Ferry service resumes on Shimulia-Banglabazar route
Online Desk: Ferry services on Shimulia-Banglabazar route resumed on Monday after over two months of suspension,Medium sized ferries carrying light vehicles will operate on this...
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Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Both fatalities and cases increase in 24 hours
Online Desk: Bangladesh logged six more Covid-linked deaths and reported 215 fresh infections in 24 hours till Monday morning.The new casualties marked a slight increase...
Mourning starts as Houston officials probe concert deaths
AP, HOUSTON : Investigators Sunday worked to determine how eight people died in a crush of fans at a Houston music festival, as families mourned...
Bangladesh’s hilsa net looks to get bigger; 5.45 lakh mts output likely next year
UNB, Chandpur The 22-day ban on catching hilsa is expected to yield a very good result as huge mother-hilsas have laid eggs during the period. Experts...
Hasina worries as BNP fighting a battle for ‘existence’
UNB, London : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed concern as Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is fighting a battle for its ‘existence’ as a...
Global Covid cases near 250 million
Online Desk: Although Covid-19 cases around the world are declining the overall number of cases is approaching 250 million as the virus is still infecting...
China’s 1st woman to spacewalk works 6 hours outside station
AP, BEIJING : Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country’s space...
15 hurt in Pabna pre-polls violence
UNB, Pabna : At least 15 people were injured, including three with bullet, in separate clashes Manikhat and Hatkhali unions in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna...
2 hacked dead, 10 hurt in Meherpur pre-polls violence
UNB, Meherpur Two brothers were hacked to death and 10 people injured in a clash centering the upcoming union parishad elections in Gangni upazila of...
‘Arms factory’ busted in Cox’s Bazar; 3 Rohingys held
UNB, Cox’s Bazar : Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive on Monday unearthed an ‘arms making factory’ and arrested three Rohingyas from...
Major General Ziaur Rahman new Chairman of BEPZA
UNB, Dhaka: Major General Abul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman took over as the Chairman of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on Sunday.He replaced Major...
5.2-magnitude quake hits 77 km NE of Takaka, New Zealand: USGS
Xinhua, Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 77 km NE of Takaka, New Zealand at 3:16 GMT on Sunday, the U.S....