‘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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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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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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Masum elected president, Nannu GS of Bangladesh Jubo Union
14 January 2023
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Russian ship with Rooppur power plant materials docks at Indian port
10 January 2023
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The Daily Star reporter wins Asia Foundation-IED Media fellowship
22 December 2022
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Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard dies at age 87
Little Richard, a Grammy Award winner and inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, dies at the age of 87.
9 May 2020
Another police personnel dies of Covid-19 in Dhaka
Another police personnel infected with Covid-19 dies at the Central Police Hospital in Dhaka.
9 May 2020
BB almost doubles funding for SMEs’ refinance schemes
The central bank almost doubles the volume of funding of three refinance schemes for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in order to protect the marginal entrepreneurs from the ongoing economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
9 May 2020
Ordinance passed allowing courts to function digitally
President Md Abdul Hamid issues an ordinance allowing virtual court functions for hearing and disposing of cases.
9 May 2020
ACC officer dies from coronavirus in Dhaka
Yet another official of the Anti-Corruption Commission, who had tested positive for coronavirus, has died during undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka.
9 May 2020
Google, Facebook extend work-from-home plans till end of 2020
Google and Facebook tell most employees to keep working from home for the rest of the year as part of a response by the tech giants to the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
9 May 2020
US tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists amid coronavirus tensions
The United States issues a new rule tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying it was in response to the treatment of US journalists in China, a shift that comes amid tensions between the two nations over the coronavirus global pandemic.
9 May 2020
India begins transporting essential commodities to Bangladesh by railways
India today began transporting essential commodities by railways, weeks after bilateral trade was hampered due to the coronavirus pandemic.
9 May 2020
113 inmates released from jails in 5 districts
Prison authorities release 113 inmates from jails in Tangail, Rajbari, Gazipur, Lalmonirhat and Bagerhat districts in a bid to curb risk of Covid-19 spread in the prisons.
9 May 2020
Most Ctg shopping malls, markets will not reopen before Eid
Most of the shopping malls and markets in Chattogram city will remain closed till Eid-ul-Fitr, despite the government allowing markets to reopen from tomorrow.
9 May 2020
Amid shutdown, conservationists celebrate World Migratory Bird day on social media
The Covid-19 induced shutdown has forced pretty much everyone into the confines of their homes or shelters, except for wildlife. Even though, there aren’t so many people out there to celebrate the wild right now, the wild rages on in its full (or what remains) glory.
9 May 2020
‘Europe needs a break’: EU plots to restart travel and tourism despite coronavirus
EU states should guarantee vouchers for travel cancelled during the coronavirus pandemic and start lifting internal border restrictions in a bid to salvage some of the summer tourism season, the bloc’s executive will say next week.
9 May 2020
Repeal Digital Security Act: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the digital security act is being rampantly misused during the crisis period of coronavirus outbreak across the country.
9 May 2020
Pregnant woman burnt in attack dies in Kushtia
A pregnant woman, who suffered burns in an attack -- allegedly by the son of her landlord -- in Kushtia town on April 28, dies at a hospital in the district.
9 May 2020
165 more Bangladeshis return from India
A total of 165 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in India for over a month and half has returned home by a special flight of US-Bangla Airlines.
9 May 2020
Covid-19: 8 die, 636 test positive, 313 recover in 24 hours
Eight people died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.
9 May 2020
Special teams formed to inquire health of coronavirus-positive cops
Different police units are forming “special teams” to visit and inquire about the health of Covid-19 positive force members in person, while maintaining physical distancing.
9 May 2020
Two Rohingya yaba traders killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight: Police
Two alleged yaba traders, who were also from the Rohingya community, are killed in a gunfight with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
9 May 2020
BJP condemns Mamata’s ‘virus awareness song’ played on Tagore’s birth anniversary
An order by the police in West Bengal, asking its personnel to play a “Covid-19 awareness song” penned by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Rabindranath Tagore's 159th birth anniversary, has sparked a row in the state.
9 May 2020
RMG workers demonstrate in Gazipur, Savar demanding full salary
Garment workers of several factories in Savar and Gazipur demonstrate, demanding full salary for April and May.
9 May 2020