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Prof Tajmeri Islam gets bail
09:51 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayProfessor Tajmeri SA Islam, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, and former dean of Dhaka University's Science faculty, has secured bail in a sabotage case...
Israeli citizens targeted by police using Pegasus spyware
08:49 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayThe Israeli police allegedly conducted warrantless phone intercepts of Israeli citizens, including politicians and activists, using the NSO group’s controversial Pegasus spyware, according to an investigation by the Israeli business media site Calcalist...
Govt nods 10 new rice varieties
08:20 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayThe government has approved 10 new varieties of rice for cultivation in the Boro season aiming to boost production...
Daily Covid cases exceed 8000
06:44 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government recorded 8,407 new COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours. Bangladesh, however, first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020. The virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 and then it spread to other countries...
New satellite images show how Tonga volcano blew island to pieces
05:37 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayNew satellite images released after the dramatic eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Saturday evening have revealed early indications of the damage inflicted on the nearby islands and the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa...
SC to conduct trials virtually from Wednesday
04:56 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayChief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique has decided to conduct trial proceedings of Supreme Court's both divisions - Appellate and High Court - virtually from Wednesday due to an upward trend in coronavirus cases...
Moderna hopes to market combined Covid and flu booster in 2023
04:04 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayModerna hopes to market a combined booster vaccination for COVID-19, influenza and RSV — a common respiratory virus — as soon as the fall of 2023, CEO Stéphane Bancel said Monday...
Sri Lanka looking to attract forex through new policies
03:34 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdaySri Lanka will introduce new laws to attract investments over the next three years while policies to develop exports, tourism and remittances will be fast-tracked in a bid to rebuild foreign exchange reserves, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Tuesday...
SUST students continue agitation demanding VC’s resignation
02:54 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayA group of students of Shahjalal University and Science and Technology (SUST) continued their agitation programme for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday demanding resignation of the Vice Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed...
Fire at shoe factory in Demra under control
02:08 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayA fire that broke out at a shoe factory beside the Rajmahal Cinema Hall in the capital’s Demra has been brought under control...
Rangpur records highest 72 Covid-19 cases in 4 months
01:48 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayThe division recorded the highest number of 72 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last four months on Monday...
PM issues 24-point directives to DCs
01:23 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today gave 24 point directives to the deputy commissioners (DCs) to ensure the country's overall development as she inaugurated the much-awaited three-day annual conference of them...
UK sending weapons to defend Ukraine, says defence secretary
01:07 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayBritain is supplying Ukraine with short-range anti-tank missiles for self-defence after Russia amassed about 100,000 troops on its border, the defence secretary said...
PM opens DC conference
12:09 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the long-awaited three-day annual conference of the Deputy Commissioners (DCs). The prime minister opened the conference as the chief guest joining virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence here. The conference began at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium here with the presence of 15 ministers and secretaries in the inaugural ceremony due to the fresh surge of Covid-19...
Actress Shimu murder: Husband, car driver detained
11:53 AM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayRapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Nobel, husband of movie actress Raima Islam Shimu, who was found dead in a sack in Keraniganj, and their car driver Forhad on Monday morning. The elite force interrogated them and seized a blood-stained private car from their possession...
Australia has record COVID-19 deaths, hospitals under stress
10:36 AM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayAustralia reported a record high of COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, and its second-largest state declared an emergency in hospitals to cope with surging patient admissions and a staffing shortage due to the coronavirus...
7 killed in crackdown on rallies in Sudan’s capital: Medics
09:17 AM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayOrganizers of anti-military rallies in Sudan's capital Khartoum announced an escalation of protests after security forces used gunfire and teargas on Monday to disperse demonstrations against a coup and medics said seven people had been killed...
26 killed as earthquake hits western Afghanistan
08:55 AM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayAt least 26 people have been killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan, an official said. The victims died when roofs of their houses collapsed on Monday in Qadis district in the western province of Badghis, spokesman for the province Baz Mohammad Sarwary told news agencies...
Missing actress Shimu found dead in Keraniganj
08:25 AM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayMovie actress Raima Islam Shimu, who went missing on Sunday, has been found dead in a sack near Hazratpur bridge at Keraniganj in Dhaka on Monday morning...
6,676 test positive for Coronavirus in last 24 hours
05:24 PM, 17 Jan 2022 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 28,154 as 10 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 6,676 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,624,387. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...