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Gazette on EC formation law published
02:18 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayThe government on Sunday published a gazette on the “Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Bill-2022”. According to the law, President M Abdul Hamid can now form a search committee for appointing CEC and ECs for holding free and fair elections...
Probe committee visits Safari Park to unearth zebras’ death reason
01:39 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayThe concerned ministry’s probe committee today visits Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park at Sripur in Gazipur to look into the reason of 11 Zebras death in a month...
Children 12 and above to get Covid vaccine
12:54 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayChildren aged 12 and above will get the Coronavirus vaccine and the people from 40 years old will also get the booster dose of its vaccine. Health Minister Zahid Malque said the government’s decision at a press conference held at Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons in the capital on Sunday...
RMCH records 2 more deaths in Covid-19 unit
12:15 PM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
5 more die in MMCH Corona unit
11:29 AM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayFive more people died in the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. The deceased were identified as Fazlul Haque, 65, Maya Rani, 64, of Mymensingh Sadar upazila, Dulal Miah, 52, of Ishwarganj, Nurul Haque, 65, of Bhaluka and Lutfor Rahman, 42, of Sherpur Sadar upazila...
Congo sentences 51 to death over killing of UN experts
10:55 AM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayA military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced 51 people to death, several in absentia, in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two United Nations experts in a troubled central region. Capital punishment is frequently pronounced in murder cases in DRC...
President assents to EC formation bill
09:55 AM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Saturday assented to the bill titled "Appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Bill-2022" - passed in the first session of 2022 of 11th Jatiya Sangsad...
North Korea fires longest range missile since 2017
09:24 AM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayNorth Korea fired what is presumed to be its longest range ballistic missile since 2017 on Sunday, an escalation of its weapons program and a possible sign of larger tests to come, according to South Korea's President...
13 killed in accident on Mexico highway
09:14 AM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayThirteen people were killed when their van overturned and flipped into a ditch on a highway in central Mexico, leaving another 10 people injured, officials said on Saturday. Seven of the victims who died were initially trapped inside the car, the emergency services agency from Jalisco state said on Twitter...
Britain considering major NATO deployment amid Ukraine crisis
08:37 AM, 30 Jan 2022 SundayBritain is considering making a major NATO deployment as part of a plan to strengthen Europe's borders in response to Russia massing troops on the border with Ukraine, the government said on Saturday. Britain has said that any Russian incursion into Ukraine would be met with swift sanctions and would be devastating for both sides...
College admission results published
08:21 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe results of the first phase of the online admission for Class XI (session 2021-2022) have been published...
Barty triumphs to end Australian wait
06:35 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayAshleigh Barty beat Danielle Collins to win the Australian Open title, ending the home nation's 44-year wait for a Grand Slam women's singles champion...
Coronavirus: 21 new deaths, 10329 cases
05:24 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayTwenty-one more people died from coronavirus and 10,329 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,329 and 17,73,149 respectively, a health directorate press release on Saturday. As many as 33,230 samples were collected, and 33,373 tested in the past day...
Gayle, Mehedi star in Barishal win
05:21 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayFortune Barishal 141 for 9 (Gayle 45, Perera 2-18) beat Khulna Tigers 124 (Mushfiqur 40, Rana 4-17) by 17 runs...
A year after Myanmar's coup, families of detainees search for answers
04:31 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayNearly a year after his son was last seen being hauled away by Myanmar junta troops, 66-year-old Win Hlaing says he just wants to know whether he is alive...
US halts Egypt military aid over rights
03:42 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe Biden administration has announced that it is cancelling $130m in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, just days after the United States approved a massive $2.5bn arms sale to the country...
Bus-auto rickshaw collision kills 3
02:28 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayThree people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw at Borongail bus stand area in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as the auto-rickshaw driver Jahidul Islam, 35, its passengers Abdur Razzak, 35 and Abdur Rahman, 34. They were the inhabitants of Hapania village at Balla union in Harirampur upazila of the district...
UK PM to urge Putin to ‘step back’ to avoid bloodshed
01:57 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, urging him to step back from escalating tensions over Ukraine, Downing Street said Friday...
Mild to moderate cold wave continues in parts of country
01:27 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayMild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and the districts of Gopalgonj, Tangail, Kishoregonj, Feni, Jashore, Kushtia, Chuadanga and Barishal and it may continue...
UN rights chief says response to Myanmar crisis ‘ineffectual’
12:49 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe United Nations human rights chief has urged world leaders to ramp up the pressure on Myanmar’s military rulers to cease violence against the country’s own people and quickly restore civilian rule...