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Jago News looking for sub-editors
08:27 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe country's leading online news portal Jago News is seeking applications from eligible candidates to recruit manpower for the sub-editor position...
Govt to procure 125 lakh liters soyabean oil
07:30 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved 16 proposals, including three for procuring 125 lakh liters (12.5 million liters) of soybean oil and 5000 kilograms of lentils under the Direct Procurement Method (DPM)...
BNP's continuous programs from Aug 22
06:47 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayBNP will observe continuous programs across the country from August 22 protesting the fuel price hike, transport fare increase, and murder of Swechchhasebok Dal leader Abdur Rahim and Chhatra Dal leader Nure Alam...
Bangladesh saw massive HR violation during post 75 military regimes: PM
05:22 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh had witnessed a gross violation of human rights during the long military regimes after the 1975 carnage...
98 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:44 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdaySome 98 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Zero Covid death, 212 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:23 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 212 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities remain at 29,314 and infections stood at 20,09,434. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Wednesday...
Turkey says four more grain ships leave Ukrainian ports
03:50 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayFour more ships have left Ukrainian ports carrying sunflower meal, sunflower oil and corn, from Chornomorsk and Odesa ports, under a UN-brokered grain export deal, Turkey's defence ministry said on Wednesday...
Rohingya refugees in India's capital to be given flats, security
03:16 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayRohingya refugees from Myanmar in India's capital will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, a government minister said on Wednesday, signalling a change in the stance towards members of the Muslim minority...
Multiple bomb, arson attacks rock Thailand’s south
02:44 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayExplosions and fires ripped through at least 17 locations in southern Thailand on Wednesday, authorities said, in what appeared to be multiple coordinated attacks that injured seven people...
Nasa readies giant Moon rocket for maiden flight
02:17 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe American space agency Nasa is rolling out its giant new Moon rocket to prepare it for a maiden flight...
5 JMB militants sentenced to death in Chattogram
01:18 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayA Chattogram court has sentenced five Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants to death in a case filed for bombings at two mosques inside Bangladesh Navy’s Issa Khan Base in Chattogram in 2015. Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Tribunal Judge Abdul Halim passed the order on Wednesday...
2 killed in Rangamati road crash
12:43 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayTwo people were killed after their vehicle lost control and fell into a roadside ditch at Sajek area in Baghaichari upazila of Rangamati on Wednesday morning...
Elon Musk tweets he is ‘buying Manchester United’
11:41 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayElon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening that he is purchasing the Manchester United football club, although it was not clear if the eccentric billionaire, currently embroiled in a lawsuit over his bid to buy Twitter, was being serious...
Uttara crane accident: Writ seeks Tk 1cr for each deceased’s family
11:08 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayA writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive to the authorities concerned to pay compensation of Tk 1 crore to each family of the deceased who were killed in a crane accident in the capital’s Uttara...
32 dead, 66,000 affected by rainy-season floods in Niger
09:42 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayFlooding and landslides during Niger's rainy season have killed 32 people and affected more than 66,000 since June, authorities in the Sahel state said...
Sri Lanka to end state of emergency: President
09:14 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdaySri Lanka will not extend a state of emergency imposed to control anti-government protests as the situation in the impoverished nation has "stabilised", the president's office said Tuesday...
Ukraine war: Russia blames sabotage for new Crimea blasts
08:28 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayA week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, an arms store at another military facility has been hit by a series of explosions. Blaming "sabotage", Russian officials said a fire triggered the blasts in the Dzhankoi area, another fire hit a power station and a railway was damaged...
AL leader stabbed dead in Jatrabari
09:54 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayA local Awami League leader was stabbed to death by the miscreants in Jatrabari area of the capital of Dhaka on Tuesday night. Deceased Md Abu Bakr Siddique Habu, 38, was a unit AL president. A few people, including Fahim, stabbed Abu Bakr on Shaheed Faruk Sarak around 7 pm, leaving him critically injured, said the victim's maternal cousin Md Mithu...
Ferry fares rise by 20pc, ship by 30pc
09:10 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayBangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has increased the fare for its ferry, and passenger ship services by 20 percent and 30 percent respectively amid the fuel price hike. The raised fares will come into effect from Thursday (August 18)...
ECNEC approves 6 projects involving Tk 2,504.75cr
08:13 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a total of six projects involving Taka 2,504.75 crore...