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Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
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PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
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Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
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CU to make list of disadvantaged students for providing gadgets for online classes

The authorities of Chittagong University have asked all disadvantaged students who are unable to purchase electronic gadgets for online classes, to submit their names to their respective departments within August 29.
27 August 2020, 13:46 PM

ASUS VivoBook S Series laptops launched in Bangladesh

ASUS VivoBook S14/S15, the latest models in the VivoBook S series and designed to appeal to a younger audience, have been officially launched in Bangladesh.
27 August 2020, 13:23 PM

Restoration of air connectivity with India proposed by Indian High Commissioner

Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das today proposed restoration of air connectivity with Bangladesh, following the months-long cancellation of air services with the neighboring country due to the Covid-19 outbreak since April.
27 August 2020, 12:53 PM

Fake Covid-19 certificate: Trial against Sabrina, 7 others begins

The trial of the case filed against JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury and seven others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates began today at a Dhaka court with deposition of the complainant.
27 August 2020, 12:32 PM

Japan signs $5 million grant for promoting primary education in Bangladesh

Japan has signed a grant agreement of $5 million with Bangladesh for promoting quality primary education in the country, the Japanese Embassy in Dhaka said today.
27 August 2020, 12:01 PM

Bangladesh seeking Swiss investment in ICT: Foreign minister to Swiss ambassador

Bangladesh has sought more Swiss investments in the country’s hi-tech parks, taking advantage of various incentive packages that the country offers, a large, trained youth population, and a growing middle class.
27 August 2020, 11:43 AM

SC upholds HC orders on staying trial proceedings against 6 BNP leaders

The Supreme Court today upheld High Court orders that stayed the trial proceedings against six BNP leaders, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in nine separate vandalism and arson cases filed in 2015.
27 August 2020, 11:01 AM

Covid-19 has pushed 62% 'ethnic minority' in plains into extreme poverty: survey

The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed nearly 62 percent ethnic minority people who live in plains below extreme poverty line, according to a survey of Indigenous People's Development Services (IPDS).
27 August 2020, 10:50 AM

Junior School Certificate, equivalent exams won’t be held this year

Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will not be held this year.
27 August 2020, 10:45 AM

ADB unveils 2021-2023 programme to address Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has programmed $5.9 billion firm and $5.2 billion standby project assistance for Bangladesh in 2021-2023, according to the new Country Operations Business Plan (COBP) for Bangladesh.
27 August 2020, 10:05 AM

Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest: Forbes

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has unseated fellow tech billionaire Bill Gates as the richest person in the world, profiting from the e-commerce company’s meteoric stock rise to reach a fortune of $90.6 billion, Forbes reports.
27 August 2020, 10:02 AM

Covid-19: 45 die, 2,436 infected, 3,275 recover in 24 hours

Forty-five people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
27 August 2020, 09:53 AM

Develop new learning strategy for Rohingya children: Educo

Global child rights organisation Educo recommends development of a new in-home learning strategy for the Rohingya children to help them overcome the education challenges faced by the coronavirus pandemic.
27 August 2020, 09:47 AM

Providing subsidy to power sector won’t always be possible: PM

Urging all to maintain austerity in electricity use, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it will not always be possible to provide subsidy for power generation.
27 August 2020, 09:27 AM

Schoolboy murder: HC commutes death of 2 convicts to life term

The High Court today commuted the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment in a sensational schoolboy murder case filed in Gazipur in 2017.
27 August 2020, 09:00 AM

Govt permits icddr,b to run Phase-III trial of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

The government has permitted icddr,b to run the Phase-III trial of the Chinese vaccine for Covid-19.
27 August 2020, 08:25 AM

House help ‘loots family in Dhaka after poisoning them’

A house-help allegedly looted a house in Dhaka’s South Rajarbagh area after poisoning six members of the family.
27 August 2020, 08:07 AM

Medical technologist held for providing fake Covid-19 certificate

Detectives claimed to have arrested a medical technologist of Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila Health Complex for providing fake coronavirus certificate.
27 August 2020, 08:06 AM

Illinois teen arrested after 2 killed during protest in Kenosha

A white, 17-year-old police admirer is arrested after two people were shot to death during a third straight night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake.
27 August 2020, 07:56 AM

Educational institutions to remain closed till Oct 3

The government has extended closure of all educational institutions till October 3, as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus, according to a press release of Education Ministry.
27 August 2020, 07:40 AM