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Shadman overcomes testing morning session to score fifty
02:37 PM, 23 Aug 2024 FridayShadman Islam batted through an extended three-hour first session on day three..
13 dead, 4.5 million affected by Bangladesh floods
01:07 PM, 23 Aug 2024 FridayAt least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains, the disaster management and relief ministry said on Friday. The South Asian nation of 170 million people, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers...
Arsenal agree deal in principle to sign Merino
12:51 PM, 23 Aug 2024 FridayArsenal have agreed a deal in principle worth up to £32.6m to sign Spain midfielder Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad...
Tripura floods: 19 killed, 65,400 rendered homeless
12:22 PM, 23 Aug 2024 FridayThe death toll due to floods in Tripura rose to 19 on Thursday with seven more casualties in the last 24 hours, as floods triggered by heavy, incessant rainfall rendered over 65,000 people homeless with two people missing...
Kamala Harris pledges to get Gaza ceasefire deal 'done'
11:29 AM, 23 Aug 2024 FridayKamala Harris pledged Thursday to get a Gaza ceasefire and said as US president she would stand with Ukraine and not "cozy up" to dictators like her Republican opponent Donald Trump...
Rizwan, Shakeel put Pakistan on top against Bangladesh
09:34 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayMohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel kept Pakistan aloft over Bangladesh on Day 2 of the first cricket Test by treating the visitors' toothless bowling in disdain in Rawalpindi on Thursday...
Gold price hits record high of Tk 1.26 lakh per bhori
09:16 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Jeweler’s Association has raised the price of gold by Tk 1,504 to Tk 1,26,006 per bhori following an increase in the price of pure gold in the local market...
Yunus asks advisers to stand by flood-hit people
08:59 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged all the advisers to stand by the flood-hit people as the flood situation is deteriorating in the country's 10 districts, leaving over 36 lakh people affected. Briefing reporters at Foreign Service Academy, Dhaka after a meeting of the council of advisers...
DMP arrests Rashed Khan Menon from Gulshan
08:02 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe Dhaka Metropolitan Police, DMP, arrested Workers Party President and former lawmaker, Rashed Khan Menon, from Gulshan in the capital on Thursday...
2 Addl IGP, 1 DIG on forced retirement
07:07 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe government has sent two additional inspectors general and a deputy inspector general of the police on compulsory retirement...
Yunus discusses flood situation with Indian HC
06:53 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayInterim government Chief Adviser, Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, met with Pranay Kumar Verma, the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, on Thursday to discuss the ongoing flood situation and related actions.
Tripura braces for 2 more days of heavy rain, prolonged floods feared
06:28 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayForecasts indicate that heavy rain will continue in Tripura for the next two days, raising concerns about further deterioration of the flood situation in Bangladesh.
Writ seeking ban on AL to be heard Aug 25
06:14 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe High Court has fixed Sunday (August 25) to hear a writ petition seeking a ban on the Awami League and cancellation of its registration...
Nahid finds India’s actions ‘inhumane’, ‘uncooperative’
05:49 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayNahid Islam, the information adviser of the interim government, criticised India for its "inhumane" and "uncooperative" actions in opening a dam without prior warning, leaving Bangladesh unprepared to deal with the resulting flood.
Hasina, 80 others sued for Narsingdi murder
05:26 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayA case has been filed against 81 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and former Home Minister Asaduzaman Khan over the murder of a man in Narsingdi...
RMG worker murder: Shakil, Farzana put on remand
04:50 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayA Dhaka court on Thursday placed Shakil Ahmed, former head of news at Ekattor Television, and its principal correspondent, Farzana Rupa, on a four-day remand in a case over the murder of a ready-made garment worker...
BB appoints 5 independent directors to Islami Bank
04:35 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Bank has appointed five new independent directors to the board of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC after the bank’s board was dissolved to remove the ownership influence of S Alam Group.
NBR seeks transaction info of 5 conglomerates
04:16 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed all banks and financial institutions to provide details of the financial transactions of the owners and family members of five major conglomerates.
Shakeel, Rizwan keep Bangladesh waiting for a breakthrough
03:51 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayLunch Pakistan 256 for 4 (Rizwan 89*, Shakeel 86*) vs Bangladesh...
2 die as floods swamp Bangladesh, heavy shower forecasted
03:32 PM, 22 Aug 2024 ThursdayFloods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low-lying Bangladesh, disaster officials said Thursday, adding to the new government's challenges after weeks of political turmoil.