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Torrential rains leave 18 dead in Brazil

10:02 AM, 31 Jan 2022 Monday

Torrential 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 Monday

North 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 Monday

The 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 Monday

The 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 Sunday

The 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 Sunday

Rafael 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 Sunday

President 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 Sunday

The 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 Sunday

Finance 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 Sunday

Thirty-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 Sunday

Barcelona 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 Sunday

Moeen 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 Sunday

Hamid 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 Sunday

Parts 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 Sunday

The 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 Sunday

The 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 Sunday

Children 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 Sunday

Rajshahi 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 Sunday

Five 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 Sunday

A 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...