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Voting ends in 4th phase upazila polls
05:50 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayVoting in the fourth and final phase of the sixth upazila parishad elections has ended and counting is now underway...
Modi set to take oath for the third time on June 8 as allies pledge support
05:21 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be sworn-in for a record-equalling third term on June 8, after key allies pledged their continued support a day after a humbling election verdict that saw his party lose its majority in parliament...
30% freedom fighters quota reinstated in govt jobs
04:52 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) has declared illegal the gazette issued on October 4, 2018, that scrapped the freedom fighter quota in the first and second class government jobs. The bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Khijir Hyat delivered the verdict on Wednesday...
'Things and people made me unhappy at PSG' - Mbappe
03:53 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayFrance forward Kylian Mbappe says "things and people made me unhappy" in his final year at Paris St-Germain...
India's Modi in talks with allies after close election win
03:34 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party was in talks with key allies to form a government Wednesday, after failing to secure an outright majority for the first time since sweeping to power a decade ago. Party leaders across the political spectrum were attempting to shore up their positions and bolster alliances...
Dhaka’s first ‘urban forest’ to protect environment
03:04 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayDhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is planning to create first ‘urban forest’ in the city in order to protect the environment, prevent air pollution and control the high temperature in the capital.
Former Meta engineer sues company for firing him over content related to Gaza
12:50 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayA former Meta engineer on Tuesday accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to help fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian Instagram posts.
PM opens national tree plantation campaign
12:29 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the 'National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair 2024' and the 'Environment Fair 2024'. She opened the tree plantation campaign and the fairs at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka on Wednesday morning.
Educational institutions asked to plant trees
12:07 PM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayDirectorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (DSHE) has instructed all educational institutions to carry out a tree plantation programme on the occasion of World Environment Day.
How many Muslim candidates won the Indian Lok Sabha polls 2024?
11:18 AM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayThe Bharatiya Janata Party will form its third government at the Centre in a row. The party won 240 seats, which is 32 short of a simple majority in the Lok Sabha.
Debt payments by 50 countries most vulnerable to climate crisis soar
10:14 AM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayDebt payments by the 50 countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis have doubled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and now stand at their highest level in more than three decades, campaigners have warned.
Voting underway in fourth phase of upazila polls
08:54 AM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayThe fourth phase of the upazila parishad elections is underway in 60 upazilas across the country on Wednesday. The voting that began at 8am will continue till 4pm without any break.
World Environment Day
08:33 AM, 05 Jun 2024 WednesdayThe World Environment Day-2024 is being observed in the country as elsewhere in the world on Wednesday with a view to creating awareness about environmental pollution.
India polls: Kangana Ranaut wins by 74,000 votes
09:51 PM, 04 Jun 2024 TuesdayActor-politician and BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut won the Mandi Lok Sabha seat with 74,755 votes against her Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh...
Wife gets life for murder of husband
09:39 PM, 04 Jun 2024 TuesdayA court in Bogura has sentenced a woman to life-term imprisonment and three others to death for the murder of her husband...
Modi celebrates victory in India vote, but falls short of landslide
08:31 PM, 04 Jun 2024 TuesdayIndia's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed election victory for his party and its allies on Tuesday, but the opposition said they had "punished" the ruling party to confound predictions and reduce their parliamentary majority...
Tanjil Chowdhury re-elected as chairman of Prime Bank
08:16 PM, 04 Jun 2024 TuesdayThe Board of Directors of Prime Bank has unanimously re-elected Tanjil Chowdhury as chairman for the third consecutive term (2024-26)...
Mocked by BJP for years, Gandhi siblings shine in INDIA's stellar show
07:55 PM, 04 Jun 2024 TuesdayFrom 'pappu' to 'shehzade', Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been the prime target of BJP's ridicule for years. Jabs at the Gandhi family have been the BJP leader's main line of attack...
Benazir, Aziz don't belong to Awami League: Quader
06:25 PM, 04 Jun 2024 TuesdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed and former Army chief Aziz Ahmed don't belong to the party...
Govt to procure 1 cargo LNG, 1 lakh MTs fertilizer, 6,000 MTs lentil
05:34 PM, 04 Jun 2024 TuesdayThe government on Tuesday approved separate proposals for procuring one cargo LNG, one lakh metric tons of fertilizer and 6,000 metric tons of lentil to meet the growing demand of the country...