Tahsan Khan becomes UNHCR goodwill ambassador
GB Today UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Saturday appointed singer-songwriter and actor Tahsan Khan as its first goodwill ambassador…
2021
Shakib: It’ll be tough to repeat old form
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returned from the US on Sunday. The all-rounder, who is expected to make…
BD: Ships docking at Ctg Port declined by 2pc due to Covid in 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent suspension of export and import for several months caused a 2 percent drop…
BD: Remittance inflow increases by 37.60pc in 6 months
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent $12,944.74 million remittances in the six months of the current fiscal 2020-21, which is around…
863 new Covid cases in 24 hours in West Bengal
The state’s recovery rate has risen for 72 consecutive days by nearly 9 per cent since October 22…
Flood of irrigation funds in pipeline
Despite submission of detailed project reports, the demand for funds from the department had been gathering dust for…
Mizoram Police refute Bangladesh government’s allegation, say ‘no hideout of separatist groups in state’
Mizoram Police have refuted the Bangladeshi government’s allegation that armed separatist terror groups from Bangladesh have set up…
Dry run for Covid-19 vaccine in West Tripura district
The Tripura health department on Saturday carried out the dry run for Covid-19 vaccination in the West Tripura…
NLFT militant nabbed in Khowai; cash, vehicle seized
Tripura police have arrested one National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militant from the Teliamuara area in Khowai…
BJP, UPPL to jointly fight Assam Assembly polls 2021 in BTR
RINOY BASUMATARY KOKRAJHAR: Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the BJP and their ally, United People’s…
2021: Great expectations from a New Year
BISWADEEP GHOSH: The beginning sounds familiar. On March 31 last year, a returnee from outside Assam tested positive…
Snowfall in Dima Hasao brings cheer in New Year
PANKAJ KR DEBHAFLONG: The hill district of Assam, Dima Hasao has received the season’s first spell of snowfall.…
HSLC Exam from May 11, HS Exam from May 12 in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Keeping aside all speculations, Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced that the High School Leaving…
40pc people know about hand washing with water and soap: BBS survey
Forty per cent respondents said that they know handwashing using water and soap is necessary before eating, said…
Liberation war affairs ministry to make film on ‘Operation Jackpot’
The liberation war affairs ministry has taken initiatives to make a historical film ‘Operation Jackpot’, one of the…
Mushfiqur Rahim finds a place in Wisden’s teenage Test XI
Bangladeshi wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been named in the Wisden’s Teenage Riot Test XI. Wisden, one of…
Myanmar loses support of 9 countries on Rohingya issue
Myanmar has lost the support of nine countries of Africa and the Pacific on the issue of human…
Microsoft says Russian hackers viewed some of its source code
Nicole Perlroth: Microsoft said Thursday that the far-reaching Russian hack of US government agencies and private corporations went…
BD: Policemen need to be as good as the ones of developed countries
Bangladeshi police officers will have to be as efficient as the law enforcers of the developed countries through…
Entertainment world hopes to stage a comeback after Covid-19 year
The year 2020 will forever be remembered not only as the time of pandemic but also as the…