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President asks EC to discharge duties neutrally with courage
09:54 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Wednesday asked the Election Commission (EC) and all concerned to discharge its duties impartially with courage. He came with the directives as a-six-member EC delegation led by its Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal met him...
Putin says Russia will achieve goals in Ukraine, won't bow to West
09:02 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayPresident Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine and would not submit to what he called a Western attempt to achieve global dominance and dismember Russia...
US pledges $585 mln in new aid for Yemen in 2022
08:44 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayThe United States on Wednesday pledged $585 million in new funding for Yemen this year as part of a United Nations-led fundraising drive, US Secretary of State Anthony Binken said...
'Nayak O Khalnayak' to be staged at RU
07:58 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayNayak O Khalnayak, a drama, will be staged at Rajshahi University on Monday on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of Independence...
Special award to M Miraz Hossain for one of the top-selling books
06:34 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayAt this year's Ekushey Book Fair, young writer M Miraz Hossain has received a special award from the publishing house Nowroz Kitabistan for his book "Apon Nama"...
Explosives, firecrackers banned on Shab-e-Barat
06:28 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayDhaka Metropolitan Police has banned carrying explosives and the explosion of firecrackers on the night of holy Shab-e-Barat...
182 test Covid positive in 24 hrs
05:06 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayNo one died from coronavirus and 182 contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 29,112 and 19,50,124 respectively. The directorate general of health services said this in a press release on Wednesday...
Opinion: We need to remember the crisis in Yemen is not over
04:50 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayThe war in Ukraine is now at the top of the world’s agenda – as it should be. It is against the United Nations charter and the consequences for the people of Ukraine are extraordinarily brutal...
UN seeks over $4 bln for Yemen to avert mass starvation
04:01 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayThe United Nations seeks to raise nearly $4.3 billion at a pledging event on Wednesday for war-torn Yemen where the humanitarian drive has seen funding dry up even before global attention turned to the conflict in Ukraine...
Rainbow Paints honors art competition winners
03:45 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayRainbow Paints, popular paint brand of RFL Group, honored the winners of the art competition titled 'Rainbow Rong a tomar Bijoy’...
Ukraine says 20,000 escape besieged Mariupol; UK says Russian forces struggling
02:34 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayAbout 20,000 people have managed to escape the besieged port of Mariupol in private cars, the Ukrainian interior ministry said on Wednesday, but hundreds of thousands remain trapped by Russian shelling, many without heating, power or running water...
PM seeks larger Saudi Arabia’s investment in Bangladesh
01:58 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought larger investment of Saudi Arabia particularly in the special economic zones of Bangladesh. The premier said this while the visiting Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud called on her at the latter's official Ganabhaban residence here...
Charge framing hearing against DGHS ex-DG, 5 others on Apr 7
01:41 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayA court has fixed April 7 for charge framing hearing in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against former director general (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Abul Kalam Azad and five others...
PM asks air force to maintain discipline, patriotism to achieve goal
12:24 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) personnel to be aware of hard work, discipline and patriotism to attain any goal...
Biden to announce $800 mn in new security aid to Ukraine: US official
12:09 PM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayUS President Joe Biden will announce $800 million in new security assistance to Ukraine Wednesday, a White House official said, with the announcement set to come soon after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the US Congress...
US Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal
11:01 AM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayThe U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, a rare show of unity in the deeply divided Congress...
Ukraine war: European leaders risk train ride to meet Zelensky
09:46 AM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayUkraine has praised the courage of three European leaders who made a long, hazardous journey by rail from Poland to Kyiv in a show of support as the city came under further Russian attack...
Russia sanctions Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and others
08:40 AM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayRussia's foreign ministry says it has imposed sanctions on US President Joe Biden and 12 other US officials...
Fox News cameraman, Ukrainian journalist killed in Ukraine
08:31 AM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayFox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra "Sasha" Kuvshynova were killed in Ukraine after the vehicle in which they were traveling was struck by incoming fire, the U.S. network said on Tuesday...
Peace talks more ‘realistic’, says Ukraine president; Biden to visit NATO
08:23 AM, 16 Mar 2022 WednesdayUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday peace talks were sounding more realistic but more time was needed, as Russian air strikes killed five people in the capital Kyiv...