Cambridge releases 2020 A Level results

Cambridge International released the results of its June 2020 series on time, to thousands of schools around the world yesterday. Altogether more than 950,000 grades were issued, to almost 4,000 schools in 139 countries, said a press release.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Pressure on Dhaka will have to ease up: Taposh

Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Shiekh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday asked all utility service providing organisations to inform all their development projects to DSCC by October 1, to bring all work under coordination.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM

India mulls visas for Bangladeshis

India is thinking of opening regular visas for Bangladeshi travellers, the country’s ambassador said yesterday.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Ticket scalpers won’t be spared, says Railway

In a bid to check ticket-scalping, Bangladesh Railway is going to strengthen enforcement of relevant laws that include three-month jail term.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM

3,000 extrajudicial killings in the last 10 years: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said around 3,000 people were subjected to extrajudicial killing in the hands of law enforcement agencies across the country --from January 2009 to December 2019.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Can’t dig up the same road 3 times’: Taposh warns

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh has said that all development projects centring the capital should be carried out in coordination with the city corporations within October 1.
13 August 2020, 15:09 PM

National Mourning Day: DMP issues traffic guidelines for Aug 15

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued guidelines for vehicular movement in the capital ahead of the National Mourning Day to be observed on August 15.
13 August 2020, 14:21 PM

SI, 8 others sued for abduction, extortion in Dhaka

A former sub-inspector of Kadamtali Police Station in Dhaka and eight others were sued in an abduction and extortion case today.
13 August 2020, 14:19 PM

Gas supply in some Dhaka areas remains suspended

Gas supply in some areas of the capital has remained suspended due to relocation work of gas pipelines from Mohakhali Bus Terminal to Moghbazar rail crossing.
13 August 2020, 12:30 PM

Man held with 3.7kg of gold bars at Dhaka airport

Customs officials have detained a man and seized around 3.7 kilograms of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
13 August 2020, 05:54 AM

Looted from Dhaka, sold in Chattogram

Divided in multiple groups, they mostly targeted shopping malls in Dhaka -- each team assigned a specific task.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Regular functions resume at HC after 5 months

After five months, the regular functions of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court resumed yesterday on a limited scale following the health guidelines.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Life laid down in line of duty

Yousuf Ali (30) joined the forest department on 20 February this year.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Golam Sarwar’s second death anniv today

The second death anniversary of veteran journalist and freedom fighter Golam Sarwar will be observed today.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Tobacco addiction could turn youths into burden on country’

Bangladeshi youths, who are one-third of the total population, might become a burden for the country instead of assets due to tobacco addiction, Progga, a platform of anti-tobacco campaigners, said yesterday.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

SC summons lawyer Mamun Mahbub

The Supreme Court yesterday summoned Advocate Syed Mamun Mahbub to appear before it on August 20 for posting a derogatory status about Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on social media platform Facebook.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

BAF aircraft brings back 71 people from Lebanon

A transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force -- carrying 71 repatriated Bangladeshi nationals from Lebanon -- returned home yesterday after handing over humanitarian assistance to victims of the horrific explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on August 4.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Jatiya Sangsad Lego set now closer to reality

The proposed Lego set of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, the Bangladesh National Parliament, is now in the finals of Lego Ideas, an online platform where individuals can submit ideas to toy manufacturer The Lego Group for commercial manufacturing, after it gathered 10,000 supporters.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Korean firm to collect toll electronically

A South Korean company is going to be appointed for maintenance and toll collection after construction of the much-hyped Padma Bridge is completed.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Over 100,000 indigenous people became new poor’

To commemorate International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum (BIPF) yesterday organised a webinar. The online event focused on Covid-19 and indigenous people’s situation.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM