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Nobel Prize-winning writer Alice Munro dies
08:59 AM, 15 May 2024 WednesdayCanadian author Alice Munro, a 2013 Nobel Prize winner for literature, has died at the age of 92. Munro wrote short stories for more than 60 years, often focusing on life in rural Canada.
BB trashes reserve heist report as ‘absolute fake’
08:25 AM, 15 May 2024 WednesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has rejected a report published by an Indian news outlet regarding a “new reserve heist” in Bangladesh, stating that it is “absolute fake news”.
UGC for quality higher education to reduce foreign dependency
09:54 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayThe University Grant Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) has urged the country's higher educational institutions to focus on quality education to reduce foreign dependency by achieving self-reliance in various fields...
PSG star Mbappe will join Madrid: La Liga chief
09:42 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayLa Liga president Javier Tebas says Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe will join Real Madrid next season...
BNP expels 5 leaders for contesting upazila polls
09:11 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayBNP has expelled five leaders for being candidates in the upazila parishad elections defying the party decision...
IU female student dies of rare disease
08:31 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayA female student of the Islamic University, Kushtia has died after catching the rare disease Vasculitis...
Crew members of MV Abdullah reach Ctg port
07:18 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayAll 23 crew members of MV Abdullah reached Chattogram port and reunited with their families on Tuesday afternoon, after two months of tension and anxiety following the abduction of the sailors by Somali pirates. The sailors, boarding on a lighter ship, 'Jahan', arrived...
Varane to leave Man Utd at end of season
06:40 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayManchester United defender Raphael Varane will leave the club when his contract runs out at the end of the season...
Couple gets life for domestic help murder in Dhaka
06:14 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayA court in Dhaka has sentenced a man and his wife to life-term imprisonment for the murder of a domestic help in the capital...
Donald Lu comes to implement own agenda: Quader
05:37 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has come to Bangladesh to hold talks to implement his own country’s agenda...
upay agents win exclusive meet and greet with cricket icon Mashrafe
04:53 PM, 14 May 2024 Tuesdayupay, the country’s fast-growing mobile financial service provider, has successfully concluded its Ramadan campaign, which provided 11 upay agents the opportunity to meet and spend quality time with the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team and the cricket icon Mashrafe Bin Mortaza...
UN says staff member killed in Gaza
04:22 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayThe United Nations says one of its staff members was killed and another injured as they travelled to a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday...
Duran salvages draw with Liverpool as Aston Villa edge closer to sealing fourth
03:56 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayWith at least five minutes of stoppage time still to run, the stadium announcer asked the Aston Villa supporters to remain in their seats at the final whistle for a lap of appreciation...
Kangana Ranaut files nomination for Lok Sabha polls
02:39 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayBollywood actress and BJP candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat, Kangana Ranaut, on Tuesday credited the people of Mandi for her electoral debut as she filed her nominations for the Lok Sabha seat. She was accompanied by her mother and sister.
BCB announce squad for T20 World Cup
01:47 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced the squad for the T20 World Cup, scheduled to begin on June 2. Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu, Chief Selector of the BCB, announced the squad in a press conference held at the conference room of the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Mild heat wave sweeps over parts of country
12:49 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayMild heat wave is sweeping over the central, northern, northeastern and southeastern parts of Bangladesh and it may continue, a met release said on Tuesday.
Donald Lu arrives in Dhaka on 2-day visit
12:30 PM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayUS Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has reached Dhaka on a two-day visit. He landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a flight of Sri Lankan Airlines around 11:30am on Tuesday.
Mbappe wins award for France’s player of the year
11:49 AM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayKylian Mbappe was named France's player of the year on Monday at an awards ceremony in Paris, as he comes to the end of his seven-season stay with Paris Saint-Germain.
Record 76 million IDPs worldwide, says monitor
10:54 AM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayConflict in Sudan and Gaza pushed the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, an NGO monitor said Tuesday.
OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
10:17 AM, 14 May 2024 TuesdayOpenAI on Monday released a higher performing and even more human-like version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its popular generative tool ChatGPT, making it free to all users.