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15 killed in building fire in east China
10:09 AM, 24 Feb 2024 SaturdayFifteen people were killed after a building fire broke out Friday morning in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, the municipal government said on Saturday morning. At around 4:39 a.m. on Friday, the local fire department received an alarm about the fire in a residential building in the Yuhuatai District.
Tunisia court sentences ex-president to 8 years in absentia
09:07 AM, 24 Feb 2024 SaturdayA Tunisian court sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia on Friday on charges of assaulting the state security and inciting Tunisians against each other, a judicial official said.
Asian Cup-winning coach Lopez handed Qatar contract until 2026
08:35 AM, 24 Feb 2024 SaturdayQatar's Asian Cup-winning coach Marquez Lopez has been handed a contract until 2026 and will take charge of the team in a full-time capacity, the Qatar Football Association has announced.
Chandpur JCD general secretary jailed for 2 years
05:57 PM, 23 Feb 2024 FridayA court in Chandpur on Friday sentenced two local leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, including the district unit general secretary Ismail Hossain Patwary, to two years in jail in a sabotage case...
RAB arrests 38 'members' of teen gangs
05:00 PM, 23 Feb 2024 FridayThe Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested 38 suspected members of different teen gangs from capital Dhaka and Gazipur...
144 irregular Bangladeshis return from Libya
04:06 PM, 23 Feb 2024 FridaySome 144 more irregular Bangladeshi nationals have returned home from Libya...
No shortage of commodities during Ramadan: PM
02:28 PM, 23 Feb 2024 FridayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday assured the countrymen that there will be no shortage of essential commodities during the upcoming Holy Month of Ramadan. "There will be no shortage of anything (essential commodities) in Ramadan. All arrangements have already been made. There will be no problem," she said...
Govt withdraws sugar price hike move
12:45 PM, 23 Feb 2024 FridayThe government has stepped back from its decision to hike the sugar price considering the arrival of the holy Ramadan and suffering of people...
MSF slams US on Gaza at UN, says children as young as 5 want to die
12:30 PM, 23 Feb 2024 FridayThe head of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that medical teams in the Gaza Strip have come up with a new acronym: WCNSF - wounded child, no surviving family...
India to export 50,000 tonnes of onion to Bangladesh: report
11:36 AM, 23 Feb 2024 FridayIndia has allowed traders to export 50,000 tonnes of onion to Bangladesh till March 31. The export will begin with an immediate effect. "We have allowed export of 50,000 tonnes of onion to Bangladesh, 1,200 tonnes to Mauritius, 3,000 tonnes to Bahrain...
Kremlin slams Biden comments on Russia’s Putin as disgracing US
09:55 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayThe Kremlin has lashed out at United States President Joe Biden, saying his comments about his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, were a poor attempt to appear like a “Hollywood cowboy”...
Cotton candy: Pink sugary sweet sets off alarm bells in India
08:37 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayCan cotton candy give you cancer? Some Indian states think so and have banned the sale of the pink, wispy, sugary-sweet treat...
JU admission test begins
07:33 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayThe admission test of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the 2023-24 academic session began on Thursday...
Bangladesh moves forward with ideals of Language Movement: PM
06:57 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayPrime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that Bangladesh is moving forward with the ideals taught by the great Language Movement of 1952. “No country can progress without ideals. And the Great Ekush (February 21) has taught us this ideology...
Ex-Barca defender Dani Alves guilty of nightclub rape
05:50 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayA court in Spain has found former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub...
Narcotics case against Pori Moni to continue
05:11 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayThe High Court on Thursday disposed of a rule, it earlier issued questioning the trial procedure of a narcotics case filed against actress Samsun Nahar Smiriti popularly known as Pori Moni, with observation...
Private teachers, staff to get benefits within six months of retirement
04:29 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayThe High Court today ordered authorities concerned to pay all the due benefits to Monthly Payment Order (MPO)-enlisted private educational institutions' teachers and staff within six months of their retirement...
BNP leader Altaf Hossain gets bail, no bar to release
02:49 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayA Dhaka court has granted bail to BNP vice-chairman Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Choudhury in a case lodged over attack on the official residence of Chief Justice (CJ) during BNP’s grand rally in the capital’s Nayapaltan area on October 28.
How life in Ukraine has been shattered by 2 years of war
02:06 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayWives have become widows, parents long for captured sons, classrooms are empty and farmers can't find the hands to work the land. Unlikely friendships have formed; old ones have fallen apart.
SC upholds bail of GK Shamim in arms case
12:51 PM, 22 Feb 2024 ThursdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has upheld a High Court (HC) order granting bail to expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in an arms case.