Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The killing marks the latest bloodshed in spiraling violence that comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vi…
Bangladesh reported 11 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.With the new number, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,037,543, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).However, the official death toll from the dis…
A suicide bomber struck a crowded mosque inside a police compound in Pakistan on Monday, causing the roof to collapse and killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 150 others, officials said.Most of the casualties were police officers. It was n…
Seven more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning.Of the new patients, four were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Fifty-two dengue patie…
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to form a committee for formulating a policy over handcuffing and shackling the accused.The HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice…
A court in Cox’s Bazar on Monday sentenced eight Rohingya men to life imprisonment in a case over smuggling some 2 lakh Yaba pills into the country in 2019.Additional District and Sessions Judge Nishat Sultana pronounced the verdict.The convicts are Md…
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2023 will begin on April 30.Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar, chairman of Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, revealed the schedule to UNB today (January 30, 2023).SSC…
Dutch consumer electronics and medical equipment maker Philips said Monday it is cutting 6,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years as it revealed a net loss of 1.6 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in 2022, down from a net profit of 3.3 billion euros las…
Former BNP lawmaker Shamsul Alam Pramanik died at a hospital in Rajshahi early Monday. He was 70.Alam, a three-time MP from Naogaon-4 (Manda) constituency, breathed his last at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital around 4:40 am, said Anisar Alam, you…
Bangladesh sees its series of engagements with the Group of Twenty (G20) under India’s Presidency this year as a “big honour” for the country.“We will raise our issues there. It is a big honour for us. We should be prudent,” Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdu…
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today (January 30, 2023) said his Argentine counterpart Santiago Andrés Cafiero will be in Dhaka on a two-day official visit in February – as the two sides want to strengthen ties in the coming days.“I have invited hi…
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