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Jubo League to hold youth grand rally on Friday
09:45 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayAwami Jubo League will arrange a youth grand rally at historic Suhrawardy Udyan in capital Dhaka on November 11 on its golden jubilee as Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be present as the chief guest...
UK army killed 64 children in Afghanistan between 2006-14: Report
09:39 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayBritish forces have paid compensation for the deaths of 64 children in Afghanistan, a toll four times higher than the 16 child deaths publicly acknowledged by the Ministry of Defence, according to a new report...
Can air pollution affect fertility in men and women?
09:32 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayAir pollution, which has once again shrouded the Delhi skies with the air quality reaching ‘severe’ levels...
Foreign travel with govt expense banned
09:08 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe government on Wednesday banned foreign travel of all officers and employees of state-owned organisations at their institutions' expense. All orders on the officers' and employees' foreign travel with the funding of the government have been cancelled until further order, said a notification of the Finance Division...
Jamaat Ameer's son Dr Rafat arrested
08:26 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman's son Dr Rafat has been arrested for his alleged involvement in militancy. The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) apprehended him from Sylhet district on Wednesday afternoon. CTTC said Dr Rafat is Sylhet region chief coordinator...
Facebook owner Meta to sack 11,000 workers
07:39 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayMark Zuckerberg’s Meta is cutting 11,000 jobs, more than one in eight staff, after a disastrous collapse in revenue has left the company behind Facebook overstaffed and “inefficient”, the chief executive said in a note to staff...
Upazila chairman sued for 'abetting teenager to kill self'
06:48 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayA case has been filed against Pabna's Bera upazila chairman Rezaul Haque Babu and three others for 'abetment to suicide of a teenage girl.'...
Soroj Mehedi becomes brand ambassador of MEDCOM-2023
06:07 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayUniversity teacher, researcher and young literary persona Soroj Mehedi (Md Mahady Hasan) has been elected the brand ambassador to the 8th World Conference on Media and Mass Communication (MEDCOM-2023)...
Pakistan brush aside New Zealand in World Cup semis
05:45 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayPakistan hardly put a foot wrong and dominated pretty much from start to finish, beating New Zealand by seven wickets in their World Cup semi-final clash at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. The reward for them is an entry in the World Cup final opposite one of England and India on Sunday...
Country to receive $4.5b loan from IMF: Kamal
05:38 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayBangladesh is going to receive credit facility up to 3.468 billion SDR or around $4.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the next four years. “We’re going to get the loan from IMF in the same way that we’ve approached earlier. There were apprehensions that we may not avail it...
Five dengue patients die; 796 hospitalized in 24 hrs
05:13 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayFive dengue patients died and 796 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning. With the latest death, a total of 187 people died of dengue to date, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said. Currently, 3,144 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
Zero Covid death, 62 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:00 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 62 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities remained at 29,426, and infections rose to 20,35,992. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Wednesday...
England's James to miss World Cup due to knee injury
04:47 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayEngland right back Reece James will miss the World Cup in Qatar due to a knee injury, British media reported on Wednesday, a day before Gareth Southgate is due to name his 26-man squad for the tournament...
Singer Akbar Ali put on life support
04:10 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdaySinger Akbar Ali, who became known for performing in the popular show 'Ityadi', has been put on life support in a hospital in capital Dhaka...
Pakistan require 153 to qualify for third T20 World Cup final
04:01 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayDaryl Mitchell's half-century helped New Zealand set a 153-run target for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup semi-final...
Ten-man Barca fight back to win 2-1 at Osasuna
03:30 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdaySecond-half goals from Pedri and Raphinha rescued 10-man Barcelona as they fought back to win 2-1 at Osasuna in LaLiga on Tuesday after striker Robert Lewandowski was sent off in the first half...
Bus-covered van collision kills 4 in Feni
02:23 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayFour people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Mohammad Ali Dulamiah area in Feni on Wednesday...
PM stresses arranging more competitions, trainings for success in sports
01:33 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday underlined the need for arranging more competitions and trainings to gain success in the international sports platforms, urging the players to play...
ULAB Film Club screens ‘Sukal The Puppet Himself’
01:04 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayULAB Film Club has recently screened a special film titled “Sukal The Puppet Himself”. The filmmaker Shilbhadra Datta was present at the screening as a guest...
Fast track projects underway to negate energy crisis: Official
12:10 PM, 09 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe global fuel price hike sparked by the Russia-Ukraine war coupled with dwindling gas reserves off late prompted authorities to adopt fast track projects exploring solar energy, while experts suggest the wind power could be another major source to negate the crisis...