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Coronavirus: 2 die, 31 infected
06:02 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,130 in Bangladesh as 31 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 31 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,953,264. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Liton, Mushfiqur break 63-year-old record
05:31 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayOn the way to the recovery process after Bangladesh slumped to a precarious 24-5, Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim broke the 63-year-old record in Test cricket...
Haji Selim taken to BSMMU from jail
04:56 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayOld Dhaka lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim, who was landed in jail on Sunday in a case filed over amassing illegal wealth, has been taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). He was sent to the hospital on an ambulance from the Central Jail in Keraniganj around 9am on Monday...
Litton and Mushfiqur hit contrasting fifties to bring Bangladesh back
03:59 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayMushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das raised Bangladesh out of the pit they had stumbled into, with an as-yet unbeaten 129-run partnership, on a flattening Mirpur track...
Fire breaks out at Square Pharmaceuticals factory in Gazipur
03:44 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayA fire has broken out at a factory of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited at Kanthalia area in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur...
ICC assures Bangladesh of support in cricket’s further development
03:18 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayInternational Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Greg Barclay has assured Bangladesh of providing all necessary support for further development of its cricket...
Colonel in Iran Revolutionary Guards assassinated
02:08 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayA colonel in Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has been shot dead in a rare assassination in Tehran...
Ex-OC Pradeep’s wife Chumki surrenders, sent to jail
01:47 PM, 23 May 2022 MondaySuspended officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das’s wife Chumki Karon has surrendered before a lower court in a case filed for allegedly amassing illegal wealth and siphoning off money...
Bangladesh slide to 24 for 5 before Litton-Mushfiqur rebuild
12:46 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayOn a Mirpur deck offering a touch of movement off the surface, Sri Lanka's two quicks - Kasun Rajitha and Asitha Fernando - bulldozed their way through the Bangladesh top order, leaving them gasping at 24 for 5 inside the first seven overs of the second and final Test...
Selim Al Deen Pathagar shining in Sakhipur
12:24 PM, 23 May 2022 MondayA library has been established at Kachua village in Sakhipur upazila of Tangail district in the name of Selim Al Deen, the pioneer of theatre in Bangladesh, with a view to building a book-friendly society...
Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries including India
11:56 AM, 23 May 2022 MondaySaudi citizens have been banned from traveling to 16 countries due to COVID-19 cases in those countries, The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) of the country said on Saturday...
PM for enhancing financial cooperation to improve regional crisis management
11:41 AM, 23 May 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called for enhancing financial cooperation to improve regional crisis management as she placed five proposals to strengthen the regional cooperation...
More than 100 million people forcibly displaced: UN
11:25 AM, 23 May 2022 MondayRussia's war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100 million for the first time ever, the United Nations said Monday. The "alarming" figure must shake the world into ending the conflicts forcing record numbers to flee their own homes, the UNHCR said in a statement...
India considering spending additional $26 billion to fight inflation
10:00 PM, 22 May 2022 SundayThe Indian government is considering spending an additional 2 trillion rupees ($26 billion) in the 2022/23 fiscal year to cushion consumers from rising prices and fight multi-year high inflation, two government officials told Reuters...
44th BCS preliminary exam on May 27, seat plan published
09:54 PM, 22 May 2022 SundayBangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has published the seat plan for holding MCQ type preliminary test for the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)-2021 to be held on May 27...
PM for concluding global treaty to face future pandemics
08:56 PM, 22 May 2022 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the global community to work towards concluding the 'Pandemic Treaty' for an inclusive and equitable response to future pandemics. "We must work towards concluding the Pandemic Treaty for an inclusive and equitable response to future pandemics...
BNP to scrap digital security act if it comes to power
07:37 PM, 22 May 2022 SundayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that his party will scrap the Digital Security Act (DSA) if it comes to power in the future...
Bangladesh eye rare Test series win against Sri Lanka
06:37 PM, 22 May 2022 SundayBangladesh vowed to come out with all guns blazing to win the two-match series as they take on Sri Lanka in the second and final game tomorrow (Monday) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium...
PM asks for region-based appropriate development planning
05:23 PM, 22 May 2022 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked for appropriate development planning taking into consideration the features of different regions. "The characteristics of all areas of Bangladesh are not identical. . . Bangladesh needs to be better known for any development project,"...
Covid-19: No death, 29 cases reported in 24 hrs
04:58 PM, 22 May 2022 SundayBangladesh reported no COVID-19 death and 29 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities are 29,128 and infections rose to 19,53,233. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Sunday. As many as 3,824 samples were collected and 3,736 ones tested in the past day...