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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...
Abramovich to sell Chelsea as Oligarch moves to sever British ties
06:31 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayRussian billionaire Roman Abramovich announced Wednesday he is selling Chelsea FC, in a move to sever his ties with London...
Russian, Belarusian athletes banned from Paralympics over Ukraine
05:37 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayRussian and Belarusian athletes have on Thursday been banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics over the war in Ukraine with organisers bowing to international pressure and threats of a boycott...
Coronavirus: 5 new deaths, 657 cases
04:43 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayFive more people died from coronavirus and 657 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 29,058 and 19,45,765 respectively, a health directorate press release on Thursday. As many as 22,568 samples were collected and 22,584 tested in the past day...
Gold prices rise by Tk 3265 per bhori
04:19 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association has decided to raise the prices of gold by around Tk 3,265 per bhori (11.664 grams), with effect from Thursday. BAJUS's standing committee on pricing and price monitoring took the decision on Tuesday, a press release said on Thursday...
Netflix pauses future projects in Russia
03:57 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayStreaming giant Netflix has announced it has paused all future projects and acquisitions from Russia...
Bangladesh choose to bat against Afghanistan in 1st T20
02:58 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayBangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first against Afghanistan in the first match of two-match T20I series at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday...
World Birth Defects Day today
02:27 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayToday is the World Birth Defects Day. The day is being celebrated in an effort to raise awareness about birth defects, their causes and their effects around the world. The theme is “Many birth defects, one voice”.
Scientists to enable country to cope with new global technologies: PM
01:37 PM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said as her government aims at reaching the scientific and technological advancement to a new height, she wants vigorous efforts from scientists and researchers to help the country cope with newer global technologies...
UN says 227 civilian deaths in Ukraine since invasion
11:52 AM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayThe UN said Wednesday that it had recorded nearly 230 civilian deaths in Ukraine, including 15 children, since Russia's full-scale invasion began, warning that the true toll was likely far higher...
5 burnt in Malibagh gas cylinder explosion
10:34 AM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayFive people were burnt after a gas cylinder exploded in a godown at Malibagh in the capital in the wee hours of Thursday...
UN General Assembly demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine
10:05 AM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayThe UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that "demands" Russia "immediately" withdraw from Ukraine, in a powerful rebuke of Moscow's invasion by a vast majority of the world's nations...
Russian forces capture Ukrainian city of Kherson
09:40 AM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayRussian forces have taken the Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials confirmed, the first major urban centre to fall since Moscow invaded one week ago...
Refugee count tops 1 million; Russians besiege Ukraine ports
09:21 AM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayThe number of people sent fleeing Ukraine by Russia’s invasion topped 1 million on Wednesday, the swiftest refugee exodus this century, the United Nations said, as Russian forces kept up their bombardment of the country’s second-biggest city...
Bangladeshi ship hit by missile at Ukrainian port, 1 killed
08:24 AM, 03 Mar 2022 ThursdayA Bangladeshi ship anchored at the northern Black Sea port of Olvia in Ukraine has reportedly been hit by a missile, killing one crew member, reports gCaptain. Footage of the explosion and aftermath have been shared on social...