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Somali pirates hijack Bangladeshi ship, hold 23 hostage
06:55 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdaySomali pirates hijacked a Bangladeshi ship in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday. The vessel named MV Abdullah had 23 Bangladeshi nationals, including sailors and crews on board and all of them were taken hostage by pirates, sources concerned said...
Govt fixes date prices for Ramadan
05:48 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayThe government has fixed the prices of dates, a key item of iftar, for the month of Ramadan...
Bangladesh looking forward to playing as a unit in ODI series: Shanto
05:48 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayBangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto stressed the requirements of playing as a unit as his side gears up for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka...
Gaza medics tell BBC that Israeli troops beat and humiliated them after hospital raid
04:42 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayPalestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month...
Gaza war: First aid ship sets off from Cyprus
03:58 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayA ship taking almost 200 tonnes of food to Gaza left a port in Cyprus early on Tuesday, in a pilot project to open a new sea route of aid to a population on the brink of famine...
Mudryk, Palmer help Chelsea sink Newcastle after Gordon limps off
03:33 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayUp in the posh seats, Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali could have been forgiven for thinking that everything is going to be just fine...
Conduct raids at hotels, restaurants as per law: HC
02:25 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayThe High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned of the government to conduct raids at hotels and restaurants as per the law.
Schools to remain open during Ramadan: SC
01:42 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayThe Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday cleared the way for the government to keep the government and private secondary schools open for 15 days and the primary schools for 10 days during the fasting month of Ramadan.
4 killed as truck overturns on Dhaka-Chattogram highway
12:55 PM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayFour people were killed and three others injured when a truck overturned in Cumilla early Tuesday. The accident took place on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in front of RNR pump at Belasor area in Chandina upazila.
Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks
11:25 AM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayHaitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned as head of the Caribbean nation, the leader of a regional body said on Monday, an unelected role the 74-year-old neurosurgeon has held since the 2021 assassination of the country's last president.
Trump calls TikTok a threat but says some kids could ‘go crazy’ without it
10:17 AM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayU.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday TikTok was a national security threat but also said a ban on the popular app would hurt some kids and only strengthen Meta Platforms' Facebook, which the Republican has harshly criticized.
Al-Nassr exit Asian Champions League with shootout loss to Al-Ain
09:36 AM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayCristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr crashed out of the Asian Champions League in the quarter-finals after the Saudi Pro League side lost 3-1 on penalties to Al-Ain in a pulsating game on Monday.
India implements citizenship law opposed by Muslims before election
09:07 AM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayIndia moved on Monday to implement a 2019 citizenship law that has been criticised as discriminating against Muslims, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government.
Sohel, Topu elected DUJ president jointly, Akhtar GS
08:39 AM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdaySohel Haider Chowdhury and Sajjad Alam Khan Topu have been elected President and Akhtar Hossain as the General Secretary (GS) in the biennial election of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ).
Holy Ramadan begins
08:26 AM, 12 Mar 2024 TuesdayThe holy month of Ramadan of 1445 Hijri began in the country on Tuesday as the new moon was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Monday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee at the conference room of Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on Monday evening.
Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman freed from jail
05:48 PM, 11 Mar 2024 MondayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has been freed after serving 14 months in jail. He was released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur at 2:45pm on Monday.
29 Myanmar BGP members take shelter in Bangladesh again
05:11 PM, 11 Mar 2024 MondayTwenty nine members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) have fled to Bangladesh again amid clashes between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group. Md Shariful Islam, Public Relations Officer at Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) Headquarters, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Monday morning.
Daily Shopping offers discounts over 500 products on consumers’ rights day
04:22 PM, 11 Mar 2024 MondayPopular retail chain shop ‘Daily Shopping’ has started a special discount campaign on the occasion of the World Consumers’ Rights Day and the holy month of Ramadan. The special discount campaign will run till March 31.
3 killed as truck hits autovan in Natore
03:42 PM, 11 Mar 2024 MondayThree people were killed and another was injured when a truck hit an autovan in Natore on Monday. The accident took place on Bamihal-Durgapur road at Sukash union in Singra upazila around 11:30am. The deceased were identified as Hosne Ara, 45, wife of Md Sattar Hossain of Bonkurail area in the upazila, Imran, 22 and his brother Rabbi.
Special stimulus package to be provided for medical research: PM
02:39 PM, 11 Mar 2024 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government will give special stimulus package for conducting medical research, asking physicians to pay more attention to research on the health sector.