‘KNF member’ arrested in Bandarban
10 April 2024
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Fakhrul, Khasru walk out of jail
15 February 2024
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Crime & Justice
Metro rail / Uttara Centre Station to open Feb 18, Mirpur-10 on Mar 1
9 February 2023
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Transport
Metro rail transported 3.35 lakh commuters since opening
31 January 2023
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Transport
PM Sheikh Hasina reaches Rajshahi’s Sardah
29 January 2023
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Bangladesh
'15th NDF BD National Debate Carnival 23' set to begin on Feb 24
17 January 2023
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Online
Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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Politics
Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
10 January 2023
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Diplomacy
The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022
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Online
Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
PM launches SSC results, says schools won’t reopen now
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched the results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations through videoconference.
31 May 2020
Curfews and clashes as US race protests escalate
Curfews are imposed in major US cities as clashes over police brutality escalated across America with demonstrators ignoring warnings from President Donald Trump that his government would stop the violent protests "cold."
31 May 2020
Train, launch services resume
Train and launch services have resumed on a limited scale after being suspended more than two months back following the coronavirus outbreak.
31 May 2020
Islamic State kills Afghan journalist, technician in bus blast
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Saturday's bomb explosion that killed an Afghan journalist and a technician in minibus carrying employees of a local television station in Kabul.
30 May 2020
NASA resumes human spaceflight from US soil with historic SpaceX launch
SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has launched two Americans toward orbit from Florida in a mission that marks the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from US soil in nine years.
30 May 2020
CJ administers oath-taking of 18 judges at office hours after virtual swearing-in
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has further administered oath to 18 High Court judges although they were already sworn in virtually.
30 May 2020
Libya killings: All 26 Bangladeshis buried in Mizdah town
The 26 Bangladeshi migrants, who were killed by kidnappers in Libya in the desert town of Mizdah on Thursday, have been buried there.
30 May 2020
Not wearing a mask in public now illegal: DGHS
Not wearing a mask while in public is now illegal, according to a circular issued by the Directorate General of Health Services.
30 May 2020
Impose duty on Indian yarn: Bangladeshi textile millers urge govt
Primary textile millers in Bangladesh have called upon the government to impose anti-dumping duty on Indian yarn imports to protect the $8 billion domestic textile industry.
30 May 2020
Minnesota governor activates National Guard for the first time since World War Two
The full Minnesota National Guard is activated for the first time since World War Two after four nights of sometimes violent protests that have spread to other US cities following the killing of a black man by a white Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck.
30 May 2020
N’ganj councillor, who helped arrange last rites of coronavirus victims, tests Covid-19 positive
Maksudul Alam Khandaker Khorshed, councillor of Ward 13 in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), who has been helping arrange the last rites of Covid-19 victims, has tested positive for the virus.
30 May 2020
Covid-19 outbreak: Parents die, 13 days after son’s death
An elderly couple died after showing symptoms associated with coronavirus 13 days after the death of their son to Covid-19 infection in Kachua upazila of Chandpur.
30 May 2020
India extends lockdown in high-risk zones till June 30
India has extended the nationwide shutdown till June 30 as coronavirus cases have spiked in the country.
30 May 2020
Sylhet wild animal killings: Hunted just for sport
The Sylhet Forest Division has filed a case accusing two named and eight unnamed persons for killing nine wild animals in Jaintiapur upazila of the district.
30 May 2020
CAB terms proposed bus fare hike ‘unacceptable’
Terming the proposed bus fare hike “unacceptable”, Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) in press statement says it is not a considerate decision, and urged the government to stop the move.
30 May 2020
Brac University to waive all non-tuition fees for summer 2020
Brac University has announced that it would waive all non-tuition fees for summer 2020 and need-based financial aid will be given to students who have been particularly affected by the coronavirus crisis.
30 May 2020
‘All measures to be taken at airports to protect passengers’
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbul Ali today said that as all measures had been taken at airports around the country, following those one could travel safely.
30 May 2020
IDCOL awarded for its clean energy project in Monpura Island
The Bangladeshi clean energy company Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has won the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) award in the “Multilateral/International Organisation” category for its solar mini-grids project.
30 May 2020
Covid-19 outbreak: Red Cross provides Tk 4,500 each to 6,000 families in CHT
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), assisted over 30,000 people of 6,000 families in urban areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts with a cash grant of BDT 4,500 each family affected by coronavirus pandemic.
30 May 2020
A month-long wait for Covid-19 test!
Despite having Covid-19 like symptoms, Anisur Rahman has to wait a month to have a test done.
30 May 2020