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Two women killed after ‘violence’ at Swedish school
08:56 AM, 22 Mar 2022 TuesdayTwo women in their 50s have died after being "subjected to violence" at a secondary school in the southern Swedish city of Malmö, police say...
No survivors found in China Eastern plane crash: State media
08:48 AM, 22 Mar 2022 TuesdayNo survivors have been found as the search continued Tuesday of the scattered wreckage of a China Eastern plane carrying 132 people that crashed a day earlier in a forested mountainous area in China’s worst air disaster in a decade...
116 test positive for Coronavirus in 24 hours
05:57 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayNo one died from Coronavirus in the country in the last 24 hours. 116 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,950,725. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday.
Kyiv mayor announces curfew
05:16 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayKyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has announced a “reinforced curfew” in the Ukrainian capital from 8pm local time today (18:00 GMT) until 7am (05:00 GMT) on Wednesday. Klitschko said shops, pharmacies and petrol stations would not open on Tuesday. “I ask everyone to stay at home - or in shelters when the alarm sounds,” he said.
Vaccine assistance strengthens Bangladesh-USA relations: Maleque
05:07 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayHealth Minister Zahid Maleque today said relation between Bangladesh and the USA has become stronger as the country (USA) provided 61 million vaccines to fight against COVID-19 pandemic...
Every house of Bangladesh is now illuminated: PM
03:31 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said every house of the country now came under electrification as she announced cent percent electricity coverage with inaugurating 1,320 MW Payra Thermal Power Plant, the largest of its kind...
March is a Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
03:16 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayMarch is a Developmental Disability Awareness Month, it's a time to raise awareness socially about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities...
Boeing 737 plane carrying 133 passengers crashes in China
02:36 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayA passenger plane with 133 people on board crashed on Monday afternoon in a mountainous area in southern China, sending rescue teams rushing to the site in search of survivors. The Boeing 737 plane, operated by China Eastern Airlines, went down in the Guangxi region...
PM announces 100pc electrification
02:05 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced bringing 100 percent populations under electricity coverage as she inaugurated 1,320 MW Payra Thermal Power Plant, the largest of its kind. With opening the coal-fired power plant with eco-friendly Ultra-Supercritical Technology, Bangladesh has achieved another milestone implementing the government's pledge to bring 100 percent people under electricity coverage...
Biden to travel to Poland to discuss Ukraine crisis: White House
01:20 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayUS President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on Friday to meet with President Andrzej Duda for discussions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Sunday...
6 killed in overnight bombing in Ukraine’s Kyiv
12:58 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayAt least six people were killed in an overnight bombing on a shopping centre in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, an AFP journalist said Monday...
US to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a ‘genocide’
12:43 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayThe Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide,” U.S. officials said Sunday...
PM opens 1,320MW Payra power plant
12:33 PM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the 1,320 MW Payra Thermal Power Plant, the largest of its kind. She opened the coal-fired power plant with eco-friendly Ultra-Supercritical Technology by unveiling its nameplate at a function here this morning...
Truck-private car collision kills 5 in Chattogram
11:44 AM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayFive people were killed in a head-on collision between a garbage truck and a private car on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway at Adhunagar area in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram early around 5am on Monday...
Ukraine rejects Russian demand to surrender Mariupol
11:06 AM, 21 Mar 2022 MondayUkraine has rejected a Russian ultimatum offering people in the besieged city of Mariupol safe passage out of the port if they surrender. Under Russia's proposal, civilians would be allowed to leave if the city's defenders laid down arms. But Ukraine has refused, saying there was no question of it surrendering the strategic port city...
Rabada five-for sinks Tigers in 2nd ODI
09:57 PM, 20 Mar 2022 SundayFast bowler Kagiso Rabada claimed 5-29 as South Africa leveled the three-match series 1-1, crushing Bangladesh by seven wickets in the second ODI at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday...
PM to open Payra Power Plant on Monday
09:41 PM, 20 Mar 2022 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally open the country's biggest Payra 1320 MW Thermal Power Plant at Kalapara upazila in Patuakhali district as well as declare 100 percent electrification across the country as the first South Asian nation on Monday...
Russia says it used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine again
08:16 PM, 20 Mar 2022 SundayRussia’s defence ministry says it attacked Ukraine with cruise missiles from ships in the Black and Caspian Seas, and with hypersonic missiles from Crimean airspace...
Ukraine accuses Russia of bombing Mariupol school sheltering 400
07:32 PM, 20 Mar 2022 SundayUkrainian authorities say Russian forces bombed a school in Mariupol where hundreds of people, including women and children, had taken shelter, as Moscow continued with its relentless attacks on the besieged port city...
Soyabean oil prices reduced to Tk 160 per litre
06:40 PM, 20 Mar 2022 SundayThe maximum retail prices of bottled soyabean oil has been reduced by Tk 8 to Tk 160 per litre...