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Sheikh Hasina’s 76th birthday today
08:28 AM, 28 Sep 2022 WednesdayThe 76th birthday of Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is being celebrated across the country on Wednesday. Sheikh Hasina, the eldest among the five children of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj on September 28 in 1947...
PBI files case against Elias, Babul
09:33 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe Police Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against journalist Elias Hossain and former police superintendent Babul Akter. Babul Akter's father Md Abdul Wadud Mia, 72, and brother Md Habibur Rahman, 45, were also named in the lawsuit. PBI chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar lodged the case with Dhanmondi Police Station, Dhaka...
Why Jennifer Lopez is Hollywood's most underestimated star
09:09 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdaySing the lyric: "Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got" to any millennial, and chances are they'll pipe back: "I'm still, I'm still, Jenny From The Block"...
Russia issues new nuclear warning as contested Ukraine referendum ends
08:39 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayAn ally of President Vladimir Putin issued a stark new nuclear warning to Ukraine and the West on Tuesday as Russia began releasing results of referendums it bills as a prelude to it annexing four Ukrainian regions...
US student debt relief plan estimated to cost $400 bn
08:07 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayUS President Joe Biden's plan to forgive part of the country's massive student debt burden is estimated to cost the government $400 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday...
Bangladesh expects to receive $12b-15b by 2025 from ADB: Kamal
07:29 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayBangladesh expects to receive $12 billion to $ 15 billion loan support from the Asian Development Bank under its Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) (2021-2025), said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal...
7 hurt as 'BCL' beats up JCD men at DU
06:56 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayBangladesh Chhatra League men allegedly beat up Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders and activists on the Dhaka University campus on Tuesday afternoon, leaving seven injured. The attack was carried out around 4:30 pm when a group of 20-25 members of the new committee of DU unit JCD entered the campus...
One dengue patient dies; 460 hospitalized in 24 hrs
05:30 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayOne dengue patient died and 460 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
One Covid death, 737 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:20 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 737 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities increased to 29,360, and infections stood at 20,23,145. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...
Housewife murder after rape: 9 get life
04:43 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayA court in Jhenaidah district on Tuesday convicted nine people and sentenced them to life-term imprisonment for the murder of a housewife after rape...
Cricketer Al-Amin gets bail after surrendering
04:20 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayBangladesh National Cricket Team's pacer Al-Amin Hossain on Tuesday secured bail upon a bond of Taka 5,000 in a maintenance case filed by his wife after surrendering before the court...
Tower to Community - an exemplary sustainable CSR program
04:03 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayLaunched in 2016, the 'Tower to Community' CSR Program has served around 8000 households across the country living near edotco Towers through the surplus electricity produced from its sustainable energy solutions for the telecom towers...
Italy beat Hungary to clinch spot in Nations League finals
03:43 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayItaly claimed a place in the Nations League final four with a 2-0 win away to Hungary thanks to goals by Giacomo Raspadori and Federico Dimarco in their last League A-Group 3 game on Monday...
How samovar tea is warming hearts in Qatar
02:56 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayMohammed Ali, a restaurateur in Qatar’s capital Doha, tells a story about a female customer who would come to his shop every day with a flask to have it filled with karak tea...
Rights group says Iran protest death toll tops 75
01:52 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayMore than 75 people have been killed in the Iranian authorities' crackdown against unrest sparked by the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini following her arrest by morality police, a rights group said Monday...
Sheikh Hasina invites 7 chief ministers of India to Dhaka
01:26 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government has proposed that the chief ministers of India’s seven northeastern states should visit Dhaka for talks on enhancing cooperation in connectivity, trade and security, people familiar with the matter said...
‘A new era’: NASA strikes asteroid in key test of planetary defense
12:38 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayBullseye: A NASA spaceship on Monday struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth...
Alikadam UNO transferred to Dhaka over breaking trophies
12:15 PM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayBandarban’s Alikadam Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mehruba Islam has been transferred to Dhaka over the incident of breaking the trophies after the final match of a football tournament. A notification signed by Senior Assistant Secretary Sheikh Shamsul Arefin of Field Administration-2 of the Ministry of Public Administration on Monday confirmed the matter...
Russia admits mobilisation errors amid growing public opposition
10:38 AM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe Kremlin has admitted mistakes were made in its drive to mobilise Russian army reservists to fight in Ukraine, amid growing public opposition...
Panchagarh boat capsize: Death toll reaches 66
08:50 AM, 27 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe death toll from the boat capsize in the Karatoya River reached 66 as five more bodies were recovered from the different parts of the river in Boda upazila of Panchagarh on Tuesday noon. Deepankar Roy, Panchagarh Additional District Magistrate and the Chief of the investigation committee, confirmed the matter...