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Mild heat wave may continue in 4 districts
01:30 PM, 08 Sep 2022 ThursdayThe ongoing mild heat wave is likely to continue in four districts of the country, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin valid for 24 hours commencing at 9am on Thursday...
Charges framed against PK Halder, 13 others
12:47 PM, 08 Sep 2022 ThursdayA Dhaka court has framed charges against former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, and 13 others in a case filed for money laundering and amassing illegal wealth. Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of the Special Judge’s Court-10 of Dhaka passed the order on Thursday...
PM reaches Rajasthan to visit Ajmer Sharif
11:10 AM, 08 Sep 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, the last day of her official visit to India, reached Rajasthan to visit Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Dargah Sharif, Ajmer. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier arrived at Jaipur International Airport in Rajasthan at 09:55 this morning...
Bangabandhu our iconic hero, too: Jaishankar
10:05 AM, 08 Sep 2022 ThursdayIndian External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar described Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as an iconic hero for both India and Bangladesh...
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians forced to Russia: US
09:49 AM, 08 Sep 2022 ThursdayThe U.S. said Wednesday it has evidence that “hundreds of thousands” of Ukrainian citizens have been interrogated, detained and forcibly deported to Russia in “a series of horrors” overseen by officials from Russia’s presidency...
Bangladesh gets free transit offer from India to export products to 3rd countries
09:05 AM, 08 Sep 2022 ThursdayIndia has offered free transit to Bangladesh for exporting its products to third countries as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have reiterated their strong commitment...
Pakistan set up Asia Cup final with Sri Lanka as India crash out
08:17 AM, 08 Sep 2022 ThursdayNaseem Shah hit two straight sixes to help Pakistan pull off a thrilling one-wicket win over Afghanistan on Wednesday and set up an Asia Cup title clash with Sri Lanka...
Two cases filed against Alesha Mart chairman
05:47 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayA customer on Wednesday filed two separate cases against chairman of scam-hit e-commerce platform Alesha Mart...
Bangladesh-India relations go far beyond strategic partnership: PM
05:24 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the relationship between Bangladesh and India goes far beyond strategic partnership and has further strengthened during the last decade...
No Covid-19 death reported in 24 hours, 282 new cases
04:38 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayBangladesh has reported zero Covid-19 death in the past 24 hours while it recorded 282 coronavirus positive cases during the period. With this, the total number of fatalities remain at 29,329 and infections rose to 20,13,689. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Wednesday...
Chelsea sack manager Thomas Tuchel
04:24 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayChelsea on Wednesday sacked manager Thomas Tuchel just seven games into the season following a chastening 1-0 Champions League defeat at Dinamo Zagreb...
After record floods, now Pakistan has to worry about economy
04:09 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayTanveer Aziz Kingrani was planning to spend August preparing for his term examinations at the University of Sindh. Instead, the 23-year-old aspiring physicist has been camping out in a tent with 18 family members for the past week after his village was completely submerged in floods...
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing meets Putin for first time since coup
02:45 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayMyanmar’s military chief and coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has held his first, and long-awaited, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a further sign of the deepening ties between the two sanctions-hit countries...
COVID-19 severity: Is higher number of Goblet cell is responsible?
01:41 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayCOVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019), caused by SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection, is more severe in people with chronic lung complications because of the presence of higher number of goblet cells in lung...
Seven drown in flooded South Korean car park
01:12 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdaySeven people in South Korea have died after they were trapped in an underground car park during floods caused by Typhoon Hinnamnor...
PM seeks India’s larger investment in Bangladesh
12:27 PM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called Bangladesh the most liberal nation for investment, urging Indian investors to invest largely in her country's infrastructure, manufacturing, energy and transport sectors...
12-kg LPG cylinder price increases by Tk 16
11:45 AM, 07 Sep 2022 WednesdayThe price of a 12-kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder has been increased by Tk 16 to Tk 1,235. Bangladesh Energy regulatory Commission (BERC) announced the fresh price at a press conference at 10am on Wednesday. The new price will be effective from 1pm. Earlier on August 2, the government decreased the price of LPG by Tk 35...
Kushiara water sharing deal is Bangladesh's big achievement: Shahriar
09:57 PM, 06 Sep 2022 TuesdayState Minister for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s four-day state tour to India has attained a big achievement...
Ireland slaps Instagram with record $400m fine over kids’ data
09:27 PM, 06 Sep 2022 TuesdayInstagram has been fined heavily by Irish regulators after an inquiry revealed that the social media company mishandled the personal information of teenagers in violation of European Union data privacy standards...
Metro rail minimum fare fixed at Tk 20
08:50 PM, 06 Sep 2022 TuesdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the fare for the metro rail (MRT line 6) has been fixed at Taka 5 per kilometre...