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Tarique to return home once cases resolved: Fakhrul
04:13 PM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayBNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will return to Bangladesh once the pending cases against him are resolved, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir upon his return from London.
USTR lauds govt for qualitative changes in business environment
03:47 PM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayThe US has lauded the interim government for visible initiatives and qualitative changes in various sectors, particularly in labour rights, investment climate and business environment...
South Korea President vows to fight ‘until the very last minute’
02:38 PM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdaySouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed on Thursday to fight "until the very last minute" in a defiant address defending his shock decision to declare martial law and deploy troops to the country's parliament last week.
16 RAB members detained for crimes since Aug 5: DG
02:11 PM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdaySixteen members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been detained on charges of involvement in various crimes, including extortion and snatching, since August 5, according to the Director General (DG) of the force, Additional IGP AKM Shahidur Rahman.
BSEC summons 2 dead former DSE directors!
01:14 PM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), the regulatory authority for the capital market, has summoned two former directors of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) who passed away two years ago.
India does not endorse Hasina’s criticism of interim govt: Misri
11:46 AM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayIndia does not endorse deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s criticism of the interim government in Bangladesh and it remains a pinprick in India-Bangladesh relationship.
Singer Papia Sarwar passes away
11:44 AM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayEkushey Padak-winning and acclaimed Rabindra Sangeet singer Papia Sarwar has passed away. She breathed her last at 8:00 am on Thursday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the capital.
4 killed in Gazipur road crash
11:10 AM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayFour people were killed in a road crash on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at the Chandana Chowrasta area in Bason thana, Gazipur, at around 10:00 pm on Wednesday. Three of the deceased were identified as Dulal Mia, 27, Md Mamun, 28, son of Nazrul Islam of Bason thana, and Saleha Akter, 23, wife of Mosharraf Hossain of the Chandana area.
Man City crisis deepens with Champions League defeat at Juventus
10:08 AM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayManchester City were plunged further into crisis on Wednesday after falling to a 2-0 defeat at Juventus which threatens their chances of reaching the last 16.
US confirms first Israeli forces withdrawal from Lebanon
09:43 AM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayIsraeli forces conducted a first withdrawal from a town in south Lebanon and were replaced by the Lebanese military under a ceasefire deal, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Wednesday.
WhatsApp, Instagram restored after Meta outages
09:15 AM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayInstagram and WhatsApp are now back online after a mass global outage affected several Meta-owned apps on Wednesday.
FBI chief Christopher to resign before Trump takes office
08:27 AM, 12 Dec 2024 ThursdayFBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday that he will resign in January before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Google unveils latest AI model, Gemini 2.0
09:55 PM, 11 Dec 2024 WednesdayGoogle on Wednesday announced the launch of Gemini 2.0, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date, as the world's tech giants race to take the lead in the fast developing technology...
Gold price hits Tk 1,40,271 per bhori
09:26 PM, 11 Dec 2024 WednesdayThe price of gold in Bangladesh has risen again, with the cost of a bhori (11.664 grams) of 22-carat gold increasing by Tk 1,878 to Tk 1,40,271. This adjustment follows a hike in the local market price of acid gold (pure gold), according to the Bangladesh Jewelers Association (BAJUS).
4 more dengue patients die, 444 hospitalised in 24 hrs
09:19 PM, 11 Dec 2024 WednesdayFour more dengue patients died and 444 were hospitalised in the country in the last 24 hours. With this, a total of 97,603 dengue cases and 536 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease were reported from January 1 to December 11 this year...
Russia tells citizens not to travel to US
08:31 PM, 11 Dec 2024 WednesdayRussia has warned its citizens not to travel to the United States and other Western countries, claiming they could be “hunted” by the authorities in those states...
No list of Razakars exists, creating afresh impossible: Faruk-e-Azam
08:28 PM, 11 Dec 2024 WednesdayAdviser on Liberation War Affairs Faruk-e Azam said that there is no existing list of Razakars in the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs, and creating one would be nearly impossible.
Syrian rebels put tomb of Assad's father on fire
07:56 PM, 11 Dec 2024 WednesdayThe tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez al-Assad was torched in his hometown of Qardaha, AFP footage taken Wednesday showed, with rebel fighters in fatigues and young men watching it burn.
Govt restricts foreign travel, study leaves for officials
07:16 PM, 11 Dec 2024 WednesdayThe interim government has issued directives restricting public officials from recreational foreign trips and extended study leaves.
Brook goes past Root to become the No. 1 Test batter
07:14 PM, 11 Dec 2024 WednesdayJoe Root isn't the No. 1 Test batter in the world anymore. The man he said was "far and away the best player in the world at the minute", Harry Brook, has gone to the top of the pile following his 123 and 55 in the second Test in New Zealand...