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Xi Biden meeting: US leader promises ‘no new Cold War’ with China
08:28 AM, 15 Nov 2022 TuesdayUS President Joe Biden has promised there will be no "new Cold War" with China, following a conciliatory meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He also said he did not believe China would invade Taiwan...
3 dengue patients die, 760 hospitalized in 24 hrs
05:52 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayThree dengue patients died while 760 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am on Monday). "As many as 425 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 335 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours," said a dengue-related report...
Covid-19: 2 dead, 38 infected in 24 hours
05:09 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,429 in Bangladesh as two more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours...
Son of Jamaat ameer remanded afresh in militancy case
04:35 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayA Dhaka court on Monday placed two people including the son of Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami on a two-day fresh remand in a case lodged under Anti-Terrorism Act with capital's Jatrabari Police Station...
HC rules for awarding 10th grade to primary assistant teachers
03:38 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayThe High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain in four weeks as to why assistant teachers of government primary schools across the country shall not be given 10th grade...
Not sitting idle, Govt to use reserve for people’s welfare: PM
03:06 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday heavily castigated the criticism over the reserve, saying her government would not sit idle with the reserve money rather to use it for the people's welfare...
Elon Musk says ‘I have too much work on my plate’
02:46 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayBillionaire Elon Musk said on Monday he was working "at the absolute most amount...from morning till night, seven days a week" when asked about his recent acquisition of Twitter and his leadership of automaker Tesla Inc...
Bangladesh surprises world by its development: WB
02:19 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayWorld Bank's South Asian Region Vice-President Martin Raiser on Monday said Bangladesh has surprised the whole world through its tremendous development, describing the country as "a success case of development". He made the remarks while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Prime Minister's Office...
Ronaldo says he feels ‘betrayed’ by Manchester United
01:46 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayCristiano Ronaldo says he feels "betrayed" by Manchester United and is being forced out of the club...
Iran says issues first death sentence over protests
12:26 PM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayIran on Sunday issued its first death sentence over the protests that have shaken the country's clerical leadership, the judiciary said, with a rights group warning other convicts risked being "hastily" executed...
IMF says global economic outlook getting ‘gloomier’, risks abound
11:50 AM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayThe global economic outlook is even gloomier than projected last month, the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday, citing a steady worsening in purchasing manager surveys in recent months...
Biden, Xi to meet face-to-face amid superpower tensions
11:27 AM, 14 Nov 2022 MondayPresident Joe Biden will sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday for their first in-person meeting since the U.S. president took office nearly two years ago, amid increasing tensions between the two superpowers as they compete for global influence...
Explosion in Turkey’s Istanbul kills six, injures 53
09:56 PM, 13 Nov 2022 SundayTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says an explosion on a major pedestrian thoroughfare in central Istanbul has killed six people and injured 53...
Quader asks BNP to shun demand of caretaker govt restoration
09:34 PM, 13 Nov 2022 SundayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday urged BNP to stop daydreaming of the restoration of the obsolete caretaker government system ahead of the next general elections, claiming it is in the museum now...
Mbappe on target as PSG thrash Auxerre
09:27 PM, 13 Nov 2022 SundayParis St-Germain moved five points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with a dominant display to see off Auxerre in their final match before the break for the World Cup...
Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods
08:50 PM, 13 Nov 2022 SundayA decade ago, Tunisian fisherman Ahmed Chelli's nets bulged with fish and octopus that he sold at the local market in the Kerkennah islands...
T20 World Cup: Sam Curran named player of tournament
07:50 PM, 13 Nov 2022 SundayEngland left-arm pacer Sam Curran was named the player of the tournament following his team's five wicket win over Pakistan in the T20 World Cup final on Sunday...
Square Group founder chairman's wife dies
07:07 PM, 13 Nov 2022 SundayFounder Chairman of Square Group late Samson H Chowdhury's wife Anita Chowdhury has died in a hospital in capital Dhaka. She was 90...
Bangladesh to get $500m as budget support from WB, hopes Kamal
06:33 PM, 13 Nov 2022 SundayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday expressed his optimism that Bangladesh would get $500 million as budget support from the World Bank in the current fiscal year (FY23)...
England edge past Pakistan to win T20 World Cup final
05:46 PM, 13 Nov 2022 SundayThe forecasters got it wrong and England got it right, as the predicted downpour held off and it was Jos Buttler’s side who reigned in Melbourne. Inevitably it was Ben Stokes, a man who always manages to crowbar...