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YouTube expands block of Russian state media to apply globally
02:40 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayYouTube on Friday broadened its blocking of Russian state-linked media channels to apply internationally after initially barring them only in Europe following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine...
In-person classes in full swing from March 15: Dipu Moni
02:02 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayIn-person classes at all educational institutions across the country will start in full swing from March 15. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said this after inaugurating a building at Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahabidyalay in the capital’s Tikatuli on Saturday...
Bangladeshi die in Kolkata residential hotel fire
12:21 PM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayA Bangladeshi woman died and two others injured after a massive fire broke out at a residential hotel on Free School Street in Kolkata of West Bengal early Saturday...
PM attributes Bangladesh development to continuation of democratic process
11:32 AM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the development of today’s Bangladesh has only been possible as the democratic trend has been continuing for 13 consecutive years...
47 children killed, maimed in Yemen in 2 months: UNICEF
10:23 AM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayForty-seven children were "killed or maimed" in Yemen's civil war in January and February following a surge in violence, the United Nations children's fund said on Saturday...
2 years into pandemic, world takes cautious steps forward
10:14 AM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayWith COVID-19 case numbers plummeting, Emily Safrin did something she hadn’t done since the pandemic began two years ago: She put her fears aside and went to a concert...
US sanctions Russians over support for N.Korea weapons program
10:00 AM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayThe United States on Friday sanctioned two Russian individuals and three entities over their support for North Korea's weapons program, the Treasury Department said...
Russian warplanes, artillery widen attack, hit industry hub
08:55 AM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayRussia’s airplanes and artillery widened their assault on Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial hub in the east, as Moscow’s forces tried to regroup from recent losses and their onslaught fast reduced crowded cities to rubble...
Biden warns direct NATO-Russia clash would trigger “WWIII”
08:38 AM, 12 Mar 2022 SaturdayUS President Joe Biden on Friday vowed that Russia would pay a "severe price" if it used chemical weapons in Ukraine, while also pledging to avoid provoking Moscow into "World War III." Biden reacted after Russia accused Ukraine and the United States of developing biological and chemical weapons...
Bangladesh records 5 Covid deaths in 24 hrs
06:09 PM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayFive people died from coronavirus and 257 contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 29,105 and 19,49,055 respectively, a health directorate press release on Friday. As many as 13,860 samples were collected and 13,801 tested in the past day...
Charge-sheet filed against 15 in ASP Anisul murder case
04:42 PM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayPolice have filed charge-sheet against 15 people including Mind Aid Hospital director Arif Mahmud in a case lodged over beating to death Senior Assistant Superintendant of Police (ASP) Anisul Karim...
Over 2.5 million have fled Ukraine: UN
04:03 PM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayMore than 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine as of March 11, the UN migration agency said on its website on Friday...
University student killed in Dhaka road accident
02:30 PM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayA female student of a private university was killed in a road accident at Mirpur in the capital of Dhaka early Friday...
Case filed over death of 11 zebras at Safari Park
01:10 PM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayA case has been filed against the former acting officer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur over the death of 11 zebras at the park...
Left parties call half-day hartal on Mar 28
12:56 PM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayA half-day hartal has been called on March 28 demanding to stop the attempt of hiking prices of daily commodities and gas, electricity, and water. Left Democratic Alliance (LDA), a platform of left-leaning political parties, made the announcement in a press conference at Purana Paltan in the capital on Friday...
Disney to pause all business in Russia
12:06 PM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayWalt Disney Co said on Thursday it will pause all business in Russia, including content and product licensing, Disney Cruise Line activities, National Geographic magazine and tours, local content productions and linear channels...
Galatasaray frustrate Barca to set up fascinating second leg
11:53 AM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayFew expected Galatasaray to take anything out of their Europa League last-16 first leg away at Barcelona, but the Turkish side went to the Camp Nou and recorded a well-earned 0-0 draw...
Covid treatment sotrovimab can cause drug-resistant mutation
11:43 AM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayAustralian virologists have uncovered a drug-resistant mutation in the Covid-19 virus associated with the drug sotrovimab and say without the monitoring of patients given the treatment the mutated virus could spread in the community...
Global Covid deaths probably three times higher
11:18 AM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayMore than 18 million people - three times higher than official records suggest - have probably died because of Covid, say researchers. Their report comes two years to the day from when the World Health Organization first declared the pandemic...
BJP claims victory in 4 states including Uttar Pradesh
10:55 AM, 11 Mar 2022 FridayIndia’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party has claimed victory in four significant state elections, in a sign of the power of Hindu nationalist politics across the country. The BJP defied historical precedent and retained power in Uttar Pradesh...