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Torrential rains leave 18 dead in Brazil
10:02 AM, 31 Jan 2022 MondayTorrential rains in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state between Friday and Sunday left at least 18 people dead, authorities said. “Since last Friday, the turmoil caused by the bad weather caused 18 deaths, including seven children and left around 500 people without homes or displaced,” said the Sao Paulo state government...
North Korea missile tests: Photos from space released
09:01 AM, 31 Jan 2022 MondayNorth Korean state media has released photographs it says were taken from its biggest missile launch since 2017...
US pledges to put Russia on defensive at UN Security Council
08:43 AM, 31 Jan 2022 MondayThe U.S. worked Sunday to ramp up diplomatic and financial pressure on Russia over Ukraine, promising to put Moscow on the defensive at the U.N. Security Council as lawmakers on Capitol Hill said they were nearing agreement on “the mother of all sanctions.”
6th phase polls to 218 UPs underway
08:19 AM, 31 Jan 2022 MondayThe elections to 218 Union Parishads (UPs) in 42 upazilas of 22 districts of the country is underway. The polling started at 8 am and will continue till 4 pm without any break...
Verdict in Major Sinha murder case today
09:55 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayThe verdict over the murder case of retired major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan will be delivered on Monday as Cox's Bazar District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Ismail's court has made arrangement to this end after a lengthy trial...
Nadal wins record-breaking 21st Grand Slam
09:29 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayRafael Nadal rewrote the history books on Sunday after defeating Daniil Medvedev in a marathon Australian Open final to become the first man to win 21 Grand Slam titles...
President asks judges, lawyers to ensure 'hassle free ’ justice to litigants
08:18 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayPresident M Abdul Hamid today called upon judges, lawyers and others concerned in the law profession to ensure that no litigants are suffered or harassed to get justice anyway...
6th phase UP polls on Monday
06:58 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayThe sixth phase of the union parishad (UP) election will be held on Monday. The voting in 218 UPs under 42 upazilas in 22 districts will begin at 8 am and continue till 4 pm without any break...
Kamal hopeful of 7.2pc GDP growth in current fiscal
05:45 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today expressed optimism of achieving targeted 7.2 percent GDP growth in the current fiscal year (FY22)...
Coronavirus: 34 new deaths, 12183 cases
05:08 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayThirty-four more people died from coronavirus and 12,183 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,363 and 17,85,382 respectively, a health directorate press release on Sunday...
Barca sign Traore on loan from Wolves
04:53 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayBarcelona have signed winger Adama Traore on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers for the rest of the season...
Moeen leads England to victory
04:05 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayMoeen Ali produced a remarkable all-round display to lead England to victory in the fourth Twenty20 in Barbados...
DJFB new president Hamid, general secretary Shahin
03:44 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayHamid Uz Zaman Mamun, a reporter of Jugantor, and Shahanuare Shaid Shahin, deputy city editor of Bonik Barta, were elected as the president and general secretary of the Development Journalist Forum of Bangladesh (DJFB) respectively on Saturday for 2022-24 tenure...
US East Coast blanketed by ‘bombogenesis’ snowstorm
02:49 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayParts of the US East Coast have been battered by blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall, sparking transport chaos and power cuts for thousands...
Gazette on EC formation law published
02:18 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayThe government on Sunday published a gazette on the “Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Bill-2022”. According to the law, President M Abdul Hamid can now form a search committee for appointing CEC and ECs for holding free and fair elections...
Probe committee visits Safari Park to unearth zebras’ death reason
01:39 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayThe concerned ministry’s probe committee today visits Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park at Sripur in Gazipur to look into the reason of 11 Zebras death in a month...
Children 12 and above to get Covid vaccine
12:54 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayChildren aged 12 and above will get the Coronavirus vaccine and the people from 40 years old will also get the booster dose of its vaccine. Health Minister Zahid Malque said the government’s decision at a press conference held at Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons in the capital on Sunday...
RMCH records 2 more deaths in Covid-19 unit
12:15 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
5 more die in MMCH Corona unit
11:29 AM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayFive more people died in the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. The deceased were identified as Fazlul Haque, 65, Maya Rani, 64, of Mymensingh Sadar upazila, Dulal Miah, 52, of Ishwarganj, Nurul Haque, 65, of Bhaluka and Lutfor Rahman, 42, of Sherpur Sadar upazila...
Congo sentences 51 to death over killing of UN experts
10:55 AM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayA military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced 51 people to death, several in absentia, in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two United Nations experts in a troubled central region. Capital punishment is frequently pronounced in murder cases in DRC...