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More than 6,000 monkeypox cases reported: WHO
12:00 PM, 07 Jul 2022 ThursdayMore than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, the World Health Organization said. The UN agency will reconvene a meeting of the committee that will advise on declaring the outbreak a global health emergency, the WHO's highest level of alert...
Man City's Sterling agrees to join Chelsea
11:35 AM, 07 Jul 2022 ThursdayManchester City forward Raheem Sterling has agreed personal terms with Chelsea...
Man Utd target for De Jong 'not for sale', say Barca
09:55 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayBarcelona have claimed that Frenkie de Jong is not for sale - even though Manchester United have a broad agreement in place to sign the midfielder...
Is your smartphone ruining your memory?
09:33 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayLast week, I missed a real-life meeting because I hadn’t set a reminder on my smartphone, leaving someone I’d never met before alone in a café...
Govt establishing high-tech parks to flourish digital economy: PM
08:52 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government has been establishing high-tech parks across the country mainly to flourish the digital economy with a target of earning 5 billion dollars by 2025. "We have decided to set up high-tech parks aimed at flourishing the digital economy...
Suicide of businessman: Henolux owner, wife remanded
08:42 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayHenolux Group owner Nurul Amin and his wife Fatema Amin have been placed on a two-day remand in the case filed for allegedly abetting the suicide of businessman Gazi Anis...
Indian director facing threats over film poster of goddess with Pride flag
07:28 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayAn Indian film director is facing multiple police cases for “hurting religious sentiments” over the poster for her new film, which depicts the Hindu goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette and clutching an LGBTQ+ flag...
1728 more Covid cases, 4 deaths recorded in 24 hrs
06:18 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported 1,728 more Coronavirus cases and seven deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections increased to 19,84,700 and the fatalities stood at 29,185. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Wednesday...
Savar teacher murder: Zitu confesses to crime
05:02 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdaySchoolboy Ashraful Ahsan Zitu, who is the prime accused in the murder case of Savar teacher Utpal Kumar Sarker, has confessed to the crime. He gave his confessional statement in Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Wednesday after police had produced him before the court following the completion five-day remand...
32 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:12 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayAs many as 32 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Foot and mouth disease casts shadow over Eid festival in Indonesia
03:59 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayAn outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia threatens to disrupt a ritual of slaughtering animals to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha this year, with livestock traders in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation bemoaning low sales...
Pogba set to rejoin Juventus on free transfer
03:37 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayPaul Pogba is set to rejoin Juventus on a free transfer after his Manchester United contract expired...
Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
02:45 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayIsraeli forces have shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank during confrontations that followed an Israeli military raid...
PM seeks countrymen’s help as govt forced executing load-shedding
01:58 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is bound to carry out load shedding and limit electricity production as the fuel prices are continuously increasing globally...
5 Eid jamaats to be held at Baitul Mukarram Mosque
01:05 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayA total of five Eid jamaats will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on the day of the holy Eid-ul-Azha...
2,716 new educational institutions get MPO
12:27 PM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayA total of 2,716 new educational institutions have been brought under the monthly pay order (MPO) scheme across the country. The Education Ministry confirmed the matter in a press release on Wednesday. The new institutes include secondary, higher secondary and technical education institutes alongside madrasas...
PM opens country’s 1st campus-based IT business incubator
11:36 AM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country's first university campus-based IT business incubator at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) as part of building "Smart Bangladesh"...
Twitter challenges India order to take down tweets
11:06 AM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayTwitter has mounted a legal challenge in India against government orders to take down content...
Ukrainian governor urges evacuation of 350,000 residents
09:49 AM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayThe governor of the last remaining eastern province partly under Ukraine’s control urged his more than 350,000 residents to flee as Russia escalated its offensive and air alerts were issued across nearly the entire country...
Nato approves membership bids of Sweden and Finland
08:49 AM, 06 Jul 2022 WednesdayNato's 30 member states formally approved membership bids for Finland and Sweden on Tuesday (July 5), sending their applications to alliance capitals for ratification by legislatures...