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2 rockets hit Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone: Iraqi state media
10:29 AM, 19 Dec 2021 SundayTwo Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, Iraq's state news agency reported early on Sunday citing security forces...
75 dead in Philippines super Typhoon, rescue ops continue
09:51 AM, 19 Dec 2021 SundayAt least 75 people have been reported killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official tallies showed Sunday, as efforts to deliver water and food to devastated islands ramped up...
UK troops will not be deployed to Ukraine to defend against Russia
08:58 AM, 19 Dec 2021 SundayBritain and its allies are "highly unlikely" to send troops to defend Ukraine if Russia invades the country, the UK's defence secretary has said...
Covid: Germany tightens restrictions on UK travelers
08:42 AM, 19 Dec 2021 SundayGermany has become the latest European country to ban most travelers from Britain, to try to slow the spread of the Omicron variant...
London declares ‘major incident’ over Omicron spread
08:23 AM, 19 Dec 2021 SundayA “major incident” has been declared in London amid “huge concern” over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant across the capital. It comes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Saturday he was “incredibly worried” about staff absences in vital public services including the NHS...
President urges judiciary to bring dynamism in case management
09:42 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Saturday urged all concerned in the judiciary to bring dynamism in case management by using all facilities of the information technology (IT), as he virtually addressed “Bangladesh Supreme Court Day-2021” discussion in Dhaka...
6th phase UP polls on Jan 31
08:55 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayAccording to the schedule, the candidates will have to submit the nomination papers by January 3. The deadline for scrutinizing nomination is January 6 and the last date of withdrawing candidacy is January 13...
Dutch health experts advise a full lockdown
08:07 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayThe health experts advising the Netherlands' government on COVID-19 strategy have recommended the country go into a "strict" lockdown, Dutch media reported on Friday, just days after a partial lockdown was extended through January...
Earthquake hits northern Italy, no injuries reported
07:59 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayAn earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit northern Italy on Saturday, the Italian Geophysics and Volcanology Institute (INGV) said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries...
11 killed, 13 injured in Pakistan blast
06:47 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayAt least 11 people were killed and 13 others injured in a blast near Paracha Chowk in Shershah area of Pakistan's Karachi on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the Karachi police spokesperson...
Govt records 122 new Covid cases, 4 deaths
05:30 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayThe government recorded 122 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,80,872 and fatalities rose to 28,047, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Momen proposes declaring Dec 30 as ‘Expatriate Day'
05:02 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday proposed to declare the 30th December as the ‘Expatriate Day’ to involve more non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) and diaspora in the country’s ongoing development...
Truck runs over JnU female student
04:35 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayA female student of Jagannath University was killed as a truck ran over her in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali district on Saturday afternoon...
Lewandowski breaks Muller goals record
03:54 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayRobert Lewandowski scored his 43rd Bayern Munich goal of 2021 to break Gerd Muller's record for the most Bundesliga goals in a calendar year...
Covid booster doses to be given from Sunday
02:46 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayHealth Minister Zahid Maleque has said the Covid booster doses will be given to the senior citizens aged above 60 and frontline workers from Sunday. The booster dose campaign will begin on trial at the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) in the capital’s Mohakhali...
RMCH counts one more fatality in Covid-19 unit
01:59 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded one more death in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
DU teacher Jamal dies of cancer
01:41 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayJamal Khan, a teacher of Geography and Environment Department of Dhaka University, has died of cancer. He was 53...
86 gold bars recovered at Ctg airport
01:11 PM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayCustoms Intelligence Officials recovered 86 gold bars weighing around 10 kilograms from a flight of Bangladesh Biman Airlines at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Saturday morning. No one was detained in the incident...
Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021
11:53 AM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayU.S. officials intensified calls Friday for unvaccinated Americans to get inoculated in the face of the new omicron variant that contributed to a record number of infections in New York and threatened to wipe out a second holiday season in Europe...
10 killed in Malaysian highway accident
11:03 AM, 18 Dec 2021 SaturdayTen people, including eight children, were killed in a highway accident in Selangor state of Malaysia late on Friday, authorities said...