BAN FOR UNDER-16S / Social media sites block 4.7m accounts in Australia
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Australia declares state of disaster as bushfires rage
10 January 2026, 08:49 AM
Pacific archipelago Palau agrees to take migrants from US
25 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Australia
Alleged Bondi shooters conducted 'tactical' training in countryside, police say
22 December 2025, 06:06 AM
Australia
Bondi beach shooting: Australia falls silent, lights candles for victims
21 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Australia
Bondi shooting / Alleged killer charged with 15 murders
17 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Australia
‘IS ideology’ drove Bondi Beach gunmen
16 December 2025, 18:40 PM
Australia
Indian family of alleged Bondi gunman didn't know of 'radical mindset': Indian police
16 December 2025, 16:07 PM
Australia
Australia mourns victims of mass shooting
15 December 2025, 18:18 PM
Australia
Who is Ahmed al-Ahmed, the unarmed bystander who disarmed a Sydney shooter
15 December 2025, 09:18 AM
Australia
Great Barrier Reef avoids Unesco ‘in danger’ listing
Australia yesterday avoided having the Great Barrier Reef listed as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, despite extensive climate change-fuelled damage to the ecosystem’s corals.
23 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Pain-free blood sugar test developed
Australian scientists said they have developed the “holy grail” of blood sugar testing for diabetics, a non-invasive strip that checks glucose levels via saliva.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Australia’s largest dinosaur a new species
A gigantic dinosaur discovered in Australia’s outback has been identified as a new species and recognised as one of the largest to ever roam the Earth, according to palaeontologists.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Australia rumbles ‘nest of spies’ targeting defence tech
Australia’s top spymaster has revealed that his agency disrupted a “nest of spies” sent by an unnamed foreign intelligence service to steal sensitive trade and defence secrets.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Australia’s ruling conservatives reckon with conspiracist MP
Australia’s conservative prime minister was forced to bring a vocal party lawmaker to task on Wednesday for spreading pandemic disinformation, after a string of comments that threatened to undermine public safety.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Australian father and son released from Qatar detention
An Australian father and son have been released after almost six months in detention on unknown charges in Qatar, multiple sources said yesterday.
17 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Out-of-control Australian bushfire threatens Perth homes
Australian firefighters said they expect to battle an out-of-control bushfire well into the night yesterday, as the blaze threatens lives and homes in the west coast city of Perth.
16 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Australian ‘lives and homes’ at risk as fire nears Perth
An out-of-control bushfire threatened lives and homes in Australia’s west coast city of Perth yesterday, with locals told to shelter in place from toxic fumes.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Reconsider needs before travelling Bangladesh, Australians advised
The Australian government updates its travel alert in Bangladesh due to the high threat of terrorist attack and the uncertain political situation.
18 July 2016, 13:33 PM
Quilt makers passing busy time as winter approaches
Quilt makers in the district are now passing busy time from morning till midnight as demand of the item has increased amid fall of
9 November 2015, 18:00 PM
6 to die for killing 8yr-old boy in Mymensingh
A Mymensingh court awards death penalty to six persons in connection with killing an eight-year-old boy in Muktagacha upazila of Mymensingh in 2010.
9 November 2015, 11:24 AM
SC wants Louis I Kahn’s master plan of JS Bhaban
The Supreme Court directs the parliament secretariat to submit before it in three months the master plan of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban designed by famous architect Louis I Kahn.
4 November 2015, 05:23 AM
PM’s accusation may hinder fair probe: BNP
BNP spokesperson Ashaduzzaman Ripon criticises Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for accusing the party’s leaders and activists of carrying out secret killings in the country.
2 November 2015, 13:38 PM
Rampal ‘road march’: Bam Morcha for judicial probe into attack
Ganatantrik Bam Morcha demands judicial probe into the attack on their “road march” to the Sundarbans against Rampal power plant.
20 October 2015, 11:19 AM
Minor boy killed in boiler blast
A five-year-old boy was killed in a boiler blast at a rice mill in Gangapara village under Islampur upazila of the district yesterday morning.
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Evidence found against 19 Cox’s Bazar war crime suspects
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal claims to have found “sufficient evidence against 19 war crimes accused” from Cox’s Bazar.
8 October 2015, 05:57 AM
Cops claim 15 IS suspects' arrest
Since September last year, police claim to have arrested about 20 suspected Islamic State members, militants having contacts or trying to establish link with the terrorist outfit.
7 October 2015, 09:24 AM
HC clears way for Bodi’s trial
The High Court clears the way for a lower court to run the trial proceedings of a corruption case filed against Abdur Rahman Bodi, Awami League lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency.
1 October 2015, 07:14 AM
UGC to probe allegations of MBBS admission question leak
UGC forms probe body to look into alleged involvement of UGC Assistant Director Omar Siraj in question paper leakage of this year’s medical and dental college admission tests.
20 September 2015, 13:49 PM
Cattle-laden truck hijacked in city
A truck carrying 15 cattle was hijacked by a machete-wielding gang on the capital's Manik Mia Avenue early yesterday.
19 September 2015, 18:00 PM