Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
Greece to regularise 15,000 undocumented Bangladeshis
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Diplomacy
10 injured as BNP, police clash in Tangail
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Crime & Justice
Sohan captain for Zim T20Is
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Cricket
Grain exports via black sea: Ukraine, Russia sign deal
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Lanka troops raid main protest camp
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
South Asia
BSF seizes ‘record’ 41.49 kg gold near Benapole border
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
2 Covid patients die; positivity rate 8.36
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus
25-yr-old tourist drowns in Nikli haor
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Accidents & Fires
Schoolgirl raped in Manikganj
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Crime & Justice
Man’s wrists cut off by neighbour’s relatives
A young man’s wrists were cut off by his neighbour’s relatives in Narsingdi’s Polash upazila yesterday.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia demands Ukraine surrender
Russia vowed yesterday its assault on Ukraine would continue until Kyiv surrenders, as world leaders warned that Moscow would pay for its aggression.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Floodwaters rise after heavy rains upstream
Water levels rose in some low-lying areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj due to heavy rain in the country’s northeastern region and water flowing in from the upstream of India’s Meghalaya yesterday.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Tokyo ink loan and grant deeds
Bangladesh and Japan have signed a loan and grant agreement worth $1.23 billion for projects including the northern route of Mass Rapid Transit Line 5.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Biden, Xi to contact each other in ‘next few weeks:’ US official
President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to make contact in the “next few weeks,” a senior US official told reporters yesterday.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Floods take heavy toll on education
Floods in the north-eastern region are taking a heavy toll on education with at least 5,000 primary and secondary schools in 18 districts closed down.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Security tightens on Padma Bridge
On the second day of vehicles plying the Padma Bridge yesterday, the authorities beefed up surveillance to smooth out traffic.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Padma bridge: The ones who opposed it are enemies of state
The High Court has observed that those who opposed the Padma Bridge construction are enemies of the state and the nation, and they must be identified.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Teacher dies after student beats him with cricket stump
A teacher who was beaten up with a cricket stump by a student two days ago died from injuries at a local hospital early yesterday.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Take in one lakh Rohingyas
Dhaka has requested London to take in at least one lakh of over 10 lakh Rohingyas who have fled genocide in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and taken shelter in Bangladesh.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
12 judges of Appellate, HC divisions get Covid
Twelve judges of the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court have been infected with Covid-19, creating difficulties in running judicial functions.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
BR spends Tk 2.43 per km for a passenger, earns Tk 0.62
Bangladesh Railway costs Tk 2.43 a kilometre for a passenger and earns Tk 0.62 only, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday told parliament.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
9.87pc pass in DU Kha Unit entry test
Only 9.87 percent students passed in Dhaka University’s Kha Unit admission test for the academic session of 2021-22.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian missile attack: 10 killed at shopping mall in Ukraine
Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk yesterday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 40, the regional governor said.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Substance abuse in children spiralling
Children’s substance abuse has increased exponentially in the ten years since 2012 -- an alarming development for the society.
27 June 2022, 02:00 AM
Padma Bridge: Man detained for removing nuts, bolts
A man was detained for removing nuts and bolts from the railing of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge yesterday.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Three men get life term over rape
A Dinajpur court yesterday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for raping a college girl 15 years ago.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Cattle trader found dead in Faridpur
Police recovered the body of a cattle trader at a banana orchard in Faridpur’s Sadar upazila yesterday.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Rising covid cases: Health dept concerned
Health Minister Zahid Maleque said the health department is concerned over the rise of Covid-19 infections, as 1,680 new cases were recorded in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Tarique, wife are fugitives
Declaring BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman as “fugitives”, the High Court yesterday rejected their writ petitions challenging the filing and initiation of a Tk 4.82 crore graft case.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM