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Two riders killed as bus rams motorcycle
07:07 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayTwo people were killed as a bus hit a motorcycle in Magura district on Tuesday morning...
Chameera, Hasaranga help Sri Lanka crush UAE
06:40 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdaySri Lanka bounced back from their defeat to Namibia with a thorough rout of the UAE by a 79-run margin on Tuesday to give themselves their first points and a massive NRR boost...
Shishu Academy new director general Anjir Liton
05:36 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayChildren's author and rhymester Anjir Liton has been appointed the new director general of Bangladesh Shishu Academy for the next three years...
Three dengue patients die; 900 hospitalized in 24 hrs
05:04 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayThree dengue patients died and 900 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
Six Covid deaths, 287 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:31 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported six COVID-19 deaths and 287 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities rose to 29,408, and infections stood at 20,33,119. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...
Test skipper Cummins named Australian ODI captain
04:18 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayTest skipper Pat Cummins was Tuesday appointed Australia's one-day captain after Aaron Finch retired from the 50-over format, with the fast bowler saying he had "significant shoes to fill"...
PM wants peaceful world for children shunning war, arms trading
03:51 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called for returning to peace, relinquishing war and arms competition to make the world a beautiful abode for children. “We want a peaceful world...
Australia reverses recognition of W Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
03:24 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayAustralia says it will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing a decision taken by the government of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2018...
France begins nationwide strike amid soaring inflation
02:38 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayFrench trade unions began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, asking for higher salaries amid decades-high inflation and posing President Emmanuel Macron one of his stiffest challenges since his reelection in May...
10-truck arms haul case: Death reference, appeal hearing on Jan 3
12:57 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayThe hearing of the death reference and the appeal of the accused sentenced to death in the sensational 10-truck arms haul case has been fixed for January 3 next year...
4 to die for killing teen girl after rape in N’ganj
12:24 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayA court in Narayanganj has sentenced four people to death and another to life-term imprisonment in a case filed for killing a teen girl after rape in Narayanganj. Narayanganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Nazmul Haque Shyamal passed the order on Tuesday. The court also acquitted another person in the case...
Ukraine war: US says Iranian drones breach sanctions
12:05 PM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayThe US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran's supply of explosive drones to Russia violates UN sanctions...
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize
11:37 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdaySri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on Monday won Britain's Booker Prize for fiction for his work "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida", about a journalist murdered amid the country's sectarian strife...
PM pays homage to Aug 15 martyrs at Banani graveyard
10:14 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid rich tributes to August 15 martyrs at the Banani graveyard in the capital on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day. The premier along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana went to the Banani graveyard and paid glowing homage by placing wreath on Tuesday morning...
Sheikh Russel Day today
09:58 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdaySheikh Russel Day is being observed in the country on Tuesday in a befitting manner coinciding with the 59th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's youngest son Shaheed Sheikh Russel...
Benzema, Putellas win Ballon d’Or awards
08:53 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayReal Madrid's France forward Karim Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award for the best men's player in the world on Monday, while Barcelona's Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas won the women's award for a second time...
Russian warplane crash kills 13 in apartment block
08:33 AM, 18 Oct 2022 TuesdayAt least 13 people have now died after a Russian fighter-bomber plane crashed into an apartment block in the southern Russian town of Yeysk, officials say...
PM urges world community to stop war, reach food to all
09:37 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the international community to stop war and politics with food and reach food to all as over 800 million people go to bed hungry globally, which are getting worsened due to the Russia-Ukraine war. "I plead to the international community to stop war...
Primary school teachers' transfer guidelines amended
09:29 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayChanges have been brought in the primary school teachers' transfer guidelines 2022 to allow all teachers to apply for transfer...
Raza, bowlers set up Zimbabwe's clinical victory
08:22 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondaySikandar Raza smashed his way to a 48-ball 82 to help Zimbabwe post 174/7 before the bowlers took charge to sink Ireland in chase. The pacers and the spinners took turns to dent the chasing side, catching them 31-run short eventually...