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Ministry recommends cutting duties on oil, sugar, date import
08:22 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayThe Commerce Ministry has recommended the National Board of Revenue reduce duties on the import of edible oil, sugar and date ahead of Ramadan. A letter regarding this was sent to NBR on Monday following a joint meeting of five ministries at the Commerce Ministry on Sunday...
Babar, Azmat power Rangpur to win after shaky start
07:28 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayPakistan recruit Babar Azam made an instant impact in his first match in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), leading Rangpur Riders to a four-wicket win over Sylhet Strikers at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday...
Zero Covid death, 35 cases recorded in 24 hrs
06:45 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 35 cases in the last 24 hours (from Monday 8 am to Tuesday 8 am) as the coronavirus infection rises again in the country...
EC plans to hold UP polls from April
05:42 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) plans to hold the upazila parishad election from the last week of April to the last week of May...
PM seeks more investments from Saudi Arabia
05:21 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought more investments from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in Bangladesh to march ahead the measures taken by her government for socio-economic advancement of the countrymen...
Five districts close schools due to cold wave
04:44 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayAuthorities in five districts of Khulna division closed all primary and secondary-level education institutions from Tuesday as the temperature dipped below 10 degrees Celsius...
PRAN-RFL Group sponsors marathon in Cox’s Bazar
03:45 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayThe country's longest marathon event 'Marine Drive-Ultra, Season Three' has been organized at Cox's Bazar Marine Drive...
Israel says 24 troops killed in Gaza fighting, highest single-day toll
02:46 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayTwenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, the biggest death toll in a single day since the war began in October, amid what Palestinians said was the most intense bombardment of southern Gaza in the conflict.
Cold wave may abate from eight places including Dhaka
02:10 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayThe existing mild to moderate cold wave that is sweeping over Dhaka, Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and the districts of Moulvibazar, Barishal, Bhola and Cumilla may continue as mild cold wave and abate from some places, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin.
17 special trains for Biswa Ijtema devotees
01:51 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayBangladesh Railway (BR) will operate seventeen special trains for easy transportation of devotees on the occasion of Biswa Ijtema.
Farooki hospitalised after mild stroke
12:34 PM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayRenowned filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki was hopsitalised after he suffered a mild stroke on Monday evening. He was later taken to neuro-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital.
3 killed as truck, pickup van collide in Mymensingh
11:54 AM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayThree people were killed as a truck collided with a pickup van in Mymensingh on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred on Mymensingh-Sherpur highway at Tarakanda upazila health complex area around 7am.
BGB member killed in BSF firing
11:36 AM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayA member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) at the Benapole border area in Jashore early Monday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Rois Uddin, a BGB sepoy.
Renowned Canadian film director Norman Jewison dies at 97
10:26 AM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayFamed Canadian film maker and producer Norman Jewison has died aged 97, his publicist has announced.
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes western China; 6 injured
09:59 AM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayA magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, injuring six people and damaging or collapsing more than 120 homes in freezing cold weather, authorities said.
US, British forces carry out new strikes in Yemen
08:35 AM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayU.S. and British forces carried out a fresh round of strikes on Monday in Yemen, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the Iran-aligned group against Red Sea shipping, the Pentagon said.
Young Tigers crush Ireland to hit back to winning way in U19 WC
08:19 AM, 23 Jan 2024 TuesdayBangladesh Under-19 team made a giant stride toward the Super Sixes after securing a six-wicket win over Ireland in their second game of the Youth World Cup at Bloemfontein in South Africa on Monday.
Bangladesh reports one Covid-19 death, 30 positive cases
05:52 PM, 22 Jan 2024 MondayBangladesh on Monday recorded one Covid-19 death while it reported 30 coronavirus positive cases. "Bangladesh reported 5.14 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 584 samples were tested during the last 24 hours," a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Home Minister receives ‘Great Wall Commemorative Medal’
05:31 PM, 22 Jan 2024 MondayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was conferred with the honorary 'Great Wall Commemorative Medal' on Monday, on behalf of the Chinese government.
Mother, daughter among 3 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw
03:55 PM, 22 Jan 2024 MondayThree people including a woman and her daughter were killed and two others injured as a truck hit an auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred on Mymensingh-Tangail highway at Cherumondol area in Muktagacha upazila around 2pm.