History repeated Karbala tragedy on August 15, 1975 in Bangladesh: PM

Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, however, mentioned that women and children were not killed in the Karbala incident but in Bangladesh the assassins did not spare the women and children...

Restaurant collapse in China's Shanxi kills 29

Twenty-nine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern China’s Shanxi province, the country’s emergencies ministry media said on Sunday...

Genelia says she tested Coronavirus+

Genelia D'Souza, in her recent statement, said that she had tested positive for coronavirus and was asymptomatic three weeks ago...

Japan's Suga hopes to succeed PM Abe

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will join the race to succeed his boss Shinzo Abe as prime minister, local media said on Sunday, as the competition heats up to succeed Japan’s longest-serving leader...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million

Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, as India marked a worldwide record for daily new cases in the COVID-19 pandemic. The data showed steady global growth as the disease’s epicentre shifts again, with India taking centre stage from the United States and Latin America...

Govt spending Tk 3,280cr to protect coastal areas

The government is constructing 139 polders in the coastal belt to protect the areas from tidal surges and floods, State Minister for Water Resources Zaheed Farooque said Saturday...

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Vision and Regal distributes prizes among DITF winners

‘Vision Electronics’ and `Regal Furniture’ awarded the winners of raffle draw offer for Dhaka International Trade Fair-2020...

Enforced disappearance symbol of 'one-party misrule': BNP

BNP on Saturday alleged that the current government has made enforced disappearance as its main political programme to continue its ‘despotic’ rule by eliminating its opponents...

Holy Ashura observed

Muslim devotees observed Holy Ashura on Sunday, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), with due religious fervour and solemnity...

Two players among 13 test Covid positive ahead of IPL

A BCCI statement on Saturday confirmed that 13 personnel part of IPL 2020 have tested positive for Covid-19 in UAE, two of whom are players...

Bangladesh seeks UK’s GSP extension until 2030

Bangladesh has sought a post-Covid extension of UK’s GSP facility to Bangladeshi products until 2030 and greater support to its low-carbon climate-resilient development strategies for a faster post-Covid SDGs recovery...

Malaysia extends ban on foreign tourists

Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including a ban on foreign tourists until the end of the year...

Bangladesh reports 32 more coronavirus deaths

The deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 4,206 in Bangladesh on Saturday as the country recorded 32 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,131 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,08,925, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...

UAE cancels Israel boycott, allows economic agreements

The president of the United Arab Emirates has issued a decree cancelling a law on boycotting Israel and allowing trade and financial agreements between the two countries, the UAE official news agency WAM reported on Saturday...

Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove militia page an ‘operational mistake’

Facebook Inc made an “operational mistake” in not acting sooner to remove a page for a militia group that posted a call to arms in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the company’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday...

Don’t pay heed to rumors over HSC exams: Education Ministry

The Education Ministry on Saturday urged people of the country not to pay heed to any rumor about HSC and its equivalent examinations. Recently, it has been noticed that teachers, parents and students are being misled by various social media posts regarding opening of educational institutions and announcement...

Party election to pick PM Abe's successor around Sept. 15, media say

Japan’s ruling party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor around Sept. 15, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday, after Abe abruptly announced his resignation for health reasons on Friday...

Public transports to run on previous fare from Sept 1: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government has decided to return to the previous fare of public transports on condition from September 1. He said this in a video conference with the officials of Dhaka Zone of Roads and Highways Department from his residence in the capital on Saturday...

Bangladeshi woman, daughter found dead in Kuwait flat

The bodies of two Bangladeshi women have been recovered from a flat in Kuwait. Police recovered the bodies from the ground floor of a multi-storey building in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area on Friday (local time). The victims were killed with a sharp weapon and it was a premeditated murder, the daily quoted the police as saying...