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Coronavirus: 36 new deaths, 8359 cases
04:31 PM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayThirty-six more people died from coronavirus and 8,359 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,560 and 18,53,187 respectively, a health directorate press release on Saturday...
Journalist Peer Habibur Rahman no more
04:21 PM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdaySenior journalist, political analyst, coloumnist and Bangladesh Pratidin's executive editor Peer Habibur Rahman passed away on Saturday afternoon. He was 58. He breathed his last around 4:08 pm while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital...
US restores sanctions waiver to Iran with nuclear talks in final phase
03:40 PM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayPresident Joe Biden's administration on Friday restored sanctions waivers to Iran to allow international nuclear cooperation projects, as indirect American-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran enter the final stretch...
Moroccan rescuers inch nearer to boy stuck in well for days
02:45 PM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayRescuers who are desperately trying to reach a five-year-old boy who fell into a deep well in Morocco are entering the final stages of their operation...
EC formation: 6-member search committee formed
01:34 PM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayThe search committee, which will suggests names for the appointments of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, has been formed. In the direction of President M Abdul Hamid, the Cabinet Division formed the six-member committee on Saturday...
Langer delivers shock resignation as Australia cricket coach
12:48 PM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayAustralian men's cricket coach Justin Langer announced his surprise resignation Saturday, just weeks after trouncing archrivals England in a lopsided Ashes series and months after winning the T20 World Cup...
RMCH records 2 more deaths in Covid-19 unit
12:31 PM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 9am today...
5.7-magnitude quake hits 45 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan - USGS
12:21 PM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayAn earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 45 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan at 04:16:01 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said...
Peru president sacks PM accused of domestic violence
11:45 AM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayPeruvian President Pedro Castillo dumped his prime minister Friday just three days after appointing him, amid outrage over revelations he was accused of domestic violence in 2016...
Saraswati Puja today
10:43 AM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayThe Hindu community is celebrating Saraswati Puja, worshiping the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture, across the country today, maintaining health safety guidelines...
7 dead as tourist plane crashes near Peru’s Nazca lines
09:59 AM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayFive tourists and two crew died Friday when their plane crashed on a trip to view Peru's famous Nazca lines, the transport ministry said...
China joins Russia in opposing Nato expansion
08:56 AM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayChina has joined Russia in opposing further Nato expansion as the two countries move closer together in the face of Western pressure...
Trump was wrong to seek to overturn Biden win: Pence
08:44 AM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayFormer US Vice-President Mike Pence has dismissed claims by Donald Trump that he could have stopped Joe Biden becoming president last year...
US death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000, sped by omicron
08:21 AM, 05 Feb 2022 SaturdayPropelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000...
UK for strengthening bond with Bangladesh in next 50yrs
05:50 PM, 04 Feb 2022 FridayBritish High Commissioner to Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson today said the United Kingdom (UK) looks forward to strengthen bonds of kinship and culture with Bangladesh in the next 50 years and beyond.
Delhi schools, gyms to reopen from Monday
05:39 PM, 04 Feb 2022 FridayFollowing a dip in Covid-19 cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday decided to reopen schools for students in Class 9 to 12 in a phased manner from Monday (February 7). It has also allowed gyms to reopen, but with restrictions...
Coronavirus: 30 new deaths, 9052 cases
04:55 PM, 04 Feb 2022 FridayThirty more people died from coronavirus and 9,052 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,524 and 18,44,828 respectively, a health directorate press release on Friday...
Profile: Who was Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi?
04:35 PM, 04 Feb 2022 FridayAbu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi led ISIL (ISIS) from the shadows for a little more than two years before he was killed during a raid by US forces on a house in northern Syria. The US military conducted the operation on Wednesday that killed al-Qurayshi, who US officials say blew himself up – killing members of his own family...
US State Dept backs latest raft of Saudi, UAE, Jordan arms sales
04:24 PM, 04 Feb 2022 FridayThe US State Department has approved Washington’s latest raft of proposed weapons sales to the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) preliminarily approved for deals – if they are not blocked by US Congress...
Motorcyclist killed in Dhaka road mishap
03:07 PM, 04 Feb 2022 FridayA motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Banasree area of the capital early Friday...