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Bangladesh top recipient of Covid vaccines under COVAX: UNICEF
04:45 PM, 31 May 2022 TuesdayIn one year, UNICEF has delivered over 190 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh through COVAX, while the country is the top recipient of doses under COVAX. COVAX accounts for more than 62 percent of doses received by the country. The goal of COVAX is to ensure equitable access of COVID-19 vaccines globally...
Cluster admission test for 22 universities starts July 30
04:16 PM, 31 May 2022 TuesdayThe cluster admission test of 22 general and science and technology universities of the country for 2021-22 session will start on July 30...
PM offers prayers at Bangabandhu’s mazar in Tungipara
03:01 PM, 31 May 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday offered prayers at the mazar of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara of Gopalganj...
Israel inks UAE free trade deal, first with Arab state: Official
02:15 PM, 31 May 2022 TuesdayIsrael signed a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, its first with an Arab country, building on their normalisation of relations in 2020...
US wants to see free and fair election in Bangladesh: Peter
01:57 PM, 31 May 2022 TuesdayThe United States wants to see internationally acceptable, free and fair election in Bangladesh. US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Tuesday said this at a discussion meeting at Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah Hall of National Press Club at 11am on Tuesday...
China sends 30 warplanes into Taiwan air defence zone
12:43 PM, 31 May 2022 TuesdayTaiwan says it deployed fighter jets to warn off 30 warplanes sent by China into its air defence zone. The incident on Monday marked the biggest incursion since January...
3 Naogaon war criminals get death penalty
12:01 PM, 31 May 2022 TuesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced three war criminals of Naogaon to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member bench of ICT led by its Chairman Justice Md Shahinur Islam passed the order on Tuesday...
Russian oil: EU agrees compromise deal on banning imports
11:20 AM, 31 May 2022 TuesdayEuropean Union leaders have agreed on a plan to block more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports. The ban is a compromise that will not affect pipeline oil imports for now, following opposition from Hungary. European Council chief Charles Michel said the deal cut off "a huge source of financing" for the Russian war machine...
French 32-year-old journalist killed in Ukraine
09:52 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayThe French news broadcaster BFM TV said a 32-year-old French journalist was killed Monday in eastern Ukraine, fatally hit by shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation...
Dhaka seeks Delhi’s advice on Russian energy purchase: Momen
09:00 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said he sought advices from his Indian counterpart on how New Delhi is purchasing oil from Russia amid Ukraine crisis as Bangladesh is an energy dependent country. Momen arrived in Dhaka last night after attending the two-day NADI Conclave with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in Guwahati...
Democracy gets strengthened with strong judiciary: CJ
07:55 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayChief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique on Monday said when country's judiciary gets strong, its democracy becomes strong as well...
Cabinet asks immediate action against rice hoarders
06:43 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayThe cabinet has asked the authorities concerned to take prompt action against any kind of hoarding of rice in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Replying to a query, the cabinet secretary said that many companies without taking government permission or authority have been engaged in rice trading...
Question on BNP leaders’ mental health arises in people’s minds: Quader
06:30 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the BNP leaders' mega falsehood about the country's mega projects have raised questions about their mental health...
COVID in Bangladesh: 1 dies, 34 infected in 24 hours
05:14 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,131 in Bangladesh as 1 more person died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 34 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,953,481. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Hearing on Samrat’s appeal against bail cancellation on June 6
04:50 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has fixed June 6 for hearing of the petition filed against the High Court order for cancelling the bail of expelled President of Dhaka Metropolitan South Juba League Ismail Chowdhury Samrat...
1 gets death, life imprisonment for 3 in Babu murder case
04:14 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayA Dhaka court has sentenced a man named Emdadul Haque to death and another three to life imprisonment in a case lodged over murder of Qazi Jahurul Islam Babu in the capital's Mirpur in 2013...
Heavy fighting as Russian troops enter outskirts of Sievierodonetsk
04:03 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayRussian troops have entered the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, the regional governor said on Monday, describing "very fierce" fighting in the ruins of a city that has become the focus of Moscow's offensive...
Building Padma Bridge with own finance brightens country's image: PM
02:43 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the decision of building the much-awaited Padma Multipurpose Bridge, which is set to open for traffic on June 25 next, brightened the country's image in the world...
Narsingdi teenager assault: Accused woman held
02:04 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayThe woman, who is accused of assaulting a teenage girl at Narsingdi Railway Station for wearing 'indecent clothes', has been arrested. The Rapid Action Battalion apprehended Shila Akter alias Sayma from Shibpur area on Monday, RAB's legal and media wing assistant director ANM Imran Khan confirmed to Jago News...
Condemned convict Minni seeks bail from HC
12:35 PM, 30 May 2022 MondayAyesha Siddika Minni, the death row convict in the sensational murder case of her husband Rifat Sharif, has filed a petition before the High Court seeking bail...