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New Mexico residents brace for extreme wildfire conditions
11:29 AM, 08 May 2022 SundayWith 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 SundayPolice 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 SundayRussian 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 SundayJohn 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 SundayThe 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 SundayAll 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 SaturdayPrime 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 SaturdayBangladesh 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 SaturdayIt’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 SaturdayThe 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 SaturdayAs 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 SaturdayAfghanistan’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 SaturdayBangladesh 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 SaturdayMembers 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 SaturdayBarcelona 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 SaturdaySeven 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 SaturdayToday 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 SaturdayDuring 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 SaturdaySri 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 SaturdayU.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...