All News
PM Hasina in Forbes’ list of most powerful women
03:53 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been included in Forbes’ list of the most powerful women...
RFL introduces remote control geyser
03:30 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayRangpur Metal Industries Limited (RMIL), a concern of country’s leading business conglomerate of RFL Group, has introduced five new models of geyser in the market...
Govt working to strengthen womenfolks’ position in society: PM
02:27 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is implementing various programmes to strengthen the position of womenfolks in the society, create women leadership and increase women education so that they can advance equally...
US SC rejects Republican challenge to Biden’s Pennsylvania win
01:51 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a defeat to Republicans seeking to throw out up to 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania as they try to undo President Donald Trump’s election loss, with the justices refusing to block the state from formalizing President-elect Joe Biden’s victory there...
The new gentleman in town
01:24 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe new gentleman in town made his presence felt well before his arrival in town. Being possibly the first envoy to take the land route instead of the aerial one to arrive at his new station, his arrival was already a talk of the town by the time he reached...
Flight operation disrupted due to dense fog
12:31 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayFlight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport resumed after six hours of suspension on Wednesday morning due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. A number of flights were diverted due to zero visibility...
PM hands over Begum Rokeya Padak to 5 recipients
12:17 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday handed over the prestigious Begum Rokeya Padak to five persons for their outstanding contributions towards the society, women education and women empowerment. Sheikh Hasina distributed the Padak at a programme at Bangladesh Shishu Academy auditorium...
US virus deaths hit record levels with the holidays ahead
10:54 AM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayDeaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, matching the frightening peak reached last April, and cases per day have eclipsed 200,000 on average for the first time on record...
5 dead after rescue helicopter crashes in French Alps
09:20 AM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayA helicopter crash in the Alps left five people dead and a sixth in a critical condition, French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted Tuesday...
France Islam: French cabinet backs law targeting extremism
08:52 AM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe French cabinet has approved a bill aimed at tackling radical Islam after a recent series of attacks by extremists...
Saudi Crown Prince denies sending hit squad to Canada
08:25 AM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdaySaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rejected allegations that he sent a hit squad to kill an exiled Saudi former intelligence officer...
COVID: Biden vows 100m vaccinations for US in first 100 days
08:13 AM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayUS President-elect Joe Biden has set a goal of 100 million Covid vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. He said his first months in office would not end the outbreak and gave few details on rollout strategy but he said he would change the course of Covid-19...
Safety data on Pfizer jab released by US
09:51 PM, 08 Dec 2020 TuesdayUS regulators have confirmed the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine is 95% effective, paving the way for it to be approved for emergency use...
HC asks to block Kanak Sarwar's YouTube seditious contents
08:59 PM, 08 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) on Tuesday directed to block the seditious contents of journalist Kanak Sarwar’s YouTube channel...
Take legal action against offenders involved in damaging sculptures: HC
08:27 PM, 08 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe HC also directed Islamic Foundation and Islamic Khatib to spread awareness about monuments, statues, portraits and murals through the media...
Mount Everest: China, Nepal agree on new, taller height
06:42 PM, 08 Dec 2020 TuesdayMount Everest is marginally higher than previously thought, according to a new joint Chinese-Nepalese calculation that settles a long-running conflict over the height of the world’s tallest peak, which straddles the countries’ shared border...
Fast-growing Bangladesh attracts Turkish entrepreneurs
05:59 PM, 08 Dec 2020 TuesdayTurkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan has said his country eyes an increased investment in Bangladesh with a significant jump in bilateral trade volume through product diversification as Bangladesh’s economy is growing fast...
Govt to spend Tk 2,228 cr to improve N’ganj-Munshiganj connectivity
05:18 PM, 08 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has cleared four development projects, including a Tk 2,228-crore one to widen the existing road and construct two-storey expressway from Panchabati to Muktarpur Bridge...
Govt reports 32 more Covid-19 deaths
04:27 PM, 08 Dec 2020 TuesdayThirty two more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,906...
Communal forces won’t be allowed to strengthen footing: Quader
03:58 PM, 08 Dec 2020 TuesdayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the communal forces will not be given any scope to strengthen footings in the country that attained independence through the nine-month bloodstained Liberation War in 1971...