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Mirza Abbas gets bail, no bar to release

04:20 PM, 19 Feb 2024 Monday

A Dhaka court has granted bail to BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas in a case filed with Dhaka Railway Police Station. Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Julhas Uddin passed the order on Monday.

3 Myanmar brigadier generals sentenced to death for surrendering town

03:51 PM, 19 Feb 2024 Monday

Myanmar's junta has sentenced to death three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic town on the Chinese border to ethnic minority fighters last month, military sources told AFP on Monday.

High Court orders to prepare list of GI products

03:04 PM, 19 Feb 2024 Monday

The High Court has instructed the authorities concerned of the government to prepare a list of all products from every region of Bangladesh that are officially recognised as Geographical Indications (GI).

HSC exams in 2025 to be held on short syllabus

02:08 PM, 19 Feb 2024 Monday

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations in 2025 will be held on a short syllabus. M A Khayer, Information and Public Relations Officer of Education Ministry, confirmed the matter in a post published on the ministry’s verified Facebook page on Monday morning.

3 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Gazipur

12:53 PM, 19 Feb 2024 Monday

Three people were killed and two others injured as a cement-laden truck crashed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Gazipur on Monday.

Israel sets March deadline for Gaza ground offensive in Rafah

11:51 AM, 19 Feb 2024 Monday

Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has warned that unless Hamas frees all hostages held in Gaza by 10 March an offensive will be launched in Rafah. It is the first time Israel has said when its troops might enter Gaza's overcrowded southern city.

64 shot dead in Papua New Guinea ambush

11:36 AM, 19 Feb 2024 Monday

At least 64 people have died in an ambush in Papua New Guinea's remote Highlands region. The victims were shot dead during a tribal dispute in the Enga province over the weekend, said a national police spokesman.

PM returns home after joining Munich Security Conference

11:20 AM, 19 Feb 2024 Monday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in Dhaka wrapping up her three-day official visit to Germany to attend Munich Security Conference 2024. A regular flight of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 11:00 am on Monday.

Sacked Twitter staff in Ghana finally get pay-off

09:57 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

X, formerly known as Twitter, has finally paid off the staff it sacked in its African headquarters more than a year after they were laid off, the agency which represents them has said...

46th BCS preliminary test on April 26

09:57 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

The 46th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination will take place on April 26...

England slump to miserable defeat in third Test

09:40 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

England spiralled to a miserable and massive defeat by India on the fourth day of the third Test in Rajkot...

Onion, sugar likely to be imported from India before Ramadan: Ahsanul

09:18 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Sunday said that the government would be able to supply onion and sugar, imported from India, to the market before the holy month of Ramadan...

Legal notice seeks school closure during Ramadan

08:29 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

A legal notice has been sent to the authorities concerned demanding the closure of all educational institutions during the Holy month of Ramadan...

Zero Covid death, 43 cases recorded in 24 hrs

07:48 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

The Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 deaths and 43 cases in the last 24 hours (from Saturday 8 am to Sunday 8 am)...

Four killed as pickup van hits auto-rickshaw

07:00 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

Four people, including two women, were killed as a pickup van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail on Sunday afternoon...

Biden assures Zelensky US will send $60bn in aid

05:29 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

US President Joe Biden has assured his Ukrainian counterpart that $60bn in military aid is on its way...

SC to hear NOAB’s arguments over journo’s income tax, gratuity

05:05 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will hear arguments from the Newspapers Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) while holding a hearing on two separate leave to appeal petitions filed against the High Court judgment that declared the recommendation made by the Cabinet Committee in nith Wage Board Award for journalists and workers of newspapers and news agencies, regarding income tax and gratuity, illegal...

Barcelona grab win with late Lewandowski penalty

04:26 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

Barcelona returned to winning ways by nicking a 2-1 victory at Celta Vigo as Robert Lewandowski kept his cool to convert a retaken 97th-minute penalty...

PM urges world leaders to stop genocide in Gaza

03:36 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the global leaders to stop genocide in Gaza. “Bangladesh has always stood against genocide. What is happening in Gaza, I feel it is a genocide. So we never support it," she said...

BNP leader Dudu shown arrested in 8 more cases

02:44 PM, 18 Feb 2024 Sunday

BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has been shown arrested in eight more sabotage cases filed with three police stations in Dhaka.