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
27 dead in Delhi fire
Twenty-seven people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi yesterday, emergency services said.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka: New PM struggles to form unity govt
Sri Lanka’s new prime minister yesterday struggled to forge a unity government and forestall an imminent economic collapse as opposition lawmakers refused to join his cabinet and demanded fresh elections.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
One small pot of moon soil, one giant leap for space agriculture
That’s one small pot of soil, one giant leap for man’s knowledge of space agriculture: scientists have for the first time grown plants in lunar soil brought back by astronauts in the Apollo program.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Trader's Mmurder in Jashore: No arrests yet
No one was arrested over the killing of a timber trader in Jashore’s Abhaynagar till yesterday evening.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Edible oil crisis: Drives against hoarders on
The ongoing drive against illegal hoarding of edible oil continued in the country yesterday with another 3,400 litres of oil seized in two districts and hoarders fined Tk1.60 lakh.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
$44b deal to buy Twitter ‘temporarily on hold’
Elon Musk yesterday said he was putting a temporary halt on his much-anticipated deal to buy Twitter, sending shares in the social media giant plunging.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Teesta erosion: Part of dam caves in 10 months after repair
Some 150 families are in fear of losing their homesteads in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila as part of a flood protection dam across the Teesta collapsed.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Sri Lankan Crisis: A cautionary tale for Bangladesh
Sri Lanka is going through a period of political unrest amid its ongoing economic crisis.
13 May 2022, 03:00 AM
US mourns one million dead from Covid-19
The United States has crossed the threshold of one million deaths from Covid-19, the White House said yesterday, as the nation seeks to turn the page on the pandemic despite threats of another surge.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Impose global arms embargo on Myanmar military
Human rights group Fortify Rights has called for the UN Security Council to urgently convene an open session and pass a binding resolution, imposing a global arms embargo on the Myanmar military.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
No overseas trip for govt officials
The government has ordered to stop overseas trips of government officials in the wake of the post-Covid economic recovery and the current global crisis.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Ex-UPDF man shot dead
A former activist of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot dead by unidentified criminals at his home in Shilchhori area of Rangamati’s Barkal upazila early yesterday.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
18 Rohingyas detained
Police detained 18 Rohingyas, including 10 children, in Moulvibazar town yesterday after they had entered the country from India illegally.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
162 return home from strife-torn Libya
A group of 162 Bangladeshis returned home from war-torn Libya yesterday under a voluntary repatriation programme coordinated by the Bangladesh government and International Organisation for Migration.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
N Korea fires ‘ballistic missiles’
North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said yesterday, hours after Pyongyang announced the country’s first-ever cases of Covid-19.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Cops should be more careful
The Supreme Court in the full text of a verdict has observed that the police personnel should be more cautious about maintaining dignity of their profession and protecting people’s human rights.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Charges pressed against deep tube-well operator over two farmers’ death
Police have pressed charges against Sakhawat Hossain, operator of a deep tube-well of the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority, in two cases for provoking two Rajshahi Santal farmers to die by suicide.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
War in Ukraine: Finland moves to join Nato
Finland must apply to join the Nato military alliance “without delay”, its president and prime minister said yesterday, in a historic policy shift triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Road crashes during eid rush: Motorbike accidents drove up death toll
Road crashes and deaths during the Eid rush saw a sharp rise this year compared to last year mainly due to an increase in motorbike accidents, two road safety organisations said yesterday.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
JSD man hacked to death in Kushtia
Criminals hacked to death a Jubo Jote leader, the youth wing of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila on Wednesday night.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM