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Flood-affected SSC candidates to get books by July 24: Dipu Moni
05:37 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayEducation Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Monday said at a meeting that the flood-affected SSC candidates in Sylhet and other areas will be provided with books by July 24...
HC orders judicial probe into Narail teacher humiliation
05:03 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThe High Court (HC) on Monday ordered judicial probe into the humiliation of Mirzapur United Degree College teacher Swapan Kumar Biswas in Narail...
Covid: 7 dead, 1072 infected in 24 hours
04:47 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,241 in Bangladesh as 7 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,072 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,997,412. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
ICC FTP: Bangladesh land Test and ODI jackpot in 2023-2027 cycle
04:00 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayBangladesh have a bit of a bonanza lined up. The 2023-2027 ICC Future Tours Programme has 34 Tests marked for them, behind only England (42), Australia (41) and India (38)...
3 killed as truck hits microbus in Habiganj
03:50 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThree people were killed and ten others injured after a truck hit a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bakharnagar area in Madhabpur of Habiganj around 2:30pm on Monday...
Joint meeting of AL secretariat on July 23
03:28 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayA joint meeting of Awami League (AL) secretariat with Dhaka city south and north units of the party and president and general secretary of its associate bodies will be held at the party's Bangabandhu Avenue Central Office in the capital at 3.30pm on July 23...
Area-based load shedding from Tuesday
02:24 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThe government has decided to start area-based load shedding for a specific time in the country from Tuesday. The decision was taken in a high-level meeting at Prime Minister’s Office on Monday. It was said after the meeting that, all shops will remain closed after 8 pm. The air conditions of all mosques will be kept off to save electricity...
Ghana confirms first cases of deadly Marburg virus
01:18 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayGhana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola...
Mild heat wave may abate
01:01 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThe ongoing mild heat wave may abate at three districts of the country, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin on Monday. “Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Rangpur and Nilphamari and it may abate,” said the bulletin...
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez marry in Las Vegas
12:49 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayHollywood stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have got married in Las Vegas, Ms Lopez has confirmed...
Ukraine war: Zelensky fires security chief and top prosecutor
11:57 AM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayPresident Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the head of Ukraine's security agency (SBU) and the prosecutor general, citing many cases of treason in the two powerful organisations...
Three dead in shooting at US mall
11:24 AM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThree people were killed and another three injured Sunday at a mall in the US state of Indiana, officials said, the latest in a spate of gun violence in the country...
Sri Lanka acting president declares emergency amid protests
11:16 AM, 18 Jul 2022 MondaySri Lanka’s acting president on Monday declared a state of emergency giving him broad authority amid growing protests demanding his resignation two days before the country’s lawmakers are set to elect a new president. Ranil Wickremesinghe became acting president on Friday after his predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled abroad...
CEC urges political parties to take responsibility for thwarting poll-time violence
09:49 PM, 17 Jul 2022 SundayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday urged the political parties to take the responsibility for tackling poll-time violence as the political parties play vital roles in the fields of elections...
Soyabean oil prices reduced to Tk 185 per liter
09:15 PM, 17 Jul 2022 SundayThe maximum retail prices of bottled soyabean oil have been reduced by Tk 14 per liter following a decrease in internal market prices. Now, a liter of bottled soybean oil is Tk 185 while five liters Tk 910. The prices of palm oil have also been decreased by Tk 6 to Tk 152 per liter...
Gold prices reduced by Tk 1166 per bhori
08:04 PM, 17 Jul 2022 SundayThe prices of gold have been reduced by around Tk 1,166 per bhori (11.664 grams) in Bangladesh following a fall in international market prices. Now, gold of 22-carat will cost Tk 77,216 per bhori, 21-carat Tk 73,716, 18-carat Tk 63,219, and gold of traditional method Tk 52,721 respectively. The Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association's (BAJUS)...
'Crashed Ukrainian plane had mortar shells bought for Bangladesh Army, BGB'
07:00 PM, 17 Jul 2022 SundayThe Ukrainian cargo plane, which crashed in Greece late on Saturday, was heading towards Bangladesh carrying training mortar shells purchased for Bangladesh Army, and Border Guard Bangladesh...
53 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:09 PM, 17 Jul 2022 SundaySome 53 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
All eight crew members killed in cargo plane crash in Greece
04:44 PM, 17 Jul 2022 SundayA Ukrainian cargo plane carrying munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece late on Saturday, killing the crew members on board, Serbian authorities and Meridian airline said on Sunday...
900 Covid cases, 4 deaths recorded in 24 hrs
04:20 PM, 17 Jul 2022 SundayThe Bangladesh government reported 900 more Coronavirus cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,96,340 and the fatalities stood at 29,234. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Sunday...