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
Flashing Guns at PWD Office: Two pro-AL contractors surrender arms
Following reports that pro-Awami League contractors wielded guns during their showdown at the Public Works Department office in Pabna, two contractors handed over their firearms to police yesterday.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Relief Gone Bad: Singair UNO served show-cause notice
Manikganj’s Singair Upazila Nirbahi Officer Runa Laila has been served a show-cause notice as relief materials kept in her garage were found rotten.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Snare of Bigo Live runs deep
A 40-year-old reputed businessperson joined Bigo Live, a video streaming app, a year ago and spent around Tk 26 lakh on young women, who lured him through live streaming.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Yahya delays plan for power transfer
Pakistan President Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan postponed the announcement of his plan for the transfer of power to a civilian government. The president, who rules by martial authority, said May 24 that he would announce the plan in two to three weeks’ time.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Service Life of Commercial Vehicles: Govt finally moves to set limits
The government is finally going to fix the economic service life of all commercial vehicles, including buses and trucks, more than two years after a high-powered committee recommended it.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
HC asks for documents on Khaleda’s birth date
The High Court has sought relevant documents from the government in order to determine the actual date of birth of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Guard of Honour for Freedom Fighters: Parliamentary body suggests ‘alternative to female UNO’
A parliamentary body yesterday recommended taking necessary measures to find alternatives to a female upazila nirbahi officer’s presence during the guard of honour given to valiant freedom fighters after their deaths.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Man traffics wife, her sister to India
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two suspected human traffickers conducting separate raids in Mymensingh early yesterday.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
New Air Force chief takes charge
Newly appointed Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan yesterday took over the command of Bangladesh Air Force, an ISPR press release said.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Our victory is assured: Tajuddin
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad said today that the refugees now in India were keen on coming back home.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Failure to Pay FDR: Climate Trust threatens to sue Padma Bank
The Bangladesh Climate Trust Fund (BCTF) has warned Padma Bank of legal action over its failure to pay back the fixed deposit receipt (FDR) worth Tk 29.1 crore upon maturity.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
G7 to counter China’s BRI
The Group of Seven richest democracies yesterday sought to counter China’s growing influence by offering developing nations an infrastructure plan that would rival President Xi Jinping’s multi-trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
TIB report on Covid response ‘false’
The latest TIB report on the government’s response to Covid-19 consisted of “wrong information from the first to the last”, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Start-up launches India’s first Covid home test kit
Indian start-up Mylab Discovery Solutions hopes that its inexpensive Covid-19 home test kit -- the country’s first -- will help the massive South Asian nation better track the pandemic’s spread among its 1.3-billion people.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Dhaka asks Riyadh to waive quarantine for Bangladeshi workers
Bangladesh has requested the Saudi government to waive the seven-day mandatory quarantine for Bangladeshi workers in the Kingdom as Dhaka will ensure quarantine here before their departure.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
At least 13 people wounded in Texas shooting
At least 13 people were wounded in a shooting in downtown Austin, Texas early on Saturday, police said, adding the suspected shooter was still at large.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Trampling of efforts for democratisation’
Japan’s House of Councilors has unanimously passed a resolution, condemning the coup d’état in Myanmar and calling for early recovery of the democratic political system.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Azerbaijan hands Armenia 15 captive troops
Azerbaijan yesterday handed over to Armenia 15 prisoners of war captured during last year’s hostilities over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the foreign ministry in Baku said.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Teen girls suicide attempts up dramatically in pandemic: study
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts by teenage girls rose significantly last year compared to 2019, highlighting the mental health impact of the pandemic.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Mexico says Covid-19 has affected a fourth of its population
About a quarter of Mexico’s 126 million people are estimated to have been infected with the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Friday, far more than the country’s confirmed infections.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM