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PM proposes FAO to establish International Seed Bank
04:11 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today proposed the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to set up an International Seed Bank. "Establish an International Seed Bank, which may have the potential to support evading food crisis at any natural disasters over the centuries," she said...
Russia strikes military base near Polish border, 35 dead, Ukraine says
03:49 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayA Russian missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the border with NATO member Poland on Sunday killed 35 people and wounded 134, a Ukrainian official said...
Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Gatco graft case May 10
03:32 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayA court here today set May 10 for holding hearing on charge framing against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 17 others in Gatco graft case...
Vietnam blocks Sony's 'Uncharted' over South China Sea map
02:46 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayVietnam has banned Sony's action movie "Uncharted" from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows a disputed line declared by China to stake its claim to large parts of the South China Sea, state media reported on Saturday...
Why the Russia-Ukraine crisis may lead to a shortage in semiconductors
02:31 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundaySupply of semiconductors, which plummeted as a result of Covid-related disruptions but started picking up as manufacturing chains normalised, is now being threatened once again by the Ukraine crisis...
NATO chief says Russia may use chemical weapons
01:53 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that Russia might use chemical weapons following its invasion of Ukraine and that such a move would be a war crime, according to an interview in German newspaper Welt am Sonntag...
Three stabbed to death over facebook post
01:19 PM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayThree people, including two teenage boys, were stabbed to death allegedly by rivals in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur district on Sunday morning over a Facebook post. The deceased were Faruk, 26, son of Alam Mia, Naim, 18, son of late Alam Hossain, and Robin, 15, son of Hiron Mia, residents of Dakshingao area in the upazila...
Couple killed as truck rams motorcycle
11:37 AM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayA man and his wife were killed and another was injured as a truck hit a motorcycle in Nilphamari district on Sunday afternoon...
Ronaldo lays claim to all-time leading scorer record
10:22 AM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayManchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo etched his name in the record books as professional football's all-time leading scorer with 807 goals after a brilliant hat-trick against Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday...
Ronaldo treble wins thriller for Man Utd against Tottenham
09:39 AM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayCristiano Ronaldo scored his first Manchester United hat-trick in 14 years as Tottenham were defeated in a thrilling encounter at Old Trafford...
Zelenskyy says 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers killed
08:53 AM, 13 Mar 2022 SundayUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in fighting since the start of the Russian invasion...
Saudi executes 81 men in one day
08:25 AM, 13 Mar 2022 SundaySaudi Arabia executed 81 men including seven Yemenis and one Syrian on Saturday, the interior ministry said, in the kingdom's biggest mass execution in decades. The number dwarfed the 67 executions reported there in all of 2021 and the 27 in 2020...
PM returns home from UAE
09:19 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home after Saturday midnight wrapping up her five-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). "A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-1302) carrying the prime minister and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shajalal International Airport...
Ukrainians prepare for battle as Russian military surrounds Kyiv
08:22 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayUkraine civilian fighters and residents in the capital are preparing for a major attack as Russian forces surround the city with troops and artillery just kilometres away...
Abramovich disqualified as Chelsea director
07:09 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayThe Premier League has disqualified Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich as a director of the club after the oligarch was sanctioned by the UK government...
Youth held over schoolgirl's 'suicide' after sexual harassment
06:11 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayA young man has been arrested in a case filed over the 'suicide' of a schoolgirl after being sexually harassed by him in Jamalpur district...
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of abducting Melitopol mayor
04:53 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayUkrainian authorities have accused Russian forces of abducting the mayor of Melitopol, a city in southeastern Ukraine that has fallen under Russian control...
Russia has destroyed 3,491 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities
04:24 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayRussian troops have destroyed 3,491 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine so far, Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Saturday...
Bangladesh records 3 Covid deaths in 24 hrs
04:03 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayThree people died from coronavirus and 198 contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 29,108 and 19,49,253 respectively, a health directorate press release on Saturday. As many as 11,084 samples were collected and 11,183 tested in the past day...
Shakib to tour South Africa after all
03:02 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayIn a dramatic turn of events, Shakib Al Hasan has decided to tour South Africa with the Bangladesh team. He will now fly out from Dhaka on Sunday, in time for the ODI series that begins on March 18...