Dhaka, Apr 18 : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will provide financial assistance to some 36 lakh families who have been hit hard by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and recent natural disasters.
Month: April 2021
SC extends all HC bail orders for next 2 weeks
Dhaka, Apr 18: The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday extended tenure of bails and other interim orders passed by the High Court (HC) for the next two weeks due the surge of Covid-19 cases across the country.
Tour match: Tamim’s Red team beat Mominul’s Green
Dhaka, Apr 18 : Tamim Iqbal led Red team earned a comfortable 89 runs victory over Test captain Mominul Haque’s Green team in an intra-squad two -day practice match that concluded at the Katunayeke CMC ground in Colombo on Sunday.
Covid-19: Deaths break record yet again
Dhaka, April 17 : Bangladesh reported a record number of deaths on Sunday from Covid-19 yet again, with 102 people dying of the disease over a 24 hour period, as authorities grapple with shortages of vaccines, treatments and hospital beds.
Ekushey Padak winner actor SM Mohsin dies of Covid-19
SM Mohsin, a renowned theatre activist who was conferred the Ekushey Padak in 2020, died of Covid-19 on Sunday morning at BIRDEM General Hospital in the capital. He was 73.
Eminent film actor Wasim passes away
Popular film actor of Dhallywood’s golden era Wasim passed away at a hospital in Dhaka early Sunday. He was 74.
The queen says goodbye to Philip, continues her reign alone
Sitting by herself at the funeral of Prince Philip on Saturday, Queen Elizabeth cut a regal but solitary figure: still the monarch, but now alone.
বাঁশখালীতে শ্রমিক হত্যা নৃশংস পশ্চিমা মধ্যযুগীয় শাসনের আধুনিক দৃশ্যায়ন
শনিবার এক বিবৃতিতে মহাসচিব ইউনুছ আহমাদ বলেন, রোজা ও লকডাউনের মধ্যে শ্রমের মূল্য চাইতে গিয়ে এভাবে গুলি খাওয়া সভ্য স্বাধীন কোন দেশে কল্পনা করা যায় না।
200 Young Women take Part in Virtual STEM Olympiad for Girls
The US Embassy and local educational partner RoboLab organized a STEM competition and mentor discussion to encourage Bangladeshi women and girls to pursue STEM education and careers.
Man held for breaking Sheikh Russel statue glass in Jessore
Police have arrested a man in Jessore for breaking the protective glass around a statue of Sheikh Russel.
Ko birdies 18 for one-shot lead at LPGA Lotte Championship
LOS ANGELES – Former world number one Lydia Ko fired seven birdies in a seven-under par 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Nelly Korda heading into the final round of the LPGA Lotte Championship.
Nor’wester lashes country; 1 dead, soothing weather in Dhaka
A fisherman was killed at Ulipur Upazila in Kurigram as a nor’wester lashed across the country between Friday night and the early hours of Saturday.
‘Disaster’ as Nadal’s bid for 12th Monte Carlo title ended by Rublev
MONTE CARLO, Principality of Monaco – Rafael Nadal’s bid for a 12th Monte Carlo Masters title was shattered by Russia’s Andrey Rublev, who swept to a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 quarter-final win on Friday with the great Spaniard admitting his serve…
BCB women’s wing mulls a bilateral series against Sri Lanka
DHAKA —The women’s wing of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) plans to organize a bilateral series against Sri Lanka this year as the proposed tri-nation series involving Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka is unlikely to be held.
We successfully executed our plan in batting: Shanto
DHAKA —Bangladesh batsman Nazmul Hassan Shanto was happy to execute the team’s plan well in batting on the first day of the two-day inter-squad practice game, which is being held to have good preparation for the two-match Test series against…
Tamim, Saif, Shanto impress in practice match
DHAKA —Senior batsman Tamim Iqbal, youngsters Saif Hasan and Nazmul Hossain Shanto showed impressive performance on the first day of the inter-squad warm-up game today at CMCG at Katunayake in Sri Lanka.
Perspectives sharply differ at WTO DG’s vaccine event
Pfizer and Moderna apparently ruled out any prospect of sharing their mRNA technology-based vaccines with the vaccine firms in developing countries on grounds that they are far too complex and require more than 100 raw materials.
Walton launches new models of all-in-one computers
Walton Digi-Tech Industries, a subsidiary of Walton Group, has launched three new models of All-in-One PC. The PCs of Unify S22 series are available in the market now.
Ramsey Clark – One of The Greatest HR Champions
On the 9th of April 2021, Ramsey Clark passed away in the States. He was ninety three. The former US Attorney-General had spent decades in the struggle for human rights both when he was in government and after he ceased to be Attorney-General.
7 more Hefazat supporters held over B’baria mayhem
Seven more people have been arrested in the past 24 hours in connection with the clashes and vandalism by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters in Brahmanbaria last month, police said Saturday.
Former skipper Faruque’s mother dies with Covid symptoms
Noorjahan Akhter, mother of former Bangladesh National Cricket team captain and chief selector Faruque Ahmed, passed away early Saturday at a city hospital with Covid-19 symptoms.
‘Police firing’ in Chattogram leaves five workers dead
Five workers of a coal-based power plant of S Alam Group were shot to death and 25 others injured in a clash between police and workers over payment of their dues in Banshkhali Upazila of Chattogram district on Saturday.
Over 200 protest flight cancellation at Dhaka airport
Around 200 Saudi Arabia-bound migrant workers staged a protest inside the Dhaka airport early on Saturday morning after a scheduled special flight of Biman Bangladesh to Riyadh was cancelled at the last minute.
Prof Tareq Shamsur Rahman found dead at Uttara flat
Police recovered the body of Dr Tareq Shamsur Rahman, a political analyst and former professor of Jahangirnagar University, from his Uttara flat in the city on Saturday.
Day 4 of lockdown: Dhaka wears a deserted look
Dhaka, Apr 17 : Residents of Dhaka woke up to deserted roads as the Covid-19 lockdown in Bangladesh entered the fourth day on Saturday.
Embrace opportunity for climate action, sustainable dev
UN Secretary-General, on Friday, called for a “revolution” in urban planning and urban transport to beat back the impacts of climate change and build a green and sustainable future for all.
Raul Castro confirms he’s resigning, ending long era in Cuba
Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by him and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.
Woman killed over land dispute in Sherpur
A woman was allegedly killed by her husband’s rivals over a land dispute at Babarchar village in Sherpur’s Nakla Upazila on Friday.
Kabori: The great heroine of Bangladeshi cinema departs
The latest celebrity to lose the battle to coronavirus is a veteran Bangladeshi actress and former Awami League MP Sarah Begum Kabori. She was 70.
A Dalit Woman Becomes The Voice of Farmers In India
I am here to fight and I am here to stay, come what may, they have made their people’s leader, and I am not going to let them down,” says Nodeep.