Solar power: The ultimate cap on costlier crude?
UNB, Dhaka : In power generation, reducing overheads is usually very difficult, particularly when the global crude oil prices are on a firm upward trend....
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Case against cricketer Nasir: Charge framing hearing deferred until Feb 9
UNB, Dhaka : A Dhaka court on Monday fixed February 9 for hearing on framing charges against three people includin national team cricketer Nasir Hossain...
Sagar-Runi murder case: Submission of probe report deferred for 84th time
UNB, Dhaka : A Dhaka court on Monday asked the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to submit by February 23 the probe report in the murder...
Foreign national detained with drugs at Dhaka airport
UNB, Dhaka : Customs officials have detained a Botswana national along with over 3kg of heroin-like granular at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The detainee...
Covid in Bangladesh: Positivity rate reaches 32.37% with 15 more deaths
Online Desk : Bangladesh logged 15 more Covid-linked deaths with 14,828 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning. The daily positivity rate rose to...
BFIU seeks Dr. Yunus’ bank account details
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has sought banks account details from Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. On Thursday BFIU sent a letters...
Teenage girl found dead at police station in Rangpur
UNB, Rangpur : A 19-year-old girl was found hanging from a ceiling fan at the Victim Support Centre of Kotwali Police Station in Rangpur city...
Fire breaks out at BSMMU
Online Desk : A fire broke out at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital in the capital on Monday. Mohammad Shahjahan Shikder, deputy...
Global Covid cases near 350 million
UNB, Dhaka : The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 350 million amid the rise in Omicron infections across the global.According to Johns Hopkins...
3 dead as train hits three-wheeler in Chapainawabganj
UNB, Chapainawabganj : Three people were killed when a train hit a three-wheeler at a level crossing at Alinagar Hazirmor in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj...
SUST unrest: Students won’t ‘leave campus’ until VC resigns
UNB, Sylhet : The hunger strike by some students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) demanding the Vice-Chancellor’s resignation entered the sixth day...
5 more Omicron cases detected in Bangladesh
UNB, Dhaka : The cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 have jumped to 69 in Bangladesh, with five more infections detected till Sunday, according to...