Benazir’s immovable properties: Court appoints administrators to look after them
6 June 2024
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Bangladesh
10 injured as BNP, police clash in Tangail
22 July 2022
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Crime & Justice
Sohan captain for Zim T20Is
22 July 2022
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Cricket
Grain exports via black sea: Ukraine, Russia sign deal
22 July 2022
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
Lanka troops raid main protest camp
22 July 2022
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South Asia
BSF seizes ‘record’ 41.49 kg gold near Benapole border
22 July 2022
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Bangladesh
2 Covid patients die; positivity rate 8.36
22 July 2022
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Coronavirus
25-yr-old tourist drowns in Nikli haor
22 July 2022
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Accidents and Fires
Schoolgirl raped in Manikganj
22 July 2022
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Crime & Justice
Bangladeshis highest number of irregular migrants to Italy
22 July 2022
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Diplomacy
WHO: 780 monkeypox outbreak cases
The World Health Organization yesterday said that 780 laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases had been reported to it from 27 non-endemic countries, while maintaining that the global risk level was moderate.
5 June 2022
Australia accuses China of dangerous interception
Australia yesterday accused the Chinese military of putting an Australian Defence Force flight crew at risk when their plane was intercepted late last month over the South China Sea.
5 June 2022
UK PM could face leadership challenge this week: Times
Officials in British prime minister Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservative Party expect a challenge to his leadership this week and have pencilled in a vote for Wednesday, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
5 June 2022
Chaotic shooting incident in Tennessee leaves three dead
At least three people were killed and more than a dozen injured early yesterday in a Tennessee city after gunfire erupted and fleeing vehicles struck bystanders, police said.
5 June 2022
No JSC exams this year
Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday announced that there will be no Junior School Certificate and equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate exams this year.
5 June 2022
Inflation creating ‘new poor’ again
The number of ‘new poor’ in Bangladesh has not dropped off despite the economy reopening due to the runaway inflation between January and May, found a recent study.
5 June 2022
Freak accident takes lives of 3 BAEC officials
Four staffers of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, including a pregnant woman, were killed in a road crash on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar yesterday.
5 June 2022
Nadal wins 22nd Grand Slam crown
Rafael Nadal won a 14th French Open and record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title on Sunday with a straight-sets rout of Casper Ruud to become the oldest male champion at Roland Garros.
5 June 2022
Swiatek romps to 2nd French Open title
Iga Swiatek cruised to her second French Open title by dominating teenager Coco Gauff in the final on Saturday, as the world number one claimed her 35th successive victory.
4 June 2022
Rights situation: US can indeed raise concerns
Considering the robust partnership among the two countries, the US can raise concerns over various issues in Bangladesh, said Ned Price, spokesperson for the US State Department.
4 June 2022
Block allocations: Focus shifts to war fallout from jabs
The government is not keeping a separate allocation for vaccines in the next fiscal year’s budget as it pulls back from vaccine procurement given the high inoculation rate and low infection rates.
4 June 2022
Iran supreme leader accuses ‘enemy’ of trying to use protests
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday accused the “enemy”, a reference mainly to the United States, of seeking to use protests to weaken the Islamic republic.
4 June 2022
Sri Lanka in diplomatic spat over confiscated Russian plane
Sri Lanka’s main airport yesterday denied the island nation’s government was behind a decision to detain an Aeroflot aircraft, after Russia lodged a diplomatic protest over the move.
4 June 2022
4 killed in Narsingdi as train hits truck
Four people were killed and another was injured as a small truck collided with a train in Hasnabad area in Narsingdi’s Raipura upazila around 12:00 noon yesterday.
4 June 2022
JS budget session begins today
The budget session, which will also be the 18th session of the 11th parliament, will begin today.
4 June 2022
Ukraine fights back in Severodonetsk
Ukraine yesterday said its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia “throwing all its power” into capturing the strategic eastern city.
4 June 2022
7 held for cutting off teacher’s wrist
Rab yesterday arrested seven men for their alleged involvement in cutting off the wrist of a teacher in Kushtia.
4 June 2022
Physically challenged girl raped in Patuakhali
A physically challenged minor girl was raped allegedly by a teenage boy in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila on Friday.
4 June 2022
Robber arrested in Bagerhat
Police yesterday arrested an alleged robber from Dakshin Sutalari village in Bagerhat’s Morrelgonj upazila.
4 June 2022
AL expels controversial Selim Khan
Widely discussed Awami League leader and Laxmipur union chairman Selim Khan has been expelled from the party.
4 June 2022