Obaidul Quader leaves for Singapore for health check-up
Awami League general secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader left for Singapore on Monday morning for a routine health check-up.
Politics | 02 January 2023, 12:57 pm, Monday
Armed attack on Mexican prison leaves 14 dead
Gunmen attacked a prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on Sunday, leaving 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape, the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office said, reports AFP.
International | 02 January 2023, 12:51 pm, Monday
S. Korea, US discussing joint nuclear exercises
Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the nuclear-armed North, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said, reports AFP.
International | 02 January 2023, 12:49 pm, Monday
New air attacks on Kyiv after Russia's New Year assaults
A fresh aerial strike targeted Kyiv in the early hours of Monday, after a New Year's weekend marked by dozens of Russian assaults that killed at least four people, reports AFP.
International | 02 January 2023, 12:47 pm, Monday
No Messi, no Neymar as PSG suffer first loss of season
Paris Saint-Germain, without World Cup winner Lionel Messi and Neymar, lost for the first time in any competition since March 20 last year when they were defeated 3-1 at Lens on Sunday, reports AFP.
Sports | 02 January 2023, 12:44 pm, Monday
Actress Mahi doesn't get AL nomination
Actress Mahiya Mahi did not get the nomination from the ruling Awami League in the Chapainawabganj-2 seat by-election. The party has nominated Ziaur Rahman to represent the Chapainawabganj-2 constituency.
Entertainment | 01 January 2023, 09:40 pm, Sunday
Bangladesh receives $1.7 billion remittance in Dec
Bangladesh has received USD $1.7 billion remittances in December, Bangladesh Bank (BB) published the updated information on Sunday (December 1).
Economy | 01 January 2023, 08:01 pm, Sunday
BB reserve heist: Probe report submission deferred to Feb 14
A court here today set February 14 to submit a probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016.
Economy | 01 January 2023, 06:51 pm, Sunday
Death toll rises to 4 in Narail boat capsize
The death toll from the boat capsize in the Nabaganga River in Narail rose to four with the recovery of two bodies Sunday noon.
National | 01 January 2023, 06:44 pm, Sunday
BNP pays homage to Khandaker Mahbub
BNP on Sunday paid its last homage to the party’s vice-chairman and senior lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain by placing wreaths on his coffin.
Politics | 01 January 2023, 06:42 pm, Sunday
Quader hopes BNP to return to positive politics in new year
Welcoming the English New Year 2023, Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday greeted the countrymen on behalf of the ruling party as the people in Bangladesh, like elsewhere in the world, celebrated the new year on Sunday midnight.
Politics | 01 January 2023, 06:32 pm, Sunday
Ukraine will not forgive Russia: Zelensky
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that his country will not forgive Russia and its aggression after Moscow conducted a barrage of strikes just hours before the New Year, reports AFP.
International | 01 January 2023, 06:29 pm, Sunday
Pope Francis pays homage to 'noble, kind' ex-pope Benedict
Pope Francis paid homage Saturday to "noble" and "kind" ex-pope Benedict XVI, who has died at the age of 95, a decade after becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to resign, reports AFP.
International | 01 January 2023, 06:26 pm, Sunday
New Covid variant 'Omicron BF.7' detected in Bangladesh
A patient infected with Omicron sub-variant BF.7 has been detected in Bangladesh. The patient came here from China recently, said Prof. Dr Najmul Islam, director (diseases control) of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Sunday.
Health | 01 January 2023, 02:30 pm, Sunday
Metro rail resumes service after removing Fanush
The metro rail services in Dhaka has resumed after two hours suspension on Sunday morning as a number of Fanush used for New Year celebrations fell on the electric rail lines.
National | 01 January 2023, 02:03 pm, Sunday
Dhaka’s air ‘unhealthy’ this morning
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone on Sunday morning.
National | 01 January 2023, 01:49 pm, Sunday
Biden praises Benedict's 'devotion to the Church'
US President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, on Saturday mourned the passing of former pope Benedict XVI, praising his 'devotion to the Church', reports AFP.
International | 01 January 2023, 01:43 pm, Sunday
130 million Arab population in poverty: UN survey
A survey released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Friday said that poverty affects one-third of the Arab region's population, excluding the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Libya, reports XINHUA.
International | 01 January 2023, 01:41 pm, Sunday
Uruguay striker Luis Suárez joining Brazil's Gremio
Uruguay striker Luis Suárez is joining Gremio, the Brazilian club said Saturday. The 35-year-old Suárez was a free agent after he left his boyhood club Nacional before the World Cup in Qatar. Brazilian media reports said Suárez signed a two-year deal with Gremio, reports AP.
Sports | 01 January 2023, 01:38 pm, Sunday
North Korea's Kim orders 'exponential' increase of nuclear arsenal, as tensions soar
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an "exponential" increase in the country's nuclear arsenal, including mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing new missiles for nuclear counterstrikes, state media said Sunday, reports AFP.
International | 01 January 2023, 01:34 pm, Sunday