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PM opens National Insurance Day-2023
11:59 AM, 01 Mar 2023 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the National Insurance Day-2023 to enhance public awareness about the insurance. She opened the day at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital on Wednesday morning to promote the idea of insurance across the country.
Metro rail Mirpur-10 station opens for commuters
11:30 AM, 01 Mar 2023 WednesdayThe Mirpur-10 station, the fifth station of the country’s first-ever metro rail service, was opened for commuters on Wednesday morning. M A N Siddique, Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), said the rest four stations - Uttara Dakkhin, Mirpur-11, Kaziprara and Shewrapara - will be opened in phases.
Two people died of cholera in northwest Syria post-quake
09:32 AM, 01 Mar 2023 WednesdayTwo people have died of cholera in Syria's opposition-held northwest in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit the area, a source from the rescue force that operates there told Reuters on Tuesday.
Two trains collide in Greece, 26 killed, 85 injured
08:50 AM, 01 Mar 2023 WednesdayTwenty-six people were killed and at least 85 injured after two trains collided head-on in Greece late on Tuesday, the fire brigade said, while the circumstances of the crash remained unclear. A passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa in central Greece.
Month of independence begins
08:30 AM, 01 Mar 2023 WednesdayThe month of independence has begun on Wednesday giving a heartbreaking reminder to the genocide that the Pakistani occupation forces carried out in the country from March to mid-December in 1971. The month of March is very significant in the country's history as Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the country’s independence in the early hours of March 26 in 1971.
Vote for 'Boat' to continue development efforts: PM
09:39 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayPrime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina reiterated her appeal to the countrymen to vote for her party's election symbol "Boat" to continue the current government's endeavors to ensure the country's overall development...
Hajj registration deadline extended for 7 more days
09:29 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayThe deadline for Hajj registration under government and private management has been extended for further seven days to March 7...
Govt hikes retail power prices by 5% again
08:42 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayIn an executive order, the government has increased the prices of power by 5 percent at the retail level with effect from March 1. Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. Retail power prices, however, rose by 5 percent for the second time in a month...
Primary school scholarship exam results postponed
07:29 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayThe results of the primary school scholarship examinations have been postponed shortly after release as some informational mistakes were found due to technical errors in software. The Prime Education Directorate gave an instruction to postpone the results soon after the results were published...
Two dengue patients hospitalized in 24 hrs
07:10 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayTwo people with dengue fever were hospitalized in the last 24 hours (from Monday 8 am to Tuesday 8 am)...
First Khaleda's release, then her return to politics: Fakhrul
06:37 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the matter of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia's return to politics will come after she is completely released from jail...
Court orders to seize SK Sinha's bank accounts, house in US
05:48 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayA Dhaka court has ordered seizing three bank accounts and a house of former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and his brother Ananta Kumar Sinha in the US...
Zero Covid death, 11 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:17 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 11 cases in the last 24 hours...
Tigers seeking good start in ODI series against England
05:03 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayBangladesh appeared to be hardly bothered by the highly aggressive brand of cricket of England as they geared up to face off Three Lions in the three-match ODI series...
PM seeks Argentina's help in developing Bangladesh football
04:28 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought Argentina's cooperation in developing Bangladesh football as the Latin American country's visiting Minister for Foreign, International Trade and Worship Affairs Santiago Andres Cafiero paid a courtesy call on her...
Eight get life in in Meherpur murder case
04:00 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayA court in Meherpur on Tuesday sentenced eight people, including a former Krishak League leader, to life-term imprisonment in the murder case of a man...
NZ beat England by one run in all-time great finish
03:24 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayEngland lost to New Zealand by one run in one of the all-time great finishes to the second Test in Wellington...
All haor roads to be elevated for unhindered water flow: PM
02:45 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said all roads in the haor regions will be elevated to ensure unhindered water flow and smooth aquaculture as she opened Bir Muktijoddha Abdul Hamid Cantonment at Mithamoin in Kishoreganj.
White House sets deadline for purging TikTok from federal devices
02:23 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayThe White House on Monday gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have Chinese-owned app TikTok on federal devices and systems.
82,383 students get primary scholarship
01:41 PM, 28 Feb 2023 TuesdayThe results of scholarship examinations of primary school students were published on Tuesday. A total of 82,383 students got scholarships in two categories -- talent pool and general -- on the basis of their results in the exams held in December last year. Md Zakir Hossain, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education, announced the results.