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Arrest warrant issued against Sami, Tasnim, 2 others in DSA case
05:10 PM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayThe Dhaka Cyber Tribunal today issued warrant to arrest four people, including Zulkarnain Shayer Khan alias Sami, who appeared in a allegedly false and politically motivated documentary of Al Jazeera, and Netra News editor-in-chief Tasnim Khalil in a case lodged under Digital Security Act (DSA).
Signal 3 for maritime ports
04:17 PM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has asked the maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra to hoist local cautionary signal number-3...
Venice Film Festival: Abortion drama wins top prize
03:53 PM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayA film about illegal abortions in 1960s France has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival...
PM urges countrymen to maintain austerity in using electricity
02:37 PM, 12 Sep 2021 SundaySubsequently, she also called upon the countrymen to uphold the existing pace of development with the long-term vision formulated by the government, asking them, "Let not allow anyone to come to power again who will bind Bangladesh up in the chains of slavery"...
Two 'drug dealers' killed in Cox's Bazar 'gunfight'
02:13 PM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayTwo alleged drug dealers were killed in two reported gunfights with the members of Border Guard Bangladesh in Teknaf and Ukhiya upazilas of Cox's Bazar district early Sunday...
PM opens five power plants with 779-MW capacity
12:54 PM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayThe power plants are 400-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Bibiyana-3 in Habiganj, up- gradation of 150-MW Power Plant to 225-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Sylhet, 100-MW Power Plant Unit-2 at Zulda in Chattogram, 104-MW Power Plant at Meghnaghat in Narayanganj and 100-MW Power Plant at Madhumoti in Bagerhat...
'Drug dealer' held with 1 kg heroin
12:28 PM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayThe Rapid Action Battalion has arrested an alleged drug dealer along with 1 kilogram of heroin in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi district...
Man, two sons killed as train hits auto-rickshaw
11:08 AM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayA man and his two sons were killed as a train hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria district early Sunday...
FBI releases newly declassified record on Sept 11 attacks
10:22 AM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayThe FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks...
Raducanu completes fairytale by winning US Open
09:40 AM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayBritain's Emma Raducanu completed a Grand Slam fairytale on Saturday by beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the clash of the teens to be crowned US Open champion...
Schools, colleges reopen after one year and a half
09:07 AM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayThe government opened the country's educational institutions on Sunday after the closure of almost one year and a half due to the coronavirus pandemic. In-person classes started at primary, secondary, and higher secondary educational institutions across the country this morning...
48 more die of Covid-19 in a day
08:35 AM, 12 Sep 2021 SundayBangladesh on Saturday reported 48 more deaths from coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 26,880...
Speech-impaired woman found dead in Dhaka
03:54 PM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayPolice recovered the body of a speech-impaired woman in the capital's Gulistan area on Saturday morning...
AL picks Pran Gopal for Cumilla-7 by-polls
03:22 PM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayAwami League has nominated former Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Pran Gopal Datta for by-election to Cumilla-7 constituency...
54 lakh more Sinopharm vaccine jabs arrive
02:12 PM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayBangladesh received 54,01,350 more doses of Sinopharm vaccine early Saturday. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the consignment landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 1 am. The airport health official Dr Sazzad Hossain confirmed the matter to the media...
Biden calls for unity as US marks 9/11
01:04 PM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayUS President Joe Biden has urged unity as his country remembers the victims of the 2001 11 September attacks...
Three killed as truck rams auto-rickshaw
11:40 AM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayIdentities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Mainamati Police Station sub-inspector Abdur Rahman said a truck hit an auto-rickshaw stood beside the road in Mainamati area on the Cumilla-Sylhet Highway around 6 am, leaving the latter vehicle's driver and its two passengers dead...
UN chief calls for action on Covid-19, climate
11:07 AM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe United Nations chief warned Friday that the world is "moving in the wrong direction" and exhorted nations to take urgent action to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. "Covid-19 is a wake-up call, and we are oversleeping," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a press conference...
Lebanon gets new government amid deepening crisis
09:55 AM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayA new government has been announced in Lebanon over a year after the previous administration quit following the devastating Beirut port explosion...
US military trial of 9/11 suspects drags on 20 years after attack
09:09 AM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayKhalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, along with four co-defendants appeared in a military courtroom at Guantanamo Bay this week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began...