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
CREC should talk to the authorities
If the contractor for the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project has any issue, it should talk to the authorities concerned, as this is not something to talk about with the media, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Sadness all the way to grave
After the separation of his parents 11 years ago, Hasan Bapari used to live with his maternal grandparents in Feni. After their deaths last year, he was admitted to a madrasa in Narayanganj. But there he was sexually abused by a teacher and he left the madrasa.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Help regularise undocumented Bangladeshis
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called upon the US authorities to help legalise the undocumented Bangladeshis residing there.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Confiscate PK Halder’s land, flats
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to confiscate 59 acres of land and three flats of Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, in a money laundering case.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Italy seeks UN probe into DRC envoy’s killing
Italy said yesterday it has asked the United Nations to launch an investigation into the killing of its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar Military Rule: Call for global arms embargo
Fortify Rights and 136 other organisations have written an open letter, calling for the UN Security Council to institute a coordinated, global arms embargo against the Myanmar military that has taken control of power through a coup on February 1.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, bedrock of Beat Generation, dies at 101
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the last great poet of the Beat Generation who helped to establish the counter-culture movement of 1950s America through his City Lights bookshop and publishers, has died, the store announced Tuesday. He was 101.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Why did they kill my son?
The three-year-old boy whose body was recovered from a rooftop water tank in the capital’s Shyampur area on Tuesday was kidnapped by a masked man from Gazipur on Saturday.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
26.73 lakh vaccinated in 15 days
The number of people vaccinated for Covid-19 rose to 2,673,038 as the vaccination campaign entered the 15th day yesterday.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Detection of Several Variants: India warns states of worsening Covid situation
India announced an expansion of its vaccination programme yesterday but warned that breaches of coronavirus protocols could worsen an infection surge in many states, particularly after it detected several variants.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh, US to work together on crucial issues
Dhaka and Washington have agreed to work together to promote democracy, good governance and human rights while further strengthening bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation on global issues.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Shahadat goes to tribunal for scrapping of polls results
BNP mayoral candidate in Chattogram City Corporation polls Shahadat Hossain filed a case with the Election Tribunal yesterday, alleging that the election result was manipulated by EC officials.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Rape Victims: HC issues rule on the govt for compensation
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in a week why it should not be directed to outline a scheme to ensure compensation for rape victims to make their constitutional right to life effective and meaningful.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Pilkhana Mutiny Anniversary: Make probe reports public
The family members of 2009 Pilkhana massacre victims say they are still in the dark about the reasons behind such a bloodshed and who masterminded the killing of so many people.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Dogs came to North America with earliest humans
Scientists said yesterday they had discovered the oldest remains of a domestic dog in the Americas dating back more than 10,000 years, suggesting the animals accompanied the first waves of human settlers.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Pak army kills militant after female aid workers’ murder
Pakistani security forces Tuesday killed a notorious Taliban commander who they believed was involved in the murder of four women aid workers in the country’s northwest, the army said.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Review, amend DSA, stop its abuse
The Digital Security Act 2018 needs to be reviewed and amended with more clarity, and abuse of this act to stifle journalists and others should be stopped, speakers at a programme in the capital said yesterday.
23 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Reopening Schools: Most parents think it’s still unsafe
Fifty-five percent of guardians interviewed do not feel safe to send their children to schools when they will be reopened, a survey of Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, said yesterday.
23 February 2021, 18:00 PM
5 Rohingyas died adrift in Andaman Sea
More than five Rohingyas, who were among some 90 on a boat adrift in the Andaman Sea, have died and the rest are desperate for food and water, said Fortify Rights, quoting families who talked to the refugees.
23 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Power plant filling up Meghna bank
The state-owned Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL) is filling the Meghna bank with sand to construct a new unit near Sohagpur village. The sand is being extracted from the river bed.
23 February 2021, 18:00 PM