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Discard personal interest, greed to be perfect leaders: PM asks BCL men
05:08 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men to build themselves as perfect leaders by moving forward with sacrificing minds leaving personal interest and greed...
One Covid death, 214 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:45 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 214 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities increased t0 29,324, and infections stood at 20,11,946. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Wednesday...
Filmfare Awards 2022: Ranveer Singh and Kriti Sanon win best actor, actress
04:15 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayBollywood actor Ranveer Singh won the Best Actor in a Lead Role (Male) award for his cricket drama '83' at the 67th Filmfare Awards in Mumbai, while Kriti Sanon bagged the Best Actor in a Lead Role (female) award for 'Mimi'...
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes staff-level loan pact with IMF
03:36 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdaySri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on an emergency loan to the crisis-hit country and a formal announcement will be made on Thursday, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said...
BRAC student Sanjana’s ‘suicide’: Father arrested from M’singh
02:33 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayRapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Shaheen Alam in connection with the alleged suicide of his 21-year-old daughter Sanjana Mosaddika, who on a suicide note blamed her father of being “abusive and a rapist”. He was arrested from Gafargaon in Mymensingh on Wednesday noon...
University student murder: 4 to die, 2 get life term
02:07 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayA Cox’s Bazar court has sentenced four people to death and two others to life term imprisonment in a case filed for the murder of International University student Zia Uddin Foysal...
Law enforcement agencies most corrupt: TIB survey
01:11 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe law enforcement agencies have been ranked the top corrupt sector among other public service offices in the country. The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed this picture of the corruption in its household survey tiled ‘Corruption in Service Sector: National Household Survey 2021’...
Khaleda Zia to return home from hospital today
12:06 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home from the capital’s Evercare Hospital on Wednesday evening...
BRTA, bus owners to meet this afternoon to readjust fares
11:34 AM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and bus owners will hold a meeting on Wednesday afternoon to readjust fares as the government cut fuel oil prices by only Tk 5 per litre on Monday evening. The meeting will be held at BRTA’s head office in the capital’s Banani at 5pm...
New Russia gas halt tightens energy screws on Europe
10:33 AM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayRussia halted gas supplies via a major pipeline to Europe on Wednesday, intensifying an economic battle between Moscow and Brussels and raising the prospects of recession and energy rationing in some of the region's richest countries...
Nasa will try to launch Moon rocket on Saturday
09:43 AM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe US space agency says it will try to launch its new Moon rocket on Saturday. An attempt at a lift-off on Monday had to be scrubbed when one of four engines on the vehicle would not cool down to its required operating temperature...
Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies
08:52 AM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayMikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev, who took power in 1985, opened up the then-USSR to the world and introduced a set of reforms at home. But he was unable to prevent the slow collapse of the Soviet Union, from which modern Russia emerged...
Bangladesh suffer 7-wicket defeat to Afghanistan
08:25 AM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayBangladesh suffered a seven-wicket defeat to Afghanistan in their opening match of the Asia Cup, paying the price of their shaky batting at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE on Tuesday. After opting to bat first, the Tigers were restricted to a below par 127-7, which Afghanistan gunned down effortlessly, reaching 131-3 in 18.3 overs...
US announces $30 mln in support for Pakistan flood response
09:59 PM, 30 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe United States will provide $30 million in support for Pakistan following severe rains and flooding, the US embassy in Islamabad announced on Tuesday...
DU to hold entry tests thru' 4 units from new academic year
08:54 PM, 30 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe Dhaka University (DU) will hold admission tests for the academic year 2022-23 through four units...
Indian actor Kamal R Khan arrested over controversial 2020 Tweets
07:52 PM, 30 Aug 2022 TuesdayIndian actor Kamal R Khan, also known as KRK, was arrested in Mumbai on Tuesday morning. According to the police, KRK was arrested in a case against his controversial social media posts in 2020...
IGP asked to submit report on seized vehicles at police stations
06:39 PM, 30 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) has asked the inspector general of police (IGP) to submit a full report within the next six months on how the seized vehicles at police stations or courts are being maintained...
237 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:48 PM, 30 Aug 2022 TuesdaySome 237 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
Govt lying about UN rights chief's statement: Fakhrul
05:25 PM, 30 Aug 2022 TuesdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government is lying about the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's report on the human rights situation in Bangladesh...
Zero Covid death, 172 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:38 PM, 30 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 172 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities remained at 29,323, and infections rosed to 20,11,732. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...