Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
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
Bangladeshis highest number of irregular migrants to Italy
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Diplomacy
Trio wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Three researchers yesterday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for smartphones and a fossil fuel-free society.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Teen raped, murdered in Habiganj
Police yesterday recovered the body of a 14-year-old girl in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
BTRC blocks Buet site for complaints against BCL
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday blocked a website of Buet that contained complaints against Bangladesh Chhatra League’s university unit.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Madrid eyes fresh dialogue after Catalan separatist trial
Madrid hopes the upcoming ruling in the case of 12 Catalan separatist leaders will enable it to open fresh dialogue with the wealthy northeastern region, a junior minister said Tuesday.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
German govt presses on with criticised climate law
The German government yesterday gave its blessing to draft climate legislation, even though it has been heavily criticised by environmentalists and scientists alike as an unambitious package.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Dutch challenge EU pulse fishing ban in top court
The Netherlands said yesterday it has asked the European Union’s top court to overturn a ban on electric pulse fishing that is due to come into effect across the bloc in 2021.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Botswana rhinos risk wipeout as poaching rises
Nine Botswana rhinos have been poached since April, the government said yesterday, an unprecedented rate of one per month that could see rhinos wiped out in the southern African country by 2021.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Toxic liqour kills eight
Eight people have died in Khulna since Tuesday for consuming toxic alcohol, said doctors.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh slips in press freedom ranking: WEF
Bangladesh’s position has deteriorated in this year’s freedom of the press ranking done by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Whale ‘whispers’ keep young safe
Female Atlantic right whales lower their voices to a whisper when communicating with their young in order to prevent “eavesdropping” by predators, researchers said yesterday.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Abrar Killing: Punishment of only killers won’t do
The killing of Buet student Abrar Fahad is a manifestation of how political parties and their front organisations have been riding on muscle power rather than ideology, eminent citizens said in a statement yesterday.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Abuses in Xinjiang: US adds 28 China firms to blacklist
The US has blacklisted 28 Chinese entities that it says are implicated in rights violations and abuses targeting Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Loan defaulter gets remittance award of BB
Bangladesh Bank has handed over the remittance award to loan defaulter and money launderer Shahjahan Bablu without scrutinising his background.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Withdrawal of Feni River Water: Experts see little impact here
India is going to draw around 51.54 litres of water per second from the Feni river once the deal between Bangladesh and India is implemented, but doubts remain as to how much impact it would have on Bangladesh.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Boat Tragedies: EU urged to share refugees
A nucleus of four EU countries was yesterday trying to coax more reluctant member states to take a share of rescued asylum-seekers, a day after another Mediterranean migrant boat tragedy.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Risky trips thru’ rivers
Frequent movement of unauthorised vessels, hidden islands and narrow channel have made around 50 kilometres of Dhaka-Barishal naval route extremely risky.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Discoveries in Astronomy: Trio wins Nobel Physics Prize
Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz yesterday won the Nobel Physics Prize for research that increases the understanding of our place in the universe.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Laurer Garh: Open-air museum planned at ruins
A year after starting excavation at the Laurer Garh ruins in Sunamganj, the Department of Archaeology is planning to set up an open-air museum there.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
RMG worker gang-raped in N’ganj
A garment worker has allegedly been gang-raped in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Lanka faces costliest election, longest ballot paper
A record number of candidates for Sri Lanka’s presidential poll next month has led to the longest-ever ballot paper and the most expensive vote in the country’s history, the Election Commission said yesterday.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM