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Bangladesh exceeds Vietnam again in global RMG exports
04:47 PM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayBangladesh bagged second position again in the global apparel export market in 2021 after it was pushed back to the third position by Vietnam in 2020. World Trade Statistical Review 2022, released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday, showed that Vietnam's share in global ready-made garment (RMG)...
Child Ayat's severed head recovered
04:11 PM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayPolice Bureau of Investigation has recovered the severed head of child Alina Islam Ayat, who was killed after being abducted in Chattogram. Inspector of PBI, Chattogram Ilias Khan said they recovered the head from Outer Ring Road Beribadh area under EPZ Police Station in the city on Thursday morning...
Remittances to lower income countries ease in 2022: WB
03:32 PM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayCash transfers to low- and middle-income countries eased this year, with rising prices taking a toll on migrants' incomes, the World Bank said Wednesday...
Court accepts ACC’s plea to re-investigate Falu’s graft case
02:39 PM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayA Dhaka court on Thursday granted the application filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking re-investigation in a money laundering case against BNP leader and former MP Mosaddek Ali Falu...
Escape of 2 militants: 10 accused on fresh 5-day remand
02:17 PM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayA Dhaka court has granted a fresh five-day remand for ten accused in a case filed over snatching away two death row convict militants from the court premises in Old Dhaka. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin passed the order on Thursday...
BSF to install 5,500 CCTV cameras at Bangladesh, Pakistan borders
01:31 PM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayThe Border Security Force (BSF) will be installing 5,500 security cameras along the borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan and the central government has “sanctioned ₹30 crore for this procurement”, BSF chief Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Wednesday...
Death-row convict hanged at Kashimpur jail
12:29 PM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayA death-row convict has been hanged at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in a case filed for the murder of freedom fighter Gias Uddin in Narayanganj...
China softens tone on COVID severity after protests
11:43 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayChina is softening its tone on the severity of COVID-19 and easing some coronavirus restrictions even as its daily case toll hovers near record highs, after anger over the world's toughest curbs fuelled protests across the country...
India’s G20 Presidency to promote the universal sense of one-ness
10:42 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayThe previous 17 Presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results - for ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden on countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these achievements, and build further upon them...
Meta executive says holiday sales were earlier and bigger this year
10:06 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayThe head of Meta Platforms' business group said on Wednesday that the holiday shopping season started earlier than usual this year and produced a Black Friday sales weekend that appeared to be the biggest on record...
Month of victory begins
09:56 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayThe nation is set to celebrate the month of victory with much festivity and enthusiasm amid a series of programmes throughout the month of December that began on Thursday. On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long bloodstained Liberation War...
Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies
09:43 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayChristine McVie, who played with Fleetwood Mac and wrote some of their most famous songs, has died aged 79, her family has said...
Mexico exit World Cup on goal difference despite beating Saudi Arabia
09:10 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayMexico suffered an agonising exit from the World Cup on goal difference on Wednesday despite beating Saudi Arabia 2-1 in a dramatic finale to Group C...
Messi misses penalty but Argentina advance at World Cup
08:59 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayLionel Messi had a penalty saved but Argentina still advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup as Group C winners after a 2-0 victory over Poland on Wednesday. Poland also went through as runners-up although a 2-1 win for Mexico over Saudi Arabia in the group's other game meant Czeslaw Michniewicz's side advanced only on goal...
Australia reach World Cup last 16 and send Denmark home
08:26 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayAustralia reached the last 16 of the World Cup for only the second time in their history with a 1-0 win over a disappointing Denmark on Wednesday...
Tunisia out of WC despite shock win over much-changed France
08:15 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayFrench-born Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the game as Tunisia claimed a famous 1-0 win over holders France at the World Cup on Wednesday, but it was not enough for them to reach the last 16...
PM reiterates Bangladesh’s anti-terrorism stance as Indian envoy calls on
09:47 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated Bangladesh‘s stance against terrorism as India’s newly appointed high commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma called on her...
Japan court upholds ban on same-sex marriage
09:40 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayA Tokyo court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday but said a lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights, a comment welcomed by plaintiffs as a step towards aligning Japan with other G7 nations...
Brazil legend Pele hospitalized amid cancer battle
09:18 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayBrazilian soccer legend Pele has been hospitalized in Sao Paulo with "general swelling" as he battles cancer, ESPN Brasil reported on Wednesday, saying he was undergoing several tests for more in-depth assessment of his health issues...
Dhaka-N'ganj train services to stay shut from Dec 4
08:20 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe train services on the Dhaka-Narayanganj route will remain closed temporarily from December 4...