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New research reveals human tendency to hit the snooze button
02:42 PM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayIf you were late getting out of bed this morning, you’re not alone, according to a study conducted by academics at the University of Notre Dame which has drawn a clearer picture of the human proclivity to click the snooze button...
Khandker Golam appointed as new DMP commissioner
01:48 PM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayPolice Staff College Rector Additional Inspector General Khandker Golam Faruq has been appointed as new commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The Home Ministry’s Public Security Division Police-1 subdivision issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday...
Xi clinches third term, packs leadership with loyalists
01:10 PM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayChina's Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a new top governing body stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong...
Suspended DIG Prisons Bazlur jailed for 5 years
11:50 AM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayA Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Department of Prisons Bazlur Rashid to five years in jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on the charges of illegally amassing asset worth Tk 3,14,35,902. He was also fined Tk 5 lakh, in default of which he will have to serve six months...
Jubo League to hold youth grand rally on Nov 11
11:33 AM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayJubo League will hold a youth grand rally at the historical Suhrawardy Udyan on November 11 marking the golden jubilee and 50th founding anniversary of the party...
Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister
10:44 AM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayHard-right leader Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister amid looming questions over her coalition partners’ stance towards Russia...
3 killed as launch hits bridge pillar in Shariatpur
10:11 AM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayThree people were killed and two others injured when a launch hit a pillar of Shaikkha Bridge in Shariatpur early Sunday. The incident took place in the tributary river of Meghna at Maijara area under Kuchaipotti union in Gosairhat upazila around 4:30am...
Russian authorities urge residents to leave Kherson ‘immediately’
09:13 AM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayRussian-installed authorities in occupied Kherson have urged residents to leave “immediately” as they expect Ukrainian troops to wage a counteroffensive campaign to reclaim the city in southern Ukraine. The regional administration posted a message on the Telegram app on Saturday...
Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies
08:18 AM, 23 Oct 2022 SundayThe owner and co-founder of the sports drink company Red Bull has died, the company announced Saturday...
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal No.1
10:02 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayThe maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number one as the well-marked low over Andaman Sea...
Delhi University issues anti-ragging guidelines
09:38 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayUniversity of Delhi Saturday issued anti-ragging guidelines notifying the steps being taken to ensure safe induction and study experience of the new batch...
Iran slams call for UN probe into alleged use of its drones
09:31 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayIran has strongly condemned a call by France, Germany and the United Kingdom for the United Nations to investigate the accusations that Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to attack Ukraine, according to its foreign ministry...
Bullet fired from Myanmar land in Bangladesh
09:21 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayA bullet fired from Myanmar landed inside Bangladesh territory in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila on Saturday afternoon...
T20 World Cup: England beat Afghanistan in opening game
08:32 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdaySam Curran became the first England men's player to take a T20I five-for as his side began their T20 World Cup campaign with a five-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Perth...
Forest stun Liverpool to climb off bottom of table
08:16 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayNottingham Forest produced a superb performance to shock Liverpool and climb off the bottom of the Premier League at a boisterous City Groun..
BNP wants dead body to intensify movement: Quader
07:30 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP wants dead bodies to intensify its movement...
Two dengue patients die, 922 hospitalized in 24 hrs
06:58 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayTwo dengue patients died while 922 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours until 8 am on Saturday...
Govt hatching new plot centering election: Fakhrul
06:34 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government started hatching a new conspiracy centering the next general election. He said, "There will be no sign of Awami League if the election is held under the caretaker government. So, Sheikh Hasina-led government started hatching a new conspiracy."...
One Covid death, 124 cases recorded in 24 hrs
06:13 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 124 cases in the last 24 hours...
Five Biman officials, employees remanded over question paper leak
05:51 PM, 22 Oct 2022 SaturdayFive officials and employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were placed on a 6-day remand by a court in Dhaka on Saturday for their alleged involvement in disclosing an enrollment question paper prior to the exam.