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Can China do more to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine?
12:26 PM, 05 Mar 2022 SaturdayA month ago, Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared there was "no limit" to Beijing's newly strengthened relationship with Russia. He and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had met face-to-face in Beijing, culminating in a joint document - and then they went off to see the opening of the Winter Olympic Games...
27 soldiers killed in Mali jihadist attack: Army
11:45 AM, 05 Mar 2022 SaturdayA jihadist attack on a military camp in central Mali on Friday killed 27 soldiers and 47 "terrorists" were "neutralised", the country's army said...
Zelensky condemns NATO for ruling out Ukraine no-fly zone
10:18 AM, 05 Mar 2022 SaturdayUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lashed NATO on Friday for ruling out a no-fly zone over his country saying the Western military alliance knew further Russian aggression was likely...
French designer giants suspend sales in Russia
09:32 AM, 05 Mar 2022 SaturdayFrench luxury giants have joined other firms in announcing they will suspend sales in Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine...
Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm
09:15 AM, 05 Mar 2022 SaturdayRussian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn yet in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine...
Russia blocks access to Facebook and Twitter
08:34 AM, 05 Mar 2022 SaturdayRussia has completely blocked access to Facebook in retaliation for the platform placing restrictions on state-owned media...
Ukraine can absolutely win against Russia: Blinken
08:19 AM, 05 Mar 2022 SaturdayUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC that he is convinced Ukraine can win its war with Russia. He could not say how long the conflict would last, but insisted that Ukraine's defeat was not inevitable. Mr Blinken praised the "extraordinary resilience" of the Ukrainian people...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: List of key events from day nine
05:59 PM, 04 Mar 2022 FridayThese are the key events so far from Friday, March 4...
Coronavirus: 6 new deaths, 608 cases
05:15 PM, 04 Mar 2022 FridaySix more people died from coronavirus and 608 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 29,064 and 19,46,369 respectively, a health directorate press release on Friday. As many as 18,964 samples were collected and 22,890 tested in the past day...
30 killed, 50 injured in Pak mosque blast
04:19 PM, 04 Mar 2022 FridayA blast inside a Shia mosque shook Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, with hospital officials saying at least 30 bodies were brought to the Lady Reading Hospital...
35-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway
02:56 PM, 04 Mar 2022 FridayA 35-kilometer tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Cumilla on Friday, causing immense suffering to the passengers. The gridlock stretched from Cumilla Cantonment to Chandina and Gouripur to Syedpur. It was created due to a lorry accident in Iliatganj area this morning...
China-led development bank halts business in Russia, Belarus
01:07 PM, 04 Mar 2022 FridayA China-led development bank has suspended all business with Russia and Belarus, a sign of the limits of Beijing’s support for Moscow as it faces sanctions and censure over its war in Ukraine...
Aussie cricket legend Rod Marsh dies aged 74
12:57 PM, 04 Mar 2022 FridayAustralian cricket great Rod Marsh has died, aged 74. Marsh suffered a heart attack in Queensland last Thursday and has passed away in an Adelaide hospital...
Asia stocks hit 16-month low on Ukraine nuclear plant fire
11:36 AM, 04 Mar 2022 FridayAsian equities and the euro weakened on Friday while oil prices jumped as investors took fright from reports of a nuclear power plant on fire amid fierce fighting between Ukraine and Russian troops...
Fierce fighting sparks fire outside Ukrainian nuclear plant
11:26 AM, 04 Mar 2022 FridayA fire broke out in a training building at the largest nuclear power plant in Europe during intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Ukraine's state emergency service said on Friday...
28 stuck Bangladeshi crew evacuated to safer place
10:09 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayThe 28 Bangladeshi crew members stranded on a Bangladeshi ship in war-torn Ukraine have been evacuated to a safer place. They were shifted to a safer place from the ship around 8 pm on Thursday (Bangladesh Time)...
BERC adjusts LPG price upward
09:29 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayBangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) today re-fixed the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) at Taka 1,391 including value added tax (VAT) for a 12-kg cylinder at retail level instead of Tk 1,240...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: List of key events from day eight
08:57 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayThese are the key events so far from Wednesday, March 3, the eighth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Russia advances in the south. Russian forces take the Black Sea city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, a significant victory for Moscow after a string of military setbacks...
Shab-e-Barat to be observed on Mar 18
08:40 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayThe Shab-e-Barat will be observed in Bangladesh on the night of March 18 as the Shaban Moon was not sighted in the country on Thursday. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision in a meeting at Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital today...
Nasum four-for, Litton 60 take Bangladesh 1-0 up
06:40 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayNasum Ahmed's powerplay blitz with the ball ended Bangladesh's eight-match losing streak in T20Is, as they convincingly beat Afghanistan in the first of the two T20Is at the Shere Bangla National Stadium...