Charge-sheet filed against 41 in case over killing 26 Bangladeshis in Libya

Police have filed a charge-sheet against 41 in a case lodged over killing 26 innocent Bangladeshis in Mizdah, Libya, last year...

Universities to reopen after Sept 27

The vaccine registration of all universities’ students will be completed by September 27. Later the authorities of the institutions will be able to reopen the academic activities and residential halls after taking the approval of their respective academic council...

PM reiterates call to follow health guidelines

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to the countrymen particularly the lawmakers to follow the health guidelines properly as she joined a discussion on an obituary motion at parliament...

Maritime ports advised to keep hoisting cautionary signal No. 3

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting the local cautionary signal no. three as under the influence of a deep depression, steep pressure gradient persists over the North Bay and adjoining areas...

Man gets death for murder of 4 of a family

A court in Satkhira has sentenced a man to death for killing of four members of a family. Judge Sheikh Mofijur Rahman of Senior District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Satkhira passed the order on Tuesday. The death-row convicts is Rayhanur Rahman...

India records 25,404 COVID-19 cases, 339 deaths

India logged 25,404 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,89,579, while the count of active cases declined to 3,62,207, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday...

Sudan floods have killed more than 80 since July: Official

Floods triggered by seasonal torrential rains in Sudan have killed more than 80 people and damaged or destroyed some 35,000 homes since July, a senior police official said Monday...

Pentagon backs efforts by US veterans to evacuate Afghans

The Defense Department supports the ongoing efforts of US military veterans to help evacuate at risk Afghans from the country, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday...

Norway’s left-wing opposition wins election in a landslide

Norway’s left-wing opposition headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Store has had a landslide win in a general election after a campaign dominated by the future of the country’s oil industry...

Most people don’t need Covid-19 vaccine boosters, scientists find

Covid-19 vaccines work so well that most people don't yet need a booster, an all-star panel of scientists from around the world said in a review that's likely to fuel the debate over whether to use them...

Donors pledge $1bn in aid for Afghanistan as UN warns of crisis

Donors have pledged more than a billion dollars to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up, raising the spectre of a mass exodus...

Coronavirus: 41 die, 1953 infected

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 26,972 as 41 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,953 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,532,366. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...

No more PEC, JSC exams from 2023: Dipu Moni

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said that there will be no Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations from 2023. She told this at a press briefing on the National Curriculum Outline at the ministry on Monday afternoon...

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Suu Kyi unable to appear in court for health reasons

The deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been unable to appear at a court hearing for health reasons, a member of her legal team has said, describing her condition as dizziness caused by motion sickness...

UN seeks $606 million for Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

The United Nations is hosting a high-level donors conference on Monday to drum up emergency funds for Afghanistan after last month’s Taliban takeover of the country that stunned the world.

PM for making education programmes time-befitting

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for making education programmes time-befitting, keeping pace with global educational advancement as she witnessed a power point presentation of the draft outline of the national education framework...

Ehsan group chairman, 3 brothers on 7-day remand

A court in Pirojpur has placed Ehsan group chairman Ragib Ahsan and his three brothers on a seven-day remand in a case filed over misappropriating Tk 1700 crore. Judge M Mohiuddin of Senior Judicial Magistrate Court of Pirojpur passed the order on Monday noon...

Britney Spears announces engagement to Sam Asghari

Britney Spears has announced her engagement to her long-term boyfriend, Sam Asghari. The singer posted a video of the couple showing off the ring on Instagram...

Pilot error likely caused fatal Air India Express crash, report finds

Pilot error and a failure to follow safety guidelines probably caused the Air India Express crash that killed 21 people last year, the country's worst aviation accident in a decade, investigators said in a report on Saturday...