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New Mexico residents brace for extreme wildfire conditions

11:29 AM, 08 May 2022 Sunday

With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town, residents of this small northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy Saturday as their rural neighbors hunkered down amid predictions of extreme fire conditions...

Mother, two daughters found dead in Manikganj

10:38 AM, 08 May 2022 Sunday

Police have recovered the bodies of a women and her two daughters from their house at Angurpara village under Baliakhora union in Ghior upazila of Manikganj. The deceased were identified as Laboni Akter, 35, her daughters Choya Akter, 16 and Kotha Akter, 12. Laboni’s husband dentist Asaduzzaman has been on the run since the incident...

Putin believes he cannot ‘afford to lose’ Ukraine war: CIA chief

09:49 AM, 08 May 2022 Sunday

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that he cannot afford to lose in Ukraine and is “doubling down” on the war, but does not show signs of planning to use tactical nuclear weapons, CIA director Bill Burns said...

Ex-security chief set to become new Hong Kong leader

09:23 AM, 08 May 2022 Sunday

John Lee is set to be named Hong Kong's new leader on Sunday, once a closed voting process in which he is the sole candidate concludes...

Tagore’s 161st birth anniversary observed

09:01 AM, 08 May 2022 Sunday

The 161st birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, was observed on Sunday...

Ukraine says all women, children now evacuated from Mariupol steel mill

08:33 AM, 08 May 2022 Sunday

All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday...

AL always assumes power through vote, not by back door: PM

08:53 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Awami League never used the back door for grabbing power, rather it always assumes state power through elections. "Awami League (AL) always assumes power through elections. It never grabbed power using the back door as AL is not an organisation that was created from the pocket of any military dictator," she said...

Bangladesh 5th in world in Covid-19 recovery index

08:50 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Bangladesh has ranked 5th out of 121 countries in the Nikkei Covid-19 Recovery Index while the country secured top position among the South Asian countries...

Farhan Akhtar to join MCU with Ms Marvel

08:45 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

It’s official. Bollywood actor-director Farhan Akhtar is indeed a part of the cast of Ms Marvel, though we still do not know which character he is playing in the upcoming Disney+ series...

Sri Lankan team to arrive in Dhaka on Sunday

07:41 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

The Sri Lanka Cricket team is all set to arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow (Sunday) for a two-match Test series which is the part of ICC World Test Championship...

Road crashes claim 543 lives in April

06:36 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

As many as 543 people, including 67 women and 81 children, were killed in around 427 road accidents across the country in April this year. Road Safety Foundation on Saturday made the disclosure in a press release sent to the media. The organization works for safe roads and safe driving...

Taliban orders Afghan women to cover their faces in public

04:48 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered the country’s women to cover their faces in public – one of the harshest restrictions imposed on them since the Taliban seized power last year...

Covid-19: No death, 10 cases reported in 24 hrs

03:49 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Bangladesh reported no COVID-19 death and 10 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities are 29,127 and infections rose to 19,52,776. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Saturday...

US lawmakers to open chips, China bill negotiations

03:20 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Members of Congress will meet Thursday to open negotiations on a compromise measure that would fund $52 billion in semiconductor manufacturing subsidies and boost US competitiveness with Chinese technology, a source told Reuters...

Barca want Man City's Silva - Saturday's gossip

02:41 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Barcelona want to make a move for Manchester City's Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva, 27, and could offer a swap deal involving 24-year-old Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)...

Siblings among 7 killed in Natore triangular collision

02:13 PM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Seven people, including a teenage boy and his sister, were killed and at least 50 others injured as two buses and a truck collided in Baraigram upazila of Natore district on Saturday morning. Among the deceased, two were identified as Kawser, 18, and his sister Sadia, 12...

18th death anniversary of Ahsanullah Master today

10:56 AM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Today is the 18th death anniversary of the Independence award winning veteran freedom fighter, lawmaker and eminent labour leader Ahsan Ullah Master...

Study finds mental illness can damage heart and mind

09:43 AM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

During a recent study, scientists from the University of South Australia uncovered another reason why society should be paying more attention to mental health as it is closely aligned to blood pressure and heart rate variations...

State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka as strike halts country

09:26 AM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

Sri Lanka’s president has declared a state of emergency for the second time in five weeks, giving security forces sweeping powers as a nationwide strike by angry demonstrators crippled the country...

Biden announces new $150 million weapons package for Ukraine

09:06 AM, 07 May 2022 Saturday

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a new $150 million weapons package for Ukraine on Friday, providing additional artillery munitions, radar and other equipment in the latest in a series of transfers to help Kyiv repel Russia's invasion...