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Age limit relaxed for govt jobs again
01:24 PM, 22 Sep 2022 ThursdayThe government has again decided to extend the age limit for government jobs by 39 months due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Public Administration (MoPA) issued a notice in this regard on Thursday. All concerned ministries were requested to take necessary measures over the matter...
Fed rate hike: US interest rates hit 14-year high in inflation battle
12:23 PM, 22 Sep 2022 ThursdayThe US central bank has pushed interest rates to the highest level in almost 15 years as it fights to rein in soaring prices in the world's largest economy...
PM attends Joe Biden’s reception
10:50 AM, 22 Sep 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined a reception hosted by the US President Joe Biden in New York. The US president along with his wife hosted the event on Wednesday evening at American Museum of Natural History in honour of heads of the state and heads of the government who came in New York to attend the 77th UN General Debate...
Over 1,300 detained in anti-mobilisation protests across Russia
10:30 AM, 22 Sep 2022 ThursdaySecurity forces detained more than 1,300 people in Russia on Wednesday at protests denouncing mobilisation, a rights group said, hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first military draft since World War Two...
PM for global solidarity to face crises caused by Ukraine war
09:01 AM, 22 Sep 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for strong political commitment and global solidarity in finding ways to overcome the crises caused by Ukraine war that has rattled the global economy and added fresh challenges to Covid-19 recovery and SDG implementation process...
Protests over Mahsa Amini’s death claim more lives in Iran
08:34 AM, 22 Sep 2022 ThursdayNine people are now reported to have been killed at protests in Iran sparked by the death of a woman detained for allegedly breaking strict hijab rules. Among those reported killed is a 16-year-old boy, shot dead when security forces opened fire on protesters...
Putin orders mobilisation for Ukraine, says nuclear threat is 'not a bluff'
09:55 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayPresident Vladimir Putin ordered a Russian mobilisation to fight in Ukraine on Wednesday and made a thinly veiled threat to use nuclear weapons, in what NATO called a "reckless" act of desperation in the face of Russia's looming defeat...
How to confront a parent's dementia
09:17 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayIt erodes, alters and steals memories. It causes loss of concentration, confusion and mood changes. It turns familiar faces and previously simple everyday actions into incomprehensible puzzles...
Ritu Porna suffers injury during SAFF victory parade
08:41 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayFootballer Ritu Porna Chakma suffered a head injury during a parade organized in capital Dhaka to celebrate their victory in the 2022 SAFF Women's Championship...
PM calls for forging strong global partnership to end curse of homelessness
07:53 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called upon all the world leaders to form a strong global partnership to say goodbye to the curse of homelessness...
BNP again trying to create violence on streets: Quader
07:04 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP is again trying to create violence and terrorist acts on streets in the name of movement...
Govt to procure 1.65cr litres of soybean oil for TCB
06:00 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayThe government will procure 1.65 crore litres of soybean oil for the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) chaired by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday...
Construction worker electrocuted in Banasree
05:46 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayA construction worker died from electrocution in Banasree area of capital Dhaka on Wednesday morning...
Two killed as truck rams auto-rickshaw in Sirajganj
05:04 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayTwo people, including a child, were killed as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sirajganj district on Wednesday...
Zero Covid death, 641 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:17 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 641 cases in the last 24 hours...
One dengue patient dies; 431 hospitalized in 24 hrs
04:03 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayOne dengue patient died and 431 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning. With the latest death, a total of 46 people died of dengue to date, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said. Currently, 1,557 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
YouTube in challenge to TikTok to give Shorts creators 45% of ad sales
03:27 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayYouTube unveiled a new way for creators to make money on short-form video, as it faces intensifying competition from TikTok...
Popular Indian comedian Raju Srivastava dies
02:54 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayPopular Indian comedian Raju Srivastava has died aged 58, his family has confirmed...
SAFF champion women’s team return home
02:05 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Women’s National Football team, who won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship trophy, returned home from Nepal on Wednesday. A Bangladesh Biman Flight, carrying the Bangladesh eve team, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 1.50 pm...
Nepal in fresh turmoil as president declines to sign citizenship law
01:15 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayA clash between Nepal's government and its head of state over controversial citizenship legislation threw the nascent republic into turmoil on Wednesday, after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused to sign proposed amendments in the law...