News From Your Area

Latest austerity move: No vehicle purchase for govt institutions

The government has ordered all government, semi-government and autonomous institutions to stop purchasing vehicles, including ships and aircraft.
3 July 2022, 11:04 AM

Motorcycles on Padma Bridge unlikely before Eid

The government is unlikely to allow motorcycles on Padma Bridge before Eid-ul-Azha.   
3 July 2022, 08:49 AM

PM grateful to nation: “Your support empowered me to build Padma Bridge”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 3, 2022) expressed gratitude to the nation for standing by her in constructing the Padma Multipurpose Bridge, saying that all credit goes to the people of Bangladesh.
3 July 2022, 07:52 AM

Dhaka air quality "moderate" today

Dhaka's air quality remains moderate today (July 3, 2022). The capital of Bangladesh had an air quality index (AQI) score of 64 at 10am today, ranking 28th in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.
3 July 2022, 07:01 AM

Rab arrests fugitive death-row convict Rajab Ali from Dhaka

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested KM Aminul Haque alias Rajab Ali, an absconding convict who was sentenced to death by International Crimes Tribunal on charges of war crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.
3 July 2022, 03:16 AM

Each TV channel can broadcast 1 foreign serial: Info minister

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today (July 2, 2022) said no television channel in the country will be allowed to broadcast more than one foreign serial at a time.
2 July 2022, 15:50 PM

Tk 3.16cr record toll collected from 26,394 vehicles on Padma Bridge yesterday

The government earned record Tk 3.16 crore in revenue through toll from the vehicles that crossed the Padma Bridge yesterday (July 1, 2022), the sixth day after opening of the bridge to traffic.
2 July 2022, 13:10 PM

Staying a day at Kamalapur station to buy advance tickets

Abdus Sabur Sarkar, employee of a private bank, came to Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station from Narayanganj's Fatullah around 6am today (July 2, 2022) to buy advance train tickets.
2 July 2022, 10:15 AM

Dhaka air quality "moderate" today

Dhaka's air quality remains in the "moderate" zone.
2 July 2022, 04:45 AM

“Missing server password holding up payments to Evaly customers, merchants”

A missing server password is holding up any and all meaningful methods of paying back Evaly customers and merchants – and there is seemingly no way to retrieve this password.
1 July 2022, 15:24 PM

5 Covid-19 deaths, 1,897 new cases recorded in 24 hours

At least 1,897 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
1 July 2022, 11:07 AM

3 more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Three more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia.
1 July 2022, 10:39 AM

2 killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka

Two people were killed in two separate road accidents in Dhaka’s Jatrabari and Khilgaon areas this morning.
1 July 2022, 10:22 AM

Art challenge, fundraiser for JAAGO Foundation

Two 11th grade students – Seewoo (Eric) Lee and Adyan Naser – recently developed an art challenge and fundraiser project for JAAGO Foundation.
1 July 2022, 07:22 AM

First Black woman gets sworn in as Supreme Court justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
30 June 2022, 17:53 PM

Buet to resume online classes from Saturday

The authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology have suspended its in-person classes following the Covid-19 spike in the country.
30 June 2022, 14:51 PM

Woman on the run after allegedly killing ex-husband in Kochukhet

A woman allegedly killed her former husband after he visited her at her Kochukhet house in Dhaka to take her back yesterday.
30 June 2022, 11:32 AM

4 Covid deaths in 24 hours

At least 2,183 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
30 June 2022, 11:30 AM

30 dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

At least 30 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours, till 8:00 am today (June 30, 2022).
30 June 2022, 11:13 AM

Dhaka court rejects bail petition of 4 NSU trustees again

A Dhaka court today (June 30, 2022) has again rejected four bail petitions submitted on behalf of four members of North South University's (NSU) trustee board in a Tk 304 crore money laundering case.
30 June 2022, 06:53 AM