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Haiti declares curfew after 4,000 inmates escape jail amid rising violence
11:48 AM, 04 Mar 2024 MondayHaiti’s government has declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew after an explosion of gang-led violence over the weekend saw thousands of prisoners escape after assaults on the country’s two biggest prisons.
US Vice President calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza
11:14 AM, 04 Mar 2024 MondayUS Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for a proposed six-week ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war to be accepted, while criticizing Israel over insufficient aid deliveries into Gaza.
Mental health leave offered to Taiwanese students
10:00 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayTaiwanese high schools will begin offering mental health leave to students this month, to address rising rates of youth suicide and high levels of stress and depression...
Expatriates send $216.60cr remittance in February
09:18 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayThe expatriate Bangladeshis sent remittances of around $216.60 crore (equivalent to about Tk 23,826 crore) in February, the eighth month of the current fiscal year 2023-24. The amount is about $6 crore more than that of January when the country saw $210 crore in remittance, a source in Bangladesh Bank said on Sunday...
Hamas delegation arrives for Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo
08:36 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayA Hamas delegation has arrived in Cairo for talks on efforts to broker a ceasefire in the war in Gaza after indications that Israel has provisionally accepted a six-week phased hostage and truce deal before the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan...
SC upholds contempt of court punishment against BNP leader Habib
07:33 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday upheld a High Court verdict convicting BNP leader Habibur Rahman Habib for contempt of court and sentencing him to five months imprisonment...
Spain Embassy official dies falling off building
06:31 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayAn official of the Spain Embassy in Bangladesh has died after falling from a building in Gulshan of Dhaka...
Judgment in case over VNSC student Aritri suicide deferred again
05:24 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayIslamic scholar and Bangladesh Majlisul Mufassirin President Mawlana Lutfar Rahman died in a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon...
Islamic speaker Lutfar Rahman dies
05:24 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayIslamic speaker Mawlana Lutfar Rahman passed away in a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon...
Dr Yunus gets bail in money embezzlement case
04:30 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayGrameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has secured bail in a case filed against him for allegedly embezzling Tk 25 crore from the company...
12 kg LPG price hiked by Tk 8
03:41 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayBangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has increased the prices of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) by Tk 8 to Tk 1,482 per 12 kg cylinder. BERC Chairman Md Nurul Amin announced this on Sunday afternoon. The new prices will come into effect from 6 pm today (March 3)...
RFL starts exporting electronic bicycle
03:32 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayRFL, the country's leading business conglomerate, has started exporting electronic bicycles (e-bike)...
Shehbaz Sharif elected as 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan
02:58 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayPakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President and seven other parties backed candidate Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan by securing 201 votes and defeating PTI-backed and Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) nominated candidate Omar Ayub Khan, who got 92 votes on Sunday.
PM asks for ensuring building codes, actions against food stocking
02:28 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked all concerned particularly the field level administration to ensure maintaining building codes and actions against food stockpiling across the country.
Treating a sore throat the ayurvedic way
01:43 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayDuring this transitional season, deciding whether to carry a stole or a light wrap can be puzzling. Mornings may feel hot and humid, while nights turn chilly, often accompanied by a sore throat, cough, and a runny nose.
Quader leaves for Singapore to undergo routine medical check-up
01:06 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday left Dhaka for Singapore to undergo his routine health check-up.
PM opens DC conference
12:29 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the four-day annual conference of deputy commissioners (DCs) in the capital. She opened the DC Conference-2024 at the Shapla Hall of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Sunday morning.
Writ seeks directive to close restaurants in residential buildings
12:09 PM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayA writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking a directive to close restaurants in all residential buildings in Dhaka including Bailey Road. Supreme Court lawyer Md Eunus Ali Akond submitted the petition as a public interest litigation to the HC on Sunday.
Dr Yunus files bail petition in fund embezzlement case
11:09 AM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayGrameen Telecom Chairman Dr Muhammad Yunus has surrendered to a Dhaka court and sought bail in a case filed for embezzling Taka 25 crore from the fund reserved for the company workers.
Vinicius scores twice as Real fight back to draw at Valencia
09:09 AM, 03 Mar 2024 SundayVinicius Jr scored a brace to help Real Madrid fight back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw at Valencia in an ill-tempered LaLiga clash on Saturday, as the Brazil winger returned to a stadium where he was racially abused last year.