The Anime and Video Game Hype at the Tokyo Olympics

Imagine playing volleyball to the soundtrack of Haikyuu!!
5 August 2021, 11:57 AM

11 officials of a housing project arrested on land grabbing charges in Dhamrai

Dhamrai police have arrested 11 officials and employees of a housing project named Aksir Nagar on various charges including land grabbing in Dhamrai.
5 August 2021, 11:45 AM

UK becomes Dialogue Partner to ASEAN

The UK has become a dialogue partner of ASEAN, which Britain says will lead to closer cooperation between the UK and the region on a range of issues such as trade, investment, climate change, environment, science and technology, and education.
5 August 2021, 11:40 AM

Man held with Saudi riyal worth Tk 53 lakh at Dhaka airport

Customs Intelligence officials detained a man with Saudi riyal equivalent to Tk 53.71 lakh at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early today.
5 August 2021, 10:45 AM

Gazipur police fire rubber bullets as RMG workers protest termination of 10 coworkers

Industrial police fired rubber bullets and teargas shells to disperse workers of a garment factory, who were protesting termination of 10 colleagues at Gazipur’s Tongi area today.
5 August 2021, 10:44 AM

Fire at Savar warehouse

A fire broke out at a warehouse in Phulbari area in Savar. The fire started at around 8:20 am today (5 August, 2021), informed locals and fire officers.
5 August 2021, 10:34 AM

PM releases postage stamp on Sheikh Kamal’s 72nd birth anniversary

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today released a special commemorative postage stamp, an opening day cover and a data card marking the 72nd birth anniversary of Shaheed Sheikh Kamal, eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
5 August 2021, 10:32 AM

Dhaka South City Corporation suspends executive engineer for corruption

The Dhaka South City Corporation yesterday suspended executive engineer of zone-1 Tanveer Ahmed and filed a departmental case against him for “negligence, misconduct, inefficiency and corruption.”
5 August 2021, 10:16 AM

Banks to remain closed on Aug 8

The Bangladesh Bank today decided to keep banks closed on August 8 to contain the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
5 August 2021, 09:23 AM

10-year-old dies of dengue at Dhaka hospital

A 10-year-old boy died of dengue at Dhaka’s Square Hospital early today.
5 August 2021, 08:57 AM

French President Macron: 3rd Covid vaccine doses likely for elderly, vulnerable

French President Emmanuel Macron said on his Instagram account on Thursday that it was likely that the elderly and vulnerable would need a third Covid-19 vaccine shot, and that France was working on rolling these out from September onwards.
5 August 2021, 08:37 AM

Four brave women perform funeral rites of female Covid victims

Four women from Mymensingh have come forward to perform the funeral rites for female Covid-19 deceased -- an altruistic work beyond social stigma and health risk, a work where only male volunteers used to come forward during these distressing times.
5 August 2021, 08:36 AM

98% Covid patients infected with delta variant: BSMMU

Around 98 percent Covid patients of the country have been infected with the highly transmissible Delta variant, according to a report of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
5 August 2021, 08:20 AM

HC verbally orders for providing training to executive magistrates running mobile courts

The High Court today verbally ordered the authorities concerned of the government to provide training to the executive magistrates concerned so that they can conduct mobile court “properly” and “legally”.
5 August 2021, 07:24 AM

Indian foreign minister urges Bangladesh to implement MoU on disaster management

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has written to Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen to implement the recently concluded MoU in the field of disaster management, resilience, and mitigation on a priority basis.
5 August 2021, 07:13 AM

Rohingya robber killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight, Rab says

An alleged Rohingya robber was killed in a so-called shootout with members of Rab at Teknaf upzila in Cox’s Bazar early today.
5 August 2021, 06:59 AM

11 die at Kushtia General Hospital’s Covid unit in 24 hours

Nine people died of Covid-19 and two with Covid-like symptoms in Kushtia in 24 hours till 8am today.
5 August 2021, 06:47 AM

HC clears way for holding Sylhet-3 by-election

The High Court today cleared the way for the Election Commission (EC) to resume the process for holding by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency.
5 August 2021, 06:40 AM

Factories to stay open, domestic flights to operate during lockdown till Aug 10

Cabinet Division today issued a circular, extending the ongoing restrictions on public and transport movement till August 10, considering the current Covid-19 pandemic situation.
5 August 2021, 06:24 AM

Robi CEO Mahtab steps down

Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, managing director and chief executive officer of telecom operator Robi Axiata Ltd, has resigned from his position, according to his facebook post today.
5 August 2021, 06:13 AM