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BEA places Tk 11.95 lakh crore alternative budget

12:44 PM, 03 Jun 2024 Monday

The Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) on Monday placed a Tk11,95,486 crore alternative budget for the fiscal year of 2024-25. The proposed budget of the BEA is 1.57 times higher than the original national budget size of the current fiscal year.

Namibia defeat Oman in T20 World Cup after super over thriller

11:41 AM, 03 Jun 2024 Monday

Namibia scored a nerve-shredding victory over Oman in their T20 World Cup Group B clash in Barbados on Sunday after a low-scoring thriller was decided by a super over.

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as first woman president

11:13 AM, 03 Jun 2024 Monday

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico's first woman president in an historic landslide win. Mexico's official electoral authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City winning between 58% and 60% of the vote in Sunday's election.

Govt forms probe body over failure to send workers to Malaysia

10:02 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment has formed a six-member committee to find out those responsible for the failure to send workers to Malaysia before the fixed deadline...

Mbappe signs Real Madrid deal

09:37 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Kylian Mbappe has signed a contract to join Real Madrid on a free transfer when his Paris St-Germain deal expires on 30 June...

Deal signed to give insurance for Omera exclusive distributors

09:16 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Green Delta Insurance and Omera Petroleum Limited have recently signed an agreement to provide micro-health insurance for Omera Petroleum Limited's exclusive distributors...

Biden's Gaza plan 'not a good deal' but Israel accepts it, Netanyahu aide says

08:59 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by US President Joe Biden...

DCCI urges UK to import more from Bangladesh

07:56 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Over 94% of exports from Bangladesh to the UK concentrated on ready-made garments (RMG) products (USD 5.03 billion)...

Benazir will be brought back if found guilty: Quader

07:19 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed will be brought home back if he is found guilty...

Earthquake jolts parts of country

07:13 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolted different parts of the country, including Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, Rangamati and Khagrachari districts, on Sunday afternoon. The quake struck at 2:45 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Mawlaik in Myanmar, about 442km south-east of Dhaka...

Counterfeit drugs worth Tk 30 lakh seized in Dhaka

05:58 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

A huge amount of unregistered counterfeit drugs worth around Tk 30 lakh have been seized in the capital Dhaka...

Indictment order in Dr Yunus’s money embezzlement case June 12

05:05 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

A court in Dhaka on Sunday set June 12 for passing its order on charge framing in a case against Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others for allegedly embezzling Tk 25 crore from the company and laundering abroad...

Throat-slit bodies of mother, baby boy found in hotel

04:07 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her 11-month-old son from a residential hotel in Sadar upazila of Bogura on Sunday morning...

Real Madrid beat Dortmund to win Champions League

03:48 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Real Madrid rode their luck and overcame an outstanding challenge from Borussia Dortmund to win the Champions League at Wembley...

Heatstroke kills 33 Indian polling staff on last voting day

02:35 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country.

Mild heat wave sweeping over parts of country

01:34 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Mild heat wave is sweeping over sixteen districts across the country and it may abate from some places.

Bangladesh to work with those countries helping advancement: PM

01:07 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh would rather work with those countries which will help in Dhaka's journey towards development and prosperity not taking into consideration who engages in war with whom.

Jones blasts USA to debut T20 World Cup win over Canada

12:12 PM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Aaron Jones struck an explosive unbeaten 94 from 40 balls as the USA beat Canada by seven wickets in the opening game of the T20 World Cup on Saturday.

2 killed as pickup van hits truck in Gazipur

11:40 AM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

Two people were killed and another was injured when a pickup van hit a truck in Gazipur early Sunday. The accident took place on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Jainabazar area in Sreepur upazila around 4am.

Advance train ticket sale for Eid-ul-Azha begins

10:59 AM, 02 Jun 2024 Sunday

The sale of all advance train tickets for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha began online at 8am on Sunday. Passengers will be able to purchase the tickets for June 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 on June 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively.