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Chawkbazar fire: Hotel owner arrested
01:14 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayPolice have arrested the owner of Barishal Hotel in connection with the fire that broke out at a polythene factory and killed 6 people at Chawkbazar in the capital. The arrestee is Fakharuddin. He was arrested from Chawkbazar early Tuesday, Abdul Qaiyum, Officer-in-charge of Chawkbazar Police Station, confirmed the matter...
20 dead in bus-oil tanker collision in Pakistan’s Punjab
12:35 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayAt least 20 people were burnt to death and six others injured after a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker near the Jalalpur Pirwala district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, local media reported...
BRTA project work to remain closed for now: Mayor Atiq
12:08 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayDhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has said the work of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will remain closed for now. He said this on Tuesday after visiting the crane accident spot in Uttara where five people were killed as a girder of under-construction BRT project collapsed on a private car on Monday...
William Ruto declared winner of Kenyan presidential vote
10:25 AM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayKenya's Deputy President William Ruto has been elected as the country's next President, the electoral commission announced Monday...
Uttara crane accident: Case filed against operator, contracting company
09:36 AM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayA case has been filed in connection with the crane accident in the capital’s Uttara that killed five passengers of a private car...
FIFA suspends All India Football Federation
09:01 AM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayFIFA has suspended the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to “undue influence from third parties”, world soccer’s governing body said on Monday. The suspension also means that the Under-17 women’s World Cup, which was scheduled to take place in India from Oct. 11-30, cannot be held...
Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack
08:25 AM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayAn Iranian official Monday denied Tehran was involved in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, though he sought to justify the attack in the Islamic Republic’s first public comments on the bloodshed...
Parents’ birth certificates not mandatory for birth registration
07:49 PM, 15 Aug 2022 MondayThe office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration has removed the rule of having mandatory birth certificates of parents for birth registration...
5 killed after BRT project girder falls on car in Uttara
06:12 PM, 15 Aug 2022 MondayFive people were killed and two others injured after a girder, part of the under construction Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, fell on a private car in the capital’s Uttara. The victims were members of a family. The deceased were identified as Rubel, 55, Fahima Akter, 38, Jharna, 27, Jannat, 6, and Jakaria, 4...
6 killed in Chawkbazar polythene factory fire
04:56 PM, 15 Aug 2022 MondaySix people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at a polythene factory at Chawkbazar in the capital on Monday. Fire Service Ware House Inspector Anwarul Islam confirmed the matter to Jago News around 3:45pm. He said six dead bodies were recovered from the building of the factory...
PM is struggling to materialise Bangabandhu’s dream: Quader
01:21 PM, 15 Aug 2022 MondayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is struggling to fulfill the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu in Tungipara
12:57 PM, 15 Aug 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mausoleum in Tungipara of Gopalganj on his 47th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day...
Chawkbazar polythene factory fire under control after over 2 hours
12:44 PM, 15 Aug 2022 MondayA massive fire that broke out at a polythene factory at Chawkbazar in the capital on Monday noon has been brought under control after 2.20 hours...
Russia vows to expand relations with North Korea
12:31 PM, 15 Aug 2022 MondayRussia has vowed to "expand [its] comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations" with North Korea, said its President Vladimir Putin...
Retd general recalls horrific memory of 32 Dhanmondi carnage
11:57 AM, 15 Aug 2022 MondaySeveral people having no links to the August 15, 1975 carnage witnessed the carnage scene at 32 Dhanmondi after the assailants carried out the massacre exposing the nation to a state of hollowness while these people continued to bear their horrific memories...
PM pays homage to Bangabandhu on his martyrdom anniversary
11:32 AM, 15 Aug 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking his 47th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day. As part of the state program, the prime minister paid homage to the architect of the country’s independence by placing wreath...
National Mourning Day today
11:19 AM, 15 Aug 2022 MondayThe nation is observing the National Mourning Day and 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Monday with due respect and solemnity. Bangabandhu and most of his family members were brutally killed by some disgruntled army men on the fateful night of August 15, 1975...
One Covid death, 226 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:47 PM, 14 Aug 2022 SundayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 226 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities remain at 29,313 and infections stood at 20,08,870. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Sunday...
116 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:44 PM, 14 Aug 2022 SundaySome 116 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
Oppositions' excessive movements will surely increase public sufferings: PM
04:15 PM, 14 Aug 2022 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the opposition parties could stage movements in the democratic process, but they should also understand that excessive movement will cause loss of the country...