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Pakistan military helicopter with general, 5 others goes missing
01:20 PM, 02 Aug 2022 TuesdayA military helicopter with an army general and five others went missing on Monday during a flood relief operation in southern Pakistan, the army said...
TCB starts selling essentials across the country
01:04 PM, 02 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling essential items across the country at a subsidized rate. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Tuesday formally inaugurated the operations of the selling the commodities marking the nation mourning...
Why are wealthy Indians taking their money out of the country?
12:00 PM, 02 Aug 2022 TuesdayAmit Ranjan was stunned. For years, financial advisers had recommended only homegrown investment options to the Indian tech entrepreneur and angel investor...
How the CIA identified and killed Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri
10:35 AM, 02 Aug 2022 TuesdayAl Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011...
Conjoined twins separated with the help of virtual reality
10:18 AM, 02 Aug 2022 TuesdayBrazilian twins who were joined at the head have been successfully separated with the help of virtual reality...
Biden, Putin strike conciliatory tones as nuclear arms talks start at UN
08:54 AM, 02 Aug 2022 TuesdayU.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he is ready to pursue a new nuclear arms deal with Russia and called on Moscow to act in good faith as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said there could be no winners in any nuclear war...
Beyoncé to re-record offensive Renaissance lyric
08:36 AM, 02 Aug 2022 TuesdayBeyoncé is to re-record one of the songs on her new album, after facing criticism from disability campaigners...
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike
08:11 AM, 02 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday...
Coronavirus: 1 more dies, 349 test positive
05:27 PM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,292 in Bangladesh as 1 more person died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 349 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 2,005,606. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Price of Urea fertilizer increased
04:47 PM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayThe government has increased the price of Urea fertilizer to Tk 22 per kilogram from Tk 16 for farmers. At the dealer level the price has been fixed at Tk 20 per kg, which was Tk 14 before. The price will be effective from Monday. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the information in a press release...
ACC files case against Salim Khan for amassing illegal wealth
03:56 PM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Chandpur’s Laxmipur Model Union Parishad chairman Salim Khan over his alleged involvement in amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 36.93 crore and concealing information about his assets...
PM slams BNP for hurricane lamp movement
02:40 PM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised BNP leaders for hurricane lamp movement against the government's initiative to save power and energy to protect Bangladesh from any future danger due to skyrocketing prices of energy globally for Russia-Ukraine war...
New Zealand fully reopens borders after long pandemic closure
02:29 PM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayNew Zealand's borders are fully open for the first time since March 2020, when they shut in an effort to keep out Covid-19...
Ukraine war: First grain ship leaves under Russia deal
01:58 PM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayThe first ship carrying grain has left a Ukrainian port under a landmark deal with Russia. Turkish and Ukrainian officials say the ship left the southern port of Odesa early on Monday morning local time. Russia has been blockading Ukrainian ports since February, but the two sides agreed a deal to resume shipments...
Bangladesh suffer Sohan blow ahead of final T20 against Zimbabwe
12:46 PM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayBangladesh received a huge blow ahead of their crucial third and final T20 International against Zimbabwe as the captain Nurul Hasan Sohan was ruled out of the match with a finger injury...
Myanmar junta extends emergency rule
12:31 PM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayThe head of Myanmar's junta on Monday blamed instability for stalling efforts to implement a peace plan agreed with other Southeast Asian countries as he extended emergency rule for another six months...
Salman Khan gets Arms license following request citing death threats
11:45 AM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayBollywood actor Salman Khan was issued an Arms licence by the Mumbai Police after he applied for it for self-protection following threat letters that he had received recently...
Month of mourning begins
11:30 AM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayThe month of mourning begins on Monday commemorating the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975...
India reports first monkeypox death
11:23 AM, 01 Aug 2022 MondayA man who tested positive for the monkeypox virus died in Kerala’s Thrissur on Saturday making it the first recorded death due to the monkeypox virus in India. The deceased had tested positive for monkeypox in another country, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said. This would be India’s first monkeypox death and the fourth one outside Africa...
EC wants to remain above controversy by conducting credible polls: CEC
09:56 PM, 31 Jul 2022 SundayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday said that the Election Commission (EC) wants to remain above the criticism and controversy by conducting a free, fair, and credible election...