Derailment snaps Sylhet’s rail link with Dhaka, rest of the country
UNB, Sylhet : Train communication between Sylhet and Dhaka and rest of the country remained suspended since Saturday morning as a train derailed at Kamalganj...
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US adds 71 companies to trade blacklist as G7 widens Russia sanctions
Reuters : The Biden administration added 71 companies to a trade blacklist for supporting Russia on Friday (19 May), as the Group of Seven wealthy...
45th BCS preliminary test held
News Desk : The preliminary exam of 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) was held on Friday at 235 centers in eight divisional cities – Dhaka,...
At least 20 wounded, 10 detained after police baton-charge BNP rally in Khulna
UNB, Khulna : At least 30 people including police personnel were injured in a clash between the law enforcers and BNP supporters over holding a...
Pray that Bangladesh is safe from man-made or natural disasters: PM to Hajj pilgrims
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday inaugurated the Hajj Programme-2023 (1444 Hijri), urging pilgrims to pray that Bangladesh and its people are...
PM Hasina lauds community clinics for reaching healthcare services to common people
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government has been able to provide healthcare services at the door steps of the...
Dhaka Metro Rail to run from 8am to 8pm from May 31
UNB, Dhaka : Dhaka Metro Rail will run for 12 hours – from 8am to 8pm – on the Uttara-Agargaon route, starting from May 31....
Ambassadors should pay for additional security: Home Minister
Staff Reporter : Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said if the foreign diplomats want to get extra security they can get by paying money. Responding to...
Be the people’s government by holding people’s election and be free from fear – Mainul Hosein
The incumbent government in Bangladesh expressed its fear that America wants to remove it from power. But it is not for us or others to...
2 army personnel killed, 2 injured by KNA terrorists in Bandarban: ISPR
UNB, Dhaka : Two soldiers of Bangladesh Army were killed and two officers injured in an attack by armed terrorists of Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA)...
Gunmen kill 29 villagers in latest attack in hard-hit north Nigeria
AP, Nigeria : Gunmen attacked villages in troubled north-central Nigeria, killing 29 people and razing houses, survivors and authorities said Tuesday. Many villagers remained unaccounted...
Initiate easy verifying system of drugs to save public health: Collecting fine is no action
Editorial Desk : Though this year in February, the cabinet approved the draft of the Drugs and Cosmetic Bill-2023 allowing a penalty of Taka 20,000...