Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
Greece to regularise 15,000 undocumented Bangladeshis
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Diplomacy
10 injured as BNP, police clash in Tangail
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Crime & Justice
Sohan captain for Zim T20Is
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Cricket
Grain exports via black sea: Ukraine, Russia sign deal
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Lanka troops raid main protest camp
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
South Asia
BSF seizes ‘record’ 41.49 kg gold near Benapole border
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
2 Covid patients die; positivity rate 8.36
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus
25-yr-old tourist drowns in Nikli haor
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Accidents & Fires
Schoolgirl raped in Manikganj
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Crime & Justice
Court battle opens in Musk, Twitter buyout fight
The high stakes court battle between Elon Musk and Twitter kicked off yesterday, as the social media firm tries to force the entrepreneur to honour their $44 billion buyout deal.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Investigators get 90th time extension to probe Sagar-Runi murder
Investigators in the Sagar-Runi murder case were given the 90th extension to complete the probe in the case yesterday.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Three Deepto TV officials get bail
Three officials of Deepto TV were yesterday granted bail in three cases filed under the controversial ICT act in 2016.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
AL rebel held after man dies in pre-polls violence
Police in Patuakhali on Monday night arrested a rebel AL candidate after a 70-year-old Awami League activist died of injuries suffered during pre-polls violence in Nazirpur Bangla Bazar area on July 8.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Human trafficking: Bangladesh stays put in US ranking
Bangladesh was placed in Tier-2 of the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report 2022, the same tier the country was in last year.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Cop held after gold ornament snatching
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Rupnagar Police Station was arrested over snatching 38 tolas of gold ornaments, worth Tk 26 lakh, from a jewellery shop worker.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Three-way fight for Lanka presidency
Three candidates were nominated yesterday to replace former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week after protesters overran his residence.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Covid shot campaign to go on at certain places
The nationwide inoculation campaign against Covid-19 will continue in areas where the targets have not been met.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Eid rush casualties highest in 7 years
The country has witnessed the highest number of road crashes and deaths during the Eid-ul-Azha rush this year since 2016, exposing the poor state of road safety.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Sahapara Aftermath: Not sure when they can return
Even after four days, the Hindus who fled a communal mayhem of Sahapara village in Narail are still terrified to return homes as many of them keep receiving threats mostly from known persons.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
European bison reintroduced to the UK
As the sun rose on Monday over southeast England, three bison emerged from a corral into a new woodland home as part of an ambitious project to transform the natural environment.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Fake covid certificates: JKG’s Sabrina, 7 others given 11 years in jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Sabrina Sharmin Hossain, chairperson of JKG Health Care, and seven others to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Madrasa teacher assaulted in Kurigram
A madrasa teacher has been injured after the president of the madrasa managing committee punched him over a dispute related to appointment in three posts, including a teacher, police said.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Biman blames Kolkata airport for passengers’ suffering
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has blamed Kolkata airport authorities for the suffering of its passengers on a Dhaka-bound flight on Monday night.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia targets Ukraine’s long-range missiles
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered generals to prioritise destroying Ukraine’s long-range missile and artillery weapons after Western-supplied weapons were used to strike Russian supply lines.
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
17-yr-old dies after falling from train
The body of a 17-year-old train passenger was recovered yesterday from the Tulsiganga river in Joypurhat’s Akkelpur upazila, 14 hours after he fell off the train when it was crossing a bridge on Sunday evening.
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Mugger stabs CNG driver to death
A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, who was stabbed by a mugger in Khilgaon on Sunday afternoon, died at a city hospital early yesterday.
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Thai activists targeted by Pegasus spyware
Dozens of Thai democracy activists were targeted by the controversial Israeli spyware known as Pegasus during the height of intense anti-government protests, according to an international digital rights group report.
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
US school shooter faces death penalty at sentencing trial
A young man who gunned down 17 people at his former high school in Parkland, Florida went on trial yesterday, with jurors set to hand down either the death penalty or a life sentence.
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
18 women killed in Pak wedding boat capsize
At least 18 women drowned and dozens more people are missing after an overcrowded boat carrying a Pakistan wedding party capsized yesterday, officials said.
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM