Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024, 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
Bangladeshis highest number of irregular migrants to Italy
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Britain lowers terrorism threat level to ‘substantial’
Britain has downgraded its terrorism threat level from “severe” to “substantial”, interior minister Priti Patel announced yesterday.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Man sent to jail for rape
A Gazipur court yesterday sent a man to jail on charge of raping a garment worker, while another man was sent to prison in Dinajpur for sexually harassing a minor.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Jonny’s Murder in Custody: Fugitive convict ‘selling drugs’ in Pallabi
Five months have passed since the delivery of the verdict in the case filed over the murder of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny in police custody, but two convicts are still eluding arrest.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Sued Under DSA: Journo Akib gets bail after 42 days in jail
The High Court granted bail to Akib Hridoy, a local journalist in Kishoreganj, for six months yesterday, 42 days after he was arrested under the controversial Digital Security Act.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Foreign policy will remain unchanged
The Junta leader yesterday said Myanmar’s foreign policy would remain unchanged and countries would be encouraged to invest, as thousands of people took to the streets for a third day to protest against the coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Astrazeneca Vaccine: West backs shot after S Africa halts roll-out
Western governments rushed to offer support for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination after South Africa halted its roll-out when research showed it offered minimal protection against mild infection from a variant spreading there.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
MC College Gang Rape: Husband held overnight for testifying at court
The husband of the woman gang-raped at a college in Sylhet last year was arrested on Saturday just so that he testified in the court the next day.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Dogs detect Covid-19 with 94pc accuracy
A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
CTTC nabs top fugitive criminal
He was facing at least 27 cases, including 10 for murder, when he fled to India to evade arrest. But he was held in 2008 by the Indian authorities and sentenced to 10 years in prison for passport forgery and intrusion.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Headache called brick kiln
A brick kiln is being operated in a residential area and adjacent to a primary school, posing serious health hazards to students and people in Jalalia under Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Vulture Protection: Cabinet approves ban on Ketoprofen
The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to stop the production of “Ketoprofen” drug in the country in an effort to save the critically endangered vultures.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Writ filed with HC to ban Al Jazeera
A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to ban the broadcast of Al Jazeera, a Qatar based news cannel, in Bangladesh.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden admin suspends Trump asylum deals with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
The Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately suspending Trump-era asylum agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, part of a bid to undo his Republican predecessor’s hardline immigration policies.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Sicily offers safe haven to 422 migrants
A vessel carrying 422 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya has been given permission to dock in Italy after issuing an urgent appeal for shelter from a looming storm, its operator said yesterday.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar Anti-Coup Protests: Tens of thousands rally for 2nd day
Tens of thousands of people yesterday rallied across Myanmar to denounce last week’s coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the biggest protests since the 2007 Saffron Revolution that helped lead to democratic reforms.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Attack on Secy’s Home: Two cases filed, 3 arrested
Two cases were filed early yesterday over the attacks on an assistant commissioner (land) and the workers of an under-construction community clinic in Katiadi, Kishoreganj.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
South African Covid Variant: Astra-Oxford jab less effective
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine fails to prevent mild and moderate cases of the South African coronavirus strain, according to research reported in the Financial Times.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Daily Covid cases hit another low
Fifteen more people died of Covid-19 and 292 others got infected by the deadly virus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Al Jazeera Report: ‘An example of bad journalism’
Editors Guild Bangladesh, an organisation of editors, yesterday said Qatar-based channel Al Jazeera has aired the report “All the Prime Minister’s Men” to serve “special political purposes”, without following ethics and regulations of journalism.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Gold looted from shop at Dhaka mall
Burglars made away with around 500 tolas of gold ornaments of a jewellery shop and took around Tk 5 lakh from the shop and three others at Rapa Plaza in the capital’s Dhanmondi early yesterday.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM