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BCB announces reward of Tk 50 lakh for women footballers
12:48 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday announced a cash reward of Tk 50 lakh for the National Women’s Football Team for becoming champion for the first time in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship...
Hoshi Kunio murder: HC upholds death penalty for 4
12:24 PM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) has upheld the death penalty of four members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and acquitted another in the case lodged over the murder of Japanese citizen Hoshio Kunio in Rangpur in 2015...
PM seeks UN’s intensified role in Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar
11:35 AM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland...
SSC: Dinajpur Board postpones exams of 4 subjects
10:59 AM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayThe Dinajpur Education Board has postponed the tests of four subjects of the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination 2022 due to unavoidable reasons. Professor Md Kamrul Islam, Chairman of the education board, confirmed the matter in a notice on Wednesday...
Ukraine war: Occupied areas call urgent vote to join Russia
09:28 AM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayFour areas of Ukraine under Moscow's control have announced plans for urgent so-called referendums on joining Russia, which would pave the way for Russian annexation...
PM stresses integration of women in decision-making process
08:31 AM, 21 Sep 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid emphasis on the integration of women in decision-making process, saying that it is important to have them in leadership team to reflect on the solutions and benefit from their experiences and perspective...
Justice Shamsuddin Manik-led board resigns from Evaly
09:23 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe five-member governing board of Evaly headed by former Justice HM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has resigned from the e-commerce platform. Other board members are former Local Government Division secretary Mohammad Rezaul Ahsan, former additional secretary Mahbub Kabir Milon...
Entries sought for National Film Award-2021 by Sept 22
09:01 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayInterested film producers have been asked to submit their entries for the National Film Award-2021 by 5 pm on Thursday (September 22)...
Dr Kamal removed from Gonoforum's chief adviser post
08:20 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayDr Kamal has been removed from the chief adviser post of Gonoforum by a faction of the party led by Mostafa Mohsin Montu...
Victorious Bangladesh women's football team return home today
07:19 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe victorious Bangladesh women's football team will return home on Wednesday after winning the maiden trophy of the SAFF Women's Championship...
Jashore board's postponed Bangla 2nd paper MCQ exam on Sept 30
06:32 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe suspended Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) test of Bangla Second Paper of the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations under Jashore Education Board will be held on September 30...
How Type-2 diabetes increases the risk of strokes, dementia
05:40 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayIt is well-known that Type-2 diabetes increases the risk for heart disease but researchers now suggest that it can independently also increase the risk for dementia – a group of conditions that lead to impairment of the ability to remember, make decisions and social interactions. But there are ways to improve the outcome...
Five Covid deaths, 614 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:20 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported five COVID-19 deaths and 614 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities increased to 29,345, and infections stood at 20,18,829. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...
Two get life in Cumilla housewife rape case
04:43 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayA court in Cumilla on Tuesday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment in a housewife rape case...
438 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:08 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdaySome 438 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning. With this, a total of 1,560 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals...
Court stays Selim Khan's bail, orders to surrender
03:50 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayAn apex court in Dhaka on Tuesday stayed the four-week anticipatory bail granted by High Court to Laxmipur Model Union Parishad's chairman Selim Khan and ordered him to surrender before it by September 27...
Kidnapping case: 7 suspended DB members get 12-year in jail
02:51 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayA Cox’s Bazar court has sentenced seven suspended members of the Detective Branch (DB) to 12 years in jail in a case filed for kidnapping and holding a businessman hostage for Tk 17 lakh ransom. Cox’s Bazar District Sessions and Judges Court Judge Mohammad Ismail passed the order on Tuesday...
Border shelling: Myanmar blames Arakan Army, ARSA
02:08 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayMyanmar has blamed the Arakan Army and the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for the recent incidents of cross-border shelling. The rebels have been deliberately carrying out such attacks to put a strain on the cordial bilateral relations between Myanmar and Bangladesh...
India’s top lender asks exporters to trade with Bangladesh in rupee, taka
12:41 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayTop lender State Bank of India has asked exporters to avoid settling deals with Bangladesh in the dollar and other major currencies as it looks to curb exposure to Dhaka's falling reserves...
Covid-19 pandemic is over in the US: Joe Biden
12:03 PM, 20 Sep 2022 TuesdayPresident Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over in the US, even as the number of Americans who have died from Covid continues to rise...