All News
Stop vandalism, return to class rooms, PM to students
01:50 PM, 01 Dec 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the demonstrating students to go back to educational institutions relinquishing vandalism, saying vehicles vandalism is not the job of students as law enforcement agencies are chasing the offenders to expose them to punishment...
Students continue protest in Rampura
12:54 PM, 01 Dec 2021 WednesdayA group of students have continued their agitation programme in the capital’s Rampura protesting the death of SSC result seeker Maenuddin Islam who was crushed under wheels of a bus. Around 150 to 200 students from different educational institutions took their position at Rampura bridge around 11am on Wednesday...
CNN’s Chris Cuomo suspended over help to governor brother
11:09 AM, 01 Dec 2021 WednesdayCNN star Chris Cuomo has been suspended indefinitely over help he gave his ex-New York governor brother while he was battling sex abuse allegations...
Month of Victory begins
10:41 AM, 01 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe nation is set to celebrate the Month of Victory with much festivity and enthusiasm amid a series of programmes throughout December beginning today...
2 cows die as plane hits them on Cox’s Bazar airport runway
09:53 AM, 01 Dec 2021 WednesdayTwo cows were killed when a Bangladesh Biman Airlines plane hit them on Cox’s Bazar airport runway while taking off from there on Tuesday evening...
Katakhali mayor arrested in Dhaka
09:12 AM, 01 Dec 2021 WednesdayRajshahi’s Katakhali municipality mayor Abbas Ali has been arrested allegedly for making derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu and announcing to stop the construction of a mural of the Father of the Nation. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested him from Hotel Razmoni Isha Kha in the capital’s Kakrail early Wednesday...
Brazil and Japan report first cases of the omicron variant
08:48 AM, 01 Dec 2021 WednesdayBrazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm...
3 killed in shooting at Michigan high school
08:35 AM, 01 Dec 2021 WednesdayA 15-year-old boy is in custody after three students died and eight were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, authorities said. The Oxford High School students killed were a 16-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl, Oakland County Undersheriff Michael G. McCabe said at a news conference...
NBR extends tax return submission deadline up to Dec 31
09:46 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) today extended the deadline for submission of income tax returns by another one month up to December 31...
44th BCS circular published
07:55 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe circular for the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations has been published. The Bangladesh Public Service Commission published the circular on its website on Tuesday. As per the circular, as many as 1,710 candidates will be recruited in different cadres through this BCS...
DRU new president Mithu, secretary Hasib
07:28 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe Dhaka Reporters Unity has elected Nazrul Islam Mithu and Nurul Islam Hasib as its president and general secretary respectively...
Shakib, Taskin return for second Test against Pakistan
07:10 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayAll-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and pacer Taskin Ahmed have returned to Bangladesh's Test squad for the second and final Test against Pakistan, while opener Mohammad Naim Sheikh received his maiden call-up to the Test squad...
Leaked papers link China leaders to Uyghur crackdown
06:12 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayA newly published cache of documents directly links top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping to the state's crackdown on Uyghur Muslims...
Narayanganj city polls on Jan 16
05:47 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe Election Commission Secretary Humayun Kabir Khondaker announced the schedule after a meeting on Tuesday. As per the schedule, the candidates will have to submit nomination papers by December 15. December 20 and 27 were set as the last dates for scrutinizing nomination papers and withdrawing candidacy respectively...
Govt records 273 new Covid cases, 1 death
05:04 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe government recorded 273 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,76,284 and fatalities rose to 27,981, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday. The daily count came from a test of 19,802 samples in the past day...
India removes Bangladesh from its entry red list
04:28 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayIndia has removed Bangladesh from its red list so that Bangladesh nationals can enter its territory without taking additional measures at airport on arrival from Tuesday...
National Professor Rafiqul Islam dies
04:18 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayNational ProfessorRafiqul Islam, a scholar, writer and cultural activist, died on Tuesday afternoon. He was 87. The Ekushey Padak winner breathed his last around 2:30 pm while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital...
Moderna Covid-19 less effective against Omicron
03:49 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayDrugmaker Moderna's CEO set off fresh alarm bells in financial markets on Tuesday after he warned that COVID-19 vaccines were unlikely to be as effective against the Omicron variant as they have been against the Delta version...
UN will continue support to Bangladesh on Rohingya issue: Mia Seppo
02:56 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayUnited Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator here Mia Seppo said her organisation would provide continuous support to Bangladesh on Rohingya issue as she paying a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence...
Barbados becomes a republic and parts ways with the Queen
02:38 PM, 30 Nov 2021 TuesdayBarbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world's newest republic...