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Jamaat Ameer's son Dr Rafat sent to jail
04:00 PM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayA court in Dhaka has sent Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman's son Dr Rafat Sadik Saifullah and another accused to jail in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act...
Ensure transparency, accountability in all affairs of university: President
03:30 PM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Saturday asked the university authorities to ensure transparency and accountability in all activities as he addressed the Dhaka University’s 53rd Convocation Ceremony today...
Elon Musk starts Twitter poll on whether to bring back Trump
02:43 PM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayElon Musk started a Twitter poll late on Friday asking followers to vote on whether to reinstate former U.S. President Donald Trump's account on the platform, with early results showing roughly 60% voting yes...
Jaya Bachchan questions why Indian women are wearing western clothes
02:24 PM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayVeteran actor Jaya Bachchan recently questioned why a lot of women wear western clothes. The senior actor was in a conversation with her granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda and daughter Shweta Bachchan for the former’s podcast What The Hell Navya...
Study suggests potatoes can be part of healthy diet
01:45 PM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayPotatoes are frequently included on a list of foods to stay away from, especially for people with insulin resistance, because of their reputation for causing weight gain and an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes...
Bangladesh, Gulf Cooperation Council sign MoU for consultations
12:41 PM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayBangladesh and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to hold regular consultation for political, economic, cultural, people to people contact, climate change, agriculture, food security and environment protection cooperation...
Kim Jong Un oversees ICBM test, vows more nuclear weapons
12:13 PM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to counter U.S. nuclear threats with nuclear weapons as he inspected a test of the country's new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media KCNA said on Saturday...
WC 2022: Alcohol sales banned at World Cup stadiums in Qatar
11:45 AM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayAlcohol will not be sold to fans at the World Cup's eight stadiums in Qatar after Fifa changed its policy two days before the start of the tournament...
Malaysia votes in general election, Anwar expected to lead tight race
10:54 AM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayMalaysians were voting on Saturday in a general election that may fail to end the recent phase of political instability in the Southeast Asian nation as polls have predicted no clear winner...
PM to inaugurate 50 industrial units in EZs Sunday
09:55 AM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 50 industrial units, projects and facilities in Economic Zones (EZs) on Sunday, marking 50 years of independence...
3 killed as truck hits motorbike on Khilgaon flyover
08:58 AM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayThree people were killed after a truck hit a motorbike on Khilgaon flyover in the capital around 3am on Saturday. The deceased are Md Joj Miah, 36, Al Amin, 34 and Md Mehedi Hasan, 28. They were the residents of Dhaka’s Mughda area...
Iranian protesters set fire to Ayatollah Khomeini’s house
08:20 AM, 19 Nov 2022 SaturdayProtesters in Iran have set fire to the ancestral home of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
Attack on RAB: Chanpara's Bazlu Chairman held
06:06 PM, 18 Nov 2022 FridayBazlur Rahman, the panel chairman-1 of Kayetpara union under Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj, has been arrested for allegedly attacking the Rapid Action Battalion. He was apprehended from Chanpara area in the upazila on Friday afternoon, commanding officer of RAB-1...
No benefit in intimidating Sheikh Hasina: Quader
05:19 PM, 18 Nov 2022 FridayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said there will be no benefit by issuing threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she never fears the showdown of BNP. "To intimidate Sheikh Hasina will yield no result...although BNP leaders are in defensive mood in words...
Indonesia's GoTo to cut 1,300 jobs to step up cost cutting
04:34 PM, 18 Nov 2022 FridayIndonesia's biggest tech firm PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk said on Friday it was laying off 1,300 workers, or 12% of its workforce, joining a wave of technology firms retrenching after years of rapid hiring due to an uncertain economic outlook...
Actress-dancer Nora Fatehi arrives in Dhaka
04:08 PM, 18 Nov 2022 FridayWell-known Bollywood actress-dancer Nora Fatehi has arrived in Dhaka on a day visit...
Three dengue patients die; 250 hospitalized in 24 hrs
03:51 PM, 18 Nov 2022 FridayThree dengue patients died and 250 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Friday morning. With the latest death, a total of 220 people died of dengue to date, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said. Currently, 2,712 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
EU agrees to loss and damage fund to help poor countries recover climate disasters
03:38 PM, 18 Nov 2022 FridayA breakthrough looked possible in the deadlocked global climate talks on Friday as the European Union made a dramatic intervention to agree to key developing world demands on financial help for poor countries...
The Literary Genius of Poet Aminul Islam
02:59 PM, 18 Nov 2022 FridayFrom the aesthetic point of view, poetry is the most popular branch of literature. It is a brilliant presentation of emotions...
Blackouts hit 10 million in Ukraine after Russian strikes
02:51 PM, 18 Nov 2022 FridayMore than 10 million Ukrainians are without electricity after dozens of Russian air attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure as winter sets in and temperatures plummet, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Repeated barrages disrupted electricity and water supplies...