China coronavirus infections surge past 75,000

Mainland China had 118 new deaths from the coronavirus outbreak by the end of Thursday, the national health commission reported on Friday, pushing the number of deaths nationwide to at least 2,236...

Buses turned into women's toilets

Like many Indian women, college student Suvarna Dongare dreads getting caught short when she is out and about, with hygienic public toilets in short supply across the country...

Nation paying tributes to Language Movement martyrs

The nation is paying deep respects to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement on Friday, marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day....

Partnership crucial to achieve SDGs, national goals: FM

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday sought a stronger private sector role in helping Bangladesh reach its goals, including implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030 saying partnership is crucial...

Barcelona sign Martin Braithwaite

Martin Braithwaite has completed his move to Barcelona after the Catalan club paid the Danish forward's 18 million euro release clause to Leganes...

Quran's reference in full verdict of banning gambling

The full verdict of the High Court (HC) declaring gambling in echange of money illegal across the country has been published. Holy Quran's verses-- 219 of Surah Al Baqara, and 90-91 of Al-Maidah-- about gambling have been used as references in the HC full verdict...

Spread Bangla culture, literature across world: PM

“We’re Bangaleess. Our cultural practices will also continue. We’ve to pay a special attention so that our literature and culture could be spread further to the international stage,” she said...

Jordan, Somalia, Pakistan declare national emergency over locust swarms

The province where war crimes being committed and the world doing nothing to help

Seventy hospitals have been bombed out of action - some deliberately - and those displaced by the war are now being targeted...

GP ordered to pay BTRC Tk 1,000 cr within Feb 24

The Appellate Division on Thursday ordered private mobile operator Grameenphone to pay Tk 1,000 crore to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) within February 24 (Monday)...

A Story of Italian Red Passport

A passport is an initial identity of a citizen. It is very essential for traveling abroad. Because it carries national identity. For this, there is no alternative for travelling another country. If that passport holds a power than any other passports, then who does not take that chance to get that passport...

BUET's no to uniform entry test

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has decided not to hold its admission test in uniform system. The decision was taken at the university's academic council meeting, confirmed BUET director of social welfare Mizanur Rahman...

'Cut, copy and paste' inventor dies

Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74...

PM hands over Ekushey Padak-2020

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over the prestigious “Ekushey Padak-2020” among 20 eminent persons and an organization on the eve of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. The prime minister distributed the Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh...

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks worst again

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka again ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning. It had an AQI score of 287 at 08:18am. The air was classified as ‘very unhealthy’...

Trump ‘offered Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack’

Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told...

2 passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan die

Two passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died, public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday, as a second group of passengers began disembarking after two-weeks quarantined onboard...

8 people killed in shootings near Frankfurt

Eight people were killed on Wednesday in two shooting incidents in a German city near Frankfurt and Special Forces were chasing the gunmen who fled in a car, police said. Heavily armed police sealed off two streets in the city of Hanau where ambulances had rushed...

Coronavirus: Deaths taper in Hubei with 108 confirmed on Thursday

China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported 108 new deaths on Thursday. The provincial health authority’s announcement of deaths in the past 24 hours brought the total to 2,029 in the province. There were 132 deaths reported on Wednesday...

Govt to revisit decision about rate cut of postal savings: Mustafa Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said the government would revisit the decision to cut interest rate of postal saving scheme...