BD Court sets Nov 30 for framing charges against Samrat in arms, drug cases
GB Today A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed November 30 for framing charges against expelled Jubo League leader and casino…
October 2020
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 18 deaths, 1,380 fresh cases
Bangladesh today recorded 18 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 1,380 fresh cases overnight. The recovery count rose to…
BD Govt fixes potato price at Tk 35/kg
The government on Tuesday fixed the price of potato at Tk 35 per kg in the retail market…
Govt to spend 567 cr for development of 3 airports
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved four projects, including a Tk 567-crore…
DU to take admission tests offline; cuts marks in half
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities are decentralising the entry tests for the 2020-21 academic year to curb the…
1 in 6 children lives in extreme poverty: Analysis
An estimated 1 in 6 children – or 356 million globally – lived in extreme poverty before the…
Laila Hossain new Bangladesh Ambassador to Poland
The government has appointed Sultana Laila Hossain, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to Morocco, as the next Ambassador…
Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Niko graft case on Nov 24
A court here today set November 24 to hold a hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case…
Faridpur MP Nixon gets anticipatory bail
The High Court on Tuesday granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to Faridpur-4 MP Mujibur Rahman Nixon Chowdhury in…
17 people injured during CPI (M) – BJP clash in South Tripura
At least 17 persons were injured in a clash between the supporters of the CPI(M) and ruling BJP…
Assam COVID19 update: Tally crosses 2,00,300-mark; 12 more die of infection
With the detection of 642 new positive cases and 12 more deaths in the last 24 hours, Assam’s…
While Other States Register Strong Revival of Tourism, A&N Islands Lags Behind
State BJP Team Apprises MOS Tourism About the Ground Situation of Andaman Tourism Port Blair: The team of…
Nitish Kumar trains guns on Lalu Yadav, young leaders
The CM highlighted the bad law and order situation during the RJD rule and cited latest figures of…
3,865 new cases, recovery rate dips
The renewed surge in cases has caused the positive confirmation rate to rise again, over the past week…
Puja adds cheer to Digha tourism
South Eastern Railways resumed one special Howrah-Digha daily service running for the next 42 days Anshuman Phadikar, Digha:…
CPM admits to key ‘failure’ in hills
The party opposes a separate state of Gorkhaland and instead vouches for ‘the highest form of autonomy’ to…
Drive to restore Sunderbans mangroves
The Bengal government on World Environment Day launched a restorative plantation drive to cover around 1,200sqkm Subhasish Chaudhuri,…
Coronavirus can infect brain tissue, affect memory, language: Brazilian study
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has the capacity to affect brain tissue and the structure of the…
Cross border connectivity for Bangladesh’s power sector: A business view
।। Sumaiya Noor ।। South Asia is home to a quarter of the world’s population, yet its share…
New jets promise to revive supersonic travel
“People have always wanted to travel fast, ever since the first person galloped across the plains on horseback,”…