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Nagad gets Visa ‘Excellence in Fintech’ award
03:51 PM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayLeading global payments service provider Visa has conferred Nagad with the 'Excellence in Fintech Product Innovation 2022' award for its recent offer of transferring money from the mobile wallet to any Visa card...
Developed communication expedites industrialization, boosts business: PM
03:14 PM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government is developing communication systems across the country as developed communication expedites industrialization as well as boosts trade...
90.13% fail in DU ‘Kha’ unit test
02:25 PM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayThe admission test result for the Dhaka University’s “Kha” unit under the 2021-22 academic year has been published, with only 9.87% students passing the exam. A total of 56,972 students sat for the test against 1,788 seats on June 4. Of them, only 5,622 students passed. DU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Md Aktaruzzaman announced the result at Professor Abdul Matin Virtual Classroom of the university at 1pm on Monday...
Quader asks to be responsible in passing Padma Bridge
02:01 PM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday urged all the passengers and commoners to play responsible role in crossing the Padma Bridge. "Padma Bridge is a very important national establishment and one of biggest assets of the country. Ensuring its security and sustainability is the responsibility of all," he said...
12 Supreme Court justices infected with Covid-19
12:48 PM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayTwelve justices of the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division and High Court Division have been infected with Coronavirus. Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique disclosed the information at the beginning of the court’s proceedings on Monday. He said the court proceeding might go virtual if the situation deteriorates further...
Nasa launches first rocket from Australian commercial spaceport
12:26 PM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayAn unassuming patch of red dirt in remote Australia has made history as the site of Nasa's first rocket launch from a commercial spaceport outside the US...
Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor announce pregnancy
12:09 PM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayBollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor have made a surprising announcement. Alia took to Instagram and shared a photo with Ranbir Kapoor in the hospital, confirming that the couple is expecting their first child soon...
Momen proposes UK to resettle 1 lakh Rohingyas
11:31 AM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayForeign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen has proposed Britain, as a global leader in justice and human rights, to resettle one lakh Myanmar Rohingyas currently sheltered in Bangladesh to lessen the unfair Rohingya burden on Dhaka. He made the proposal while holding a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Elizabeth Truss...
Ukraine war: Zelensky to address G7 as Russian missiles hit cities
11:21 AM, 27 Jun 2022 MondayUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to urge delivery of more heavy weapons when he addresses the G7 group of wealthy nations later. It follows a barrage of Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and other areas over the weekend, which killed at least one...
Diseases spread as floodwater starts receding
10:02 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayWaterborne diseases are spreading in the flood-hit regions of Bangladesh as floodwater started receding...
CID arrests youth for removing nuts, bolts of Padma Bridge
08:54 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayA youth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly removing nuts and bolts from the railing of Padma Bridge.
HC declares Tarique, Zubaida fugitives in graft case
08:18 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayThe High Court (HC) on Sunday declared BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman fugitives in a case lodged for allegedly amassing illegal wealth of Taka 4.81 crore and concealing information about this...
Soyabean oil price reduced to Tk 199 per liter
07:35 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayThe maximum retail prices of bottled soyabean oil have been reduced by Tk 6 to Tk 199 per liter. The MRP of loose soyabean oil has also been brought down to Tk 180 from Tk 185 per kilogram. The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association has fixed the prices...
32 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
06:25 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayAs many as 32 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
Death toll from floods rises to 84
05:33 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayThe death toll from floods across the country has risen to 84, with two deaths in the last 24 hours...
1680 more Covid cases, 2 deaths recorded in 24 hrs
05:10 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayThe Bangladesh government reported 1,680 more Coronavirus cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,65,173 and the fatalities remain at 29,140. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Sunday...
Prices of edible oil may decline: Commerce Secretary
04:42 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundaySenior Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Tapan Kanti Ghosh on Sunday said that the prices of edible oil in the domestic market may decline as the prices of such widely consumed cooking oil is also declining in the international markets...
G7 nations announce Russia gold ban
04:14 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayMembers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Sunday announced a ban on imports of Russian gold as the G7 summit in the Bavarian Alps begins under the shadow of the war in Ukraine and consequences ranging from energy shortages to a food crisis...
Mayers century leaves Bangladesh in trouble
03:23 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayKyle Mayers struck his second century as West Indies kept them aloft over Bangladesh on day two of the second and final Test at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia on Saturday...
17 found dead in South African nightclub
02:43 PM, 26 Jun 2022 SundayAt least 17 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa's southern city of East London on Sunday, police said...