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Nipun, Zayed asked to strictly follow stay order
04:26 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayThe Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) today directed actress Nipun Akter and actor Zayed Khan to abide by the stay order on general secretary post of the Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association (BFAA)...
Cabinet asks NBR to cut VAT on daily essentials
03:20 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayThe cabinet today directed the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to cut down the existing 15 percent VAT on the imports of essential commodities, including edible oil, sugar to keep those prices at a tolerable level. The cabinet also asked the authorities concerned to execute the directive immediately...
Julian Assange set to marry in Belmarsh prison on March 23
03:03 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayThe WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will get married in Belmarsh prison on 23 March, with just four guests allowed to attend...
PM greets Tigresses for defeating Pakistan in World Cup
02:22 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today extended her heartiest congratulation to Bangladesh national women cricket team for beating Pakistan by nine runs to clinch win in their first-ever ICC Women’s ODI Cricket World Cup...
PRAN-RFL receives HSBC Business Excellence awards
02:12 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayPran-RFL Group, country’s one of the largest conglomerates, received the 2nd HSBC Business Excellence Awards for its role in promoting Bangladesh and contributing to the sustainable growth of the economy during the challenging time brought on by the coronavirus pandemic...
World faces food crisis due to Ukraine war, Russia’s fertiliser and coal king says
01:36 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayA global food crisis looms unless the war in Ukraine is stopped because fertiliser prices are soaring so fast that many farmers can no longer afford soil nutrients, Russia's coal and fertiliser king Andrei Melnichenko said on Monday...
Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward
01:02 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayA pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned...
Hadisur’s body reaches Dhaka
12:34 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayThe body of Hadisur Rahman, the third engineer of Bangladeshi ship ‘MV Banglar Samriddhi’, who was killed in a missile attack on the Ukrainian port of Olvia, reached Dhaka on Monday. A Turkish Airlines flight carrying his body landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 12:05pm...
Talks to resume as Russian strikes widen in western Ukraine
12:12 PM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayBesieged Ukrainians held out hope Monday that renewed diplomatic talks with Russia might open the way for more civilians to evacuate, a day after Moscow escalated its offensive by shelling areas perilously close to the Polish border...
Ukraine crisis: US warns China against helping Russia
11:40 AM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayThe US says China will face harsh "consequences" if it aids Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, according to US media reports...
Pakistan stay bottom as Fargana, Fahima lead Bangladesh to first WC victory
11:26 AM, 14 Mar 2022 MondayBangladesh posted their highest total in ODIs. Pakistan got their best opening partnership in over two years, and Sidra Ameen scored her first ODI century...
Award-winning US journalist Brent killed in Ukraine: Police
09:28 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayAn award-winning journalist who was a former New York Times contributor has been killed by Russian forces near Kyiv, the region’s head of police said Sunday...
Taskforce to be formed to curb price hike: Tipu
09:01 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayCommerce Minister Tipu Munshi today said the government will form a taskforce in a day or two to check price hike. "Some traders are trying to take advantage of the rising prices in the international market. But we have fixed the price through talking with the traders. We will not allow storage anywhere," he said.
DGDA orders Napa syrup’s sample collection for lab test
08:15 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayThe Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has directed all of its divisional and district officials to collect samples of Napa syrup with batch number-32113121...
Romania keen to import manpower from Bangladesh
07:38 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayRomania has expressed keen interest to import skilled and unskilled workers, including cleaners, from Bangladesh...
59 students’ results under Chattogram board changed after re-scrutiny
07:01 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayThe results of 59 students of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under Chattogram Education Board (CEB) have changed after re-scrutiny...
China’s virus cases rise, access to Shanghai tightened
06:34 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayThe number of new coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China’s northeast tripled Sunday and authorities stepped up anti-disease controls by suspending bus service to Shanghai and ordering residents of another city to stay at home...
India to temporarily shift its embassy in Ukraine to Poland
06:20 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayIndia has decided to temporarily relocate its embassy in Ukraine to Poland, the government said on Sunday...
Dhaka, Ankara work together for Erdogan’s visit this year
05:26 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayDhaka and Ankara have agreed that foreign ministries of the two countries would work together for a bilateral visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Bangladesh within this year...
Covid-19: 3 die, 233 infected
04:23 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,111 in Bangladesh as 3 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 233 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,949,486. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Sunday...