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24 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:31 PM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayTwenty four more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,555. During the period, 589 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,57,347, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Man found hanging in in-laws' home
05:11 PM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayPolice recovered the body of a man from his in-laws' home in Melandaha upazila of Jamalpur district on Saturday morning...
Global Covid-19 deaths hit 5 million
04:22 PM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayWorldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesitancy in some western nations...
Philippines' Duterte says he will quit politics
03:44 PM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will not stand for vice president in next year's election, and will instead retire from politics...
ringID Director Saiful arrested
02:03 PM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayThe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the Director of controversial social media platform ringID Saiful Islam. Azad Rahman, Additional Superintendent of CID (Media), confirmed the arrest to Jago News on Saturday. He said, Saiful was arrested from Gulshan area in the capital on Friday. He was shown arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) on September 30...
Mohib Ullah murder: 2 more Rohingyas detained
01:03 PM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayTwo more Rohingya people have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. A team of Armed Police Battalion (APBn)-14 conducted a drive at Kutupalong Rohinga camp and detained them early Saturday. They are Ziaur Rahman and Abdus Salam...
PM mourns JaPa Secretary General Bablu’s death
11:51 AM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Jatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu...
Georgia arrests ex-President Saakashvili after return from exile
10:43 AM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayGeorgia has arrested former President Mikheil Saakashvili after his return to the country following eight years in exile, as the ex-leader sought to mobilise supporters ahead of national municipal elections seen as critical to the country’s political makeup...
JaPa Secretary General Bablu dies
10:04 AM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayJatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu has passed away. He breathed his last at 9:12am on Saturday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital. Confirming the death to Jago News, JaPa Chairman’s Press Secretary Khandaker Delwar Jalali said Bablu was infected with Coronavirus on September 6...
Ecuador to pardon up to 2,000 inmates after deadly prison riot
09:44 AM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayAs many as 2,000 prisoners will be pardoned in Ecuador, the head of the country’s prison authority has announced, as the South American nation seeks to reduce overcrowding in its detention centres after a deadly riot this week...
US hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall
09:04 AM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayThe United States reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone Friday, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief...
PM returns home after attending 76th UNGA
08:27 AM, 02 Oct 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home tonight from Washington DC via Helsinki wrapping up her USA visit to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and other high level side events...
21 more die of Covid-19 in a day
06:10 PM, 01 Oct 2021 FridayTwenty one more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,531. During the period, 847 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,56,758, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Koeman sacking a matter time: Balague
05:51 PM, 01 Oct 2021 FridayBarcelona are set to sack manager Ronald Koeman and it could even happen before they next play, says Spanish football expert Guillem Balague...
Pallabi youth murder: Another accused held
05:07 PM, 01 Oct 2021 FridayThe Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested another accused of Pallabi youth murder case...
Youth arrested over murder of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah
03:55 PM, 01 Oct 2021 FridayThe Armed Police Battalion on Friday afternoon arrested a young man in connection with the murder of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar. He was nabbed from Kutupalong 6 no. camp, and later, handed him over to Ukhiya Police Station, said APBN-14 Police Superintendent Naimul Haque...
For residents of Syria camp, slow death or risky exit
03:33 PM, 01 Oct 2021 FridayA slow death if they stay or possible detention if they leave: the last residents of a Syria desert camp face an unenviable choice ahead of a new "voluntary departure" programme...
Australia to end strict Covid travel ban
02:34 PM, 01 Oct 2021 FridayAustralia will reopen its international border from November, giving long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives. Since March 2020, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border rules - even banning its own people from leaving the country...
Ethiopia orders expulsion of top UN officials for ‘meddling’
12:38 PM, 01 Oct 2021 FridayEthiopia’s government has ordered the expulsion of seven senior United Nations officials from the country for “meddling” in its internal affairs. The move on Thursday came as humanitarian workers have been sounding the alarm about limited access to the embattled Tigray region...
Sri Lanka lifts 6-week lockdown amid economic worries
11:54 AM, 01 Oct 2021 FridaySri Lanka lifted a six-week lockdown Friday as COVID-19 cases and deaths decline but will restrict people’s movement for work and obtaining essentials only — which are running short in the island country amid economic worries...