‘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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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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Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
4 October 2022
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Rohingya Influx
Yemen confirms first coronavirus case
Yemen has reported its first coronavirus case in Hadhramaut Governorate, supreme national emergency committee tweets.
10 April 2020
Qatar returnee stabbed dead in Sylhet
A man in Sylhet, who recently returned from Qatar and has been stuck in the country because of the suspension of flights due to the coronavirus outbreak, dies at a hospital after being stabbed by unidentified miscreants.
9 April 2020
UK PM Boris Johnson leaves intensive care, remains under observation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left intensive care as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains under close observation in hospital, his office says.
9 April 2020
Combating coronavirus: A tall order outside Dhaka
As the number of coronavirus tests outside Dhaka has increased, more Covid-19 cases have begun to surface, which experts say paints a grim picture of the spread of the virus in the country.
9 April 2020
One with Covid-19 and five others with symptoms die in 6 districts
A 30-year-old man dies of Covid-19 in Patuakhali’s Dumki upazila and at least five others, including a freedom fighter, die of coronavirus-like-symptoms in five other districts.
9 April 2020
RMG factory owner dies from Covid-19 in Dhaka
A readymade garment (RMG) factory owner has died of coronavirus, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
9 April 2020
National Professor Sufia Ahmed no more
National Professor Sufia Ahmed dies of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Dhaka aged 87.
9 April 2020
Coronavirus: Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia fear food crisis
Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia fear an imminent food crisis as the lockdown continues amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the Southeast Asian country.
9 April 2020
Italy returnee suffering from Covid-19 symptoms dies at Kurmitola hospital
A 45-year-old man, who returned from Italy in November, dies at Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka after he was admitted with symptoms of coronavirus (Covid-19) infection.
9 April 2020
Himalayan peaks now visible from India’s Punjab as pollution drops drastically
A crystal clear view of the snow-clad peaks of the majestic Dhauladhar range of Himalayan mountain chain becomes visible after the air quality of Jalandhar, an industrial town of Punjab about 260 kilometres from the mountain range, has shown remarkable improvement as all the industries and all modes of transport are suspended during the ongoing lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak across India.
9 April 2020
Third Covid-19 case confirmed in Cumilla, 1 village locked down
A village in Cumilla’s Titas upazila is put under lockdown after a 50-year-old man in the village has tested positive for coronavirus.
9 April 2020
7 hurt in clash as locals bar 19 people from Narayanganj entry into Pirojpur
Seven people, including a union parishad chairman, are injured in a clash that ensued after locals barred 19 people from Narayanganj from entering Pirojpur district.
9 April 2020
Shohoz making it easy to stay home
With motivated delivery people, Shohoz Food has started its on-demand grocery operations with a simple goal: people should be able to get all their necessities instantly -- not just food -- using a super application.
9 April 2020
Head of a department at BSMMU tests coronavirus positive
The head of a department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has been tested positive with the coronavirus.
9 April 2020
Pvt universities urge UGC to postpone directives on admissions, grades
Private universities today requested University Grants Commission (UGC) to temporarily postpone its directives to stop assigning students' grades without holding semester finals, enrolling new students without admission tests, and holding tests online.
9 April 2020
SUST wants to dedicate lab for Covid-19 tests
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet is willing to dedicate its Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory to conduct tests for coronavirus (Covid-19).
9 April 2020
Bank Asia’s Chattogram branch locked down
A branch of Bank Asia has been locked down as a coronavirus positive patient visited the bank two days back.
9 April 2020
British fair trade group comes down heavily on buyers’ “bullying practices”
UK-based fair trade watchdog Traidcraft Exchange asks fashion brands and retailers to honour their contracts as they continued to cancel those or stop payments to suppliers from “poorer countries” including Bangladesh over the Covid-19 outbreak.
9 April 2020
Rab launches cyber-verification cell to tackle Covid-19 misinformation
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has launched a cyber-verification cell to tackle the ongoing spread of misinformation centring the coronavirus pandemic.
9 April 2020
Coast Guard DDG M Shahjahan promoted to rear admiral
Bangladesh Coast Guard Deputy Director General Commodore M Shahjahan has been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral.
9 April 2020