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Fire at packaging factory in Matuail under control
09:25 AM, 18 Aug 2022 ThursdayA fire that broke out at a packaging factory at Konapara in the capital’s Matuail at 7:35am on Thursday has been brought under control...
Uttara crane accident: 9 including operator arrested
08:52 AM, 18 Aug 2022 ThursdayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested nine people including the crane operator over the death of five members of a family who were killed after a girder of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project collapsed on their microbus in the capital’s Uttara. They were arrested from Dhaka, Gazipur, Sirajganj and Bagerhat on Wednesday night...
Janmashtami today
08:28 AM, 18 Aug 2022 ThursdayJanmashtami, the birth of lord Sri Krishna and one of the major festivals of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across the country on Thursday with due religious fervor and gaiety...
The hunt for a universal Covid-19 vaccine
10:02 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayIn the mid 1980s, Jonathan Heeney was a PhD student at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Maryland, when he was told to fly to Oregon – on the opposite side of the country – to investigate a mysterious new disease which was causing a surge of sudden deaths in a group of captive cheetahs...
HC rules for compensating families of Uttara girder accident victims
09:47 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain as to why it shall not pass order to give Taka one crore to each of the families of five people killed after a part of a box girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell from a crane on a car in Dhaka's Uttara area on August 15...
Gold prices reduced by Tk 2275 per bhori
09:21 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association has decided to reduce the prices of gold by around Tk 2,275 per bhori (11.664 grams), with effect from Thursday (August 18). BAJUS's standing committee on pricing and price monitoring took the decision in a meeting on Wednesday night, a press release said today. Now, gold of 22-carat will cost Tk 82,056 per bhori...
Shefali Shah tests positive for Covid-19
09:08 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayIndian actress Shefali Shah has tested positive for Covid-19. Shefali, who recently starred in the Netflix film Darlings, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce that she has tested positive for coronavirus and is under home quarantine...
Seven colleges' science faculty entry test results published
08:55 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe results of the honors first-year admission tests under the Science faculty of Dhaka University-affiliated seven colleges for the academic session 2021-2022 have been published...
Jago News looking for sub-editors
08:27 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe country's leading online news portal Jago News is seeking applications from eligible candidates to recruit manpower for the sub-editor position...
Govt to procure 125 lakh liters soyabean oil
07:30 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved 16 proposals, including three for procuring 125 lakh liters (12.5 million liters) of soybean oil and 5000 kilograms of lentils under the Direct Procurement Method (DPM)...
BNP's continuous programs from Aug 22
06:47 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayBNP will observe continuous programs across the country from August 22 protesting the fuel price hike, transport fare increase, and murder of Swechchhasebok Dal leader Abdur Rahim and Chhatra Dal leader Nure Alam...
Bangladesh saw massive HR violation during post 75 military regimes: PM
05:22 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh had witnessed a gross violation of human rights during the long military regimes after the 1975 carnage...
98 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:44 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdaySome 98 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Zero Covid death, 212 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:23 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 212 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities remain at 29,314 and infections stood at 20,09,434. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Wednesday...
Turkey says four more grain ships leave Ukrainian ports
03:50 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayFour more ships have left Ukrainian ports carrying sunflower meal, sunflower oil and corn, from Chornomorsk and Odesa ports, under a UN-brokered grain export deal, Turkey's defence ministry said on Wednesday...
Rohingya refugees in India's capital to be given flats, security
03:16 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayRohingya refugees from Myanmar in India's capital will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, a government minister said on Wednesday, signalling a change in the stance towards members of the Muslim minority...
Multiple bomb, arson attacks rock Thailand’s south
02:44 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayExplosions and fires ripped through at least 17 locations in southern Thailand on Wednesday, authorities said, in what appeared to be multiple coordinated attacks that injured seven people...
Nasa readies giant Moon rocket for maiden flight
02:17 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe American space agency Nasa is rolling out its giant new Moon rocket to prepare it for a maiden flight...
5 JMB militants sentenced to death in Chattogram
01:18 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayA Chattogram court has sentenced five Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants to death in a case filed for bombings at two mosques inside Bangladesh Navy’s Issa Khan Base in Chattogram in 2015. Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Tribunal Judge Abdul Halim passed the order on Wednesday...
2 killed in Rangamati road crash
12:43 PM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayTwo people were killed after their vehicle lost control and fell into a roadside ditch at Sajek area in Baghaichari upazila of Rangamati on Wednesday morning...