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Khaleda’s release to be extended if family submits application: Anisul
02:18 PM, 10 Sep 2022 SaturdayLaw, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release term will be extended again if her family members submit an application. He told journalists after inaugurating a training course of Joint District and Sessions Judges and equivalent judicial officers...
Pregnant woman’s stress can link to negative emotions in babies: Study
01:50 PM, 10 Sep 2022 SaturdayA study has found that pregnant woman who had bigger fluctuations in had infants with more fear, sadness and distress...
Signal 3 for maritime ports
12:51 PM, 10 Sep 2022 SaturdayThe maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting the local cautionary signal number three as the squally weather may affect the maritime ports, North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh...
India seeks to extend pact for fuel transport via Bangladesh
11:56 AM, 10 Sep 2022 SaturdayIndia is looking to extend its pact with Bangladesh to transport fuel through the eastern neighbour to the states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur, two officials aware of the developments said. The deal expires on 30 November. The way through Bangladesh allows Indian fuel retailers to avoid the mountainous route through Silchar in Assam...
Strong earthquakes jolt parts of Indonesia’s West Papua province
11:10 AM, 10 Sep 2022 SaturdayA series of strong inland earthquakes have shaken Indonesia’s easternmost West Papua province, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties...
Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv region as Russian front crumbles
10:26 AM, 10 Sep 2022 SaturdayUkrainian forces have seized an expanding area of previously Russian-held territory in the east in a "very sharp and rapid" advance, a Russian-installed regional official said on Friday, in a breakthrough that may mark a turning point in the war...
King Charles vows to serve his nation as Britain mourns late queen
09:23 AM, 10 Sep 2022 SaturdayBritain's King Charles paid a heartfelt tribute on Friday to his late "darling mama" Queen Elizabeth, and vowed to serve as monarch with "loyalty, respect and love" as she had done for more than seven decades. In his first address to the nation, Charles paid tribute to his mother for her devotion to her family...
Hasaranga helps Sri Lanka down Pakistan in Asia Cup final dress rehearsal
08:31 AM, 10 Sep 2022 SaturdaySpinner Wanindu Hasaranga led Sri Lanka's bowling charge to set up a comfortable five-wicket victory over Pakistan on Friday in their dress rehearsal for the Asia Cup final...
One Covid-19 death, 278 cases reported in 24 hours
06:15 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayBangladesh on Friday reported one Covid-19 death while it recorded 278 positive cases during the same period. "Bangladesh reported 8.34 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,334 samples were tested during the last 24 hours," a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said...
Sajeda Chowdhury admitted to hospital
06:04 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayDeputy leader of the Jatiya Sangsad Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury has been admitted to a hospital in the capital of Dhaka following she had become critically ill...
Pakistan bring back Hayden for T20 World Cup role in Australia
05:42 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayFormer Australia opener Matthew Hayden will reunite with the Pakistan team to mentor the side at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia beginning next month, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday...
Brahmastra review: Despite its razzle-dazzle, Ranbir-Alia film fails to entertain
05:32 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayPart fantasy, part mythological, part action-adventure, part desi superhero saga, there’s a lot going on in ‘Brahmastra Part One-Shiva’, Ayan Mukerji’s long-in-the-making mega tentpole which is meant to be a trilogy...
Akbar Ali Khan buried at Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard
04:27 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayFormer advisor to the caretaker government and renowned economist Akbar Ali Khan has been buried at the Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard at Mirpur in the capital of Dhaka. He was laid to rest around 3:05 pm on Friday in the presence of his family members and relatives...
IU female student's body recovered
03:19 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayPolice recovered the body of a female student of Islamic University (IU) from Gangni upazila of Meherpur district on Thursday night...
Charles III, Britain's conflicted new monarch
02:37 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayWith the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth on Thursday, Prince Charles has finally become king of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms, ending a wait of more than 70 years - the longest by an heir in British history...
India restricts rice exports, could fuel food inflation
12:29 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayIndia banned exports of broken rice and imposed a 20% duty on exports of various grades of rice on Thursday as the world's biggest exporter of the grain tries to augment supplies and calm local prices after below-average monsoon rainfall curtailed planting...
Russian airstrikes in NW Syria kill 120 rebels
12:06 PM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayRussian airstrikes on positions of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in northwestern Syria killed 120 rebels on Thursday, state news agency SANA reported...
Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96
11:21 AM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayQueen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died on Thursday. She was 96. Buckingham Palace announced her death in a short statement, triggering 10 days of national mourning and an outpouring of tributes to her long life and record-breaking reign...
Akbar Ali Khan passes away
11:15 AM, 09 Sep 2022 FridayFormer advisor to the caretaker government and renowned economist Akbar Ali Khan died on Thursday night. He was 78. He was taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital of Dhaka last night after he had fallen sick but the on-duty doctors there declared him dead...
Why people are industry hopping
09:56 PM, 08 Sep 2022 ThursdayMarcin, 33, knew he needed a dramatic career shake-up. The New Jersey-based auditor had grown tired of a desk job in which his greatest interactions were over email, and his main day-to-day function was to serve a corporation's bottom line...