Govt intervention has tamed the prices of essentials, Hasina tells JS
UNB, Sangsad Bhaban : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the prices of essential commodities have come down significantly due to the ongoing...
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BNP leader Ishraque Hossain held in Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka : A prominent BNP politician wanted in connection with an arson attack in 2020 has been arrested. Enamul Haque Mithu, additional deputy commissioner...
Gang of robbers busted in Gazipur, 6 held
UNB, Gazipur : Sleuths of Gazipur Metropolitan Police’s detective branch on Wednesday claimed to have busted a gang of robbers, with the arrest of its...
Mother, son among 3 killed in Manikganj road crash
UNB, Dhaka : Three people including a woman and her son were killed and fifteen others injured when a bus crashed into a roadside tree...
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 36 new cases, zero death
Online Desk : Bangladesh logged 36 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,51,903. As per the latest...
Actor Sohel Chowdhury murder: accused held after 24 years
UNB, Dhaka : Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday night arrested an accused in the sensational murder case of actor Sohel Chowdhury from the city’s...
Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes
UNB, BUCHA : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those...
Global Covid cases top 493 million
Online Desk : The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 493 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world....
Bangladesh economy to grow by 6.9% in FY2021-22, says ADB
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 6.9 per cent in the running FY2021-22, according to an Asian Development...
Hill water of woes drowns paddy fields in Sylhet
UNB, Sylhet : Farmers of Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila are a worried lot, as their paddy fields have got submerged due to the onrush of hill...
6.0-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia
Online Desk : A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of North Maluku early Tuesday, but there is no potential for tsunami, the meteorology, climatology...
Sri Lanka opposition rejects proposed unity government
AP, COLOMBO : Sri Lanka’s largest opposition party rejected the president’s invitation to form a unity government, as protests continued Monday over the country’s worst...