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7 killed after Brazil cliff collapses on boats
09:01 AM, 09 Jan 2022 SundayAt least seven people have been killed after part of a cliff collapsed onto leisure boats on a Brazilian lake. Another three are missing and 32 injured following the accident in the south-east of the country...
200 villagers killed by bandits in north-west Nigeria
08:23 AM, 09 Jan 2022 SundayAt least 200 people are believed to have been killed in villages in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits. Residents returned to the villages on Saturday after the military organised mass burials. The state government said 58 people had been killed...
Ethiopia air strike in Tigray killed 56 people: Aid workers
09:25 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayAn air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region killed 56 people and injured 30, including children, in a camp for displaced people, two aid workers told Reuters on Saturday, citing local authorities and eyewitness accounts...
Govt doesn't want to shut educational institutions now: Moni
08:43 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayEducation Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Saturday said the government does not want to shut educational institutions right now due to a rise in the Covid-19 infection rate...
21 dead as heavy snow traps drivers in Pakistan
07:43 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayAt least 21 people have died after heavy snow trapped them in their vehicles in northern Pakistan...
Second Khawaja ton leaves England batting to save test
06:28 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayUsman Khawaja scored his second century of the match to help Australia to 265 for six declared on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes test on Saturday, handing England an unlikely victory target of 388...
1116 new Covid cases, 1 death in 24 hrs
05:26 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe Bangladesh government recorded 1,116 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections stood at 15,92,209 and fatalities rose to 28,099, a health directorate press release said on Saturday...
Foreign funds license for Mother Teresa charity restored
05:18 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe FCRA licence for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity was restored Saturday, according to an entry in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act website, two weeks after the Home Ministry cited "adverse inputs" to refuse a renewal request by the Kolkata-based organisation...
India's antitrust body orders Google inquiry
04:24 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayIndia's competition watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc's Google following allegations from news publishers, saying its initial view was that the tech giant had broken some antitrust laws...
Kazakhstan detains ex-security chief for treason
03:45 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayKazakhstan authorities have detained the former head of the country's national security committee on suspicion of treason, they said on Saturday as the former Soviet republic is roiled by its worst unrest in 30 years...
Leaders Bayern beaten by Monchengladbach
03:16 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayBundesliga leaders Bayern Munich suffered a shock home defeat by Borussia Monchengladbach in their first game after the league's winter break...
Strict restrictions by one or two days: Health Minister
02:50 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe number of Corona infected people is increasing in the country alarmingly. Strict restrictions will be enforced by one or two days as per the proposal of the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19. The Health Minister Zahid Malaque said this at winter cloth distribution programme...
1 killed in city’s Kaptan Bazar fire
02:03 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayA youth was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at Kaptan Bazar market in the city early today...
5,689 killed in accidents on roads, railways and waterways in 2021
01:40 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayA total of 5,689 people were killed and 5,805 others injured in 4,983 accidents on roads, railways and waterways in 2021. Among the deceased, 4,507 were men and 1,182 were women...
RMCH records one more death in Covid-19 unit
12:42 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded one more death in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
Omicron spread due to mix of factors: WHO
12:05 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe World Health Organization said Friday that the spread of Omicron was down to a combination of factors including the make-up of the Covid-19 variant and increased social mixing...
2 pedestrians killed in Dhaka road accident
11:45 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayTwo people were killed and four others injured as a bus ran them over in front of Gulistan toll plaza in the capital on Saturday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured are Ilias Hossain, 40, Omor Sharif, 45, Al Amin, 25 and Sajeeb, 26...
Hollywood trailblazer Sidney Poitier dies
10:25 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdaySidney Poitier, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, has died at 94. The Hollywood star's death was confirmed to the BBC by the office of Fred Mitchell, the Bahamas' minister of foreign affairs...
Explosion in China’s Chongqing kills 16 - State Media
09:40 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayA building housing a canteen in Chongqing in China's southwest collapsed on Friday after an explosion suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, killing at least 16, state broadcaster CCTV said...
Fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands camp along Thai border river
09:23 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayThousands of Myanmar villagers have been forced to live under makeshift tents alongside a river that borders Thailand, fearful of returning to homes they said had been bombarded by military air raids, but reluctant to seek refuge across the frontier...