Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024, 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
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
Brick Kilns in Khulna’s Dumuria: United they kill rivers
The Bhadra, once a free-flowing river in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila, has been turned into a narrow canal over the years, thanks to encroachment by brick kilns run by local influential people, including elected representatives.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Libya rescues over 1,500 migrants off coast in week
Libya has rescued more than 1,500 would-be migrants off its west coast in the past week, a non-governmental organisation said.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Turkey rejects US appeal to release rights leader
Turkey yesterday rejected a US call to release jailed civil society leader Osman Kavala, accusing Washington of interference.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Coup in Myanmar: US slaps sanctions against junta leaders
The United States yesterday announced sanctions on the leaders of Myanmar’s junta and several gem companies, and warned it would act further if the military uses violence against protesters.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Daily Covid infection rate falls to 2.65pc
Bangladesh’s daily coronavirus infection rate fell to 2.65 percent yesterday.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Martyred Intellectuals: Govt finalises definition
Intellectuals who lost their lives at the hands of Pakistani army and their collaborators in the Liberation War will be defined as martyred intellectuals, according to a committee formed by the government.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Writ on Al Jazeera Ban: HC seeks six legal experts’ opinions
Questioning the acceptability of a writ petition seeking a ban on the broadcast of Al Jazeera and the removal of its report “Al the Prime Minister’s Men” from digital platforms, the High Court yesterday wanted to hear opinions from six legal experts as amici curiae (friends of court).
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Trump Impeachment: Senate votes to proceed with trial
A divided US Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday to move ahead with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol, but Republican senators made clear how difficult it will be to win a conviction.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Tigers seek turnaround in decider
Changes in attitude are imperative for Bangladesh as they try to salvage a drawn series with a win in the last of two Tests against the West Indies, starting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Court orders further probe in DSA case
Just days after police cleared Swedish-Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil, Hungary-based entrepreneur Zulkarnain Saer Khan and six others of all charges in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) last year, a Dhaka tribunal yesterday ordered further investigation into them.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Bus-truck collision takes 10 lives
At least 10 people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Jhenaidah, while six others died in separate road accidents in three other districts yesterday.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
AL leader’s lesson on how to stop voters
A Chuadanga Awami League leader has taught his fellow party leaders and activists a “trick” of winning the Alamdanga Municipality mayoral polls.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
UAE’s Hope Probe enters orbit in first Arab Mars mission
The United Arab Emirates’ first mission to Mars reached the red planet and entered orbit on Tuesday after a seven-month, 494 million-km (307 million-mile) journey, allowing it to start sending data about the Martian atmosphere and climate.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
New EC Guideline: Controversial posts stay, pay rises too
The Election Commission has drafted a guideline for imparting training to polls-related officials, keeping in it controversial positions like “special speakers” and “course advisers” amid allegations of financial corruption through such posts.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Sagar-Runi Killing: No headway in nine years
Another year of hopelessness passes for the families of journalist-couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi. Nine years on, justice still remains a far cry.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Fix errors in textbook regarding Jamaat
Twenty-one eminent citizens yesterday called upon the authorities concerned to rectify some errors in a chapter on political parties in the “Civics and Citizenship” textbook of grades IX and X.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
10 more die, 388 new Covid cases detected
Bangladesh recorded 10 novel coronavirus deaths and 388 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
UNSC fails to agree on joint Syria declaration
The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to agree on a joint declaration on war-torn Syria, capping a day of negotiations in which the organization’s special envoy to the country called to jump-start the deadlocked peace process.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh stands by Maldives: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh would extend its highest possible support to the Maldives in fighting the adverse impacts of global warming.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Ornaments looted from bodies kept in morgue
As the family of three dead people were wallowing in the sorrow of losing their dear ones, there were those trying to make a their own benefits from the deaths.
9 February 2021, 18:00 PM