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Frightening conditions forced staff to shut data centres: Palak
01:20 PM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayThe state minister for posts, telecommunications, and information technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, on Sunday said that during the quota reform movement, employees were forced to shut down three data centres in Mohakhali, Dhaka, under frightening conditions.
RAB arrests 304 on sabotage charges
12:54 PM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayRapid Action Battalion (RAB) has so far arrested 304 people across the country in connection with the violence, vandalism and arson attacks centring quota reform movement.
Mobile internet restored
11:35 AM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayMobile internet services that were snapped amid the clashes centring the quota reform movement have been restored across the country at 3pm on Sunday. State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed, earlier today said the mobile internet is returning back with 4G service at 3pm.
World Hepatitis Day today: PM issues message
11:01 AM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayBangladesh is observing World Hepatitis Day-2024 on Sunday aiming to raise awareness against the deadly virus, with the theme 'It's time for action'.
Messi-less defending champ Miami wins Leagues Cup opener
10:40 AM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayDefending champion Inter Miami, playing without injured star Lionel Messi, blanked Mexico's Puebla 2-0 at home on Saturday to begin defending their Leagues Cup crown.
2 more quota protest coordinators taken into DB custody
10:23 AM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayThe Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken two more coordinators of the quota reform movement - Sarjis Alam and Hasnat Abdullah - into their custody for, what they said, ensuring their security.
Curfew relaxed for 11 hours in Dhaka, 2 other districts
09:24 AM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayThe ongoing curfew has been relaxed for 11 hours from 7am to 6pm on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said this while talking to the journalists after a meeting with law enforcement officials at his residence in the capital’s Dhanmondi around 11pm on Saturday.
Emotional Dressel spearheads US to first Olympic gold in Paris
08:50 AM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayA formidable United States spearheaded by an emotional Caeleb Dressel stormed to the men's 4x100m Olympic freestyle relay title on Saturday for the country's first gold in Paris.
11 killed in rocket attack in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
08:17 AM, 28 Jul 2024 SundayAt least 11 people have been killed and 19 others wounded in a rocket attack on a football pitch in the town of the Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israeli authorities said.
Expat Bangladeshis’ imprisonment over quota protests concerned PM: Arafat
09:45 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayState Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Saturday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is concerned about Bangladeshi expatriates’ safety in Middle East countries as many of them were exposed to legal actions over the quota movement at home...
Tom Cruise receives prestigious honour from France’s culture minister
09:01 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayTom Cruise, who is currently filming “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two” in Europe, was inducted Knight of the Legion of Honor by France‘s culture minister Rachida Dati in Paris on July 26...
Banking hours from 10am to 3pm from Sunday to Tuesday
07:57 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayThe Bangladesh Bank on Saturday announced the duration of interbank transactions for July 28 to 30...
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says 30 killed in school strike
07:07 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayThe health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said an Israeli strike Saturday on a school killed 30 people, after a days-long military operation further south left around 170 dead, according to the civil defence agency...
BNP leader Annie on 7-day remand
06:35 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayA Dhaka court on Saturday placed BNP’s joint secretary general, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, on a seven-day remand in a case filed over the attack on Bangladesh Television Bhaban...
Govt offices to operate 9am-3pm until Tuesday
06:30 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayGovernment offices will operate from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm from Sunday to Tuesday, Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain informed reporters on Saturday (July 27).
Primary schools may reopen this week
05:59 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayThe government primary schools, which remain closed across the country since July 24, may reopen this week. Primary and Mass Education Secretary Farid Ahmed told Jago News on Saturday afternoon. He said, “Efforts are underway to reopen the government primary schools this week. A meeting will be held tomorrow...
1 lakh SIM users entered Dhaka on Jul 18: Palak
05:22 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayState Minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak revealed that 1,00,000 SIM users entered Dhaka before the recent violence related to the quota reform movement.
So far 2,536 held in Dhaka
05:05 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayDhaka Metropolitan Police has, so far, arrested 2,536 people, most of them are BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists, in 209 cases filed with different police stations in the capital...
PM seeks Japan’s cooperation to reopen damaged metrorail stations
04:43 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought cooperation from Japan to reopen soon the two damaged metrorail stations at Mirpur-10 and Kazipara in Dhaka...
China claims first Paris Olympics gold in air rifle
04:33 PM, 27 Jul 2024 SaturdayWorld champions Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao secured China’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday, dominating the mixed air rifle team event.