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Four polling centers torched in Rajshahi
01:09 PM, 05 Jan 2024 FridayMiscreants torched four polling centers in three upazilas of Rajshahi early Friday ahead of the national elections to be held on Sunday. The centers are Jutanshi Government Primary School and Arani Jhina Government Primary School in Bagha upazila, Motihar High School in Mohanpur and Akkelpur High School in Bagmara...
Mild cold wave sweeping over country
12:26 PM, 05 Jan 2024 FridayMild cold wave is sweeping over three northern districts, according to a met office forecast for the next 24 hours commencing 9am today. "Mild cold wave is sweeping over the districts of Dinajpur, Panchagarh and Kurigrram and it may abate from some places", it said...
Israeli defence minister outlines new phase in Gaza war
11:58 AM, 05 Jan 2024 FridayIsraeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has outlined Israel’s plans for the next phase of its assault on the besieged Gaza Strip and future scenarios for the day after the war ends. “In the northern region of the Gaza strip, we will transition to a new combat approach in accordance with military achievements on the ground,” Gallant’s office said...
Gundogan nets late penalty to give Barca victory
11:34 AM, 05 Jan 2024 FridayIlkay Gundogan scored a disputed stoppage-time penalty as Barcelona came from behind to beat Las Palmas...
India beat South Africa in shortest Test with winner
09:39 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayIndia needed just a day and a half and 642 balls to beat South Africa by seven wickets in the shortest Test to produce a winner in the history of the game...
Election campaign ends Friday morning
09:12 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayCandidates of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections and their supporters were passing a hectic day in their last time electioneering on Thursday as the Election Commission (EC) put a ban on campaigning over the polls from 8:00am on Friday...
Don't indulge in constitutional process disrupting ideas: Sheikh Hasina
07:59 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayAwami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the pro-democratic and rule of law believing political parties and institutions not to indulge in and fuel any peculiar ideas...
PM urges people to go to polling centres to cast votes on Jan 7
06:58 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayAwami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the countrymen to cast their votes in January 7 parliamentary election to prove that democracy has been prevailing in the country. "Vote is your democratic and constitutional right...
BNP calls hartal for Saturday and polls day
05:52 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayBNP has announced a 48-hour nationwide hartal from Saturday morning as part of its campaign for boycotting the 'one-sided election'. The hartal will be observed from Saturday 6 am to Monday 6 am, the party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said in a virtual press conference on Thursday...
Sheikh Hasina doesn’t tolerate any foreign intervention: Quader
04:58 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP is waiting for sanctions from the USA on Bangladesh to change the ongoing political situation, but Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina has clearly said she is never worried on foreign restrictions...
US education official resigns over Biden's Israel-Gaza policy
04:30 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayA senior official in the US Education Department stepped down on Wednesday, citing President Joe Biden's handling of the conflict in Gaza, the latest sign of dissent in the administration as deaths continue to grow in the war...
Mbappe says he has not made up mind on future
03:48 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayParis St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe says he has not made a decision about his future...
Tarikat Federation chairman withdraws from election race
02:56 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayTarikat Federation Chairman and current Member of Parliament (MP) Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizbhandari has withdrawn his candidacy from the 12th national parliamentary election race.
UN top court to hear genocide case against Israel next week
02:31 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayThe UN's top court will hear submissions next week from South Africa and Israel after Pretoria opened a case for what it called Israel's "genocidal" acts in Gaza.
Delhi CM Kejriwal likely to be arrested today, claim AAP ministers
01:39 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayDelhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj, late on Wednesday, asserted, based on undisclosed information, that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is poised to arrest chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday.
Apple agrees to settle lawsuit over iTunes gift card scam
01:11 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayApple has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of knowingly letting scammers exploit its gift cards, and keep stolen funds for itself.
Independent candidate’s supporter killed in Pirojpur
12:49 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayA supporter of an independent candidate, who was injured in a clash during an election campaign at Mathbaria in Pirojpur, died on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam, 55.
3 killed in rice mill boiler blast
12:03 PM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayA woman and two children were killed in an explosion of a rice mill boiler at Daspara village under Rahimanpur union in the Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Deepti Das, 40, wife of Sagor Das, his daughter Puja, 11 and Palak Das, 12, son of Umakanto Das of Daspara village.
US imam dies after being shot outside New Jersey mosque
11:14 AM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdayAn imam who was shot Wednesday outside a mosque in New Jersey has died, the US state's attorney general said, adding that the killing did not initially appear to be driven by "bias" or domestic terrorism.
Selena Gomez hints at major career change in candid interview
10:00 AM, 04 Jan 2024 ThursdaySelena Gomez has hinted that her next album could be her last, as she considers focusing instead on her acting career.