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Verdict in graft case against Hallmark Chairman on Aug 28
03:31 PM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayThe hearing on the rule issued questioning the bail of Hallmark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a case lodged over embezzlement of Taka 85.8 crore from Janata Bank through a fake letter of credit (LC) ended on Monday...
Government sets new office hours
03:02 PM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayThe government has decided to set new office hours from 8am to 3pm from Wednesday for all government and autonomous institutions. The decision was taken at a virtual cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Secretariat on Monday. The premier joined the meeting from her Ganabhaban residence while her cabinet colleagues were connected from the cabinet division...
PM asks BCS cadres to ensure country’s sustainable development
02:25 PM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the new BCS cadres to utilise their intelligence to ensure country’s sustainable development, reiterating her government’s pledge to give the countrymen an improved and beautiful life...
Khaleda Zia taken to hospital
01:56 PM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayBNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital of Dhaka for regular medical check-ups.
Suspended GCC Mayor Jahangir gets bail in 7 cases
01:25 PM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayThe High Court (HC) has granted an anticipatory bail to suspended Mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Jahangir Alam in seven cases filed for his derogatory remarks about Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the great Liberation War...
3 killed as bus hits trolley in Barishal
12:53 PM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayThree people were killed after a bus hit a trolley on Barishal-Kuakata highway at Katherpul area under Rangasree union in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal around 10am on Monday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Trolley driver, his helper and another man are among the deceased...
Priyanka Chopra shares peek from mommy time with daughter Malti Marie
11:59 AM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayPriyanka Chopra has dropped new photos with daughter Malti Marie on her Instagram handle. In the first picture, Priyanka is holding her seven-month-old daughter as she embraces her and takes a selfie. She wrote in the caption, “Love like no other.”
Pakistan police charge ex-PM Imran Khan under terrorism act
11:19 AM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayPakistan's police have charged the country's former prime minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing his close aide. Tensions are high in the country, with the former leader's supporters gathering outside his house...
Philippine classrooms reopen after more than two years
10:25 AM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayMillions of children in the Philippines returned to school as the academic year started on Monday, with many taking their seats in classrooms for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic hit...
Ukraine war: Allies seek more security at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
09:16 AM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayBritain, France, Germany and the US have stressed the need to ensure the safety of nuclear installations threatened by the conflict in Ukraine...
Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine
08:32 AM, 22 Aug 2022 MondayFor years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds - typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world...
Bodies of 7 fishermen recovered in Cox's Bazar trawler capsize
09:48 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundayThe bodies of seven fishermen have been recovered and another remained missing in Cox's Bazar trawler capsize...
16 dead after lorry collides with minibus in Russia
09:04 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundayAt least 16 people died and another three were hospitalised after a lorry collided with a stationary minibus in Russia's Ulyanovsk region on Sunday, local law enforcement said...
Gold prices surge by 1225 per bhori
08:22 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundayThe Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association has decided to raise the prices of gold by around Tk 1,225 per bhori following an increase in prices of pure gold in the local market. The new prices will come into effect from Monday (August 22). BAJUS's standing committee on pricing and price monitoring took the decision in a meeting on Sunday night, a press release said...
21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed
07:43 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundaySomali forces have ended a deadly siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu which saw more than 20 people killed and dozens of hostages freed, authorities said on Sunday...
135 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
07:05 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundaySome 135 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
HC asks ACC to probe allegations against Ramna OC's asset
06:42 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundayThe High Court on Sunday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to conduct an inquiry within three months into the allegations against Ramna Police Station's Officer-in-Charge (OC) Monirul Islam of amassing a huge amount of wealth illegally...
Youth sentenced to life term imprisonment for killing sister
06:10 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundayA court in Jamalpur on Sunday sentenced a young man to life term imprisonment for murdering his sister...
Japan's prime minister Kishida has COVID
05:40 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundayJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday...
Zero Covid death, 173 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:14 PM, 21 Aug 2022 SundayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 173 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities remain at 29,315 and infections rose to 20,09,970. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Sunday...