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Nuclear fuel handover ceremony for RNPP on Thursday
02:23 PM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayThe nuclear fuel handover ceremony (graduation ceremony) for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) will be held at the plant site in Pabna’s Ishwardi as Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to virtually join it.
Verdict in graft case against PK Halder, 13 others on Oct 8
01:28 PM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayA Dhaka court has set October 8 for pronouncing judgement in a graft case filed against former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder and 13 others.
PM returns home ending tour to USA, UK
12:52 PM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday returned home from London after wrapping up her 16-day official visit to the USA and the UK. A commercial flight (BG-208) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12:15 pm.
Bangladesh kabaddi team suffer 2nd defeat in 19th Asian Games
12:44 PM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayBangladesh kabaddi team suffered their second defeat in the 19th Asian Games kabaddi event losing to Chinese Taipei by 31-18 points in their third group A match held at Xiaoshan Guali Sports Center Court 1 on Wednesday.
How to give your partner your full attention?
12:16 PM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayIn a relationship, listening to understand the perspectives of the partner rather than responding or reacting is extremely important.
23 Indian soldiers missing in flash flood: Army
10:52 AM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayThe Indian army said Wednesday that 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state.
Chicago Fire offer fans credit amid Messi uncertainty
10:29 AM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayMajor League Soccer's Chicago Fire have offered a financial incentive to ticket holders who attend their home game against Inter Miami on Wednesday given the uncertainty surrounding Lionel Messi's availability.
21 dead as Venice bus plunges from bridge
09:08 AM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayAt least 21 people including two children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near the Italian city of Venice and caught fire, officials say. The bus broke through a barrier and plunged near railway tracks in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge.
McCarthy ousted as US House Speaker in historic vote
08:27 AM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayA handful of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it narrowly averted a government shutdown.
PM leaves London for home
08:17 AM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left London for home after wrapping up her 16-day official visit to the USA and the UK. A commercial flight (BG-208) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members departed from the London Heathrow Airport around 09:10 pm on Tuesday (London time).
PM urges expats to brighten Bangladesh's image
09:26 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday reiterated her call to the Bangladeshi expatriates to put in their all-out efforts to brighten the country's image and dignity before the world community. "I would like to call upon all of you to brighten the image of the country," she said...
A senior citizen being pushed to death on excuses of law: Fakhrul
08:46 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is being pushed toward death on excuses of law, the party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Tuesday. He said, "The fundamental and constitutional rights of a senior citizen are being denied...
BB lowers age limit to 14yrs for MFS account opening
07:55 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has lowered the age limit to 14 years from 18 for applicants to open mobile financial services (MFS) accounts, such as bKash and Nagad...
13 dengue patients die; 2799 hospitalized in 24 hrs
07:09 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayThirteen dengue patients died and 2,799 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours. With the latest death, a total of 1,030 people died of dengue to date this year, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said on Tuesday. Currently, 9,198 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
Tipu-Prity murder: AL leader Ashraf sent to jail
06:22 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayAshraf Talukder, expelled organizing secretary of Dhaka South City unit of Awami League, has been sent to jail in the case over the murder of AL leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity...
B'baria-2, Lakshmipur-3 by-polls Nov 5
05:29 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) will hold by-elections to Brahmanbaria-2, and Lakshmipur-3 constituencies on November 2...
Trio win Nobel Prize in Physics for use of light to study electrons
04:52 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayScientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for using pulses of light to study the behaviour of electrons, in work which could advance medical diagnostics and electronics, the award-giving body said...
President asks businessmen to forge resistance against corruption, misdeeds
04:27 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday urged business leaders and entrepreneurs to build strong resistance against corruption and misdeeds as he addressed the industrial award-giving ceremony...
What the stats say about all 10 teams at World Cup
03:46 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayEngland are one of 10 teams competing and will hope to defend their title after the famous victory on home soil in 2019...
Five big names missing out on the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup
02:38 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayFor professional athletes, representing their country in a global sporting event is usually their driving ambition and winning it is the crowning glory of their careers.