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PM stresses on research, branding for export & business growth
01:22 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the country's businessmen to put concentration on research for product diversification and own branding to boost export and business growth...
RMCH Covid-19 unit records another day of zero fatality
12:54 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded zero fatality in its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am for the second consecutive day today...
PM opens month-long Dhaka Int’l Trade Fair
12:48 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2022 at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre (BBCFEC) at Purbachal, a new city in the outskirts of the capital...
12 dead in stampede at religious shrine in Kashmir
10:42 AM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayAt least 12 people died and 13 were injured in a stampede at a religious shrine in the early hours of Saturday in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said. “At least 12 people lost their lives and 13 are injured,” one senior government official told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity...
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un talks food not nukes for 2022
09:27 AM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories and school uniforms than nuclear weapons or the United States, according to summaries by state media on Saturday...
Beloved American actress Betty White dies aged 99
09:10 AM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayIconic American comedian and actress Betty White, whose groundbreaking career spanned decades, has died at age 99, US media outlets have reported...
Omicron’s New Year’s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
08:41 AM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdaySorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were - again - the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good riddance to 2021 and ushered in 2022...
Covid-19: WHO chief optimistic disease will be beaten in 2022
08:26 AM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) chief says he is optimistic that the coronavirus pandemic will be defeated in 2022, provided countries work together to contain its spread. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu warned against "narrow nationalism and vaccine hoarding" in a New Year statement...
Hasan Foez Siddique takes oath as chief justice
05:27 PM, 31 Dec 2021 FridayPresident M Abdul Hamid appointed Hasan Foez Siddique as new chief justice according to Article No. 95(1) of the Constitution, a Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry circular said on Thursday. He replaced 22nd Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain...
Hanging body of lyricist Russell O'neil recovered
04:18 PM, 31 Dec 2021 FridayPolice recovered the hanging body of lyricist Russell O'neil from his home in the capital's Tejgaon industrial area on Thursday night...
Rohingya refugees brought ashore after dramatic Indonesia rescue
02:52 PM, 31 Dec 2021 FridayA standoff involving a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and the Indonesian navy has ended with a dramatic rescue that took 18 hours to complete due to heavy rains and high seas...
Australia's Head tests positive for Covid
02:32 PM, 31 Dec 2021 FridayAustralia batter Travis Head will be unavailable for the fourth Ashes Test after testing positive for Covid-19...
Khashoggi killers living in luxury villas in Riyadh, say witnesses
12:37 PM, 31 Dec 2021 FridayAt least three members of a Saudi hit squad convicted by the kingdom of murdering Jamal Khashoggi are living and working “in seven-star accommodation” inside a government-run security compound in Riyadh, according to a source connected to senior members of Saudi intelligence...
Four killed as bus overturns in Sirajganj
11:50 AM, 31 Dec 2021 FridayFour people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus overturned and fell on a van in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district on Friday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
'Serious' talk between Biden, Putin sets stage for diplomacy
11:31 AM, 31 Dec 2021 FridayUS President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday exchanged warnings over Ukraine but conveyed some optimism that diplomatic talks in January could ease spiraling tensions...
S Africa's De Kock ends Test career
11:19 AM, 31 Dec 2021 FridaySouth Africa wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock, 29, has retired from Test cricket to spend more time with his family...
Coronavirus: 7 die, 509 infected
05:33 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 28,070 as 7 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 509 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,585,027. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Thursday...
President seeks spirited youth network to build parity, prosperity in society
05:05 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayPresident M Abdul Hamid today sought a strong and spirited youth network to build resilience against hardships and for parity and prosperity in society as he virtually addressed a function from Bangabhaban here today...
Govt wants to build air force like developed countries: PM
03:53 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her government's keen interest to make the air force like developed countries, saying the ultra-modern fighter planes, air defence radar and missile were already inducted to the force to turn the desire into reality...
Nora Fatehi tests positive for COVID-19
03:40 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayBollywood actor-dancer Nora Fatehi on Thursday said she has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under quarantine...