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Omicron sub-variant found in 57 countries: WHO
11:28 AM, 02 Feb 2022 WednesdayA sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain, which some studies indicate could be even more infectious than the original version, has been detected in 57 countries, the WHO said Tuesday...
US trying to draw Russia into war, says Putin
11:15 AM, 02 Feb 2022 WednesdayRussia's President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of trying to draw his country into a war in Ukraine. In his first significant comments on the crisis in several weeks, he said America's goal was to use a confrontation as a pretext to impose more sanctions on Russia...
World accused of ‘sitting and watching’ as Myanmar slides to war
09:57 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayOne year since the military coup in Myanmar, calls for international action are growing louder, notably from the National Unity Government (NUG), made up of elected politicians who were thrown out of office by the generals...
Khaleda going home to avoid Covid risk: Medical board
08:55 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayBNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is going to home from hospital to avoid the higher risk of coronavirus infection, said Prof Dr Fakhruddin Mohammad Siddiqui, the chief of the medical board formed by the party for her treatment.
Children sexually exploited in all parts of England
07:57 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayChildren are being sexually exploited by networks in all parts of England and Wales in the "most degrading and destructive ways", according to a report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)...
Bangladesh, Australia pledge to strengthen ties
07:03 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayBangladesh and Australia have pledged to strengthen bonds of friendship on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two friendly countries...
Dhaka end Comilla's winning streak
05:52 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayMinister Group Dhaka broke Comilla Victorians' winning streak, beating them by 50 runs in Chattogram on Tuesday afternoon...
Coronavirus: 31 new deaths, 13154 cases
05:03 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayThirty-one more people died from coronavirus and 13,154 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,425 and 18,11,987 respectively, a health directorate press release on Tuesday...
Shabana Azmi tests Covid-19 positive
04:59 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayVeteran Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi took to Instagram, to announce that she has tested positive for Covid-19. Actress Divya Dutta, producer Boney Kapoor and others reacted to the post...
India goes on a spending spree to boost economic growth
04:38 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayIndia's government will step up spending to 39.45 trillion rupees ($529.7 billion) in the coming fiscal year to build public infrastructure and drive economic growth, it said on Tuesday, but it involves a wider fiscal deficit than targeted and record borrowing...
Anti-India protests in mind, Maldives plans new law to curb unrest
04:17 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayMembers of the main ruling party in the Maldives are considering legislation to criminalise protests “that affect the country’s relations with other nations”...
Israel imposing 'apartheid' on Palestinians: Amnesty
03:42 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayIsrael is carrying out “the crime of apartheid against Palestinians” and must be held accountable for treating them as “an inferior racial group”, Amnesty International says in a new report...
Bangla Academy proposes to start book fair from Feb 15
02:39 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayThe Bangla Academy has proposed to start Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2022 from February 15 to March 17. The decision was taken at a meeting of the book fair organizing committee of the academy on Tuesday. The proposal will be sent to the Cultural Ministry...
Light rain likely in parts of country
01:22 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayLight rain and drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, a met release said today...
RMCH records 4 more deaths in Covid-19 unit
12:49 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded four more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 9am today...
“US doesn’t want to impose any sanctions on Bangladesh”
12:41 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayInfluential US Congressman and Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Gregory W Meeks has said they do not want to impose any sanctions against Bangladesh and there is an excellent relationship between the Washington and Dhaka...
A Uyghur gets death sentence, as China bans once OK’d books
12:07 PM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayAs the Chinese government tightened its grip over its ethnic Uyghur population, it sentenced one man to death and three others to life in prison last year for textbooks...
Myanmar activists vow to defy junta with strike on coup anniversary
11:09 AM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayMyanmar's military rulers have threatened to jail anti-coup protesters who take part in a "silent strike" on Tuesday...
Month of language movement begins
09:55 AM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayAs the month of language movement begins, the nation will pay tributes to the valiant sons of the soil who were killed during the language movement in the month of February in 1952. The Bengali nation achieved the dignity of their mother tongue on February 21, 1952 through the supreme sacrifices made by Salam, Shafiq, Barkat, Rafique...
Burkina Faso restores constitution, names coup leader president
08:52 AM, 01 Feb 2022 TuesdayBurkina Faso’s military government said it has restored the constitution a week after taking power and has appointed the coup’s leader as head of state for a transitional period...