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Sheikh Hasina’s release day from prison today
09:05 AM, 11 Jun 2022 SaturdayThe 14th anniversary of release of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from prison is being observed on Saturday...
Khaleda Zia hospitalized
08:54 AM, 11 Jun 2022 SaturdayBNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been admitted to the Evercare Hospital at Bashundhara residential area in the capital early Saturday. She left her Gulshan residence at 2:55am after falling sick and was admitted to the hospital under the supervision of Professor Dr Shahabuddin Talukder at 3:20am...
CPD for target-specific budgetary measures to address challenges
05:58 PM, 10 Jun 2022 FridayCentre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Friday lauded some points of the proposed budget for the fiscal 2022-23, urging the government to take target-specific budgetary measures to address the "attendant challenges"...
Covid-19: No death, 64 cases reported in 24 hrs
05:07 PM, 10 Jun 2022 FridayBangladesh reported no COVID-19 death and 64 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities are 29,131 and infections rose to 19,53,935. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Friday. As many as 4,685 samples were collected and 4,755 ones tested in the past day...
Rabab Fatima appointed as UN under-secretary-general
04:58 PM, 10 Jun 2022 FridayUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Rabab Fatima as high representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states (UNOHRLLS)...
Shanghai to lock down millions again for mass Covid testing
04:01 PM, 10 Jun 2022 FridayChina's commercial hub of Shanghai will lock down millions of people for mass COVID-19 testing this weekend - just 10 days after lifting its gruelling two-month lockdown - unsettling residents and raising concerns about the business impact...
23 held over assault on police
02:34 PM, 10 Jun 2022 FridayA total of 23 people have, so far, been arrested in a case filed over the assault on three police members at Jurain in the capital of Dhaka. Ashraf Hossain, the deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Wari Division, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Friday...
Salah, Kerr win PFA Player of the Year awards
01:07 PM, 10 Jun 2022 FridayLiverpool forward Mohamed Salah was named the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the second time on Thursday and Chelsea's Sam Kerr took the women's award...
Pandemic's origins obscured by lack of Chinese data - WHO panel
12:29 PM, 10 Jun 2022 FridayThe World Health Organization said on Thursday its latest investigation into the origins of COVID-19 was inconclusive, largely because data from China is missing, another blow to its years-long effort to determine how the pandemic began...
Britney Spears marries fiance Sam Asghari
11:47 AM, 10 Jun 2022 FridayBritney Spears has married fiancé Sam Asghari, seven months after being freed from a conservatorship that she said had prevented her from getting wed...
Tk 36,863cr proposed for health sector
10:12 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayConsidering the health sector as a priority, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed an allocation of Taka 36,863 crore for Health and Family Welfare sector in the next fiscal year 2022-2023 which was Taka 32,731 crore in the fiscal year 2021-2022...
Soyabean oil prices rise to Tk 205 per liter
09:04 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayThe maximum retail prices of bottled soyabean oil have been increased by Tk 7 to Tk 205 per liter...
Allocation for transport and communication sector rises
07:52 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayAn allocation of Tk 81,518 crore has been proposed for the transport and communication sector in the national budget for the fiscal year 2022-23...
Prices may go up, down
06:24 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdaySome products and services may be costlier or cheaper as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed some changes to tariffs on those in the new budget. There might be a decrease in the prices of different products and services, including launch fare, man-made fibre...
8.10 lakh Bangladeshis to be employed overseas: Kamal
06:08 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said that there is a plan to ensure overseas employment of 8.10 lakh Bangladeshi workers and provide skill development training to 5.20 lakh workers in different trades...
Covid-19: No death, 59 cases reported in 24 hrs
05:59 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayBangladesh reported no COVID-19 death and 59 cases in the last 24 hours...
Govt to continue 2.5pc incentives on inward remittance: Kamal
05:49 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said the government will continue the 2.5 per cent incentive on inward remittance in fiscal 2022-23...
Why a Bollywood film on a popular Hindu king failed
05:18 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayIt was a film that was expected to set the box office on fire...
Inflation control is top priority in new budget: Kamal
05:02 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said in preparing the budget for the next fiscal year (FY23), top priority was given to containing inflation stemming from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war...
Tk 40000cr allocation for secondary and higher education sector
04:58 PM, 09 Jun 2022 ThursdayThe government will spend Tk 39,961 crore for the secondary and higher education sector in the fiscal year 2022-23...