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Two dengue patients die; 344 hospitalized in 24 hrs
04:11 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayTwo dengue patients died and 344 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning. With the latest death, a total of 63 people died of dengue to date, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said. Currently, 2,156 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
Truck runs over elderly man in Gazipur
03:46 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayAn elderly man was killed as a truck ran over him in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur district on Wednesday morning...
Millions of children miss school in Sudan
03:05 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayNearly every school-age child in Sudan is missing out on education, either completely or facing serious disruption, aid organisations have warned...
After Russian retreat, Putin formally annexes 15% of Ukraine
02:38 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayPresident Vladimir Putin completed the formal annexation of more than 15% of Ukraine on Wednesday just as Russian forces battled to halt Ukrainian counter-offensives across swathes of the territory...
Riteish Deshmukh reveals why he has never done a Dharma film
02:13 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayBollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh shares a great bond with filmmaker Karan Johar. But doing a ‘Dharma-film’ isn’t something that has appealed to him...
Study suggests how setting a sleep schedule can help adolescents get more sleep
01:54 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayTeens may experience disrupted sleep, daytime fatigue, and changes in mood and focus when adjusting to a new sleep schedule at the start of the school year...
Musk reverses course, again: he’s ready to buy Twitter, build ‘X’ app
01:02 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayBillionaire Elon Musk is proposing to proceed with his original $44 billion bid to take Twitter Inc private, security filings showed on Tuesday, calling for an end to a lawsuit by the social media company that could have forced him to pay up, whether he wanted to or not...
Probe committee formed over grid failure
12:18 PM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayA five-member committee has been formed to investigate the reason behind the grid failure that triggered a countrywide blackout on Tuesday...
PM to address press on UK, US visit on Thursday
11:16 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference about her just-concluded official visit to the United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday. "The press conference will be held at 4pm on Thursday at Ganabhaban," Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS on Wednesday.
25 killed after bus falls into gorge in India’s Uttarakhand
10:55 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayTwenty-five members of a wedding party have died after a bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal last night. Some 21 passengers were rescued in an all-night operation at the spot of the accident near Simdi village...
Five reasons why China’s economy is in trouble
10:15 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayChina's economy is slowing down as it adapts to a punishing zero-Covid strategy and weakening global demand...
Hasan tested positive for COVID-19
09:01 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdayInformation and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has been tested positive again for COVID-19...
S. Korea, US fire missiles into the sea to protest ‘reckless’ N. Korea test
08:40 AM, 05 Oct 2022 WednesdaySouth Korea and the U.S. military conducted missile drills in response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, as Washington condemned Pyongyang's longest-range test as "dangerous and reckless."
Power supply restored in parts of Dhaka
10:13 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayThe power supply has been restored in some areas of Dhaka and some other areas of the country gradually following a power outage due to a fault in transmission lines of the national grid. Authorities of power sector have restored power supply at Bangladesh secretariat, Biduyt Bhaban...
Interview: ASI Kadir suggests not keeping intimate moments' photos, videos on mobile phones
10:06 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayAbdul Kadir, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, is known for finding lost mobile phones.
None can hurt religious sentiments of anyone: PM
09:05 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the countrymen to abstain from saying anything hurtful to religious sentiments and magnifying any incident that goes against any religion, rather look at the punitive measures taken by the government...
Power trouble in eastern region solves: Nasrul
08:12 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayPower trouble in the eastern region was solved and the rest of areas will be soon restored as engineers-technicians of both Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) are working on it...
Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic: ISPR
07:55 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayThree Bangladeshi peacekeepers deployed in the Central African Republic have been killed and another has been injured during UN peacekeeping operations...
One gets death, 2 life in Kushtia murder case
06:39 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayA court in Kushtia district on Tuesday sentenced a man to death and two others to life-term imprisonment in a murder case...
Engineers working to restore power transmission
05:29 PM, 04 Oct 2022 TuesdayEngineers of both the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) are working to restore electricity transmission across the country. BPDB Director (Public Relations) Shameem Hasan informed that the National Power Transmission grid failed at noon...