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Abu Dhabi's TAQA may invest up to $2.5 bln in Adani's power units
02:46 PM, 18 Aug 2023 FridayAbu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC, known as TAQA, is evaluating an investment of up to $2.5 billion in the power businesses of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, newspaper Economic Times reported on Friday, citing sources...
30 dead in gang attacks in Haitian capital
12:46 PM, 18 Aug 2023 FridayGang violence in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince has left 30 residents dead and more than a dozen injured, a local human rights group said Thursday. Houses in the city's Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood were set on fire in the attacks and two police officers also died...
Britney's husband says their 'journey' is over
12:12 PM, 18 Aug 2023 FridayBritney Spears' husband Sam Asghari has said the pair have decided to end their "journey together" after 14 months of marriage...
China Evergrande files for US bankruptcy protection
11:33 AM, 18 Aug 2023 FridayProperty giant Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the real estate crisis in China deepens. It will allow the heavily-indebted company to protect its assets in the US as it works on a multi-billion dollar deal with creditors...
Plot to kill Joy: Shafik Rehman, Mahmudur Rahman jailed for 7 years
09:40 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayA court in Dhaka has sentenced five people, including Jaijaidin founding Editor Shafik Rehman and the daily Amar Desh acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman, to seven years in jail...
Gold price reduced by Tk 1751 per bhori
08:40 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Jeweler’s Association has decided to reduce the price of gold by Tk 1,751 per bhori following a decrease in the price of pure gold in the local market. Now, gold of 22-carat will cost Tk 99,027 per bhori (11.664 grams), 21-carat Tk 94,595, 18-carat Tk 81,065, and gold of traditional method Tk 67,535 respectively...
Nine dengue patients die; 2288 hospitalized in 24 hrs
07:52 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayNine dengue patients died and 2,288 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours. With the latest death, a total of 444 people died of dengue to date this year, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said on Thursday. Currently, 8,661 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
Water levels in 55 rivers rise, 52 fall
07:06 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayWater levels at 55 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 52 stations recorded fall...
HC grants bail to Mushtaq, orders to take the student into safe custody
06:26 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayThe High Court has granted a six-week anticipatory bail to Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed, a donor member of the board of governors of Ideal School and College, Motijheel, Dhaka in a case filed for allegedly forcibly marrying a student of the institution...
Small aircraft crashes on highway in Malaysia, 10 dead
05:43 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayA small aircraft crashed onto a highway near Shah Alam in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Thursday (Aug 17), killing 10 people including an assemblyman. "For now, I can say at least 10 people were killed in the plane crash. Two passing motorists - one in a car and one on a motorcycle...
Taliban’s ties with Pakistan fraying amid mounting security concerns
04:40 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayAs the Afghan Taliban celebrated two years of their control over Afghanistan on August 15, their relationship with Pakistan, their longtime ally and neighbour, looks increasingly fraught...
Man gets death for burning wife to death
04:19 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayA court in Jamalpur has awarded a man death sentence for burning his wife to death in Dewanganj upazila...
India's lunar mission inches closer to Moon
03:42 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayIndia's third lunar mission is inching closer to the Moon's little-explored south pole where it aims to set down a lander and rover on 23 August...
Universal Pension Scheme to ensure everyone’s better life: PM
02:13 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Universal Pension Scheme will ensure better and improved life of everyone by bringing country's people aged above 18 under its coverage.
Dinajpur mayor summoned for derogatory remark on Justice
01:32 PM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has summoned Dinajpur municipality mayor and BNP leader Syed Jahangir Alam for his derogatory remark about Justice M Enayetur Rahim.
PM opens Universal Pension Scheme
11:48 AM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the much-talked-about Universal Pension Scheme to bring all the people of the country aged above 18 under the scheme. She initially opened the pension scheme - Pragati, Surokkha, Samata and Prabashi - joining the inaugural programme virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence.
Singapore arrests 10 foreigners, seizes S$1 bln assets
11:13 AM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdaySingapore police have seized about S$1bn ($735m; £578m) - including luxury homes, cars and cash - in one of its biggest anti-money laundering probes.
HSC exams under eight boards begin
10:18 AM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayThe Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams under eight general education boards began on Thursday across the country. The exams began at 10am with Bangla 1st Paper on the first day. More than 10 lakh students are expected to take the tests at 1,384 centres.
Int’l jute and handicraft fair on October 5-9
09:18 AM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayA five-day-long 'International Jute and Handicraft Fair-2023' will be held from October 5 to October 9 at Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center (BBCFEC) in the capital's outskirts Purbachal.
JS goes into 24th session on Sept 3
09:06 AM, 17 Aug 2023 ThursdayThe 24th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin on September 3. President Mohammed Shahabuddin convened the 24th session of the parliament exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of Article 72 of the Constitution.