OC in trouble for demanding biriyani, sweets
15 October 2023, 15:16 PM Country
Water scarcity hampers jute processing
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh
Auto rice mill near school
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh
Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
13 July 2022, 18:00 PM Natural disaster
Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Accidents & Fires
Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM Crime & Justice
Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM Bangladesh

2 killed in AL factional clash in Patuakhali, 4 held

Two persons have been killed in a clash between two factions of Awami League in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali district.
2 August 2020, 17:34 PM

Amitabh Bachchan tests negative for Covid-19, discharged from hospital

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has tested negative for Covid-19 and was discharged from Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai today after 23 days of treatment, his son Abhishek Bachchan tweeted.
2 August 2020, 16:01 PM

People lost all potential after Bangabandhu’s assassination: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses anti-liberation forces of assassinating Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, saying that the people of Bangladesh had lost “all potentials” after this brutal killing.
2 August 2020, 15:27 PM

Paschimbhag Copperplate: History engraved

Engraved on the copperplate “Chandrapurasasana” (royal charter relating to Chandrapur), are inscription of King Srichandra (also referred as Srichandradeva) -- the second ruler of south-eastern Bengal’s Chandra dynasty -- which refers to millennium-old ancient mathas (monasteries or cloisters) in Srihatta (in present day Sylhet division), where students used to come for higher learning from scholars.
2 August 2020, 15:09 PM

General Electric to provide advanced gas turbine technology for Bangladeshi powerplant

General Electric has announced that it will be providing its advanced gas turbine technology upgrade Advanced Gas Path (AGP) for the upcoming Reliance Bangladesh LNG & Power Ltd’s 718-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant in Meghnaghat in Bangladesh.
2 August 2020, 14:22 PM

21 police members closed over killing of retired army officer in Cox’s Bazar

Twenty-one police members, including an in-charge of Baharchhara Police Investigation Centre, are closed following the death of a retired army major from police gunshots at a check-post in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila on Friday.
2 August 2020, 14:14 PM

Norway to provide $1.5m to support improved ship recycling in Bangladesh

Norway has committed approximately US$1.5 million (14 million Norwegian Kroner) to support improved ship recycling in Bangladesh.
2 August 2020, 14:02 PM

An Eid devoid of joy for laid-off jute mill workers

While the whole country is celebrating Eid-ul-Azha, Khalishpur industrial area of ​​Khulna is in dismal state.
2 August 2020, 13:16 PM

Anu Muhammad tests positive for Covid-19

Noted economist and member secretary of the national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports, Prof Anu Muhammad testes positive for coronavirus.
2 August 2020, 11:52 AM

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah tests positive for coronavirus

Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests coronavirus positive today.
2 August 2020, 11:48 AM

Australia’s Victoria imposes curfew, state of disaster to contain Covid-19

Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent Covid-19.
2 August 2020, 10:38 AM

‘Railway’ syndicate makes money, govt loses revenue

More than a hundred abandoned railway staff quarters have been quietly and illegally rented out in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura Junction Railway Station allegedly by a syndicate of insiders within the railways, including a senior assistant engineer and a union leader.
2 August 2020, 09:48 AM

Bad news for rawhide trade this year too

The rawhide business at the retail level across the country faces a major blow this year as well because of the low demand despite government's efforts.
2 August 2020, 05:54 AM

‘My only crime is I am a Bengali’

“Let’s not talk about how I am now passing every moment, how I am struggling every second. I will put up that story for some other time. My only crime is I am a Bengali,” said Rayhan Kabir in a message to a friend before his arrest in Malaysia. Meanwhile, nine days have passed since his arrest. However, for Rayhan's family, time seems to stand still.
1 August 2020, 16:37 PM

Kurigram-3 lawmaker MA Matin tests positive for Covid-19

The lawmaker from Kurigram-3 constituency MA Matin has tested positive for coronavirus.
1 August 2020, 16:17 PM

Retired army major shot dead at Cox’s Bazar check-post

A retired army major died on Friday night after he was shot in "self-defence" by police officials who stopped the car at a check-post in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila.
1 August 2020, 15:22 PM

2 boys drown in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat flood water

Two boys in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts drowned in flood water today.
1 August 2020, 15:12 PM

2 killed in Bagerhat road accident

A rider and his pillion on a motorcycle have been killed when hit by a passenger bus coming from the opposite direction in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.
1 August 2020, 13:41 PM

Covid-19: 21 die, 2,199 infected, 1,117 recover in 24 hours

Twenty-one people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says during a briefing.
1 August 2020, 08:48 AM

Taposh hopes to remove sacrificial animal waste within 24 hrs

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh today hoped to remove the blood and waste of sacrificial animals in DSCC area within 24 hours.
1 August 2020, 07:28 AM