BCB boss admits 'failure' in providing for women

Despite showing significant growth over recent years, the Bangladesh national women's cricket team has not received the limelight or focus that was anticipated, evidenced by the lack of hype when the hosts started the Women's Asia Cup with a convincing nine-wicket win over Thailand on the opening day at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium yesterday.
1 October 2022, 18:01 PM

AL has ensured fair environment for polls: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her party has ensured fair environment for polls in the country and people are now able to cast their votes independently.
30 September 2022, 09:59 AM

Shashi Tharoor files nomination for president post of Congress party

Shashi Tharoor today filed his nomination papers for the post of president of India's Congress party which appears set for a person from outside the Nehru-Gandhi clan after a long hiatus.
30 September 2022, 09:07 AM

If needed AL leaders will guard temples, puja mandaps: Obaidul Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister, also Awami League General Secretary, Obaidul Quader today urged party leaders and workers to resist communal forces during Durga Puja.
30 September 2022, 07:37 AM

Panchagarh boat capsize: Ministry gives Tk 50,000 each to victims’ families

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has given Tk 50,000 in cash and packets of dry food to families of each of the deceased.
30 September 2022, 06:25 AM

Member of Hijra community stabbed to death in Paribagh

A member of the Hijra community was stabbed to death in Dhaka’s Paribagh area early today.
30 September 2022, 06:15 AM

Operation Sundarbans: A thrill-packed flick

Once pirates roamed freely in the Sundarbans and fishermen feared their brutality. Abduction, murder, and violence were the form of life in the deep forest. But Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) cleared the mangrove forest from that. Operation Sundarbans is the story of Rab's thrilling operations.
30 September 2022, 05:28 AM

Prices of essentials can’t be reduced using force: Planning Minister

Planning Minister MA Mannan has said that the price of essentials or inflation cannot be reduced using sticks and stones or by using force.
29 September 2022, 15:51 PM

2 Covid-19 deaths in 24hrs, current positivity rate 13.53%

Two people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (September 29, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
29 September 2022, 11:26 AM

SSC question paper leak: Headmaster placed on 3-day remand in Kurigram

A local court today (September 29, 2022) placed Lutfar Rahman, headmaster of Nehal Uddin Pilot Girls' High School on a three-day remand in connection with question paper leak of SSC exams in Kurigram’s Bhurungamari upazila.
29 September 2022, 11:23 AM

Derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu: Shahriar Rashid’s son-in-law gets 7 years’ jail 

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced the son-in-law of Shahriar Rashid Khan, an executed killer of Bangabandhu, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for his derogatory remarks about the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and for glorifying his killers on Facebook.
29 September 2022, 10:54 AM

From the streets to the vast football fields of Doha

KFC, a long-time patron of the Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s team, is elated to be a sponsor for the initiative undertaken by LEEDO to take 10 underprivileged girls to the Street Children World Cup in Doha, Qatar. The event will be held from the October 8 to 15, 2022.
28 September 2022, 11:49 AM

CHT Commission urges govt to protect indigenous people in Lama

International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHT Commission) expresses its grave concern over the “ongoing violence” on indigenous people in Lama upazila of Bandarban.
28 September 2022, 10:57 AM

No Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, positivity rate now 14.07%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today (September 28, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
28 September 2022, 10:35 AM

Eden College BCL vice-president sues 8 including its president, secretary

Eight leaders and activists of Eden Mohila College’s Chhatra League unit, including its president and general secretary, were sued today on charge of making an attempt to kill its vice-president on September 24.
28 September 2022, 08:33 AM

BNP to hold rallies in divisional headquarters from October 8

BNP has announced to hold rallies in divisional headquarters from October 8, protesting the price hikes of the daily essentials and fuel and also killing of its activists during recent protest programme.
28 September 2022, 06:48 AM

Nepal men avenge SAFF Women's Championship defeat

A week after Bangladesh women's team beat their Nepalese counterparts 3-1 to claim a historic maiden SAFF Women's Championship title, Bangladesh men's team suffered an identical margin of defeat to Nepal men's team at the same venue -- Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu -- in a FIFA Friendly on Tuesday,
27 September 2022, 13:57 PM

Chhatra Dal leaders say 10-12 injured in attack by BCL men at DU

Chhatra Dal leaders of the newly formed committee were attacked allegedly by Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists in front of Sir AF Rahman Hall at Dhaka University today (September 27, 2022).
27 September 2022, 13:02 PM

1 Covid-19 death recorded in 24hrs, current positivity rate 15.42%

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today (September 27, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
27 September 2022, 11:18 AM

Leaks hit Russian undersea gas lines, raising European suspicions

European countries on Tuesday raced to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea near Sweden and Denmark, infrastructure at the heart of an energy crisis since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
27 September 2022, 10:40 AM