The decision on the affected Gulistan building will be taken after 45 days, said a member of the RAJUK probe committee on Friday morning. The rescue operation of Fire Service and Civil Defence has been stopped at the six-storey Gulistan building in the capital on Friday morning. But the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) authority is carrying out propping work at ...

Without any problem, the medical admission test was held, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque. Committee was formed involving expert physicians for the examination. They (physicians) have formulated question papers. And the question papers were sent to each examination centre after tracking and using digital system. The minister came up with the information after visiting an exam centre at Dhaka ...

Manchester United bounced back from a historic thrashing by Liverpool to beat Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie on Thursday, while a 2-2 draw away to Sporting Lisbon gave Arsenal work to do to reach the quarter-finals. United equalled their heaviest ever defeat and worst since 1931 in losing 7-0 at Anfield ...

At Least 36 people were killed by extremists in conflict-riddled eastern Congo, the military said on Thursday. The Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel militia with links to the Islamic State group, killed civilians in Mukondi village in North Kivu province, said Congo army spokesman in Beni town, Capt. Anthony Mwalushayi. “The enemy made the incursion into the chiefdom of Bashu ...

The admissions tests for MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) will be held on today (March 10,2023). The one-hour MCQ exam will start at 10:00am at 19 centres across the country, according to Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM&DC). A total of 1,39,217 applicants will compete for 11,122 seats in the medical college admission test this year. Of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the filmmakers to produce life-oriented decent movies to keep the people away from wrongdoings and offenses in the society. “The life-oriented arts and cinemas attract the people much. The reason is that the people get the reflection of their own life from there. A cinema can change the life of a person or ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday questioned intentions of some people who are talking against Bangladesh and its leader Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, noting that to them “grapes are sour.” “It does not matter much. It’s unrealistic and not objective,” he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when a reporter sought his comment on an appeal by ...

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said that there is no foreign pressure on the government about the upcoming national election. “If foreigners want to know (about election), we don’t mind telling them about it as we do not do politics of killings or lies. We don’t hide anything, so we have no objection and no hesitation to let the ...

In the last two months, electricity prices have increased three times in the country. The electricity price was last increased on February 28 last month. Earlier, electricity prices were increased twice in January. Even though the price of electricity has increased, consumers are not getting an uninterrupted power supply. The Electricity Development Board is shutting down the power supply for ...

Reserved seat MP-elect (Woman seat-50) Afroza Haque took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament today. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the swearing-in at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Parliament Secretariat’s Senior Secretary K M Abdus Salam conducted the oath-taking ceremony. Deputy Speaker Shamsul Haque, Whip Iqbalur Rahim and lawmakers Shirin Akhter and Wasika Ayesha Khan were present at ...