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Unequal Covid-19 jabs roll-out immoral, stupid: UN
12:17 PM, 08 Oct 2021 FridayUN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday branded rich nations' vaccine hogging as immoral and stupid, saying choking off poorer countries' access to jabs risked undermining their own defences against the pandemic...
Nigeria rescues 187 people from kidnappers
11:45 AM, 08 Oct 2021 FridayNigerian security agents on Thursday rescued 187 people who had been abducted by armed gangs in the northwestern state of Zamfara, police said, after authorities launched a sweeping security operation against the kidnappers...
France stun Belgium to reach final
11:28 AM, 08 Oct 2021 FridayTheo Hernandez scored a superb 90th-minute winner as France hit back from 2-0 down to stun Belgium and reach the Nations League final...
Kangana on Aryan’s arrest: ‘This will make him realise consequences of his actions’
09:50 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayAfter Hrithik Roshan extended his support to Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the alleged drug bust case, Kangana Ranaut took to her Instagram stories and shared that we must not “glorify” one’s “mistakes.”..
Hrithik lends support to Aryan: ‘Own everything you experience’
09:45 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayBollywood actor Hrithik Roshan took to Instagram on Thursday to share a note in support of Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan. Aryan was arrested following an alleged drug bust by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on a cruise ship...
Proposal sent to PM over PEC exam cancellation
09:31 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayThe Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has sent a proposal to the Prime Minister over the cancellation of this year's Primary Education Completion (PEC) examination due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rights groups to PayPal: End discrimination against Palestinians
07:55 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayPalestinian and international rights groups have renewed a campaign demanding that digital payment giant PayPal stop excluding millions of Palestinians from accessing its services...
Papon becomes BCB president for fourth time
07:12 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayNazmul Hassan Papon was elected the president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday, just a day after he grabbed highest votes to be the director in the board of directors election...
Lowest 12 coronavirus deaths in 7 months
05:33 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayBangladesh reported 12 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, hitting the lowest fatalities in seven months. With this, the country's coronavirus deaths stood at 27,647, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday. Earlier on March 17, the government recorded 11 deaths from the virus...
Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize for Literature
05:21 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayTanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, it was announced on Thursday...
RAJUK plot scam: ACC sues SK Sinha
05:02 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar (SK) Sinha for his alleged involvement in plot scam by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha...
State Minister Indira contracts coronavirus
04:15 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayState Minister for Women and Children Affairs Fazilatun Nessa Indira has contracted coronavirus...
AL picks Kabita for Sirajganj-6 by-polls
03:45 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayAwami League has nominated its Central Working Committee Member Merina Jahan Kabita for by-election to Sirajganj-6 constituency...
EC to be formed through search committee: Law Minister
02:30 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayLaw Minister Anisul Haq has said the new Election Commission (EC) will be formed through a search committee. Anisul said this while unveiling a book written on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on Thursday noon...
RMCH records two more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
01:46 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more fatalities at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 20 in the first seven days of this month...
Midland Bank re-elects chair, vice chair
01:28 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayMidland Bank Limited recently re-elected Nilufer Zafarullah as its chairman and elected Md Shamsuzzaman as its vice chairman...
DGHS ex-DG Azad gets bail
12:50 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayA court has granted bail to the former Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Abul Kalam Azad in a case filed over irregularities in the Coronavirus test and treatment. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge K M Imrul Kayesh passed the order on Thursday. Earlier on Tuesday, Abul Kalam filed the bail plea after surrendering before the same court...
Journalist Arun Basu passes away
12:12 PM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayJournalist and Prothoma Prokashan’s coordinator Arun Basu has passed away. He was 68. He breathed his last on Thursday morning while undergoing treatment at Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital...
Over 50 migrants died in 2021 while crossing Panama jungle
11:14 AM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayMore than 50 migrants have died since the start of the year while trying to cross the Panama jungle in an effort to reach the United States, the Panamanian prosecutor's office said Wednesday...
Biden and Xi to hold virtual meeting before year-end: US official
09:27 AM, 07 Oct 2021 ThursdayUS President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a “virtual bilateral” meeting before the end of the year, a senior United States official has said, as the countries boost diplomacy amid several points of tension...