AFP : Former US president Donald Trump has said that Israel is “losing the PR war” in Gaza because of...
Day: April 6, 2024
Staff Reporter : The Malaysian government has announced an extension for the Visa with Reference (VDR) application deadline, also known as the calling visa, for foreign workers to April 21, addressing the country’s worker shortage. This extension grants source countries, including Bangladesh, additional time to process VDRs for individuals seeking employment in Malaysia. The original deadline was set for March 31. The High Commission of Malaysia in Dhaka relayed via its website that the VDR is issued by Malaysian missions...
Agencies : American pop star Taylor Swift has joined Elon Musk as ranking among the world’s wealthiest people in the...
Sports Reporter : Chairman of the Cricket Operations Committee of the BCB Jalal Yunus hopes Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team will become stronger soon. Australia Women’s Cricket team arrived in Dhaka to play three-match ODI series and three-match T20I series against Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital’s Mirpur. Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team lost the two white-ball series against Australia. After the last T20I match between Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team and Australia Cricket team, Jalal...
City Desk : Traffic movement was slow on a 13-kilometre stretch of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gajaria of Munshiganj from Thursday night till around Friday noon with hundreds of thousands of people going to their hometowns and villages for the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Humayun Kabir, in charge of Gajaria highway police outpost, said vehicles were moving slowly from Langalbandh in Narayanganj to Daudkandi Meghna-Gumti Bridge in Comilla due to heavy traffic. He said due to the narrowness of some parts of...
City Desk : The 35-year-old victim, a married man working as a readymade garment worker, went to a residential hotel with his lover in Paltan on Thursday night (April 4). A rickshaw puller brought him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the morning (April 5), reports media. DMCH police camp’s in-charge Inspector Bachchu Mia said the man’s lover Maksuda ran off with Tk 32,000 the victim had on him. The man’s relatives say they know nothing about the girl....
UNB : A case has been filed over the robbery at the Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bagerhat. Habildar Shahidul Islam, of Ansar Battalion-3, filed the case at Rampal Police Station on Thursday night, naming 20 individuals and 30 to 40 unidentified men. Police have already arrested 12 suspects involved in the case, with efforts underway to apprehend the others, according to police sources. Rampal Police Station Officer-in-Charge Somen Das, quoting the case details, said that on Wednesday night, a...
Staff Reporter : Authorities involved with the hijacked Bangladeshi vessel MV Abdullah, which is presently anchored near the Somali coast,...
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : Popular actress Azmeri Haque Badhon has recently completed the shooting of her new movie titled ‘Master’,...