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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...
RMCH records 4 more deaths in Covid-19 unit
12:02 PM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded four more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today. RMCH Director Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani said three of the deceased were the residents of Rajshahi, while another was from Naogaon district...
Biden to send troops to Eastern Europe in ‘near term’
11:09 AM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayPresident Joe Biden said Friday he will soon send a small number of US troops to bolster the NATO presence in Eastern Europe as tensions rise over Russia's military buildup on the borders of Ukraine...
Long Covid: Hidden lung damage spotted on scans
10:35 AM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdaySome people with long Covid may have hidden damage to their lungs, a small pilot study in the UK suggests...
Ukraine crisis: Don’t create panic, Zelensky tells West
09:09 AM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West not to create panic amid the build-up of Russian troops on his country's borders. He told reporters that warnings of an imminent invasion were putting Ukraine's economy at risk...
Ilias, Zayed elected President, GS of Film Artistes’ Association
08:41 AM, 29 Jan 2022 SaturdayIlias Kanchan and Zayed Khan were elected as President and General Secretary respectively in yesterday’s Film Artistes’ Association election for the next two years (2022-2024)...
Medvedev beat Tsitsipas to reach Australian Open final
06:33 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayDaniil Medvedev overcame a mid-match meltdown to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas and set up an Australian Open final clash with Rafael Nadal...
Nadal reaches sixth Australian Open final
06:30 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayAcross the 20 seasons that Rafael Nadal has spent travelling the world as a professional tennis player, he has slowly and with great difficulty compiled one of the greatest sporting CVs the world has seen...
West accused of ‘climate hypocrisy’ as emissions dwarf those of poor countries
06:24 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayIn the first two days of January, the average Briton was already responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than someone from the Democratic Republic of the Congo would produce in an entire year, according to analysis by the Center for Global Development (CGD)...
Coronavirus: 20 new deaths, 15440 cases
05:58 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayTwenty more people died from coronavirus and 15,440 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,308 and 17,62,771 respectively, a health directorate press release on Friday. As many as 46,292 samples were collected, and 46,268 tested in the past day...
Biden warns Russia may invade Ukraine next month
05:15 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayUS President Joe Biden has warned there is a "distinct possibility" Russia might invade Ukraine next month, the White House says...
Momen urges Malaysian FM to recruit Bangladeshi IT-trained manpower
04:15 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayBangladesh has urged Malaysia to consider recruiting IT-trained manpower from Bangladesh those could contribute more to the economic growth and activities in Malaysia...
Japan pledges $2m for Rohingyas on Bhasan Char
02:27 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayThis contribution includes one million USD to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and one million USD to World Food Programme (WFP), a press release issued by the Japanese embassy said in Dhaka on Friday...
Brazil, Ecuador draw in action-packed qualifier
12:15 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayBrazil had to settle for a 1-1 draw away to Ecuador after Felix Torres' header 15 minutes from time cancelled out an early Casemiro strike in a remarkable World Cup qualifier on Thursday...
Argentina see off Chile despite Messi's absence
12:11 PM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayGoals from Angel Di Maria and Lautaro Martinez gave Argentina a 2-1 win over Chile on Thursday in their World Cup qualifier as the visitors collected the three points without Lionel Messi...
UN human rights chief allowed to visit Xinjiang after Olympics
11:41 AM, 28 Jan 2022 FridayChina has agreed to allow United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to an exclusive report in the South China Morning Post newspaper...