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Bangladesh, Singapore agree to conclude FTA early
10:05 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayBangladesh and Singapore have agreed to accelerate the process for concluding the signing of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to further strengthen the trade and commerce ties between the two nations...
Buses to run at full capacity
09:22 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayThe government has backtracked on its decision of bus movement at half passenger capacity. Now, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority decided that buses will operate at 100 percent seat occupancy...
Pro-AL teachers sweep DU dean election
08:06 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayPro-Awami League teachers' body 'blue panel' on Thursday swept the dean election at Dhaka University, winning all ten posts.
Three dead as train derails in West Bengal
07:23 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayAt least three people died and several others were injured after multiple compartments of the Guwahati-Bikaner Express derailed near Domohani area of India's West Bengal on Thursday...
Mayor Taposh tests Covid-19 positive
06:36 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayDhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19...
Coronavirus: 12 new deaths, 3359 cases
05:05 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayTwelve more people died from coronavirus and 3359 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,123 and 16,04,664 respectively, a health directorate press release on Thursday...
2021 was worst year on record for online child sex abuse
04:24 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayInternet grooming of children has surged during lockdown, according to new research that found a threefold increase in online sexual abuse imagery featuring seven to 10-year-olds...
Chelsea ease past Tottenham into League Cup final
03:53 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayChelsea beat London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 thanks to Antonio Rudiger's first-half goal to complete an emphatic 3-0 aggregate triumph in the League Cup semi-final on Wednesday...
Valverde's extra-time strike gives Real 3-2 victory over Barca
03:44 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayThe Biden administration on Wednesday imposed its first sanctions over North Korea's weapons programs following a series of North Korean missile launches, including two since last week...
RMCH records two more deaths in Covid-19 unit
02:21 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
PM stresses utilizing research-based knowledge for country’s development
01:33 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on leveraging the research-based knowledge for the country's socioeconomic development...
Sri Lanka prison chief gets death penalty for 2012 massacre
12:47 PM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayA top Sri Lankan prison official has been sentenced to death over the killing of 27 inmates in an execution-style massacre that attracted international condemnation...
Coronavirus: India records more than 2.47 lakh cases
11:28 AM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayIndia reported 2,47,417 coronavirus cases on Thursday morning, taking the overall tally to 3,63,17,927 since the pandemic began in the country in January 2020...
Omicron especially dangerous for unvaccinated: WHO
11:03 AM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayThe Omicron variant of Covid-19 is dangerous -- and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated against the disease, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday...
3 suspected robbers beaten to death in N’ganj
10:37 AM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayThree people were beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of being robbers at Ilmodi Bagbari area in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj early Thursday. Local people said they were detained and beaten during a robbery on a bus carrying garments workers. Two people died on the spot and another critically injured died on the way to hospital...
“Be My Baby” singer Ronnie Spector dies
09:24 AM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayRonnie Spector, the trail-blazing lead singer of the 1960s all-girl group the Ronettes, has died. The pop star rose to fame with hits such as Be My Baby, Baby I Love You and Walking in the Rain...
US sanctions 5 North Koreans after missile launch
09:12 AM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayThe United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on five North Koreans linked to the country's ballistic missile program, a day after Pyongyang carried out what it said was the launch of a hypersonic missile...
11-point restriction begins to prevent Omicron spread
08:30 AM, 13 Jan 2022 ThursdayThe fresh 11-point restriction, imposed by the government to prevent the highly contagious new African COVID-19 variant Omicron, began today. The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Monday. Mask use has been made mandatory in shops, shopping malls, bazaars, hotels and restaurants and all public gatherings...
Coronavirus: 4 die, 2916 infected
05:37 PM, 12 Jan 2022 WednesdayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 28,111 as 4 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,916 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,601,305. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Wednesday.
RMCH records two more deaths in Covid-19 unit
05:06 PM, 12 Jan 2022 WednesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...