Boat carrying Rohingya refugees stranded off Indonesia’s Aceh
GB Today Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have for years sailed to countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia Reuters: A…
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US may strengthen strategic ties with Bangladesh as a part of its Indo-Pacific policy
ANI, Dhaka: US may improve strategic ties with Bangladesh to strengthen its Indo-Pacific policy and counter-balance China’s increasing…
BPL teams at a glance after player draft
BSS: The player draft of the eighth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was held Monday at…
‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1b globally, holds N America box office top spot
AFP: The hit new “Spider-Man” became the first billion-dollar-grossing film of the pandemic era over the Christmas weekend,…
Microsoft Bangladesh announces 2021 Partner of the Year Awards winners
UNB: Microsoft has announced the winners and finalists of the 2021 Bangladesh Partner of the Year Awards. The…
Brunei mission holds webinar on migrant workers’ issues
UNB: A webinar titled ‘Issues Related to Migrant Workers in Brunei’ was organized by the Bangladesh High Commission…
Stocks rebound on both bourses
BSS, Dhaka: After witnessing a downward trend in the three sessions, stocks today rebounded in the Dhaka and…
Global COVID-19 cases near 280mn as Omicron wave pounds hospitals
UNB, Dhaka: The global overall number of coronavirus cases is fast approaching 280 million with the new Covid-19…
Jhalakathi launch fire: Death toll climbs to 42
UNB, Jhalakathi: The death toll from the deadly fire in launch MV Avijan-10 in the Sugandha River near…
Transmission infrastructure: The missing link in Bangladesh’s power play
Covid-19 has also been an obstacle to electricity generation in 2021 UNB, Dhaka: For an electricity-surplus nation like…
Khaleda Zia’s plea to go abroad: Law Ministry forwards opinion to Home Ministry
UNB, Dhaka: The Law Ministry on Monday forwarded its opinion to the Home Ministry on an application seeking…
Siliguri under watchful cameras, project Nazardari launched
In all, 400 CCTV cameras in and around the town will keep tabs on criminal activities and traffic…
Four UK returnees test Covid positive in West Bengal
Their samples for genome sequencing will be collected on Monday PTI: At least four returnees from the United…
Odisha: Biju Janata Dal turns 25, promises to reduce poverty
Delivering the keynote address on the occasion, Naveen Patnaik expresses his gratitude to the people of the state…
We will not tolerate oppression by the Assam Government: AASU
NE NOW NEWS: Chief Advisor of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) Samujjal Bhattacharya accusing the police of…
Agartala, Guwahati most polluted cities in Northeast
NOW NEWS: Guwahati – the capital city of Assam and Agartala – the capital city of Tripura, are…
Family of six Rohingya migrants held in Tripura
NE NOW NEWS: A family of six, including four children, has been held by Tripura police in the…
Omicron concern: Tripura to start whole genome sequencing from February 2022
NE NOW NEWS: With rising concerns over the rapid spread of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country,…
Abul Lais Shyamal’s “Bangladesh 50” photo album unveiled in London
Muhammed Shahed Rahman: On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Victory of Bangladesh and the birth…
Kate surprises concert audience with piano performance
The Duchess of Cambridge has surprised the audience at a community carol service with her piano playing skills,…