‘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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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
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia suspends travel, flights to EU, several countries
Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended travel of citizens and residents and halted flights with several states due to coronavirus fears, state news agency SPA says citing an official source at Interior Ministry.
12 March 2020
HC withdraws Khaleda’s permanent bail in defamation case
A High Court bench withdraws its verdict, hours after it granted permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed for making derogatory remarks about the number of Liberation War martyrs and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
12 March 2020
PM opens country’s first expressway
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates country’s first expressway on the Jatrabari-Mawa and Patchchar-Bhanga routes to traffic, ushering in a new era in the communication sector on the occasion of “Mujib Borsho”.
12 March 2020
Court orders freezing of 91 bank accounts of ‘Casino Brothers’ Enamul, Rupon
A Dhaka court orders to freeze 91 bank accounts of former Awami League leader Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan -- widely known as “Casino Brothers” -- in connection with two money laundering cases filed with Gandaria and Wari police stations.
12 March 2020
Why are deaths from coronavirus so high in Italy?
Outside of mainland China, Italy currently has the highest number of deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the world. Italy’s fatality rate at 5% is also higher than the global average of 3.4%, according to the World Health Organization. Now, the question is, why is that the case?
12 March 2020
India suspends visas till April 15 over coronavirus
Indian government has suspended all visas to India till April 15 as the cases of coronavirus in the country sharply spiked and the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic, reports NDTV.
12 March 2020
2 US, one British personnel killed in Iraq rocket attack
One British and two American personnel have been killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraq’s Taji military camp north of Baghdad, US officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
12 March 2020
2 Rohingya robbers killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight: Rab
Rapid Action Battalion has claimed that two suspected Rohingya robbers were killed in a gunfight with the elite force members on Shaplapur Marine Drive road in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
12 March 2020
Tom Hanks tests positive for coronavirus
Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for coronavirus while in Australia for a film project, the Oscar-winning US actor says.
12 March 2020
Trump suspends travel from Europe to US; UK excluded
President Donald Trump announces the United States would ban all travel from Europe for 30 days to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
12 March 2020
World Health Organization describes coronavirus outbreak as pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) is characterising the outbreak of the new coronavirus as a pandemic, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
11 March 2020
Iranians told to stay at home as coronavirus death toll rises to 354
Iran urges people to stay at home, avoid unnecessary journeys and spread no rumours about the coronavirus after the death toll from the virus rose to 354 in the Islamic Republic.
11 March 2020
3 Filipino sailors test negative for Covid-19 on ship at Mongla port
Activities on board a coal-laden foreign ship at Mongla Port begins after three Filipino sailors on board the ship, who were placed in isolation after they were found to be running fevers, tested negative for coronavirus.
11 March 2020
Here are the news headlines so far on March 11, 2020
Here are the news headlines so far on March 11, 2020
11 March 2020
JS special session on Bangabandhu centenary from March 22
Amid uncertainty, the two-day long special session of the Jatiya to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be held from March 22.
11 March 2020
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison
Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison by a New York judge, two weeks after he is convicted of rape and sexual assault.
11 March 2020
Teacher injured in Gopalganj accident in better condition
The condition of Willes Little Flower School and College teacher Syeda Fahima Begum has improved today, with blood flowing through the reattached hand that was severed in a road accident on Tuesday.
11 March 2020
Ruling against AL leader: Pirojpur judge transferred to Kurigram
District and Sessions Judge Md Abdul Mannan, who was stand released from Pirojpur and attached to the law ministry hours after he sentenced former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin to jail, has been transferred to Kurigram.
11 March 2020
DGHS gets Tk 50 crore for coronavirus-related expenditure
The finance ministry has released Tk 50 crore for the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to facilitate the treatment of coronavirus-infected people and to prevent the spread of the virus.
11 March 2020
Labour court acquits Dr Yunus
A labour court in Dhaka has acquitted Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and three other top officials of Grameen Communications from charges of violating labour laws.
11 March 2020