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45 people killed in bus crash in Bulgaria
11:09 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayAt least 45 people were killed when a bus with North Macedonian plates caught fire on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials said. There were children among the victims, and seven people with burns were rushed to hospital in the capital Sofia, the head of the fire safety department at the interior ministry...
French PM Jean Castex tests positive for coronavirus
10:39 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday evening and is displaying slight symptoms...
Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies
09:59 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayFormer South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who took power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds in office, died on Tuesday...
‘Vaccinated, cured or dead’: Germany battles surging COVID cases
09:20 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe German health minister has warned citizens that they would be either “vaccinated, cured or dead” from COVID-19 by the end of winter as several European countries impose restrictions...
US police identify suspect, victims in parade car ramming
09:02 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayPolice have identified the suspect accused of driving through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing five and injuring dozens, as 39-year-old Darrell E Brooks...
12 killed in eastern DR Congo attack
08:41 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayArmed rebels have killed at least 12 people during an attack on displaced civilians in the northeastern Ituri province of Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesperson said...
3rd T20I: Pakistan whitewash Bangladesh in series
06:11 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayPakistan beat Bangladesh by five wickets in the Twenty20 International to complete a 3-0 sweep in a three-match series in Dhaka on Monday...
Coronavirus: 2 die, 264 infected
04:58 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 27,955 as 2 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 264 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,574,352. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
PM issues directive to return development activities to pre-Covid state
04:50 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed the officials concerned to bring the development activities back to normalcy like in the situation before the deadly Covid-19 pandemic...
Cabinet approves draft of President’s speech to be delivered in JS
04:24 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayThe Cabinet today approved the draft of President Md Abdul Hamid's speech to be delivered in the 15th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on November 24 on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence...
Verdict in Aminbazar six students murder case on Dec 2
03:40 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayA court has fixed December 2 for the verdict in the case filed over murder of six students in Aminbazar in 2011. Dhaka’s Second Additional District and Sessions Judge Ismat Jahan passed the order on Monday. The murders took place on July 18, 2011, when a mob at Bardeshi village in Aminbazar on the outskirts of Dhaka lynched six students...
Bangladesh set 124-run target against Pakistan
01:42 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayBangladesh set a target of 124-run against Pakistan in the third match of T20 series at Sher-e- Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Taliban unveil new rules banning women in TV dramas
01:30 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayWomen have been banned from appearing in television dramas in Afghanistan under new rules imposed by the Taliban government...
Austria enters nationwide lockdown to fight soaring cases
01:18 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayAustria went into a nationwide lockdown early Monday in a desperate effort to contain spiraling coronavirus infections...
5 dead after car ploughs into Wisconsin parade
12:39 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayFive people have died and over 40 were injured after a car ploughed into a parade in Wisconsin, police say...
BNP to submit memos to DCs for Khaleda’s release on Wednesday
12:25 PM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayBNP will submit memorandums to Deputy Commissioners (DCs) on Wednesday across the country demanding the release of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail and her better treatment abroad...
Maldives Vice President Faisal arrives in Dhaka
11:53 AM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayMaldives Vice President Faisal Naseem has arrived in Dhaka on a three-day official visit to take forward the bilateral relations and discuss potential areas of cooperation. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received him upon his arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday morning...
US, Australia, UK sign key deal in nuclear sub alliance
11:20 AM, 22 Nov 2021 MondayAustralia formally embarked Monday on a hotly-contested programme to equip its navy with nuclear-powered submarines in a new defence alliance with Britain and the United States. Defence Minister Peter Dutton joined US and British diplomats in signing an agreement allowing the exchange of sensitive...
Women’s WC Qualifier: Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 3 wickets
09:55 PM, 21 Nov 2021 SundayBangladesh beat Pakistan by three wickets in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier match in Harare on Sunday...
Question leak: BUET IPE dept head Nikhil removed
08:11 PM, 21 Nov 2021 SundayProfessor Nikhil Ranjan Dhar, chief of Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE) department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), has been removed from his post in his alleged involvement with question paper leak of a government bank...