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Probe committee formed over grid failure
12:18 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayA five-member committee has been formed to investigate the reason behind the grid failure that triggered a countrywide blackout on Tuesday...
PM to address press on UK, US visit on Thursday
11:16 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference about her just-concluded official visit to the United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday. "The press conference will be held at 4pm on Thursday at Ganabhaban," Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS on Wednesday.
25 killed after bus falls into gorge in India’s Uttarakhand
10:55 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayTwenty-five members of a wedding party have died after a bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal last night. Some 21 passengers were rescued in an all-night operation at the spot of the accident near Simdi village...
Five reasons why China’s economy is in trouble
10:15 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayChina's economy is slowing down as it adapts to a punishing zero-Covid strategy and weakening global demand...
Hasan tested positive for COVID-19
09:01 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayInformation and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has been tested positive again for COVID-19...
S. Korea, US fire missiles into the sea to protest ‘reckless’ N. Korea test
08:40 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdaySouth Korea and the U.S. military conducted missile drills in response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, as Washington condemned Pyongyang's longest-range test as "dangerous and reckless."
Power supply restored in parts of Dhaka
10:13 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayThe power supply has been restored in some areas of Dhaka and some other areas of the country gradually following a power outage due to a fault in transmission lines of the national grid. Authorities of power sector have restored power supply at Bangladesh secretariat, Biduyt Bhaban...
Interview: ASI Kadir suggests not keeping intimate moments' photos, videos on mobile phones
10:06 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayAbdul Kadir, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, is known for finding lost mobile phones.
None can hurt religious sentiments of anyone: PM
09:05 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the countrymen to abstain from saying anything hurtful to religious sentiments and magnifying any incident that goes against any religion, rather look at the punitive measures taken by the government...
Power trouble in eastern region solves: Nasrul
08:12 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayPower trouble in the eastern region was solved and the rest of areas will be soon restored as engineers-technicians of both Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) are working on it...
Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic: ISPR
07:55 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayThree Bangladeshi peacekeepers deployed in the Central African Republic have been killed and another has been injured during UN peacekeeping operations...
One gets death, 2 life in Kushtia murder case
06:39 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayA court in Kushtia district on Tuesday sentenced a man to death and two others to life-term imprisonment in a murder case...
Engineers working to restore power transmission
05:29 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayEngineers of both the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) are working to restore electricity transmission across the country. BPDB Director (Public Relations) Shameem Hasan informed that the National Power Transmission grid failed at noon...
CID gets 30 more days to submit report on BB reserve heist
04:57 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayA Dhaka court on Tuesday allowed the investigation agency Criminal Investigation Department (CID) 30 more working days to submit its report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016...
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to 3 scientists
04:07 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayScientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science", the award-giving body said on Tuesday...
Gonzalo Higuain announces retirement
03:57 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayGonzalo Higuain is hanging up his boots. Inter Miami's Argentine striker has announced that he is retiring as a footballer at the age of 34 and after playing three seasons in MLS, where he scored 27 goals in 65 games...
Ronaldo allowed to leave Man Utd - Tuesday's gossip
03:38 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayPortugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, will be allowed to leave Manchester United in January. (Telegraph - subscription required)...
4 Bangladeshi peacekeepers injured in Central African Republic
01:45 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayFour Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been critically injured while discharging their duties in the Central African Republic...
3 dead, 45 rescued after Rohingya-carrying trawler sinks in Bay
01:19 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayPolice on Tuesday noon recovered bodies of three teenage girls and rescued six more people alive from Shilkhali area of Baharchara in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar after a trawler carrying Rohingyas capsized in the Bay of Bengal while trying to cross the sea to illegally enter Malaysia on Tuesday...
Australia’s Paine set to play first match since sexting scandal
12:07 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayAn "emotionally sound" Tim Paine is set to play his first top-level game since a sexting scandal ended his international career, with the former Australia captain included Tuesday in Tasmania's squad for a Sheffield Shield tie...