Oscar-winning Iranian filmmaker backs jailed actor Alidoosti
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on Tuesday urged the release of Taraneh Alidoosti, who has starred in four of his films, after the actor's arrest for supporting the three-month protest movement, reports AFP.
Entertainment | 21 December 2022, 06:58 pm, Wednesday
Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas denied bail for 4th time
A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan on December 7.
Politics | 21 December 2022, 05:22 pm, Wednesday
Handcuffs, leg irons should’ve been removed during funeral of BNP leader’s mother: Hasan
Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud said on Wednesday that handcuffs and leg irons should have been removed when a prisoned BNP leader attended his mother’s funeral on parole in Gazipur on Tuesday.
Politics | 21 December 2022, 05:18 pm, Wednesday
Will act against those trying to create anarchy: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said that action will be taken if anyone tries to create anarchy in the country.
National | 21 December 2022, 05:13 pm, Wednesday
Make sure people don’t suffer amid global crisis: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the public representatives of the local government bodies to play their due part so the people don’t suffer amid global crisis.
National | 21 December 2022, 05:10 pm, Wednesday
Taliban bar women from university education in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms, reports AP.
International | 21 December 2022, 01:05 pm, Wednesday
Elon Musk announces his resignation as CEO of Twitter
Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday announced his decision to step down as CEO of Twitter after he lost a poll on the platform on Monday asking users whether he should resign from the position.
Technology | 21 December 2022, 01:09 pm, Wednesday
US lawmakers vote to release Trump's tax returns
US lawmakers voted Tuesday to make public Donald Trump's tax returns, ending a years-long battle by the former president to keep the filings private as his cloudy financial past continues to stoke controversy, reports AFP.
International | 21 December 2022, 12:36 pm, Wednesday
Zelensky plans US visit -- first trip abroad since war began
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected to visit Washington on Wednesday for a possible meeting with Joe Biden and an address to Congress -- his first trip abroad since Russia invaded in February, reports AFP.
International | 21 December 2022, 12:33 pm, Wednesday
PM opens 100 highways in 50 districts
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday opened a record number of 100 highways to traffic in 50 districts.
National | 21 December 2022, 02:15 pm, Wednesday
Another SP sent on compulsory retirement
Another police officer of the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) has been sent on compulsory retirement. Public Security Division under the Home Ministry issued a notification in this regard signed by its senior secretary Md Aminul Islam Khan on Tuesday.
National | 20 December 2022, 07:20 pm, Tuesday
New curriculum to be introduced in 2023: Dipu Moni
Education Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday said new curriculum will be introduced for primary, secondary and higher secondary level students from next year.
Education | 20 December 2022, 05:19 pm, Tuesday
BNP’s 27-point outline is ridiculous: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday criticized the BNP's 27-point plan for ‘Structural Reform of the State,’ terming it as ‘ridiculous’.
Politics | 20 December 2022, 05:24 pm, Tuesday
‘No reason to worry’ about new US sanctions: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said there is “no reason to worry” about new US sanctions, and described Bangladesh, US ties as “very good”.
National | 20 December 2022, 05:23 pm, Tuesday
World Cup winners Argentina arrive back in Buenos Aires
The airplane transporting World Cup winners Argentina and their captain Lionel Messi back from Qatar arrived at the Ezeiza international airport in Buenos Aires at 2:40 am (0540 GMT) on Tuesday, reports AFP.
Sports | 20 December 2022, 12:34 pm, Tuesday
Bangladesh embassy in Rome awards top remittance senders
The Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, Italy has honoured five expatriate Bangladeshi nationals with ‘Remittance Award’ on the occasion of International Migrants Day-2022.
National | 20 December 2022, 12:21 pm, Tuesday
Dhaka air ranks world’s 2nd most polluted this morning
Dhaka ranked second in the list of world cities with most poor air quality on Tuesday morning. The metropolis’s air quality index (AQI) score was 221 at 9:30 am.
National | 20 December 2022, 12:16 pm, Tuesday
Putin in Belarus, eyeing next steps in Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare trip Monday to Moscow's ally Belarus as his forces pursued their campaign to bombard Ukraine from the air amid a broad battlefield stalemate almost 10 months into the war, reports AP.
International | 20 December 2022, 12:11 pm, Tuesday
Kim's sister defends North Korea's spy satellite capabilities
North Korea has developed advanced technologies to take images from space using a spy satellite, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un insisted Tuesday, after experts mocked black-and-white images supposedly taken from space in a weekend launch, reports AFP.
International | 20 December 2022, 12:01 pm, Tuesday
Nation doesn't want recurrence of 2009 BDR incident: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called unfortunate the massacre in the paramilitary force in 2009, saying the nation doesn't want recurrence of such incident as she asked the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel to maintain discipline and chain of command.
National | 20 December 2022, 11:58 am, Tuesday