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New Deputy Speaker to take oath this evening
12:02 PM, 28 Aug 2022 SundayNew Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad will take oath on Sunday evening. Earlier, the 19th session of the 11th Parliament will begin at 5 pm where the new deputy Speaker will be elected. The oath taking ceremony will be held at 7pm at the President Chamber of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban...
Protesters and police clash near Argentina vice-president’s home
10:43 AM, 28 Aug 2022 SundayThousands of protesters have rallied in Argentina in support of Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who denies corruption charges...
Protests in India over release of gang rapists
09:13 AM, 28 Aug 2022 SundayProtests have been held across India against the government's decision to free 11 men who were jailed for life for the gang rape of a Muslim woman, Bilkis Bano...
Pakistan appeals to world for flood help amid devastation
08:55 AM, 28 Aug 2022 SundayPakistan is appealing for further international assistance after floods wreaked havoc across the country...
Deadly clashes shake Libya’s capital, killing 23 people
08:32 AM, 28 Aug 2022 SundayDeadly clashes broke out Saturday in Libya’s capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, portending a return to violence amid a long political stalemate. At least 23 people were killed and 140 more wounded, the Health Ministry said. It added that 64 families were evacuated from areas around the fighting...
Inflation to ease within next 2 to 3 months, hopes BB Governor
09:47 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayBangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder on Saturday hoped that the general point-to-point inflation in the country is likely to ease within the next two to three months...
National Poet Nazrul's death anniversary observed
09:37 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayThe 46th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was observed in the country on Saturday in a befitting manner...
Tea workers' daily wages fixed at Tk 170
08:46 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayThe daily wages of the tea garden workers have been raised to Tk 170 from Tk 120 amid their ongoing work abstention across the country seeking a pay increase. The announcement came after a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and tea garden owners' organization Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA)...
Man Utd end poor away run with win at Southampton
08:22 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayManchester United ended a dismal sequence of seven straight Premier League away defeats as they secured a narrow win at Southampton...
SI's wife found hanging in Khilgaon
07:41 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayPolice recovered the hanging body of a police sub-inspector's wife from a house in Khilgaon area in the capital of Dhaka on Saturday...
Champions League group stage fixtures
06:58 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayEuropean Champions League group stage fixtures after they were unveiled on Saturday (kick-offs 1900GMT unless stated)...
Couple dies after consuming pesticide in Natore
06:13 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayA man and his wife have died after reportedly consuming pesticide together in Boraigram upazila of Natore district...
131 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:35 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdaySome 131 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Friday morning...
Two Covid deaths, 156 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:50 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayThe Bangladesh government reported two COVID-19 deaths and 156 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities increased to 29,323 and infections stood at 20,11,100. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Saturday...
Recent run drought impacted my mental health, says Kohli
04:20 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayIndia's batting talisman Virat Kohli said that a recent run drought had impacted his well-being and that he had been faking intensity to demonstrate that everything was fine...
India and Pakistan gear up for next cricket battle
03:32 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayIt is tempting to think that the off-field cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan is passé, a thing of the past century...
Trump mixed top secret docs with magazines, other items: FBI
02:56 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayFourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate early this year contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines and personal correspondence, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday...
US court upholds SpaceX satellite deployment plan
02:21 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayA U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a SpaceX plan to deploy some Starlink satellites at a lower Earth orbit than planned as part of its push to offer space-based broadband internet...
4 killed as truck runs over auto-rickshaw in Cox’s Bazar
01:20 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayFour people were killed and another was injured after a truck ran over a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Hijlia area in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning. Of the deceased, three were identified as Salima Khatun, 40, wife of Joynal Islam, Anwarul Islam, 25, son of late Gura Miah and Bitu Dhar, 51, son of Monindra Dhar...
Attack on Hasina’s convoy: Convicted ex-JCD leader dies
12:53 PM, 27 Aug 2022 SaturdayA 45-year-old man, who was serving jail terms in a case filed over the attack on the motorcade of then opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002, has passed away...