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Seven DU students suspended, 60 penalized
08:52 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayThe Dhaka University authorities have suspended seven students after various allegations, including damaging the university image, misconduct, and violation of disciplines, were proven...
PMO asks secretaries to act on commodity price, power supply, traffic situation during Ramadan
07:40 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayThe Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) today directed the secretaries to remain cautious about the overall situation of prices of essentials, law and order, traffic congestion, and supply of electricity and gas during the upcoming holy month of Ramdan and Eid...
BNP leader Shamsuzzaman Dudu freed from jail
07:40 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayBNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has been released from jail on bail...
BB sets banking hours for Ramadan
06:33 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has fixed office hours from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm for all scheduled banks in the country during the Holy month of Ramadan...
PSG and Man Utd lead Osimhen chase - Tuesday's gossip
05:36 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayManchester United and Paris St-Germain are emerging as frontrunners to sign Napoli and Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, 25, this summer. (Independent)...
Diplomatic push for Israel-Hamas ceasefire intensifies
04:40 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayInternational mediators were with Hamas negotiators in Cairo Tuesday for talks on a truce to pause nearly five months of fighting in Gaza before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins early next week...
RU admission test begins amid massive preparations
04:07 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayA three-day admission test for first-year honors classes in the 2023-2024 academic session of Rajshahi University (RU) began on Tuesday amid massive preparations.
AIIB likely to raise climate financing to Bangladesh
02:41 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayThe Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is likely to raise its financing to Bangladesh in the coming years while the country is likely to be the first nation to receive climate finance from the multilateral development bank.
BSF delegation reaches Dhaka to attend BGB-BSF border conference
02:14 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayA nine-member delegation of Border Security Force (BSF) led by its Director General (DG) Shri Nitin Agrawal landed in Dhaka on Tuesday morning to attend the 54th DG-level BGB-BSF Border Conference to be held from March 5-9 at the BGB headquarters in Dhaka.
BNP leader Hafiz denied bail, sent to jail
01:07 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayA Dhaka court has rejected the bail plea of BNP standing committee member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed and sent him to jail in a sabotage case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury on Tuesday passed the order after the BNP leader surrendered before the court and filed a bail petition through his lawyer.
Actor Bappy Chowdhury’s mother passes away
12:03 PM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayDhallywood actor Bappy Chowdhury’s mother Swapna Saha has passed away. She breathed her last at a hospital in India early Tuesday. She was brought back to Dhaka by an air-ambulance.
Former Twitter execs sue Elon Musk for over $128 mln in severance
11:02 AM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayFour former top Twitter executives, including former CEO Parag Agrawal, have sued Elon Musk for over $128 million in combined unpaid severance, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.
US slaps fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe President, other leaders
10:16 AM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayThe US has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and human rights abuses. The order also affects other senior leaders in the country - blocking their assets in the US and barring them from unofficial travel there.
UN team says Hamas likely carried out sexual violence in Israel on Oct 7
09:51 AM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayA UN team has concluded there are "reasonable grounds to believe" sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, was committed during the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October.
France makes abortion a constitutional right
09:15 AM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayFrance has become the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution.
PM reiterates dignified return of Rohingyas to Myanmar
08:26 AM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated that the forcibly displaced Rohingyas must be returned to their own country, Myanmar in a dignified manner. "The forcibly displaced Rohingyas must be returned to their homeland in a dignified way," she said while Dr Payam Akhavan called on her at her Sangsad Bhaban office.
Tigers suffer defeat despite Jaker’s brilliance in 1st T20
08:12 AM, 05 Mar 2024 TuesdayDebutant Jaker Ali Anik's valiant effort went in vain as Bangladesh suffered a heartbreaking three-run defeat to Sri Lanka in the three-match T20 International series opening game on Monday at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
India asks tech firms to seek approval before releasing ‘unreliable’ AI tools
05:36 PM, 04 Mar 2024 MondayIndia has asked tech firms to seek its approval before the public release of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that are "unreliable" or under trial, noting they should also be labelled for the potential to return wrong answers for user queries.
Nothing to be disappointed over the economy: Finance Minister
05:14 PM, 04 Mar 2024 MondayNoting that all the major macroeconomic indicators and indices are now increasing, Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali today said there is nothing to be worried about, no such uncertainty and to be disappointed over the country's economy.
RAJUK seals off 12 restaurants at Dhanmondi’s Gawsia Twin Peak
04:48 PM, 04 Mar 2024 MondayThe Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) on Monday conducted an inspection drive at the Gawsia Twin Peak building on Satmasjid Road in the capital’s Dhanmondi and demolished a rooftop restaurant.