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PM asks Murad to resign from cabinet by today: Quader
08:26 AM, 07 Dec 2021 TuesdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Murad Hassan, for resigning from the cabinet by Tuesday for making indecent remarks recently that went viral on social media
PM for further bolstering Bangladesh-India ties thru trade, connectivity
05:30 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for recommitting to work for strengthening further the 50-year diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India by concentrating on people-to-people contact, trade, business and connectivity...
Coronavirus: 4 die, 277 infected
05:09 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 28,005 as 4 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 277 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,577,720. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
HC rules for paying Tk 10 crore to Ramgati electrocution victim
03:40 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayThe High Court (HC) today issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain as to why it shall not pass order to pay Taka 10 crore in compensation to a schoolboy from Ramgati, Laksmipur...
Play-less day three of Bangladesh-Pakistan Test in Dhaka washed out
03:00 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayThe third day of the Dhaka Test lived up to its very rainy forecast with a full day washout. The covers never came off the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, and Bangladesh and Pakistan players didn't come to the ground...
RMCH records three more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
01:40 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded three more fatalities in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
Signal 3 for maritime ports as depression appears to be weakening
01:26 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayMaritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three...
12 Niger soldiers killed in battle with 'terrorists': Ministry
01:06 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayAt least 12 soldiers and "dozens of terrorists" were killed in a battle in western Niger, the defence ministry announced Sunday, in the conflict-wracked "three borders" zone...
Brutal mob killing of Sri Lankan sparks protests
12:36 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayA brutal mob killing of a Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has sparked protests in both countries, with Pakistan's leader condemning the vigilante violence...
Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 years in prison
12:10 PM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayA court in Myanmar has sentenced deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison on charges of incitement and breaking Covid-19 rules, in the first verdict against the Nobel Peace Prize winner since the military seized power in February...
Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid: Sarah Gilbert
11:50 AM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayFuture pandemics could be more lethal than the current Covid crisis, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned...
Colombian rebel commander ‘El Paisa’ killed in Venezuela
11:36 AM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayA dissident former leader of Colombia's Farc rebels has been killed in an ambush in Venezuela, local media reported on Sunday...
Myanmar court due to deliver first verdicts in Suu Kyi trial
11:23 AM, 06 Dec 2021 MondayA court in Myanmar is expected to deliver the first verdicts in a series of trials of the country’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The verdicts due on Monday are to do with charges of incitement and breach of COVID-19 protocols...
Postgrad says sexual assault complaint was met with hostility
09:49 PM, 05 Dec 2021 SundayStudents at an Oxford University college have accused staff of disregarding their welfare after a postgrad who alleged she was sexually assaulted said she was treated with hostility after making a complaint...
Bangladesh takes necessary steps to prevent Omicron: Maleque
08:26 PM, 05 Dec 2021 SundayHealth and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said Bangladesh takes all necessary steps to prevent the highly contagious new Covid-19 African variant Omicron...
PM stresses building peaceful world relinquishing arms races
06:53 PM, 05 Dec 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for building a peaceful world based on partnership urging all to use their resources in ensuring universal sustainable development abandoning arms races...
More than 40,000 march in Vienna against coronavirus lockdown
06:40 PM, 05 Dec 2021 SundayMore than 40,000 people marched through Vienna on Saturday to protest against a lockdown and plans to make vaccinations compulsory to curb the coronavirus pandemic...
Govt records 197 new Covid cases, 6 deaths
06:01 PM, 05 Dec 2021 SundayThe government recorded 197 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,77,443 and fatalities rose to 28,001, the health directorate said in a press release on Sunday. The daily count came from a test of 19,132 samples in the past day...
India set New Zealand 540-run target
05:06 PM, 05 Dec 2021 SundayIndia off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin struck early after the hosts set New Zealand an improbable target of 540 to win the second and final test on the third day of the contest on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium...
Worker sandwiched in middle of two buses
04:44 PM, 05 Dec 2021 SundayA transport worker was sandwiched in the middle of two buses in Netrakona district on Sunday afternoon...