All News
Boris Johnson on the brink as ministers quit
08:17 AM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face questions in parliament followed by a grilling by senior lawmakers on Wednesday, with his premiership on the brink after a slew of resignations from ministers saying he was not fit to govern. Johnson's finance and health secretaries quit on Tuesday, along with a number of junior ministers...
Govt working to protect people’s voting rights: PM
09:49 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today described the recently held Cumilla City Corporation (CuCC) election as an example of fair polls and said her government has been working to keep up the voting rights of the people. “People exercised their voting rights in the Cumilla City Corporation election spontaneously amid festivity...
Henolux owner, wife arrested for 'abetting suicide' of businessman
08:17 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayHenolux Group owner Nurul Amin and his wife Fatema Amin have been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of businessman Gazi Anis. The Rapid Action Battalion apprehended the couple from Uttara area in the capital of Dhaka on Tuesday night...
Evaly's Rassel, Shamima sued in Chattogram
08:00 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayA case has been filed against Evaly's ex-managing director Md Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, also the former chairman of the e-commerce platform, in Chattogram district on charge of cheating the customers...
Indian financial crime agency raids Chinese-owned Vivo
06:38 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayIndia's financial crime-fighting agency on Tuesday raided the offices of smartphone maker Vivo, owned by China's BBK Electronics, and its related entities, a senior government official and an industry executive told Reuters...
Five killed in Rangpur road accident
05:54 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayFive people were killed and two others injured in a fatal road accident in Rangpur city on Tuesday afternoon...
England pull off record chase to level series against India
05:32 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayEngland rode unbeaten hundreds by Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow to pull off their highest successful chase, coasting to a series-levelling seven-wicket victory in the rearranged fifth test against India at Edgbaston on Tuesday...
1998 more Covid cases, 7 deaths recorded in 24 hrs
05:01 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported 1,998 more Coronavirus cases and seven deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,82,972 and the fatalities stood at 29,181. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...
“Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale” screened in Greece
04:19 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayThe Embassy of Bangladesh, in cooperation with the first multilingual library in Greece “We Need Books”, successfully organized a screening of the documentary film “Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale”...
Sri Lanka: 'I can't afford milk for my babies'
04:10 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayThe smell hits you first - freshly cooked rice, lentils and spinach, served in ladles from steaming pots...
Galtier appointed PSG coach on two-year deal: sources
03:44 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayChristophe Galtier has been appointed coach of French champions Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal, club sources confirmed on Monday...
PM urges all to be cautious in using power, grow more food
03:01 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayIn view of the global trend of price spiral, power scarcity and looming food crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon all to be cautious in using electricity, make savings and grow more foods to ward off the situation...
India bans service charge at hotels and restaurants
01:18 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayIndia's consumer protection authority has banned hotels and restaurants from levying a service charge on bills...
Cow rawhide price fixed at Tk 47-52 per sqft in Dhaka
01:09 PM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayThe government has fixed the prices of the salt-applied rawhides of cows at Tk 47-52 per square feet in Dhaka and Tk 40-44 across the country. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi announced the new rates of rawhides of the sacrificial animals after a virtual meeting at 11:30am on Tuesday...
Man who set himself on fire at National Press Club dies
11:12 AM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayA man, who tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire on the National Press Club premises on Monday afternoon, died early Tuesday. The deceased, Gazi Anis, former president of Kushtia district unit Chhatra League, breathed his last around 6:15am while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit...
China rejects NASA accusation it will take over the moon
10:01 AM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayChina on Monday rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of NASA that China might "take over" the moon as part of a military programme, saying it has always called for the building of a community of nations in outer space...
Australia floods worsen as thousands more Sydney residents evacuate
09:16 AM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayTorrential rains kept battering Australia's east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to leave their homes after rivers swiftly rose past danger levels...
6 dead, 30 hurt in shooting at Chicago-area July 4 parade
08:26 AM, 05 Jul 2022 TuesdayA gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror, police said...
Make sure that none suffers: PM asks partymen
05:41 PM, 04 Jul 2022 MondayPrime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked her party leaders and activists to make sure that none including her party men would suffer against the backdrop of the Covid-19 outbreak and the Russia-Ukraine war...
HC accepts Destiny MD’s appeal, suspends fine
05:21 PM, 04 Jul 2022 MondayThe High Court (HC) on Monday accepted an appeal from Rafiqul Amin, managing director of Destiny Group against a 12 years sentence for allegedly embezzling Taka 4,119.24 crore through Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited...