Hamas says Israel move on Rafah aims to 'obstruct' truce talks

A Hamas official on Thursday accused Israel of carrying out incursions in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah to block talks seeking a truce in the seven-month war in the Palestinian territory.Israel's military operations in Rafah and its border crossing "aim to obstruct the efforts of the mediators", Ezzat al-Rishq said in a statement, adding Hamas had sent a delegation to the talks in Cairo and that it was

No invisible force, rather elected govt

No invisible force, rather Sheikh Hasina-led government elected by people is running the country, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said.Terming the BNP's thinking of 'an invisible for





Crises deepen further after parliamentar

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the crises have deepened further after January 7 parliamentary elections, instead of being resolved.At the same time





Reserves fall below $19 billion, first t

It hit $18.26 billion today after the central bank settled $1.63 billion worth of import bills of two months through the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), an arrangement for settling transactions, Banglades









CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht quits job

Daily Bangla Times :  Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, announced on Wednesday





One more dies from Covid, positivity rate 11pc

  One more person died from COVID-19 in the country during the last 24 hours as of Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the viral disease to 29,488.In addition, 33 new cases were reported across the country during this time, ac





Book fair extended till March 2

Amar Ekushey Book Fair has been extended for two days as organisers decided to continue it till March 2. Ministry of Cultural Affairs Secretary Khalil Ahmed confirmed the matter to the media on T









International Women's Day tomorrow

Daily Bangla Times: International Women's Day will be observed tomorrow (Mar 8) across the country as elsewhere in the world with the theme 'Digit ALL: Innovation and technology for gender equali





Dhaka, Chattogram st

Daily Bangla Times: The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell slightly in the morning trade today.The DSEX, the benchmark index of the top bourse in Ba





Bangladesh Railway W

Bangladesh Railway wayman job circular 2023 is published at www.railway.gov.bd. Railway Bangladesh job circular offers some new vacancies in this post





97pc of Boro paddy h

Ninety-seven per cent of Boro paddy have been harvested in the country's haor areas, said the agriculture ministry in a press release on Sunday (May 5





Two Bangladeshi hajj

Two Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims were killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. The deceased are Sagor Jomaddar, 23, son of Motah





Facebook`s ad agency

Daily Bangla Times: In a major setback to businesses in Bangladesh, Facebook's ad agency, Httpool, cited the lack of USD currency and difficulties with remittances abroad as the reasons for the c





BB sells 25kg of gol

Bangladesh Bank for the first time in 16 years, auctioned 25 kilogrammes of gold for around Tk 18 crore on Wednesday, reports UNB.The central bank was keen to auction the gold in late 2022 but failed





Saudi to fine up to

   Saudi Arabia has warned visitors and residents against participating in the upcoming Hajj season 2024 without obtaining necessary permits, BSS reported citing Gulf News. To ensu





Commercial US spaces

  A Houston-based company has landed America's first spaceship on the Moon in more than 50 years, part of a new fleet of NASA-funded, uncrewed commercial robots intended to pave the way for