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Heatwave: Primary schools to remain closed until Thursday
05:55 PM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayThe government has decided to keep its all primary schools shut until Thursday due to intense heatwave. The schools under the Children Welfare Trust and Learning Centre of the Bureau of Non-Formal Education will also remain closed during the same period.
Chuadanga records season’s highest temperature at 43°C
04:17 PM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayAmid the scorching heat in different parts of the country, Chuadanga recorded the highest temperature of this season at 43 degrees Celsius on Monday afternoon. Jaminur Rahman, in-charge of Chuadanga First Class Weather Observatory, said they recorded 43 degrees Celsius temperature in the district at 3pm.
PMO’s humanitarian initiative for an elderly rickshaw puller
03:36 PM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayPrime Minister's Office (PMO) has taken a humanitarian initiative for elderly rickshaw puller Habibur Rahman to ensure an abode and provide an auto-rickshaw to him.
Myanmar records hottest ever April temperature of 48.2C
02:55 PM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayMyanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius (118.76 Fahrenheit), its weather department said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian nation bakes in a heatwave.
Heat wave continues in most parts of country
01:46 PM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayThe heat wave with different intensities continues in most parts of the country while the met office so far couldn't predict any further change of this situation within the nearest possible time.
Bangladeshi worker dies after forklift incident in Singapore
12:48 PM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayA migrant worker from Bangladesh working at a salvage yard in Sungei Kadut was struck in the neck by a forklift and later died of his wounds.
PM returns home from Bangkok
12:13 PM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday returned home from Bangkok wrapping up her six-day official visit to Thailand. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:25 am.
Tipu-Prity murder: Charges framed against 33 accused
11:57 AM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayA Dhaka court has framed charges against 33 people including Dhaka city south unit of Awami League (AL) Organizing Secretary Ashraf Talukder in the case lodged over the sensational murder of AL leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital’s Shahjahanpur area.
Mexico bus crash leaves 14 dead, 31 injured
11:17 AM, 29 Apr 2024 MondayAt least 14 people died and 31 others were injured in a road accident in Mexico on Sunday, the authorities announced. The accident took place in the state of Mexico, on the outskirts of the capital, when a bus overturned on the roadway, the local safety secretariat said.
Secondary schools, colleges, madrasas in 5 dists closed on Monday
09:56 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayAll secondary schools, colleges, madrasas, and technical educational institutions in five districts will remain closed on Monday due to the intense heatwave sweeping across the country...
Saifuddin returns to Tigers' squad after 18 months
09:25 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayPace bowling allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin made a comeback to the national team after a gap of 18 months as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad for the first three T20 Internationals against Zimbabwe on Sunday. Saifuddin played his last T20 match against Pakistan in Christchurch in 2022 but thereafter his lean patch...
Filing cases making baseless stories is AL's daily program: Fakhrul
08:59 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said arresting opposition leaders and activists and filing cases against them by making baseless stories have now become the daily program of Awami League (AL)...
Zimbabwe arrive Bangladesh for T20 series
07:41 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayZimbabwe, led by Sikandar Raza, arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday for a five-match T20 International series against the Tigers, starting on May 3...
PCB appoints Kirsten, Gillespie as men's white-ball, red-ball coaches
06:26 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi Sunday announced the board's decision to bring in South Africa's Gary Kirsten and Australia's Jason Gillespie as the coaches for the men's national side...
Shibli Rubayat reppointed BSEC chairman
06:04 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayBangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam has been reappointed for four more years...
Hundreds more arrests at US student protests over Gaza
05:24 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayHundreds more people were arrested at college campuses across the US on Saturday as student protests against the war in Gaza continue...
Gold price reduced by Tk 315 per bhori
04:32 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayThe Bangladesh Jeweler’s Association has decided to reduce the price of gold by Tk 315 per bhori following a decrease in the price of pure gold in the local market. Now, gold of 22-carat will cost Tk 1,12,616 per bhori (11.664 grams), 21-carat Tk 1,07,495, 18-carat Tk 92,146, and gold of traditional method Tk 76,632 respectively...
Chargesheet filed against Pinaki Bhattacharya in DSA case
04:12 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayThe Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Department of Police submitted a chargesheet against online activist Pinaki Bhattacharya and former joint secretary of Chhatra Dal, Mofizur Rahman Ashik in a Digital Security Act (DSA) case filed with Ramna Model Police Station in 2022...
Bayern plan move for Walker - Sunday's gossip
03:38 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayBayern Munich are planning another move for Manchester City's England defender Kyle Walker, after they failed to sign the 33-year-old last summer. (Star)...
2 Bangladeshis shot dead in New York
02:59 PM, 28 Apr 2024 SundayTwo Bangladeshi expatriates were shot dead by the miscreants in the city of Buffalo in the US state of New York at 12:30pm on Saturday (local time). The deceased were identified as Babul Uddin, from Cumilla, and Yusuf Mia, from Sylhet.