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Green tea may significantly help in lowering diabetes: Study
01:40 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayDrinking green tea may not only help in reducing your waistline, but may also prove beneficial in lowering diabetes, finds a study...
Fake covid test reports: Sabrina, 7 others jailed for 11 years
12:50 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayA Dhaka court has sentenced eight people including JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Chowdhury in a case filed for issuing fake coronavirus test reports. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order on Tuesday...
Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey
12:37 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayRussian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran starting Tuesday is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United States and Europe amid its grinding campaign in Ukraine...
398 killed in road accidents during Eid journey
12:02 PM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayAs many as 398 people were killed and 960 others injured in 319 road accidents in 15 days (July 3- July 17) across the country during Eid-ul-Azha journey. Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, Secretary General of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samiti, said this at a press conference at Sagar-Runi auditorium of Dhaka Reporters Unity...
Russia fines Google $360 mn over Ukraine content
11:32 AM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayA Moscow court has fined Google 21 billion rubles ($360 million) for failing to remove content concerning Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the nation's telecommunications regulator said Monday...
Countrywide daylong Covid-19 vaccination campaign begins
10:26 AM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayThe nationwide daylong Covid-19 vaccination campaign began on Tuesday morning to expedite the vaccination programme to combat the outbreak of the deadly virus. "The government has decided to observe the nationwide vaccination for expanding booster dose coverage across the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus," Health Minister said...
Renowned ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh dies
10:10 AM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayRenowned Indian ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh, known for crooning classics like "Naam Gum Jayega" and "Dil Dhoondta Hai", died on Monday due to suspected colon cancer and COVID-19-related complications at a city hospital, his wife Mitali Singh said...
Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery
08:56 AM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayA day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his passport renewed so he can leave, too. With the nation in the throes of its worst economic crisis, Ishad has no job, relies on relatives for financial help and sells vegetables to feed his wife...
Fauci says he plans to retire by end of Biden’s current term
08:44 AM, 19 Jul 2022 TuesdayDr. Anthony Fauci plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden's current term in office, the government's top infectious disease expert told CNN on Monday...
Amjad Khan Chowdhury Nursing College starts its journey
05:48 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayCountry’s leading business conglomerate PRAN-RFL Group has launched a nursing college in Natore named Amjad Khan Chowdhury Nursing College...
Flood-affected SSC candidates to get books by July 24: Dipu Moni
05:37 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayEducation Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Monday said at a meeting that the flood-affected SSC candidates in Sylhet and other areas will be provided with books by July 24...
HC orders judicial probe into Narail teacher humiliation
05:03 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThe High Court (HC) on Monday ordered judicial probe into the humiliation of Mirzapur United Degree College teacher Swapan Kumar Biswas in Narail...
Covid: 7 dead, 1072 infected in 24 hours
04:47 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,241 in Bangladesh as 7 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,072 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,997,412. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
ICC FTP: Bangladesh land Test and ODI jackpot in 2023-2027 cycle
04:00 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayBangladesh have a bit of a bonanza lined up. The 2023-2027 ICC Future Tours Programme has 34 Tests marked for them, behind only England (42), Australia (41) and India (38)...
3 killed as truck hits microbus in Habiganj
03:50 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThree people were killed and ten others injured after a truck hit a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bakharnagar area in Madhabpur of Habiganj around 2:30pm on Monday...
Joint meeting of AL secretariat on July 23
03:28 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayA joint meeting of Awami League (AL) secretariat with Dhaka city south and north units of the party and president and general secretary of its associate bodies will be held at the party's Bangabandhu Avenue Central Office in the capital at 3.30pm on July 23...
Area-based load shedding from Tuesday
02:24 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThe government has decided to start area-based load shedding for a specific time in the country from Tuesday. The decision was taken in a high-level meeting at Prime Minister’s Office on Monday. It was said after the meeting that, all shops will remain closed after 8 pm. The air conditions of all mosques will be kept off to save electricity...
Ghana confirms first cases of deadly Marburg virus
01:18 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayGhana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola...
Mild heat wave may abate
01:01 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayThe ongoing mild heat wave may abate at three districts of the country, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin on Monday. “Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Rangpur and Nilphamari and it may abate,” said the bulletin...
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez marry in Las Vegas
12:49 PM, 18 Jul 2022 MondayHollywood stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have got married in Las Vegas, Ms Lopez has confirmed...