BMD predicts rain likely in Dhaka, seven other divisions
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rain or thundershower across the country including Dhaka over 24 hours, starting from 9:00am on Wednesday...
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Ukraine to ask for greater freedom to target Russia
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Russia claims capture of village at Donetsk
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Firefighters closing parade held
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Ukraine鈥檚 Zelensky arrives at Singapore security forum
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Train services on Benapole-Mongla route begins with 500 passengers
Train communication on the 138.64km Benapole-Mongla route began operations on Saturday, carrying 500 passengers on its inaugural journey....
It will be 鈥榙ifficult鈥� to attend Ukraine peace talks without Russia: China
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Rain likely over parts of Bangladesh
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over three divisions, at a few places over three other divisions and at one or two places over Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions.....
Russia targeting children in anti-war dissent crackdown: AI
Russian authorities are increasingly targeting children and their families as punishment for opposing the Kremlin and its invasion of Ukraine, Amnesty International said on Friday....
Engine shortage suspends Ctg-Cox鈥檚 Bazar train service
Due to shortage of engines, the regular train service on the Chittagong-Cox鈥檚 Bazar route has been suspended for an indefinite period from today...
NATO meets as pressure grows to let Ukraine hit Russia
NATO foreign ministers gathered in Prague on Thursday in the face of growing calls for leading allies to lift restrictions stopping Kyiv from using Western weapons to strike inside Russia...
Bangladesh business climate deteriorates
Bangladesh鈥檚 business environment deteriorated in the financial year 2023-24 compared with that in the FY 2022-23 due mainly to lack of necessary reforms, increasing pressure from tax authorities, rising interest rate and impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a report released by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka...
EU states agree 鈥榩rohibitive鈥� tariffs on Russia grain imports
EU states agreed on Thursday to impose 鈥榩rohibitive鈥� duties on grain imports from Russia in a bid to cut off revenues to Moscow for its war on Ukraine...
Train services on Benapole-Mongla route set to begin from June 1
A commuter train will start operation on Benapole-Mongla route from June 1....
Mongla Commuter train on new section from June 1
Bangladesh Railway is scheduled to introduce a commuter train on the new Khulna-Benapole-Mongla route on June 1...
Russian attacks kill nine in Ukraine
Ukraine reported on Wednesday that nine people had been killed in five regions of the war-battered country, as Russia presses gains on the front line where Kyiv鈥檚 troops are struggling...
BMD predicts light rain, thundershowers across Bangladesh
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in seven divisions including Dhaka...
Railway to sell advance Eid tickets from June 2
The Bangladesh Railway is going to sell all advance intercity train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha online from June 2 on different schedules...
2024: people starve as the rich get richer
EARNING enough to pay the rent or mortgage, cover utility bills and travel costs, buy food and have the occasional coffee is difficult, impossible for many...
Sale of advance train ticket for Eid-ul-Azha to begin June 2
The sale of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers across Bangladesh will start online from June 2....
13 die, 16 missing as stone quarry collapses in India
A stone quarry has collapsed on Tuesday in India鈥檚 northeast due to heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm, killing 13 quarry workers, officials said....
Rain triggers water stagnation in Ctg
Chattogram experienced heavy rainfall since Monday morning, triggered by cyclone Remal, resulting in low-lying areas of the city submerged under water...
Daylong rain causes suffering to city people聽
Thousands of people from all walks of life, mostly school going children and office goers suffered immensely from water stagnation in the capital on Monday due to heavy rainfall following the cyclone Remal...
Taiwan continues toward US-engineered 鈥榰kraine-isation鈥�
The Chinese Island province of Taiwan continues to be targeted by the US and its political proxies through efforts to further consolidate political control over it and transform it into a geopolitical 鈥榖attering ram鈥� against the rest of China...
Spain pledges 1b in military aid to Kyiv as Zelensky visits
Spain on Monday pledged one billion euros in military aid to Ukraine as prime minister Pedro Sanchez and Ukraine鈥檚 president Volodymyr Zelensky signed a security deal in Madrid....
Metro rail services halted for about 2.5hrs for rain, power problem
The services of metro rail remained suspended for about two and half hours on Monday morning due to technical problems and rain, said officials of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited...
Zelensky invites Biden, Xi to attend Ukraine peace summit
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday urged US president Joe Biden and China鈥檚 president Xi Jinping to attend a peace summit in Switzerland next month...
Keep on rockin鈥� in free world
ON THE evening of May 14, US secretary of state Antony Blinken climbed onstage at Barman Dictat in Kyiv, Ukraine, to pick up an electric guitar and join the Ukrainian punk band 19.99. Ukrainians, he said, are 鈥榝ighting not just for a free Ukraine, but for a free world鈥�...
Ukraine says has 鈥榮topped鈥� Russia in Kharkiv, now pushing back
Ukrainian forces have 鈥榮topped鈥� Russia from advancing further into the northeastern Kharkiv region and are now counter-attacking, but Moscow is intensifying its assault on other parts of the front, Ukraine鈥檚 army said on Friday...
Fatal strikes rock Kharkiv as Russia claims fresh advances
Russian strikes on Ukraine鈥檚 second-largest city Kharkiv killed at least seven people, authorities said on Thursday, as Moscow claimed fresh advances on the front line...
