Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry
AP, CAIRO : For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange biscuits and powdered sugar-dusted cookies typically fills the air...
News Buzz
Evacuation of civilians from Ukrainian steel plant begins
AP, ZAPORIZHZHIA : Ukrainian civilians holed up inside a steel plant in Mariupol under siege by Russian forces nearly two months began evacuating over the...
Eid being celebrated in 6 Bangladesh districts on Monday
UNB, Dhaka : In line with Saudi Arabia, many villagers in Chandpur, Lalmonirhat, Dinajpur, Satkhira, Kurigram and Barishal held Eid-ul-Fitr congregations on Monday, a day...
New Zealand welcomes back tourists as pandemic rules eased
AP, New Zealand : New Zealand welcomed tourists from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Japan and more than 50 other countries for the first time in...
Discovery at Koilashtila: 17-19 MMCFD gas from May 10
UNB, Dhaka : Authorities have confirmed discovery of about 20 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) at the Koilashtika Gas field in the...
Kishoreganj district AL president Kamrul Ahsan passes away
BSS, Dhaka : Kishoreganj district Awami League (AL) president and heroic freedom fighter Advocate Kamrul Ahsan Shahjahan passed away this morning at the age of...
PM greets countrymen on Eid-Ul-Fitr
BSS, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted the countrymen on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr. In a video message on the eve of the...
Six children among eight dead in Philippines fire
Online Desk :Six children were among the eight people killed in a blaze that ravaged scores of houses near the Philippines capital of Manila. The...
3 die in bus-truck collision in Bagerhat
UNB, Bagerhat : Three people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the busy Khulna-Mawa...
May Day mad rush at Paturia ghat
UNB, Manikganj : Thousands of home-bound commuters have thronged the Paturia ferry terminal since the early hours of Sunday in their desperate bid to cross...
India gets a new Foreign Secretary
UNB, New Delhi : Veteran diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Sunday assumed charge as India’s new Foreign Secretary. A career diplomat with over 32 years...
Bangladesh reports 25 new Covid cases, Zero death
Online Desk : Bangladesh reported 25 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning, which took the total caseload to 19,52,716.As per the latest...