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New US Ambassador Peter Haas arrives in Dhaka
08:10 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayNewly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Woman, daughter hacked dead in N'ganj
07:45 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayPolice recovered the bodies of a woman and her daughter in Narayanganj city on Tuesday afternoon...
5,710 Russian troops killed and injured
06:31 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayUkrainian military officials have claimed 5,710 Russian troops have been killed and injured in the first five days of intense fighting in the country...
Over 660,000 people flee Ukraine, UN agency says
05:55 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayMore than 660,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries in the last six days since Russia invaded, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday...
UN reports 536 civilian casualties in Ukraine
05:40 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayAt least 136 civilians have been killed, including 13 children, and 400 have been injured since Russia invaded Ukraine last week, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday...
Time for Bosnia to ‘get rid of Russian influence’: Analysts
05:00 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayThe Russian invasion of Ukraine may spill over into the Western Balkans, most critically, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a small country that has become a battleground between NATO and Moscow, officials and analysts have warned...
Coronavirus: 8 new deaths, 799 cases
04:19 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayEight more people died from coronavirus and 799 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 29,045 and 19,44,376 respectively, a health directorate press release on Tuesday. As many as 23,883 samples were collected and 23,817 tested in the past day...
'We Muslims are treated like the sacrificial goat'
03:43 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayIn mid-August last year, a Hindu vigilante group attacked a popular food stall run by three Muslim brothers in the temple town of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh...
Bangladesh becomes President of WFP Executive Board for year 2022
02:48 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayThe 36-Member Executive Board of the Rome-based WFP (World Food Programme) today (28 February 2022) unanimously elected Bangladesh as the President of the Board for the year 2022 for the first time in its First Regular Session, says a press release.
‘Russia has 75% of forces inside Ukraine’
02:30 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayRussia has moved from having 40% of its forces inside Ukraine to around 75%, a military academic says...
PM for bringing insurance sector under full digital system
01:26 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the insurance sector would have to be brought under a complete automation and digitized system to render hassle free services and thus encourage the people about insurance...
70 Ukrainian soldiers killed in strike on military base
12:50 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayUkrainian officials today confirmed that least 70 soldiers were killed in a Russian artillery strike on their military base. The attack took place at Okhtyrka, in the Sumy region which is currently under siege by Russian forces. On Monday, emergency workers were still sifting through rubble trying to find survivors...
A yak at the Oscars: First nomination for Bhutanese film
12:32 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayFilmed in one of the remotest corners in one of the world's most inaccessible countries, "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom", is the first Bhutanese film ever nominated for an Academy Award...
PM opens National Insurance Day
12:19 PM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the National Insurance Day to enhance public awareness about the insurance for further development of the sector. She opened the day virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence here this morning...
Zelensky seeks ban on Russia at all global airports and ports
11:46 AM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday sought a global ban on Russian planes and ships using foreign airports or seaports as punishment for Moscow launching an attack on his country...
Russia expelled from World Cup as FIFA and UEFA hand down bans
10:57 AM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayRussia has been expelled from the World Cup after being suspended from all international competitions "until further notice", FIFA and UEFA announced in a joint statement on Monday...
Macron urges Putin to spare Ukrainian civilians
10:18 AM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayFrench President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to spare civilians in Ukraine, the French leader's office said in a statement...
Moscow, Kyiv plan ‘second round’ of conflict talks
09:12 AM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayNegotiators from Ukraine and Russia will return to their capital cities for consultations and have plans for fresh talks, both sides announced Monday after meeting for their first talks since the outbreak of war last week...
Ukraine invasion: UN General Assembly set to isolate Russia
09:04 AM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayThe 193-member United Nations General Assembly began meeting on the crisis in Ukraine on Monday ahead of a vote this week to isolate Russia by deploring its "aggression against Ukraine" and demanding Russian troops stop fighting and withdraw...
Russian troops launch attack on Kherson, says Ukraine
08:21 AM, 01 Mar 2022 TuesdayUkraine officials today said Russian troops have begun an assault on Kherson, a city in the south between Mykolaiv and New Kakhovka. BBC Ukraine reported that powerful explosions were heard near the Kherson airport. Kherson's regional state administration also wrote on Facebook that the city is surrounded by Russian troops...