Central Desk
Bangladesh logs 23 new Covid cases
Bangladesh logged zero Covid-19 death and 23 positive cases in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) sources said.
BNP will fall in crisis if it does not join polls: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said if BNP does not participate in the next parliamentary elections, it will fall in crisis of existence.
Awami League comes to power through election: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said that her party Awami League comes to power always through election and never by the back door.
Huge rush at Paturia ferry terminal
After celebrating Eid a huge number of people thronged the Paturia ferry terminal on Saturday morning to return to Dhaka from southern Bangladesh.
TCB to sell edible oil at Tk 110 a liter from June: Tapan Kanti
Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh on Saturday said the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will resume selling edible oil at Tk 110 a liter in June.
Bangladesh-born Lutfur Rahman elected Tower Hamlets mayor in East London
Bangladesh-born British politician Lutfur Rahman has secured a comeback by winning the vote to become mayor of Tower Hamlets in East London.
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday night declared a state of emergency amid public protests caused by the economic crisis.
Macron sworn in for second term as president
Emmanuel Macron was sworn in for his second term as France's president on Saturday at a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, followed by the firing of canons at the Invalides gardens.
‘I’ll Sacrifice My Life To Win 2022 World Cup For Brazil’ –Neymar
Paris Saint-Germain ahead, Neymar believes the Brazilian workforce has what it takes to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to take place later this year in Qatar.
US sending Ukraine more weapons
US President Joe Biden announced another package of military assistance for Ukraine on Friday as dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol's besieged steelworks, the last pocket of resistance against Russian troops in the pulverized port city.
Taliban orders women to wear burqa in public
Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country's women to wear the all-covering burqan nin public -- one of the harshest controls imposed on women's lives since the hardline Islamists seized power, reports AFP.
Bangladesh logs 10 new Covid cases
Bangladesh today logged zero Covid-19 death and 10 positive cases in the past 24 hours till Saturday morning, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) sources said.
7 killed in Natore road crash
A total of seven persons, including two siblings, were killed and at least 12 injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Bonpara municipal area of Natore district on Saturday.
Fakhrul demands withdrawal of soybean oil price hike
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday demanded the withdrawal of the government’s decision to increase the price of soybean oil, alleging the move was taken to protect the interests of the ruling quarters.
3 more remanded over student-trader clash in New Market
A Dhaka court on Friday placed three more people, including a student of Dhaka College, on a three-day police remand in two separate cases filed over the recent violence between the students of Dhaka College and traders of New Market area in the capital.