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Poet Makid Haider no more
11:50 AM, 10 Jul 2024 WednesdayBangla Academy award-winning poet Makid Haider has passed away. He breathed his last at his residence in the capital’s Uttara at 9:05am on Wednesday.
Facebook, Instagram to pull posts targeting 'zionists'
11:48 AM, 10 Jul 2024 WednesdayFacebook or Instagram posts that claim 'Zionists' control the world or run the media will be removed under the latest change to Meta's hate speech policy. Meta on Tuesday said it will start removing posts that label Jews "Zionists" and target them for harm.
Dhaka, Beijing sign 21 instruments, announce 7 projects
10:50 AM, 10 Jul 2024 WednesdayBangladesh and China on Wednesday signed 21 instruments including three renewed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and made announcement of 7 more projects to elevate "comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership" from "strategic partnership" between the two countries.
18 killed as speeding bus rams milk tanker in India
10:15 AM, 10 Jul 2024 WednesdayAt least 18 people were killed and 19 injured early on Wednesday when a double-decker bus rammed into a milk tanker on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway at Unnao in Uttar Pradesh of India.
PM gets warm reception at Great Hall of People
09:39 AM, 10 Jul 2024 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a red-carpet reception as she reached the Great Hall of the People to have a bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing on Wednesday morning.
Palestinian sources say 29 killed in strike on Gaza school
09:28 AM, 10 Jul 2024 WednesdayPalestinian sources said at least 29 people were killed Tuesday in a strike on a school being used to shelter displaced people in Gaza, the fourth such incident in four days, with Hamas blaming Israel for the deaths.
Yamal makes history as Spain sink France to reach Euro 2024 final
08:58 AM, 10 Jul 2024 WednesdayLamine Yamal, 16, became the tournament's youngest ever goalscorer as Spain came back to beat France 2-1 in Munich on Tuesday and reach the Euro 2024 final.
Argentina see off Canada to reach Copa America final
08:25 AM, 10 Jul 2024 WednesdayLionel Messi was on target as world champions Argentina turned on the style to beat Canada 2-0 on Tuesday and reach the Copa America final where they will look for a third straight major title.
PM to have meetings with Chinese President, Premier Wednesday
09:55 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will have separate meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday...
Question paper leak: 5 PSC officials, employees suspended
09:42 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayBangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has suspended five officials and employees for their alleged involvement in leaking question papers of various recruitment tests...
PM seeks AIIB support to build developed Bangladesh by 2041
08:37 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called for cooperation from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to transform Bangladesh into a developed, prosperous and smart country by 2041. "The AIIB can also play a significant role in the future for the development journey of Bangladesh...
PM seeks Chinese cooperation to repatriate Rohingyas
07:33 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon China to help Bangladesh repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar. "Help sending the Rohingya back to Myanmar," she was quoted as saying by Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud...
Question leak: 10 including 3 PSC officials land in jail
07:30 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayA Dhaka court on Tuesday sent two deputy directors and an assistant director of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) to jail, along with seven others, in a case filed over the leak of question papers for the Bangladesh Civil Service examination.
Modi tells Putin 'war cannot solve problems'
07:06 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Moscow that peace was "of utmost importance" and that "war cannot solve problems"...
Leaking PSC questions very difficult, chairman claims
06:38 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayBangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) Chairman Md Sohorab Hossain has claimed leaking question papers from the constitutional body is very difficult...
Concito partners with Astrum
06:36 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayConcito, a leading integrated communications firm in Bangladesh has announced a strategic alliance with Astrum, India's first specialist reputation management advisory, that uses the Science of Persuasion™ to understand and shape public opinion ethically.
Apart from Sheikh Hasina, 3 more heads of govts in Beijing
06:00 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is currently in China on a four-day state visit. Coinciding with her trip, the heads of government of three other countries are also visiting Beijing.
Three killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh
05:30 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayThree people were killed and another was injured as a truck hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday afternoon...
PM pays homage to Chinese heroes at Tian'anmen Square
05:19 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid glowing tributes at the Monument to the People's Heroes at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing...
Quota: Court will do justice hearing all parties, says law minister
04:52 PM, 09 Jul 2024 TuesdayLaw, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq stated on Tuesday the agitators who are opposing quotas in public service have applied to be a party in the ongoing quota case appeal.