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India court orders ‘work from home’ over pollution in capital
05:47 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayIndia’s Supreme Court has told authorities to shut offices in the capital and nearby cities, allowing millions to work from home as officials seek ways to reduce hazardous air pollution that led to the closure of schools...
Coronavirus: 4 die, 234 infected
05:01 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 27,926 as 4 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 234 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,572,823. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
US journalist Danny Fenster freed from Myanmar jail
04:56 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayUS journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar after he was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a military court three days ago...
PM hopes Bangladesh will win UNESCO-Bangabandhu award in future
03:32 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hoped in the parliament that one day Bangladesh's organization would definitely get...
Explosion Reported in Kabul
02:26 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayAn explosion, apparently caused by an improvised bomb, hit an area of western Kabul on Monday causing an unknown number of casualties, local residents said...
DSCC taking multilateral initiatives to reduce traffic jam: Taposh
01:48 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayDhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has taken a set of measures including revival of naval routes, construction of new roads and modernization of existing traffic system in coordination with the government's multilateral approach to ease the city's acute traffic congestion...
Death toll in Texas concert tragedy rises to 10
01:16 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayThe death toll from a lethal crowd surge at a rap concert in Texas has risen to 10, a lawyer for the victims said Sunday, after a nine-year-old boy trampled during the event died of his injuries...
British police arrest three men after deadly car blast
12:34 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayBritish police announced the arrest of three men after a car exploded in front of Liverpool Women's Hospital, in the city centre, killing one man and injuring another Sunday morning...
Charge sheet against Pori Moni, 2 others accepted
12:00 PM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayA court has accepted the charge sheet against Dhallywood actress Pori Moni and two others in a case filed under the Narcotics Act. The two other accused are Ashraful Islam Dipu and Kabir Hossain. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge K M Imrul Kayesh passed order on Monday...
Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year: Report
11:25 AM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayPremature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have fallen 10 percent annually across Europe, but the invisible killer still accounts for 307,000 premature deaths a year, the European Environment Agency said Monday...
Attack on Burkina Faso defence outpost kills 20
11:09 AM, 15 Nov 2021 MondayGunmen have killed at least 19 gendarmes and a civilian in northern Burkina Faso, in the tri-border region where the country has for years been battling armed groups. Security Minister Maxime Kone told state media on Sunday the toll from the attack on a military police outpost...
Austria to impose lockdown on all unvaccinated
10:02 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayAustria is putting all unvaccinated residents into lockdown from midnight on Sunday, the government has said...
Former Japanese princess leaves for new life in US
09:02 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayJapan's former princess Mako has departed for the US with her new "commoner" husband, Kei Komuro, after leaving the royal family...
Cheating case against Shilpa Shetty, husband
08:23 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayA Mumbai-based businessman has lodged a cheating case against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, her husband Raj Kundra and some other persons for allegedly duping him of Rs 1.51 crore, a police official said on Sunday...
Bangladesh to propose 'IORA-Dhaka Development Initiative': Momen
07:59 PM, 14 Nov 2021 Sunday"We will seek assistance of our Dialogue Partners for making IORA-DDI as an important tool for ensuring inclusive development in the region," he told media at a curtain raiser briefing of the event at foreign ministry today...
131 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
06:48 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayAs many as 131 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
Govt records 223 new Covid cases, 4 deaths
05:46 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayThe government recorded 223 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,72,591 and fatalities rose to 27,922, the health directorate said in a press release on Sunday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Verdict in Abrar murder case on Nov 28
04:46 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayThe verdict in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad will be delivered on November 28. Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman on Sunday fixed the date to hand down the verdict after the prosecution and defence concluded their respective arguments...
US states file updated antitrust complaint against Google
04:10 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayA group of US states led by Texas have filed an amended complaint against Alphabet Inc's Google accusing the tech giant of using coercive tactics and breaking antitrust laws in its efforts to boost its already dominant advertising business...
Mbappe scores four as France qualify
03:32 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayKylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick for France as the reigning world champions secured their place at next year's World Cup in Qatar in style by thrashing Kazakhstan...