PM urges global leaders to take action to prevent recurrence of genocide

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the global community to undertake concerted action to address the root causes of genocide and ensuring justice to the victims to prevent the recurrence of any future genocide anywhere in the world.
9 December 2020, 17:53 PM

Pakistani media coverage of PM Hasina and envoy’s meet leaves out 1971 remarks

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on December 3 said Bangladesh cannot forget and forgive atrocities committed by Pakistan in 1971 when Pakistani High Commissioner Imran Ahmed Siddiqui called on her at the Gono Bhaban. Unlike the Bangladeshi media outlets, Pakistani news media, curiously, left out the remarks made by PM Hasina on Pakistan’s atrocities in 1971.
9 December 2020, 13:01 PM

19 Bangladeshi fishermen rescued from Indian waters in Bay of Bengal

Indian Coast Guard personnel have rescued 19 Bangladeshi fishermen who were stranded in Indian waters in the Bay of Bengal.
8 December 2020, 19:49 PM

Protect Mro people from eviction: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) express concern for and solidarity with the Mro communities facing threat of eviction from their ancestral lands, as well as other human rights violations
27 November 2020, 20:16 PM

5 dead in Vienna shooting; Attacker sympathised with IS

Austria’s top security official said that four people have died — including one assailant — and fifteen people were wounded in a shooting in the heart of Vienna late Monday.
2 November 2020, 21:29 PM

US daily cases break world record

The United States saw a record number of new coronavirus infections for the second day running on Friday, with just over 100,000 new infections reported just days before voters decide if President Donald Trump should remain in the White House.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Daily Sangram chief reporter arrested over sedition charges

Daily Sangram Chief Reporter Ruhul Amin Gazi, also president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), was arrested this evening after a warrant was issued against him in a sedition case.
21 October 2020, 18:35 PM

Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq placed on life support

Eminent lawyer Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq, who is undergoing treatment at Ad-Din Hospital in the capital, has been placed on life support.
21 October 2020, 16:42 PM

Bengali chef’s struggle to remain in UK continues despite being cleared of charges

A Bangladeshi chef, who went to the United Kingdom (UK) with a work permit, only to face a series of unfortunate events and being implicated in false charges against him, has recently been cleared of the offences but continues to struggle to remain in the country.
28 September 2020, 13:54 PM

IPDC launches Bangabandhu Grandmaster app

The first quiz app on the life and legacy of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman IS launched by IPDC Finance Limited
27 September 2020, 21:18 PM

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam passes away after contracting Covid-19

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has passed away at 7:25pm this evening at Dhaka’s Combined Military Hospital.
27 September 2020, 13:53 PM

Covid-19 test done at pvt clinics: 32 Saudi-bound passengers left behind

Thirty-two Bangladeshi expatriate workers have not been allowed by the immigration authority to go to Saudi Arabia as they got tested for Covid-19 at private hospitals instead of the government approved test centre at Dhaka’s Mohakhali.
26 September 2020, 15:28 PM

Military plane carrying air force cadets crashes in Ukraine, killing 22

A military transport plane carrying air force cadets crashed and burst into flames near a highway in northeastern Ukraine on Friday evening, killing at least 22 people on board, officials said
25 September 2020, 22:41 PM

Padma Bridge Rail Link: Expert panel assigned to solve design problem

A panel of experts led by Prof Shamim Z Bosunia, chairman of the government's panel of experts on Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (PMBP), has been assigned to solve the design-related problem of railways viaducts on both sides of the bridge.
18 September 2020, 22:11 PM

Polluting Turag: DoE shuts operation of 8 plants

The Department of Environment stopped operations of eight illegal garment washing plants in the capital's Mirpur for polluting the water of Turag and the environment.
26 August 2020, 18:40 PM

By-elections: Jatiya Party to start selling nomination forms from tomorrow

Jatiya Party will start selling nomination forms among the party’s prospective candidates for the upcoming by-elections of Naogaon-6, Dhaka-5 and Pabna-4 from tomorrow
24 August 2020, 10:46 AM

Rayhan Kabir returning home tonight from Malaysia

Rayhan Kabir, a young Bangladeshi arrested in Malaysia, has finally been released and is leaving for Dhaka on a Malaysian Airlines flight at 11:00pm local time (Kuala Lumpur). He is scheduled to land in Dhaka at 1:00am.
21 August 2020, 13:15 PM

Gmail and Google services down globally

Gmail, the email service offered by Google, was reported to be down Thursday in parts of the US, Europe and Australia, according to the website Down Detector.
20 August 2020, 09:14 AM

29 Bangladeshis stranded at Abu Dhabi airport permitted entry after a day

Twenty-nine Bangladeshi expatriates, who were stranded since arrival at Abu Dhabi airport, have been all permitted entry after a day.
19 August 2020, 13:57 PM

Indian foreign secretary meets PM; discusses post-coronavirus economic recovery and cooperation

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and discussed the post Covid-19 economic recovery and cooperation.
18 August 2020, 17:04 PM
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