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Teachers join Jamie Oliver free school meals call
04:16 PM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayTeaching organisations have written to the UK prime minister, asking for all children in households on universal credit to be given free school meals...
Britons skipping meals in cost of living crisis: Poll
03:49 PM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayMillions of Britons are skipping meals in current the cost-of-living crisis, a consumer group warned Thursday, having already forecast that many risk fuel poverty after the UK curbed its energy price freeze...
Bangladesh will get high powered reactor for RNPP: Rosatom DG
02:40 PM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayRosatom Director General (DG) Alexey Likhachev on Thursday said Bangladesh will be given high powered nuclear reactor for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) for the optimum electricity generation as he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Mendis fires Sri Lanka past Netherlands into T20 WC Super 12
02:12 PM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayOpener Kusal Mendis slammed a 44-ball 79 as Asian champions Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by 16 runs to sweep into the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday...
Govt cancels appointment of BD ambassador to USA Shahidul
01:38 PM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayThe government has cancelled the contractual appointment of Bangladesh ambassador to USA Md Shahidul Islam. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday. Following the sanctions imposed by the US on RAB last December, the Bangladesh government took the decision...
Attack over RU student death: RMCH intern doctors go on work abstention
12:44 PM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayThe intern doctors of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) went on a work abstention programme on Wednesday midnight protesting the attack on them by the students of Rajshahi University...
Xi would be a ‘sinner’ of all Chinese if he attacks island: Taiwan official
11:42 AM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayChinese President Xi Jinping would become a "sinner" of all Chinese people if he attacked Taiwan and would not win a war as he would face international sanctions and diplomatic isolation, Taiwan's top security official said on Thursday...
Ukraine curbs power usage after Russia attacks energy plants
10:23 AM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayUkraine is restricting electricity usage nationwide on Thursday for the first time since Russia's invasion following a barrage of missile and drone attacks destroyed some power plants just before the winter sets in...
Russia, Iran defiant amid UN pressure over Ukraine drones
08:59 AM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayRussia has warned the United Nations against investigating its use of drones in Ukraine, amid accusations the weapons came from Iran and were used in violation of UN arms restrictions on the Middle Eastern country...
UK interior minister quits with criticism of Truss as lawmakers row
08:36 AM, 20 Oct 2022 ThursdayBritain's interior minister quit on Wednesday with a broadside at Liz Truss before her lawmakers openly quarrelled in parliament, underscoring the erosion of the prime minister's authority...
Khulna rally to be held defying all barriers, says Fakhrul
10:08 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the party's mass rally in Khulna will be held defying all obstacles...
How to use anxiety to your advantage
09:25 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayWhen my son was born with a congenital heart condition, like any parent, I felt lost...
Putin declares martial law in occupied Ukrainian regions
08:50 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayPresident Vladimir Putin introduced martial law on Wednesday in four Ukrainian regions he says Russia has annexed as some residents of the occupied city of Kherson left by boat following warnings of a looming assault. The images of people fleeing Kherson were broadcast by Russian state TV...
Germany to spend 6.3 bln euros on push for electric car charging points
08:06 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayThe German government approved a plan on Wednesday to spend 6.3 billion euros ($6.1 billion) over three years to rapidly scale up the number of charging stations for electric vehicles across the country, as part of its push towards net zero emissions...
10 years of Student of the Year
07:34 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayOn this day 10 years ago, Karan Johar launched three debutants in a romcom that marked the beginning of a new era of stardom for the newcomers...
Joseph, Charles help WI keep World Cup hopes alive
07:03 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayWest Indies secured a 31-run win over Zimbabwe on Wednesday to jump to the third spot in the points table of the closely-contested Group B and keep their hopes alive in the ongoing T20 World Cup...
Three get death, 6 life in Madaripur murder case
06:07 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayA court in Madaripur has sentenced three people to death and six others to life term imprisonment for shooting and hacking a man to death in broad daylight...
Shakib Al Hasan becomes No. 1 T20I allrounder
05:47 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayBangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has moved up one spot to become the No.1-ranked allrounder in T20Is - going past Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi - following his superb outing in the recent tri-series against New Zealand and Pakistan...
Zahurul Huda promoted to BB executive director
05:14 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayBangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) Director ABM Zahurul Huda has been promoted to the executive director of Bangladesh Bank...
Two Covid deaths, 300 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:51 PM, 19 Oct 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported two COVID-19 deaths and 300 cases in the last 24 hours...