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Case filed over Jhalakathi launch fire
05:23 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayAn unnatural death case has been filed over the deaths after a launch caught fire in the Sugandha river in Jhalakathi district...
Over 30 killed, bodies burnt in Myanmar
04:32 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayMore than 30 people, including children, were killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday, according to a local resident, media reports and a local human rights group...
Veteran journalist Reazuddin Ahmed dies
03:31 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayEkushey Padak winning veteran journalist Reazuddin Ahmed passed away on Saturday afternoon...
5 killed as Saudi Arabia and Yemen rebels exchange fire
02:38 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayTwo people were killed in Saudi Arabia in a projectile attack blamed on Yemen's Huthi rebels, while three died in Yemen in a Riyadh-led coalition air strike, officials said Saturday...
41 die in launch fire: Health Secretary
02:11 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayA total of 41 people have died in a massive fire that broke out in the engine room of MV Avijan-10 launch in the middle of Sugandha River, Lokman Hossen Miah, Senior Secretary of the Health Ministry said today...
2 killed in road accidents in capital
01:13 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayTwo people have been killed in separate road accidents in the capital. The accidents took place in Jatrabari and Paltan from Friday evening to night. The deceased were identified as Abdul Mazid Shikder, 45 and Amir Hossen, 35...
Death toll rises to 16 in latest Greece migrant boat accident
12:15 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayAt least sixteen people died when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean, Greece's coastguard said early Saturday, just hours after a similar incident claimed another 11 lives...
Christmas Day today
11:01 AM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayToday is the Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader...
France sets new daily Covid infections record
09:56 AM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayFrance set a new daily coronavirus infections record on Friday, registering 94,124 cases over 24 hours, the highest figure since the start of the coronavirus pandemic...
US to lift travel curbs on eight African countries
09:46 AM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayThe Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries imposed last month over concerns about the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant, a senior administration official told Reuters...
Russian court fines Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google
08:57 AM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayA Moscow court has said it was imposing a fine on Alphabet’s Google $98m for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based penalty of its kind in Russia...
Christmas flights cancelled and new curbs amid Omicron spread
08:24 AM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayMillions of people are facing travel disruption and increased Covid restrictions over Christmas, as the surging Omicron variant sees flights cancelled and safety curbs tightened. Italy, Spain and Greece have made face masks compulsory outdoors again...
342 new Covid cases, 1 death in 24 hrs
06:21 PM, 24 Dec 2021 FridayThe Bangladesh government recorded 342 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections stood at 15,82,710 and fatalities rose to 28,055, a health directorate press release said on Friday. As many as 16,853 samples were collected, and 16,913 tested in the past day...
Harbhajan announces retirement from all forms of cricket
05:40 PM, 24 Dec 2021 FridayIndian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Friday announced retirement from all forms of competitive cricket...
President, PM mourn deaths in Jhalakhathi launch fire
04:09 PM, 24 Dec 2021 FridayPresident M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the loss of lives and injuries to passengers in Jhalakathi launch fire...
India outrage over anti-Muslim hate speech
03:45 PM, 24 Dec 2021 FridayPolice in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand have registered a case after a meeting of Hindu leaders called for violence against Muslims...
Probe body formed over Jhalakathi launch fire
02:38 PM, 24 Dec 2021 FridayThe Ministry of Shipping has formed a seven-member committee to probe the fire incident in a launch in Jhalakathi district...
Japan's record $940 bln budget to help recovery
12:52 PM, 24 Dec 2021 FridayJapan's cabinet approved on Friday an annual budget of $940 billion that is a record for a tenth straight year, putting priority on the response to battling COVID-19 and the prime minister's aim of growth and wealth distribution...
S Korea pardons ex-president Park Geun-hye
12:22 PM, 24 Dec 2021 FridaySouth Korean President Moon Jae-in has pardoned former President Park Geun-hye, who was serving a 22-year prison term for a vast corruption scandal...
40 killed as launch catches fire in Jhalakathi
11:45 AM, 24 Dec 2021 FridayAt least 40 people were killed and a number of others injured after a massive fire broke out in a launch in the Sugandha river in Jhalakhathi district early Friday. The additional superintendent of the district police, Prashanta Kumar De, confirmed the matter to Jago News this afternoon...