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RMCH counts 2 more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
12:51 PM, 19 Feb 2022 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more fatalities in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 9am today...
Ottawa crackdown: Police arrest 100 after 3-week protest
12:39 PM, 19 Feb 2022 SaturdayPolice arrested scores of demonstrators and towed away vehicles Friday in Canada’s besieged capital, and a stream of trucks started leaving under the pressure...
9 dead as Storm Eunice batters Europe
12:11 PM, 19 Feb 2022 SaturdayStorm Eunice killed at least nine people in Europe on Friday, pummelling Britain with record-breaking winds and forcing millions to take shelter as it disrupted flights, trains and ferries across Western Europe...
Biden now ‘convinced’ Russia will launch invasion of Ukraine
11:36 AM, 19 Feb 2022 SaturdayU.S. President Joe Biden says he is now “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine and assault the capital, an ominous assessment that emerged as the country’s war-torn east saw more attacks that the West said could be designed to establish a pretext for an attack...
How did we get here
06:15 PM, 18 Feb 2022 FridayThe historic Bangla language movement of the mid-twentieth century is an inspirational part of Bangladeshi heritage...
24 die from Coronavirus in 24 hours
04:51 PM, 18 Feb 2022 FridayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 28,931 in Bangladesh as 24 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,584 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,929,154. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Friday...
Maj Gen Sakil Ahmed appointed as new DG of BGB
03:36 PM, 18 Feb 2022 FridayMajor General Sakil Ahmed has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB). Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday night. Sakil Ahmed also served his duty as the Director General of the Immigration and Passports Department...
Ahmedabad 2008 blasts: India court sentences 38 to death
03:15 PM, 18 Feb 2022 FridayA court in India has sentenced 38 people to death for their role in a series of bomb blasts in 2008 in the western state of Gujarat. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds injured in the bombings, which took place in Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of Gujarat...
Primary schools to reopen on March 1
02:20 PM, 18 Feb 2022 FridayThe government has decided to reopen primary schools from March 1. In-person classes will be started from the day...
Death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil passes 100
12:34 PM, 18 Feb 2022 FridayFloods and mudslides that swept away homes and cars in the Brazilian city of Petropolis have killed at least 117 people, local officials said. But even as families prepared to bury their dead on Thursday, 116 other people remained missing...
Ukraine tensions: Russia looking for excuse to invade, US says
12:14 PM, 18 Feb 2022 FridayRussia is preparing to fabricate a reason to invade Ukraine and launch an attack in the coming days, the US says...
5 killed as truck runs over auto-rickshaw in Cumilla
12:00 PM, 18 Feb 2022 FridayFive people were killed and two others injured when a garbage truck ran over a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Cumilla-Sylhet highway at Mainamati Tut Bagan area in Burichang upazila in Cumilla early Friday. Of the deceased, four were identified as Julhas Miah, the auto-rickshaw driver and its passengers Jahirul Islam, Jalal and Saiful Islam...
Opinion: What the hijab ban is really about
03:45 PM, 17 Feb 2022 ThursdayAnother day, another scene of intimidation for the hundreds of Muslim girls and women across Karnataka who find themselves locked out of schools and colleges, threatened, isolated, and even segregated into classrooms...
Charges pressed against actress Eka in drug case
03:15 PM, 17 Feb 2022 ThursdayPolice have pressed charges against film actress Eka in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Hatirjheel Police Station deputy inspector Monir Mondal confirmed the matter to Jago News on Thursday...
More Polish opposition figures found to have been targeted by Pegasus
02:56 PM, 17 Feb 2022 ThursdayThe use of intrusive spyware by members of the European Union is expected to face new scrutiny following revelations that the mobile phones of two more Polish citizens with close links to an opposition senator were targeted by a client of NSO Group, according to security experts...
Moderna eyes Covid booster by August
01:45 PM, 17 Feb 2022 ThursdayAn Omicron-specific booster could be ready by August, the CEO of US biotech firm Moderna told Reuters, but the firm is still gathering clinical data to determine whether that vaccine would offer better protection than a new dose of the existing jab...
Bangladesh has 14000 AIDS patients, 729 infected in a year
12:38 PM, 17 Feb 2022 ThursdayBangladesh has, so far, around 14,000 patients of AIDS, the most advanced stage of HIV infection. Though the number is low, the country is at high risk because of neighbouring India and Myanmar which have higher transmission rates...
Secondary, university level edu instts to resume from Feb 22
12:05 PM, 17 Feb 2022 ThursdayThe National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on COVID-19 has decided to reopen all secondary and university level educational institutions from February 22. The decision was taken at a meeting with NTAC on Wednesday night, meeting sources said...
94 killed in landslides near Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro
12:02 PM, 17 Feb 2022 ThursdayAt least 94 people have been killed in mudslides and floods that tore through a mountainous region of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, local authorities said. The disaster in the city of Petropolis followed three hours of torrential rain on Tuesday...
Two motorcyclists killed in Dhaka road mishap
11:00 AM, 17 Feb 2022 ThursdayTwo motorcyclists were killed in the Airport area of the capital early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Pathao rider Rafiqul Islam Sumon, 40, and Kajol Akter, 35. Dhaka Airport Police Station officer sub-inspector Jewel Mia said an unidentified vehicle hit a motorcycle around 3 am, leaving the duo dead on the spot...