Sri Lanka renews state of emergency ahead of key vote, Sri Lanka’s acting president renewed the country’s state of emergency Monday ahead of a parliamentary vote to pick a new head of state — a poll in which he is a leading candidate. Ranil Wickremesinghe automatically became acting president when Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned last week […]

Bottled per litre soybean oil price reduced by TK 14, The government has reduced the price of per litre bottled soybean oil by Taka 14 to stand at Taka 185. Talking, Commerce Ministry Senior Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said that the government has taken the decision to reduce prices in the domestic market in line […]

CEC urges political parties to take responsibilities for thwarting poll-time violence, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal today urged the political parties to take responsibility for tackling poll-time violence as the political parties play vital roles in the fields of elections. CEC urges political parties to take responsibilities for thwarting poll-time violence “The political […]

India crosses milestone of administering ‘200 crore’ Covid vaccine doses. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the citizens as the country crossed the milestone of administering ‘200 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses today (Sunday).  According to data provided by the Indian Ministry of Health till 1 pm today, a total of 2,00,00,15,631 doses have been administered […]

SSC exams to begin on Sept 15: Dipu Moni, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni today said this year’s postponed Secondary-School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will begin across the-country on September 15. SSC exams to begin on Sept 15: Dipu Moni “This year’s postponed Secondary School-Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will begin on September 15 […]

Mild heat wave may continue in parts of country, The ongoing mild heat wave is likely to continue in different parts of the country, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin valid for 24 hours commencing 9 am today. “Mild heat wave is sweeping over Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Sylhet divisions and the districts of Tangail, […]

Taijul five-for leads Tigers to sweep West Indies ODI series, Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam showed no rust despite coming to play his first ODI after 28 months as he registered his maiden five-for in this format to steer Bangladesh to a four-wicket win in the third and final game against West Indies at Providence Stadium […]