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Vision Emporium brings Houseful offer
02:19 PM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayVision Emporium, retail chain shop of electronics products of RFL Group, has started a new campaign titled ‘Houseful Offer’. Under the offer, customers will get opportunity to get TV, refrigerator and other necessary products if anyone buy products from Vision Emporium...
Germany surpasses 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases for first time
01:49 PM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayGermany reported 112,323 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a fresh single-day record as the health minister said the peak had not been reached and compulsory vaccination should be introduced by May...
None can stop Bangladesh’s indomitable advancement: PM
01:10 PM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her firm conviction that none can stop the indomitable pace of the country's advancement as it has become a "role model" of development before the world...
Writ seeking closure of edu institutions filed
12:36 PM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayA writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) seeking closure of educational institutions for 30 days due to current spread of Coronavirus. Lawyer Younus Ali Akand filed the writ on Wednesday. He himself the confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Journalist Habibur killed in Hatirjheel road accident
11:21 AM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayMd Habibur Rahman, 40, senior reporter of Daily Shomoyer Alo, was killed as he lost control of his motorcycle in the capital’s Hatirjheel around 2:30am on Tuesday...
Covid-19: US CDC warns against travel to 22 countries
10:57 AM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday advised against travel to 22 nations and territories because of a rising number of Covid-19 cases including for Australia, Israel, Egypt, Albania, Argentina and Uruguay...
Indonesia names new capital, approving shift from Jakarta
09:51 AM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayIndonesia has named its new capital Nusantara, as lawmakers approve the shift from Jakarta to Kalimantan -- a jungle-covered area on the east of Borneo Island...
3 killed, 11 injured in blast on Navy ship in Mumbai
09:27 AM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayThree Indian Navy sailors were killed and 11 sustained burn injuries in an explosion on board the Rajput-class destroyer, INS Ranvir, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai of India on Tuesday...
Covid: WHO warns pandemic not over amid Europe case records
08:31 AM, 19 Jan 2022 WednesdayThe head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning to world leaders that the coronavirus pandemic "is nowhere near over". Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned against the assumption that the newly dominant Omicron variant is significantly milder...
Husband, friend remanded over actress Shimu's murder case
10:10 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayA court in Dhaka on Tuesday granted a three-day remand to alleged Khandaker Sakhawat Alim Nobel and his friend SM Wai Farhad in a case of killing Nobel's wife actress Raima Islam Shimu filed with Keraniganj Model Thana...
Prof Tajmeri Islam gets bail
09:51 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayProfessor Tajmeri SA Islam, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, and former dean of Dhaka University's Science faculty, has secured bail in a sabotage case...
Israeli citizens targeted by police using Pegasus spyware
08:49 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayThe Israeli police allegedly conducted warrantless phone intercepts of Israeli citizens, including politicians and activists, using the NSO group’s controversial Pegasus spyware, according to an investigation by the Israeli business media site Calcalist...
Govt nods 10 new rice varieties
08:20 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayThe government has approved 10 new varieties of rice for cultivation in the Boro season aiming to boost production...
Daily Covid cases exceed 8000
06:44 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government recorded 8,407 new COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours. Bangladesh, however, first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020. The virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 and then it spread to other countries...
New satellite images show how Tonga volcano blew island to pieces
05:37 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayNew satellite images released after the dramatic eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Saturday evening have revealed early indications of the damage inflicted on the nearby islands and the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa...
SC to conduct trials virtually from Wednesday
04:56 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayChief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique has decided to conduct trial proceedings of Supreme Court's both divisions - Appellate and High Court - virtually from Wednesday due to an upward trend in coronavirus cases...
Moderna hopes to market combined Covid and flu booster in 2023
04:04 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayModerna hopes to market a combined booster vaccination for COVID-19, influenza and RSV — a common respiratory virus — as soon as the fall of 2023, CEO Stéphane Bancel said Monday...
Sri Lanka looking to attract forex through new policies
03:34 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdaySri Lanka will introduce new laws to attract investments over the next three years while policies to develop exports, tourism and remittances will be fast-tracked in a bid to rebuild foreign exchange reserves, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Tuesday...
SUST students continue agitation demanding VC’s resignation
02:54 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayA group of students of Shahjalal University and Science and Technology (SUST) continued their agitation programme for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday demanding resignation of the Vice Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed...
Fire at shoe factory in Demra under control
02:08 PM, 18 Jan 2022 TuesdayA fire that broke out at a shoe factory beside the Rajmahal Cinema Hall in the capital’s Demra has been brought under control...