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PM to address press conference today
08:30 AM, 14 Sep 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference at 4pm on Wednesday about her recent official visit to India. The premier’s Assistant Press Secretary M M Imrul Kayes Rana confirmed the matter on Monday. The Prime Minister paid the four-day visit to India from September 5-8 at the invitation of her Indian counterpart...
BNP's politics of violence needs to end: Hasan
09:51 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayInformation and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said BNP’s politics of saying ‘no’ to everything needs to end...
Putin calls for calm as Azerbaijan and Armenia clash in worst fighting since 2020
09:31 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayAt least 49 Armenian soldiers and an undisclosed number of Azeris were killed on Tuesday in the deadliest fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia since a 2020 war, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin to call for calm...
Prof Nurul Alam made new JU VC
09:12 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayProf Md Nurul Alam has been appointed as the vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the next four years...
Bangladesh women's historic victory against India
08:17 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayBangladesh women's football made history by thrashing India by 3-0 goal in their group of the SAFF Women's Championship in Kathmandu of Nepal on Tuesday. Sirat Zahan Swapna netted twice while Krishna Rani scored the third goal. Bangladesh conceded a 6-0 defeat in their first meeting with India in the first edition...
Emmys 2022: The full list of winners
07:44 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayOutstanding drama series...
US envoy calls on PM, lauds Covid handling, vaccination in Bangladesh
06:55 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayUS Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Tuesday highly appreciated Bangladesh’s Covid-19 handing and vaccination programme, saying that those were "remarkable" and "really amazing"...
Mitu murder: Charges pressed against Babul Akter, 6 others
06:07 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has pressed charges against former Chattogram Police Superintendent Babul Akter and six others in the murder case of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. The six other accused are Md Kamrul Islam Shikder alias Musa, Ehteshamul Haque alias Bhola, Md Motaleb Mia alias Wasim...
One Covid death, 435 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:17 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 435 cases in the last 24 hours...
Two dengue patients die; 353 hospitalized in 24 hrs
04:49 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayTwo dengue patients died and 353 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning. With the latest death, a total of 39 people died of dengue to date, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said. Currently, 1,213 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
Armenia says 49 soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan
04:31 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayArmenia said on Tuesday that at least 49 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes along the border with Azerbaijan after a sharp escalation in hostilities which prompted Russia and the United States to call for restraint...
Google faces $25.4 bln damages claims in UK, Dutch courts
03:55 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayAlphabet unit Google will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros ($25.4 billion) over its adtech practices in two suits to be filed in British and Dutch courts in the coming weeks by a law firm on behalf of publishers...
Unrealistic to be only captain across all formats: Cummins
03:24 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayPat Cummins has conceded it's unrealistic for him to be Australia's sole captain across all three formats, as he again called for David Warner's lifetime leadership ban to be lifted...
ECNEC approves 6 projects with Tk 8,739.68cr
02:50 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 6 projects with Tk 8,739.68 crore including a Taka 7,188.66 crore project to ensure speedy, safe and cost effective road communication system between Sylhet and Chattogram region...
Sheikh Rehana’s 67th birthday today
02:04 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe 67th birthday of Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is today...
Firing at border to be stopped soon: Home Minister
01:21 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the firing at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border will be stopped soon. He said this while inaugurating the Police Liberation War Memorial Museum in Rajshahi on Tuesday morning...
Driver killed, 7 injured as bus collides Leguna in Demra
12:47 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayOne person was killed and seven others were injured after a bus collided with a Leguna at Basher Pul area in the capital’s Demra on Tuesday morning...
Walking 10,000 steps per day reduces risk of cancer, heart disease: Research
12:13 PM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayPut on your walking shoes and don't forget your step counter: You can reduce your risk for cancer, heart disease and early death by getting up to 10,000 steps a day, but any amount of walking helps, according to a new study...
War crimes: Al-Badr leader Khalilur gets death penalty
11:17 AM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has sentenced Al-Badr commander Khalilur Rahman of Durgapur Upazilla in Netrokona to death in a case filed for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Justice Md Shahinur Islam, Chairman of the three-judge panel of the ICT-1, passed the order on Tuesday morning...
New Zealand may become a republic but not anytime soon, Ardern says
10:52 AM, 13 Sep 2022 TuesdayNew Zealand will not actively take any measures to become a republic in the short-term after the death of Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, though she expects the Pacific nation will eventually become one...