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
B’baria’s Ashuganj Upazila Chairman’s brother killed by ‘rivals’
A man was killed and eight others were injured in a clash between two rival groups in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj upazila early yesterday.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
More than 20 injured by blast in Gaza home
More than 20 people were injured and several homes destroyed yesterday by a large explosion in a residential area of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Brazil indigenous leaders sue Bolsonaro for ‘crimes against humanity’
Two top Brazilian indigenous leaders have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate President Jair Bolsonaro for “crimes against humanity”, accusing him of unprecedented environmental damage, killings and persecution.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Saudi intercepts ‘hostile target’ over capital
Saudi Arabia intercepted a “hostile target” over Riyadh yesterday, said state media in the kingdom which has come under repeated attack from Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels since 2015.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Trump Impeachment Trial: Proceedings delayed until February 8
Donald Trump’s US Senate trial will begin in the second week of February, days after a fresh impeachment case against the former president is transmitted by the House, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Ocean Viking rescuers pick up hundreds of migrants off Libya
Over 350 migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast by the Ocean Viking humanitarian vessel in just two days, a French NGO running the boat said yesterday.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Virus mutations down to chance, in more ways than one
The emergence of several, more infectious strains of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has worried governments and scientists, who are investigating how and why the virus became more transmissible.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Foreign forces ignore Libya exit deadline under fragile truce
Foreign forces ignored a deadline to pull out of Libya as scheduled Saturday under a UN-backed ceasefire deal, highlighting the fragility of peace efforts after a decade of conflict.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
22 more die from Covid, 436 infected
Covid-19 fatalities in Bangladesh soared to 8,003 as the country’s health authorities confirmed 22 more deaths in 24 hours till yesterday morning.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Wildlife Trade: 2 traffickers held with deer hides
Police detained two alleged traffickers along with 19 deer hides in Bagerhat’s Sharankhola yesterday, three days after a tiger’s skin was recovered from the possession of a poacher in the upazila.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Four die as trawler sinks in the Bay
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard recovered four bodies from the Bay of Bengal yesterday, few hours after a fishing trawler capsized.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid Vaccine: Pfizer offers 40m doses to poorer countries
Pfizer announced Friday that it will provide up to 40 million of its Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries on a non-profit basis, through the globally-pooled Covax facility.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Paturia, Shimulia Routes: Fog disrupts ferry service for hours
Reduced visibility caused by a dense fog disrupted ferry services across the Padma, causing long tailbacks on both sides of the river yesterday.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Tricked, sold to a pimp for Tk 20,000
After her father died, around two years ago, Rimu came to the capital from Jamalpur and started working at a readymade garment factory.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden declares war on coronavirus
New US president Joe Biden embarked on a “wartime undertaking” to battle the pandemic in the world’s worst-hit country, while Germany’s Covid-19 death toll passed 50,000 yesterday as it reeled from a second wave.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Dispel people’s fear by taking vaccine first
Gonoshasthaya Kendra Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury yesterday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take the Covid-19 vaccine first and dispel people’s fear regarding inoculation.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Power Generation: Overcapacity a new headache
As much as 60 percent of the country’s power generation capacity remained unutilised in 2020 because of a lack of demand for electricity.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Two children, balloon vendor killed in gas cylinder blast
Three people, including two children, were killed and nine others injured as a gas cylinder, used for inflating balloons, exploded at a school playground in Cox’s Bazar’s Maheshkhali upazila yesterday morning.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
UNSC fails to find common ground on Darfur
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Thursday on recent deadly clashes in the Darfur region of Sudan, without agreeing on a joint declaration or a possible change of stance, diplomats said.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Trump Impeachment Trial: US House to deliver charge to Senate on Monday
The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s request for a delay.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM