Saluting women’s power on Women’s Day
UNB, Dhaka : International Women’s Day is being celebrated in the country, as elsewhere across the globe, on Tuesday recognising female leadership on climate change...
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Garment factory fire in city’s Shyamoli doused
Online Desk : A fire that broke out at a garment factory in the city’s Shyamoli area in the early hours of Tuesday has been...
Hopes hinge on Ukraine escape routes as war rages
AFP, KYIV : Russia said Monday it would open humanitarian corridors for civilians to flee pummelled Ukrainian cities, but Kyiv accused Moscow of making it...
Fmr minister Mosharraf’s brother arrested in Tk 2,000cr money laundering case
UNB, Faridpur : Former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain’s brother was arrested by the Faridpur police in the early hours of Tuesday in a Tk 2,000-crore...
US and allies target Russian oil exports: lifeblood of the Putin regime
New Nation Report : Pressure in US Congress is building to ban Russian oil imports into the United States. Last year Russian petroleum products constituted...
Former Pakistani President Rafiq Tarar dies at 92
AP, LAHORE : Rafiq Tarar, a former Pakistani judge who served as the country’s President from 1997 to 2001, died on Monday in the eastern...
Trade through Benapole land port resumes after 2 days
UNB, Benapole : Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port resumed on Monday after two days of suspension following a strike called...
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 4 more deaths as positivity rate stand at 2.18 %
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh reported four more Covid-linked deaths with 436 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning, the health authorities said. The daily...
Crack develops in pillar of a 15-storey building in Motijheel
UNB, Dhaka : A crack was found in a pillar on the third floor of Modern Mansion, a 15-storey building in Motijheel on Sunday. The...
Historic March 7: PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking the historic March...
Global Covid death toll nears 6 million
UNB, Dhaka : The global death toll from Covid-19 is fast approaching 6 million as Covid pandemic has entered its third year. According to Johns...
Mother, son killed in Barguna road crash
UNB, Barguna : A woman and her son were killed when a pickup van hit them in Chunakhali culvert area on Amtoli-Patuakhali regional highway in Barguna...