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SSC, equivalent exams results on Thursday
02:07 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayThe results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on Thursday. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni disclosed this at the closing ceremony of a training workshop held at BICC building in the capital on Tuesday noon...
Give financial assistance to launch fire victims: HC
01:34 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) has directed the concerned deputy commissioners to give financial assistance to the people who were injured in the launch fire in Sugandha river that claimed 42 lives. The HC also directed to make a list of the deceased and injured people in the fire incident...
Fire at furniture factory in Uttar Badda under control
01:01 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayA fire that broke out at a furniture factory in the capital’s Uttar Badda has been brought under control. The fire originated around 12pm on Tuesday...
RMCH Covid-19 unit counts another day of zero fatality
12:05 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayRajshahi 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...
Dry weather likely over country
11:52 AM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayWeather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country, having chances of light rain/drizzle at one or two places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions, a met release said today...
Sourav Ganguly tests positive for Covid
11:35 AM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayBCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the cricket board sources said on Tuesday...
Kim convenes key meeting, marks 10 years in power
10:10 AM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week opened a key ruling party meeting, state media reported on Tuesday, as he marks his 10 years in power amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States...
India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity
09:08 AM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayIndia's government has refused to renew the foreign-funding licence for a charity founded by Mother Teresa...
2 children killed in hit-and-run, Florida authorities say
08:46 AM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayTwo children were killed and four others were hospitalized Monday afternoon after a hit-and-run crash in Broward County, authorities in South Florida said...
US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine
08:37 AM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayU.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine...
France tightens restrictions amid Omicron surge
08:22 AM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayFrance has announced tighter Covid restrictions amid concerns over the Omicron variant. From 3 January, remote working will become compulsory for those who can and public gatherings will be limited to 2,000 people for indoor events...
BPL teams after Player Draft
10:02 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondayThe Player Draft of the eighth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was held today at a local hotel in the city...
PM returns home
09:38 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Dhaka on Monday afternoon wrapping up her maiden six-day bilateral visit to the Maldives...
UCB manager and arranger of SJIBL Mudaraba Perpetual Bond
09:29 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondayDebut Trading and Ring Bell Ceremony of SJIBL Mudaraba Perpetual Bond was held on 26th December 2021 at DSE Tower...
Dhaka recruit Tamim, Mashrafe after signing Mahmudullah directly
08:21 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondayEnding all speculation, country's two big names Tamim Iqbal and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza finally got picked up by Dhaka, a franchise owned by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) itself, for the eighth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)...
Hindu religious leader sued for remarks against Gandhi, Islam
06:48 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondayA police case has been filed against a Hindu religious leader from Maharashtra after he allegedly insulted Mahatma Gandhi, and praised his assassin, Nathuram Godse, yesterday at a 'dharam sansad', or 'parliament of religions', in Chhattisgarh's Raipur...
Joynal Hazari passes away
05:58 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondayAwami League advisory committee member and former lawmaker from Feni Joynal Abedin Hazari has passed away. He was 76. He, a lifelong bachelor, breathed his last on Monday afternoon while undergoing treatment at Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital of Dhaka...
373 new Covid cases, 1 death in 24 hrs
05:03 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondayThe Bangladesh government recorded 373 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections stood at 15,83,726 and fatalities rose to 28,061, a health directorate press release said on Monday...
Somali President suspends PM amid election spat
04:35 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondaySomalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed says he has suspended Prime Minister Hussein Roble’s powers, sparking accusations of an “indirect coup” amid a protracted feud that has seen both leaders trade allegations over the holding up of parliamentary elections...
Xinjiang party boss associated with Uyghur crackdown replaced
04:09 PM, 27 Dec 2021 MondayChina has replaced the Communist party official widely associated with a security crackdown targeting ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslims in the far-west region of Xinjiang...