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
NBR asks banks for account info of BB ex-deputy governor, ED
The National Board of Revenue has asked banks for detailed information of all types of accounts and transactions of five people, including former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury, present Executive Director Md Shah Alam and their spouses.
22 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Momen flies to Washington
Aiming to developing a solid relationship with the world’s most powerful country, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen left for the US last night on a three-day visit, his first visit after President Joe Biden took office in January.
22 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Kidnappers in Nigeria free 53 seized on bus
Kidnappers have released 53 people including women and children they seized on a bus in Nigeria, local authorities said, while dozens of others taken from a school in a separate incident are still missing.
22 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Strike grips Myanmar
A general strike against military rule shut businesses in Myanmar yesterday and huge crowds gathered peacefully despite fears of violence after authorities warned that confrontation could be deadly.
22 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Severe floods kill five in Indonesia’s capital
Five people were killed in the severe floods that submerged entire neighbourhoods in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, authorities said yesterday, as residents returned to clean their homes and salvage belongings.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Enforced Disappearances: UN working group wants to visit Bangladesh
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances wants to undertake a visit to Bangladesh in relation to two cases of enforced disappearances.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Trump to give first post-White House speech at conservative summit
Former US president Donald Trump will give a speech later this month to a gathering of political conservatives in Orlando, Florida, a source familiar with the plans said Saturday, his first extended public address since leaving the White House on January 20.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Turkey probes pro-Kurdish MP over ‘Iraq visit’
Turkish prosecutors yesterday launched a probe into a pro-Kurdish MP suspected of having travelled to a Kurdish-controlled region of Iraq where 13 Turkish hostages were killed in a failed rescue.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Avian Flu Strain: Russia detects first case in humans
Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world’s first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Deaths of Anti-Coup Protesters: UN condemns Myanmar junta’s actions
A lethal attack on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sparked fresh UN condemnation of the country’s new military regime yesterday, as mourners held a funeral for a young woman who has become a national symbol of resistance to the junta.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
SC Judgements: Would be translated into Bangla if need be
The Supreme Court judgments and orders that are delivered in English will be translated in Bangla through software if felt necessary, said Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
7 more die of Covid, 327 infected
Bangladesh saw a rise in Covid-19 related deaths and a decline in new cases in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Supply of Covid-19 Shots: Serum urges nations to be patient
Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India, yesterday urged countries to be patient for supplies of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield as the company has been directed to prioritise the “huge needs” of India.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Five held for trying to frame shop owner
Detectives yesterday arrested five people, including two impersonating journalists, in Nasirabad area of Chattogram for attempting to frame a shop owner by planting bullets and yaba pills in his shop early yesterday.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Indo-Bangla Home Secys Meet: Border killings prominent on agenda
Bangladesh-India home secretary-level meeting will be held in Dhaka on February 27, a month before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to Dhaka on March 26-27.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Reckless driving kills 6 in Bogura
At least six people were killed and at least 13 others injured when a Bogura-bound bus crashed into a truck coming from the opposite direction in Sherpur upazila of the district around 5:00am yesterday.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Attack on Students: JU sues 250 unnamed villagers
Jahanginagar University authorities yesterday filed a case against 250 unnamed locals who allegedly attacked students on Friday evening over a cricket match.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccine Funding: Bangladesh, 11 others may get $1.6b from World Bank
World Bank is expected to approve $1.6 billion in Covid-19 vaccine funding for Bangladesh and 11 other countries, its President David Malpass has said.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
China shares dramatic video of mountain clash with India troops
Dramatic footage released by Chinese state media purportedly shows deadly clashes between troops at the Indian border last year -- a rare insight into violence at the tense, remote frontier.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Man sent to jail for rape of minor
A Joypurhat court yesterday sent a man to jail for his alleged involvement in the rape of a 10-year-old mentally challenged girl in the district.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM