes before they attacked,” 55-year-old Jhorna Rani Das said, describing the attack on her house.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Cuet student arrested in DSA case
A student of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology was arrested yesterday in a case filed by police under the Digital Security Act.
21 March 2021, 18:00 PM
US promises have no credibility
Iran does not trust US promises on lifting sanctions and will only return to its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal once Washington fully removes the measures, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday.
21 March 2021, 18:00 PM