Finally, Ajit Agarkar, Chief Selector of India yesterday announced a very strong and well-balanced squad of 17 players for their Asia Cup mission. 

20:15 22 August 2023

Jatiya Party Chief Patron Raushan Ershad today declared herself the chairman of the opposition party amid incumbent Chairman GM Quader's ongoing three-day visit to India.

13:54 22 August 2023

Bangladesh opener and former ODI captain Tamim Iqbal registered for the universal pension scheme. He registered for the pension scheme on August 17 -- the first day of its launch.

13:22 22 August 2023

The intern doctors of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital went on work abstention from Tuesday morning protesting the attack on them over death of a patient.

12:16 22 August 2023

Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish Football Federation, apologised on Monday for kissing star player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain won the Women's World Cup.

11:49 22 August 2023

The chief of the Russian space agency Roscosmos on Monday advocated for Russia to stay in the lunar race, a day after announcing its mission had crashed.

11:32 22 August 2023

Organised by Federation of Film Societies of India (Eastern region),  second edition of 'World Film Festival Kolkata' is going to be held in Kolkata.

11:22 22 August 2023

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep sadness over the devastation and loss of lives in a deadly wildfire in the Hawaiian island of Maui in the United States.

11:07 22 August 2023

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will arrive in Dhaka on September 7 on a two-day visit before attending the G-20 Summit in India. During his visit, he will make a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hold an official meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen, a diplomatic source confirmed.

10:47 22 August 2023

Former US President Donald Trump has announced his surrender. He will surrender to a lawsuit filed in the state of Georgia on charges of trying to change the 2020 election results.

10:35 22 August 2023

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is leaving Dhaka for Johannesburg, South Africa, this morning to attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held on August 22-24 at the invitation of South African President and current chair of the BRICS Cyril Ramaphosa. "The prime minister will leave Dhaka for Johannesburg, South Africa on August 22 to attend the BRICS Summit," Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told a news briefing at his ministry here on Sunday.

10:18 22 August 2023

The death from dengue fever in the country is increasing. In the last 24 hours, Bangladesh saw hospitalization of 2,097 dengue patients.

21:07 21 August 2023

Spain's Women's World Cup hero Olga Carmona paid tribute to her father on Monday for giving her the strength "to achieve something unique" after learning of his death following the nation's 1-0 win over England.

20:28 21 August 2023

Following successful roll-outs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Election Commission (EC) now plans to provide smart national identity (NID) cards to Bangladeshi expatriate voters living in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia.

20:11 21 August 2023

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today called Zia family as killer family for its direct link to gruesome killings like August-15, 1975 and August-21, 2004, saying the killers won't be allowed to reign over Bangladesh anymore. "Zia family means a killer family. The killers will not be allowed to reign over Bangladesh anymore," she said. The prime minister said this while presiding over a discussion organised by the AL at its Bangabandhu Avenue central office here marking the 19th anniversary of the heinous grenade attacks on the party's anti-terrorism rally on August 21, 2004.

16:56 21 August 2023

The Directors Guild suspended actress Rukaiya Jahan Chamak for three months on Monday (August 21) after the charge against her was proven.

16:24 21 August 2023

The 11th annual scientific meeting was organized with Bangladeshi doctors working in Sydney, Australia. The meeting was held on August 12 at the Waterview Inn in Sydney's Olympic Park.

16:00 21 August 2023

Two separate cases have been filed against 1,000 activists in connection with the police-BNP clash in Habiganj. On Monday (August 21), two cases were filed under the Police Assault and Explosives Act at Sadar Police Station.

15:17 21 August 2023

As part of the first national survey of the adult social care workforce in England, the government is interested in hearing social workers' opinions about their working circumstances.A number of people have been sent back to their home countries on onward flights from some UK airports since Britain introduced new genuineness test policies on care visas.

15:05 21 August 2023

Two people, a mother, and a daughter, were burnt to death in a cylinder explosion at Jaflong Union in Sylhet. Later, the the bodies of mother and daughter were recovered inside their house.

14:52 21 August 2023

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to the victims of August 21 grenade attack by placing wreaths at a makeshift memorial built in front of Awami League's central office on Bangabandhu Avenue.

14:17 21 August 2023

The results of 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examination were published yesterday, Sunday. 

13:43 21 August 2023

Erosion by the Teesta River has taken a serious turn in Kurigram district with the recession of floodwater, displacing many families and devouring vast tracts of cropland.

13:02 21 August 2023

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and former Chief Executive Officer of the social media platform, has quit Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram. Mr Dorsey announced his decision on X, formerly Twitter, saying he had deleted his Instagram account and gone "Meta free."

12:48 21 August 2023