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India fears new COVID wave as Omicron infections spread
02:46 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe Omicron variant of the coronavirus is raising fears of a third wave of the pandemic in India. The country on Wednesday reported a total of nearly 800 Omicron cases, while COVID-19 infections rose by 9,195 new daily cases – a 44 percent spike from the previous day...
RMCH records two more deaths in Covid-19 unit
02:09 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
Launch fire: 2 more bodies recovered
01:44 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayBodies of two more people were recovered from the Sugandha river on Wednesday morning where a massive fire broke out at the MV Abhijan-10 launch. With these, the death toll from the launch fire rose to 44. Kobad Ali Sarker, Assistant Director of Barishal Divisional Fire Service, said the body of a woman was recovered at 8am...
Light rain likely in parts of country
12:22 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today forecasted light rain or drizzle at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Dhaka divisions and the regions of Kushtia and Jashore in the next 24 hours commencing at 9 am today...
Omicron risk remains ‘very high’: WHO
11:04 AM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe risk posed by the Omicron variant is still "very high", the World Health Organization said Wednesday, after Covid- 19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week...
5 dead, 2 wounded in US shooting: Police
10:51 AM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe death toll from a shooting spree across multiple locations in Colorado, which ended when the gunman was himself shot dead, has risen to five, police said Tuesday. The trail of shooting began around 5:00 pm on Monday and unfolded across at least four different locations in the cities of Denver and Lakewood...
Egypt digitally ‘unwraps’ mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep I
09:26 AM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayEgypt has digitally “unwrapped” the mummy of famed Pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing its secrets for the first time since it was discovered in 1881 without disturbing his funerary mask...
The US just hit a record average of daily new Covid-19 cases
08:54 AM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe US hit a seven-day average of 254,496 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data -- blowing past the country's previous record of about 251,989 daily cases, reported on January 11...
Hong Kong police raid online news outlet, arrest 6
08:42 AM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayHong Kong police were raiding the office of an online news outlet on Wednesday after arresting six people for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication...
Legendary NFL coach and commentator John Madden dies
08:33 AM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayLegendary American football coach and commentator John Madden has died at the age of 85, the National Football League (NFL) has reported...
Covid: Europe sees record virus case rise
08:25 AM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayFrance has reported Europe's highest ever number of new daily Covid cases as countries across the continent struggle to contain the Omicron variant. But France, with its 179,807 cases on Tuesday, was not alone in breaking records, as Italy, Greece, Portugal and England all reported record highs too...
Another Cox's Bazar gang-rape accused held
09:52 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayPolice have arrested another accused in the case over the gang-rape of a tourist in Cox's Bazar...
Man City's Torres joins Barcelona
09:05 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdaySpain forward Ferran Torres has joined Barcelona from Manchester City, signing a contract until June 2027 with a 1bn euro (£842m) buyout clause...
No scope for Khaleda's treatment abroad as per law: home minister
08:55 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said there is no legal scope for allowing BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, a convict in corruption case, to go abroad for treatment as per the law minister's observation...
Malaysia lifts African travel ban
08:25 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayMalaysia has lifted a travel ban on eight southern African countries that had been among the first to report the Omicron variant of the coronvirus, citing the greater spread of the variant worldwide, its health minister said on Tuesday...
PM urges judges to ensure justice for all
07:26 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayShe said this unveiling the covers of a research based Mujib memorial book titled "Bangabandhu and the Judiciary" and a Mujib Borsho souvenir "Nyay Kontho" (Voice of Justice) published by the Bangladesh Supreme Court...
This is the only way to stop Facebook tracking you
06:54 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayThe scale of Facebook’s data harvesting and tracking has been exposed this year, by whistleblowers and Apple’s privacy crack down...
Rajinikanth applauds 83, calls it ‘magnificent’
06:24 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdaySouth star Rajinikanth took to Twitter on Tuesday and applauded the Hindi film 83...
Six get life in BCL activist murder case
06:02 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayA court in Chattogram on Tuesday sentenced six people to life in prison and acquitted 15 others in a Chhatra League activist murder case...
397 new Covid cases, 1 death in 24 hrs
05:04 PM, 28 Dec 2021 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government recorded 397 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections stood at 15,84,023 and fatalities rose to 28,062, a health directorate press release said on Tuesday...