First coronavirus death outside China reported as infections top 14,000
Reuters, Beijing :China ramped up measures to contain the coronavirus epidemic and shore up an economy hit by travel curbs and business shut-downs on Sunday...
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3 reasons behind low voters turnout: Hasan
Staff Reporter :Longer public holidays, BNP’s publicity against electronic voting machines (EVMs) and their participation in city polls “as a form of movement” are the...
5 held with huge drugs in city
Staff Reporter :Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Detective Branch (DB) arrested five people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the ongoing anti-narcotics drives...
Minor girl killed after rape
Staff Reporter :A six-year-old minor girl was strangled to death after rape allegedly by her neighbour in Parkrishnopur village of Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga district...
Newly elected councillors
Staff Reporter :The Election Commission (EC) has officially announced the names of DSCC and DSCC Councillors on Saturday night.The Councillors of DSCC are Mahbub Alam...
BNP’s hartal evokes lukewarm response
UNB, Dhaka :BNP activists and supporters were largely absent from the streets as the party was trying to enforce a dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) in the...
How bad will the crisis get?
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across China, a flurry of early research is drawing a clearer picture of how the pathogen behaves and...
Youth dies when tried to peek his head outside from a running train
Staff Reporter :An unidentified passenger of an inter-district train meet a tragic death when he tried to peek his head out the door of a...
PM for more translations of Bangla literature
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for more translations of Bangla literature as her government wants to spread it across...
Minor boy drowns in bucket of water in city
UNB, Dhaka :An 11-month old boy drowned in a water-filled bucket in Dakkhin Madartek area in the city on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified...
Australian minister resigns over funding scandal
AFP :Australia’s agriculture minister has been forced to resign after she was found to have steered public money to sports clubs in seats the conservative...