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Mizanur Rahman made new pro-VC of NU
02:18 PM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayDr Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, director of the Leather Engineering and Technology Institute, and professor of the Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Department of Dhaka University has recently been made the new pro-vice-chancellor of the National University (NU)...
Rain likely in Dhaka, six other divisions
01:42 PM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasts rain or thundershowers in different parts of the country in 24 hours starting from 9:00 am on Monday...
Four including 3 KNF members held in Bandarban
01:11 PM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayThe joint forces detained three members of the armed group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in Ruma upazila of Bandarban on Sunday night. Among them, one was directly involved in recent bank robberies, said Saikat Shahin, superintendent of the district police (SP)...
China property giant Shimao faces winding-up case
12:22 PM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayChina's crisis-hit property market has been dealt a fresh blow as major real estate developer Shimao Group has been hit with a winding-up petition...
Monkey Man review – Dev Patel directs and stars in a bloody revenge thriller
11:53 AM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayWith his directorial debut Monkey Man, which he also co-wrote and stars in, Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion) cements himself both as an action star with A-list ambitions and a competent, resourceful B-movie director...
Bodies of father, son recovered in Dhaka
11:27 AM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayPolice recovered the bodies of a man and his son from a house in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area of Dhaka on Sunday night...
More than 90 dead in Mozambique ferry disaster
10:42 AM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayMore than 90 people including many children died when an overcrowded makeshift ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique, local authorities have said...
Myanmar's army massacred Rohingyas, now it wants their help
09:54 AM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayNearly seven years after the Myanmar military killed thousands of Muslim Rohingyas, in what the UN called "textbook ethnic cleansing", it wants their help. From interviews with Rohingyas living in Rakhine State the BBC has learned of at least 100 of them being conscripted in recent weeks to fight for the embattled junta...
Filmmaker Sohanur Rahman's daughter found dead in Dhaka hotel
08:51 AM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayPolice recovered the hanging body of late filmmaker Sohanur Rahman Sohan's daughter from a residential hotel in Jatrabari of Dhaka on Sunday night. Jatrabari Police Station sub-inspector Sabbir Rahman said police retrieved the body of Samia Rahman Sristy, 34, from 210 no. room of a hotel...
Salah salvages point for title-chasing Liverpool at Manchester United
08:18 AM, 08 Apr 2024 MondayLiverpool are the first to falter in the three-way title joust with Arsenal and Manchester City, and Manchester United will be delighted at causing this...
Storms, lightning strikes claim 12 lives
10:01 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayStorms and lightning strikes left at least 12 people dead in eight districts of the country on Sunday. Of them, two died in Bhola, two in Patuakhali, one in Khulna, three in Jhalakathi, one in Netrakona, one in Pirojpur, one in Bagerhat, and one in Rangamati, according to the Disaster Management Department (DDM)...
Sometimes a homebody, sometimes a diva: the many shades of Suchitra Sen
09:32 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayWith her large haunting eyes, Suchitra Sen evokes the image of a woman of incredible beauty and grace...
PM likely to visit Brazil in July: FM
09:13 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayForeign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to visit Brazil in July next as the visiting Brazilian foreign minister brought an invitation from the Brazilian President in this regards...
Israel ‘pulls out troops’ from southern Gaza
08:34 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayThe Israeli military says it has withdrawn its ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip, including Khan Younis, amid conflicting reports about the scale and duration of the disengagement...
KNF chief coordinator arrested
07:55 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayThe Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the chief coordinator of the armed group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in Bandarban. The elite force apprehended Cheosim Bom, 55, in a drive conducted in Sualok area in Sadar upazila early Sunday...
Armed activities of Kuki-Chin in hills an isolated incident: Quader
06:48 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayAwami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the armed activities of Kuki-Chin in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a sporadic incident, while the government has taken a cautious and rigid stance to this end...
Three including schoolgirl killed in lightning strikes
05:26 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayThree people were killed in lightning strikes in Jhalakathi on Sunday...
Thousands of Israelis protest against government, urging captive deal
04:15 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayThousands of Israeli antigovernment protesters have gathered in Tel Aviv, among other parts of the country, to call on the government to reach a deal to free dozens of captives held by the Hamas group in Gaza and to hold early elections...
Arsenal beat Brighton to move top of Premier League
03:39 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayArsenal maintained their pursuit of a first Premier League title for 20 years as they moved top of the table with an impressive away victory over Brighton...
Combing operation begins in Bandarban: Army chief
02:30 PM, 07 Apr 2024 SundayThe joint forces have started a combing operation in Bandarban to curb the separatists following several terrorist attacks in Thanchi and Ruma.