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Provision for whitening undisclosed money to continue: Kamal
05:34 PM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the government would retain the provision for whitening undisclosed money in the next national budget...
Coronavirus: 37 more die in 24 hours
03:58 PM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 12,248 as 37 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,608 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 783,737. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Wednesday...
Case against journalist Rozina handed over to DB
03:46 PM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayThe case filed against Prothom Alo’s senior reporter Rozina Islam under Official Secrets Act has been handed over to Detective Branch (DB) of police. Confirming the matter, Mishu Biswas, Additional Deputy Commissioner of DB (Ramna Division), said the case was transferred to us. We have got the responsibility of investigating the case...
Four auto-rickshaw passengers die in road crash
02:58 PM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayFour people were killed in a road accident in Chhagalnaiya Upazila of Feni district on Wednesday noon...
Rozina to get justice for sure: Anisul
02:14 PM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayLaw, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said daily Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam, who has been arrested in a case filed under Official Secrets Act, will get justice for sure...
UN says arrest of journalist Rozina concerning
01:49 PM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayReplying to a question in this regard, he said, "We've seen the press reports on the journalist that was arrested in Bangladesh. It is, obviously, something that we are looking at. It is something that's concerning."..
Divorces fall 70% in China after govt orders couples to cool off
11:47 AM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayThe number of divorces recorded in China has fallen by more than 70% since the introduction of a mandatory "cooling-off" period earlier this year...
EU calls for Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire
10:29 AM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayEuropean Union foreign ministers called on Tuesday for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian fighting group Hamas and boosted humanitarian aid for Gaza, but failed to reach the unanimity that might give the EU leverage in peacemaking, reports Reuters...
Coronavirus: Sudan bans travellers from India
09:01 AM, 19 May 2021 WednesdaySudan will restrict all travellers who have visited India within the prior two weeks, the country's health emergency committee said in a statement...
Benzema in France's Euro 2020 squad
08:42 AM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayReal Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been named in France's 26-man squad for this summer's European Championship after an absence of nearly six years...
Israel closes Gaza border crossing again, halting aid deliveries
08:26 AM, 19 May 2021 WednesdayA convoy of international aid trucks that started rolling into Gaza through Karem Abu Salem, (Kerem Shalom), a border crossing with Israel, was stopped on Tuesday when Israel closed the crossing, citing a mortar attack in the area...
NEC approves Tk 2,25,324.14cr original ADP for FY22
06:10 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdayThe National Economic Council (NEC) today approved a Taka 2,25,324.14 crore original Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY22) putting highest priority to the transport and communication sector...
Govt not to take any quarter’s advice harmful for country: PM
06:02 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdayReferring to the past BNP government’s decision to close down the railway in accordance with the advice of the World Bank, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government would not take any advice from any quarter that causes damage to the country...
Coronavirus: Fresh deaths 30, cases 1272
05:56 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdaySome 30 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 12,211. During the period, 1,272 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,82,129, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday...
Amazon reportedly in talks to buy MGM
05:09 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdayAmazon is reportedly in talks to buy MGM, the vaunted film studio that was a staple of Hollywood's Golden Age. A tie-up would give the tech firm a big brand to wield as competition in streaming grows fiercer by the day...
BNP blames govt over Covid-19 without raising awareness: Quader
04:05 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP is indiscriminately blaming the government over the coronavirus (Covid-19) situation without raising awareness among the people in maintaining the health guidelines...
20 firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste
03:24 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdayTwenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the climate crisis and creating an environmental catastrophe, new research reveals...
India coronavirus cases pass 25 million
02:26 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdayIndia's total COVID-19 caseload surged past 25 million on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone complicated the health crisis in one of the states where the disease is spreading most quickly...
Journalists boycott health ministry briefing on Rozina
01:22 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdayThe journalists have boycotted the briefing of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam, protesting her arrest after humiliation...
Plea seeking remand of journalist Rozina rejected
12:43 PM, 18 May 2021 TuesdayA Dhaka court on Tuesday sent daily Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam to jail after rejecting a police plea to take her on remand in a case filed under Bangladesh Penal Code, and Official Secrets Act...