‘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
Covid-19 fallout: Finance minister seeks sustained support from AIIB
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal requests Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to provide continuous support to minimise the effects of the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak and the resultant nationwide shutdown.
23 April 2020
Shawpno launches ‘Shebapack’
Super shop--Shwapno has launched a ‘Shebapack’ for all the kind hearted people of the country, who want to help people affected due to the surge of coronavirus pandemic.
23 April 2020
Merkel worried as some German states 'very brisk' in lifting lockdowns
Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is worried that some German states are being “very brisk” in relaxing their social distancing efforts, stressing that the coronavirus pandemic is “still at the beginning”, and calls for a bigger European Union budget to support economic recovery in the bloc.
23 April 2020
UK economy crumbles under coronavirus strain; questions mount over lockdown exit
The United Kingdom’s economy is crumbling under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown and government borrowing is soaring to the highest levels in peacetime history, increasing pressure on the government to set out an exit strategy.
23 April 2020
2 Manikganj doctors infected with Covid-19, now quarantined in Dhaka
Two doctors working in Manikganj were found infected with Covid-19 and now remain under quarantine in their Dhaka residences.
23 April 2020
Five persons die with Covid-19 like symptoms in 3 districts
Five more persons have died with Covid-19 like symptoms in three districts since yesterday morning.
23 April 2020
No ‘VIP arrangement’ in Covid-19 treatment: health minister
VIP or not, everyone will be treated at the same hospitals and will be given same facilities in case of coronavirus infection, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says.
23 April 2020
China to give WHO $30 million more after US freezes funds
China announced Thursday it will donate another $30 million to the World Health Organization to help in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, days after Washington said it would freeze funding.
23 April 2020
‘Film for Humanity’
As the Covid-19 pandemic cripples the world and its economy with thousands of cases every day, the biggest victims are the poor, who cannot afford to stay home. Keeping them in mind, independent filmmakers from Bangladesh and beyond have created ‘Film for Humanity’.
23 April 2020
Shutdown extended till May 5
Ensuring safety of workers, factories can resume operations.
23 April 2020
DGHS director general’s resignation sought for ‘failing to protect people from Covid-19’
A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, asking him to step down from his post as “he has failed to take necessary measures to protect people from the outbreak of coronavirus”.
23 April 2020
7 more coronavirus patients die, 414 test positive in 24hrs: health minister
Seven people died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Zahid Maleque say
23 April 2020
India’s growth to slip to 0.8%: Fitch
International rating agency Fitch has cut India's economic growth projections to 0.8 percent in the current 2020-21 financial year, saying an unparalleled global recession was underway due to disruptions caused by coronavirus pandemic and resultant lockdowns.
23 April 2020
Migrants in Greece shot after 'breaking quarantine'
Two asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos were shot and injured after apparently violating coronavirus quarantine rules, officials says.
23 April 2020
Birdem ICU closed after 4 patients test positive for coronavirus
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Birdem General Hospital has been closed after four patients undergoing treatment there tested positive for coronavirus.
23 April 2020
Mashrafe’s ‘Safety Chamber’ for doctors, health workers opens in Narail
A service called “Doctors’ Safety Chamber” has been set up in front of Narail Sadar Hospital to ensure safety of its doctors, nurses and other staff members working on the front lines, taking care of coronavirus patients.
23 April 2020
Using pandemic to erode human rights is 'unacceptable': UN chief
Taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to erode human rights would be unacceptable, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday, unveiling a new report on the issue.
23 April 2020
Trump signs order on immigration green card suspension
President Donald Trump announces he has partially suspended immigration to the United States, with the aim of keeping foreigners out of local jobs during the coronavirus crisis.
23 April 2020
WHO warns 'long way to go' in virus crisis, deaths top 180,000
The World Health Organization warns that the coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight, as the global death toll surpassed 180,000.
23 April 2020
Former PSC chairman Saadat Hussein passes away
Former cabinet secretary and former chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Saadat Hussein passes away at a hospital in Dhaka.
23 April 2020