Govt will bring vaccine from any available source: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the government will bring Covid-19 vaccine from wherever its available in the world for the welfare of people.
11 September 2020, 17:25 PM

Couple killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Netrakona

A man and his wife were killed after a battery-run auto-rickshaw they were in was hit by a truck on the Mymensingh-Durgapur road in Netrakona’s Purbadhala upazila this afternoon.
11 September 2020, 17:19 PM

US to continue support on Rohingya crisis: US defence secretary to PM

The USA has assured Bangladesh that it will continue its support to bringing about a peaceful resolution to the protracted Rohingya crisis.
11 September 2020, 17:05 PM

1 killed, 12 hurt in clash over fishing in Brahmanbaria

One person was killed and 12 others injured in a clash between two groups over fishing from a water body on a piece of land in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj upazila.
11 September 2020, 15:44 PM

Man murdered in broad daylight in Bogura

A twenty-four-year old man was murdered in broad daylight in Bogura’s Kahaloo upazila today.
11 September 2020, 13:57 PM

Woman raped in Noakhali: UP member among 5 arrested

Police today arrested five people including a union parishad member in a case filed over the rape of a woman in Noakhali's Senbag upazila.
11 September 2020, 12:08 PM

West Bengal preparing to send back 650 Bangladeshis

The West Bengal state government has started the official procedure to send back 650 Bangladeshi prisoners who have completed their sentences but are still languishing in different jails in the state.
11 September 2020, 11:07 AM

Fake Covid-19 certificates: HC order on Sabrina's stay petition Monday

The High Court will deliver its order on a petition of JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on Monday that sought a stay on trial proceedings against her in a case filed for issuing fake Covid-19 test certificates.
11 September 2020, 10:47 AM

2 workers die after fall from construction site in Dhaka

Two construction workers died after a scaffolding collapsed while they were working on the fourth floor of an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Area this morning.
11 September 2020, 10:31 AM

Attack on UNO Wahida: Ghoraghat OC withdrawn

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Ghoraghat Police Station has been withdrawn in connection to the vicious attack on Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam on September 3.
11 September 2020, 08:26 AM

Suspected cattle thief beaten dead in Bogura

A suspected “cattle thief” was killed in a mob beating in Bogura’s Nandigram upazila last night.
11 September 2020, 08:01 AM

5 workers sustain burns in Gazipur steel mill

Five workers of a steel mill in Gazipur’s Tongi area sustained burn injuries while melting iron early today.
11 September 2020, 07:42 AM

Govt relying on stimulus packages to offset Covid shock

The government is relying on its declared Tk 1.03 trillion stimulus packages for various sectors to offset the Covid-19 shock and bring back normalcy in overall economic activities for calculating relatively higher revenue earnings for a mid-term period.
11 September 2020, 07:28 AM

Watermelon on canopies around fishing ponds: a success story

Many farmers in Bagerhat’s Sadar upazila are raking in good profits, sometimes up to 120 percent, by growing an off-season variety of watermelon on the banks of fishing ponds.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

EPZ workers suffer as bridge lies with no approach roads

Nearly six thousand workers of different factories at Uttara Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nilphamari are suffering immensely while communicating to their destinations as a bridge on Chandrakura Canal is lying without approach roads for a year.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Carrom trade changes his lot amid pandemic

A carrom factory owner in Jhenidah is earning good profit by making boards amid coronavirus situation as the game of carrom has become very popular in the district during the current ongoing pandemic situation.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM

HC stays order granting copyright of ‘Masud Rana Series’ to ghostwriter

The High Court today stayed for a month the order of Bangladesh Copyright Office that granted the copyright of 260 books of the popular espionage-thriller "Masud Rana Series" and 50 books of "Kuasha Series" to its ghostwriter Sheikh Abdul Hakim.
10 September 2020, 16:12 PM

Government ready to procure Covid-19 vaccine: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is ready to procure Covid-19 vaccine from the country where it will be developed first.
10 September 2020, 15:23 PM

ADB providing $50 million loan to Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh government today signed agreements for $50 million in loan to promote, fund, and implement public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in the country.
10 September 2020, 13:53 PM

Court rejects request of Sinha’s sister to include Cox’s Bazar SP as accused

Sister of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan sought to make police superintendent (SP) of Cox’s Bazar an accused in the case filed following his murder, but the court today denied her request.
10 September 2020, 13:42 PM