High Prices of Essentials: Double blow for those with fixed income

Prices of almost all daily essentials have shot up in the kitchen market, adding woes to the fixed-income people who are reeling from the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Halt US aid to Pakistan’

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a proposal to suspend US aid to Pakistan. The provision, already voted by the House of Representatives,
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM

FB, WhatsApp, Instagram go offline globally

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went offline for users across the globe, the social media giant said yesterday, as it worked on restoring its services.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Foreign TV Channels: No bar to airing 24 ad-free ones

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said there was no bar to air the 24 ad-free foreign channels.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM

EC formation thru’ search committee

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the new Election Commission will be constituted through a search committee to be formed by the president.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Invoking three sections of DSA debatable

In the full text of Jhumon Das’s bail order, the High Court observed that invoking the three sections of the Digital Security Act, for which he was in jail over six months, was debatable.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Enact specific law to pick CEC, ECs: Legal experts

There is no legal scope to appoint a chief election commissioner and election commissioners with recommendations from a search committee bypassing the country’s constitution, eminent citizens said yesterday.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM

World Teachers' Day: Jobs gone, hopes too

The reopening of educational institutions last month brought a ray of hope to Kaiser Ahmed’s life that was turned upside down in the 18-month-long Covid-19 induced school closure.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Rajshahi University planning to hold admission tests in all divisions

Authorities of Rajshahi University are considering holding admission tests in all divisional cities, like Dhaka University did on October 1.
4 October 2021, 07:06 AM

Rajshahi University admission test starts

Admission tests for Rajshahi University’s academic session 2020-2021 started this morning.
4 October 2021, 06:30 AM

TK 1,100cr Eorange Scam: Blame-shifting fails

The truth always comes out, and this is what the top brass of Eorange, one of the many Evaly imitations, has found out recently.
3 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Ad-free feeds available, yet they’re not transmitting

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday slammed cable operators who stopped the operations of 17 ad-free foreign channels and said they would be charged for violating rules.
3 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Russia against escalation of Bangladesh situation

Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, minister-counselor and head of chancery in the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi, today
3 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Unregistered Handsets: BTRC blocks 82k phones in two days

The telecom regulator blocked 81,868 new handsets as of Saturday evening from connecting to mobile networks as the devices were not registered with the National Equipment Identity Register.
3 October 2021, 18:00 PM

World leaders’ hidden assets exposed

The secret dealings and hidden wealth of 35 current and former world leaders, more than 330 politicians and about 130 billionaires were revealed yesterday in the biggest trove of leaked offshore data in history.
3 October 2021, 18:00 PM

The Appeal of Shounen Anime

Shounen moulded our childhood into the whimsical world it used to be.
3 October 2021, 11:37 AM

Bernard Tapie, controversial former president of Marseille, dies at 78

Larger-than-life French business mogul Bernard Tapie, who died on Sunday aged 78, was a symbol of the best and worst of high-rolling free market capitalism.
3 October 2021, 10:43 AM

Klopp compares vaccine refusal to drink-driving

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp likened refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine to drink-driving, saying such people endanger others.
3 October 2021, 10:13 AM

1.28 lakh RU admission seekers facing accommodation crisis

The honors 1st year admission exam for 2020-21 at Rajshahi University has been scheduled for the first week of October despite halls being closed.
3 October 2021, 07:08 AM

Tuchel urges Werner to keep improving

Thomas Tuchel warned Timo Werner he must keep improving after the Chelsea striker's first Premier League goal since April helped seal a 3-1 win against 10-man Southampton on Saturday.
3 October 2021, 06:18 AM