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PM opens 100 roads, highways in 50 districts

12:27 PM, 21 Dec 2022 Wednesday

After one and a half months of inaugurating 100 bridges, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday opened 100 roads and highways with combined lengths of 2021.56 kilometers in 50 districts across the country. The premier formally inaugurated the highways virtually from her office in the capital.

Shah Rukh only Indian in global list of 50 greatest actors of all time

12:10 PM, 21 Dec 2022 Wednesday

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan featured in an international list of 50 greatest actors of all time...

Morocco World Cup team arrives home to heroes’ welcome

11:29 AM, 21 Dec 2022 Wednesday

Tens of thousands of Moroccans thronged the capital on Tuesday to welcome home their national football team, the first Arab or African squad ever to reach the semi-final of a World Cup...

Taliban suspend university education for women in Afghanistan

10:27 AM, 21 Dec 2022 Wednesday

The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women...

Elon Musk to quit as Twitter CEO when replacement found

09:33 AM, 21 Dec 2022 Wednesday

Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter's chief executive officer when he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job".

Magnitude 6.4 quake shakes California, leaves 2 dead

09:01 AM, 21 Dec 2022 Wednesday

A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the extreme northern coast of California before dawn on Tuesday, damaging homes, roads and water systems and leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity...

Saddam, Enan made new president, GS of BCL

08:14 AM, 21 Dec 2022 Wednesday

Saddam Hossain and Sheikh Walid Asif Enan have been made new president and general secretary (GS) respectively of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for next two years. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the new committee...

New curriculum for primary to higher secondary from next year: Dipu Moni

09:49 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said on Tuesday preparation has been completed to introduce new curriculum for primary, secondary and higher secondary level students from next year...

Weinstein found guilty in second sex crimes trial

09:06 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

Former Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of raping a woman...

Pakistani forces kill all militants at anti-terrorism centre, hostages freed

08:45 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

Pakistani security forces on Wednesday killed all militants who had taken over a counter-terrorism centre two days after they had held security officers and detainees hostages at the northwestern facility...

The vegan leather made from India’s waste flowers

08:09 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

Inside a dusty compound in the northern Indian city of Kanpur lies a sterilised lab with an incubator full of flasks. Each of these flasks contains a small mound of what looks like a sourdough starter...

People not to get misled by BNP's 27-point reform proposal: Quader

07:46 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said those, who pushed the country to the edge of destruction and whose hands are stained with blood, will repair the country, which is nothing but ridiculous...

NCTB chief hopes students to get free textbooks on January 1

07:21 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

Chairman of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Prof Md Farhadul Islam on Tuesday hoped that free textbooks will be reached to all the students across the country through the book festival on January 1, 2023...

Another police official sent on compulsory retirement

06:50 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

The government has sent another police official on compulsory retirement...

Call to save Rohingya refugees adrift on boat without water, food

06:11 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

A group of politicians in Southeast Asia has urged regional governments to immediately launch a search and rescue operation for a boat reported to be carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees that has been adrift in waters off the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and India for weeks...

One dengue patient dies; 108 hospitalized in 24 hrs

05:42 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

One dengue patient died and 108 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning. With the latest death, a total of 272 people died of dengue to date, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said. Currently, 580 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...

Experts urge development partners to support LDC's climate actions

05:18 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

Development partners should strongly and decisively support the climate change related actions and ambitions of the world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs), said experts at a workshop in capital Dhaka on Tuesday...

Zero Covid death, 19 cases recorded in 24 hrs

05:02 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

The Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 19 cases in the last 24 hours...

World Bank cuts China growth outlook on COVID, property woes

04:33 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

The World Bank has cut its China growth outlook for this year and next, citing the impact of the abrupt loosening of strict COVID-19 containment measures and persistent property sector weakness...

England complete historic 3-0 sweep over Pakistan

04:09 PM, 20 Dec 2022 Tuesday

England completed a historic 3-0 clean sweep over Pakistan inside 40 minutes on the fourth day of the final Test in Karachi...