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Sheikh Mohamed bin Al Zayed elected UAE president
04:45 PM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayThe United Arab Emirates’ longtime de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president on Saturday a day after the death of its former leader...
Real confident of Mbappe deal - Saturday's gossip
03:49 PM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayReal Madrid are "more confident than ever" they can set out a deal to secure France and Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, but the 23-year-old has yet to decide where his future lies. (Fabrizio Romano)...
RMCH shuts down its corona unit
02:42 PM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) authority has shut down its corona unit amidst sharp decline in the number of patients suffering from Covid-19 in the region...
Shakib to play first Test, says captain Mominul
01:23 PM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayAce all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who recovered from Covid-19, will play the first Test against Sri Lanka beginning from Sunday...
8 killed in Gopalganj road accident
12:23 PM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayEight people were killed and twenty others injured in a triangular collision among a bus, private car and a motorcycle at Milton bazar area on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj on Saturday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Kashiani Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mehedi Hasan, said a Khulna-bound bus of Rajib Paribahan collided head-on with a private car and a motorcycle, leaving seven people dead on the spot...
India bans export of wheat with immediate effect
11:28 AM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayA day after its data showed annual Consumer Price Inflation hitting a near eight-year-high of 7.79 per cent in April, and retail food inflation surging even higher to 8.38 per cent, India’s Narendra Modi government has banned export of all wheat from the country...
Complaint filed for arrest of Sri Lankan ex-PM Mahinda, 6 others
09:13 AM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayA personal complaint has been lodged before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court by a lawyer requesting to direct the CID to immediately arrest seven persons, including Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa...
North Korea confirms 21 new deaths as it battles COVID-19
08:45 AM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayNorth Korea on Saturday reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms as the country scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19 across its unvaccinated population...
AL picks Arfanul Haque Rifat for Cumilla city polls
08:32 AM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayThe Awami League (AL) has picked the party's Cumilla city unit general secretary Arfanul Haque Rifat as its mayoral candidate for the upcoming Cumilla City Corporation elections slated for June 15...
Ukraine begins first war crimes trial of Russian soldier
08:26 AM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayUkraine has started its first war crimes trial since the beginning of Russia's invasion, with a 21-year-old soldier appearing in the dock accused of killing an unarmed civilian...
27 die as blaze guts office building in Delhi
08:11 AM, 14 May 2022 SaturdayFire has swept through a four-storey office building in Delhi, killing at least 27 people and injuring at least 12, emergency services say. More than 70 people were in the building when the fire started and police broke windows and used ropes to rescue people. Some 20 fire engines were used to put out the blaze near Mundka metro station...
Cummins to miss remainder of IPL due to hip injury
05:53 PM, 13 May 2022 FridayAustralia test captain Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the remainder of the Kolkata Knight Riders' Indian Premier League campaign due to a minor hip injury, multiple media reports said on Friday...
Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold
05:42 PM, 13 May 2022 FridayElon Musk has said his $44bn (£35bn) deal to buy Twitter is temporarily on hold after he queried the number of fake or spam accounts on the social media platform...
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies
05:08 PM, 13 May 2022 FridayHis Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, passed away on Friday, May 13, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs condoles the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nation...
Covid-19: No death, 18 cases reported in 24 hrs
04:59 PM, 13 May 2022 FridayBangladesh reported no COVID-19 death and 18 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities are 29,127 and infections rose to 19,52,957. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Friday...
Why women file for divorce more
04:20 PM, 13 May 2022 FridayThe decision to end a marriage is often difficult, and couples may spend months, or even years, soul-searching before calling it quits...
Biden pledges $150m to ASEAN with eye on China
03:44 PM, 13 May 2022 FridayUS President Joe Biden opened a summit of Southeast Asian leaders with a pledge to spend $150m on infrastructure, security and the anti-pandemic efforts, as Washington seeks to counter China’s rising influence in the region..
Couple in India sue son for not giving them a grandchild
03:06 PM, 13 May 2022 FridayA couple in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand are suing their only son and his wife for not giving them a grandchild after six years of marriage...
Lightning kills 2 farmers in Naogaon
02:37 PM, 13 May 2022 FridayTwo farmers were killed in lightning strikes in Porsha upazila of Naogaon district on Friday morning...
How Sri Lanka's war heroes became villains
01:02 PM, 13 May 2022 FridaySri Lanka is at a crossroads as an economic crisis upends the lives of its 22 million people. The Rajapaksa brothers, hailed by many as heroes for winning the civil war, are now reviled as leaders. How did this happen and what comes next?...