All News
Dhamaka Shopping COO among 3 arrested
11:11 AM, 29 Sep 2021 WednesdayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested three employees of e-commerce site ‘Dhamaka Shopping’ including its Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sirajul Islam Rana over embezzling money of their customers...
Oil price rises above $80 for first time in 3 years
10:00 AM, 29 Sep 2021 WednesdayOil prices climbed above $80 (£59) a barrel on Tuesday, hitting their highest level in three years as the pound slumped...
North Korea says it fired new ‘hypersonic missile’
09:42 AM, 29 Sep 2021 WednesdayNorth Korea has claimed that it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile called Hwasong-8 on Tuesday...
Afghanistan: Biden advised to keep 2,500 troops - generals
08:47 AM, 29 Sep 2021 WednesdayTwo top US generals have said they recommended keeping a force of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, ahead of the full US withdrawal in August...
WHO horrified over sex abuse by staff in DR Congo
09:54 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) says it is horrified at the findings of a report into alleged sexual abuse by aid workers tackling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
BTRC postpones shutting down unregistered news portals: minister
09:29 PM, 28 Sep 2021 Tuesday"The BTRC started the process of shutting down unregistered news portals following its list as today was the last day for closing the portals as per the High Court order. But as there are some errors in the list, the process has temporarily been suspended," he said...
DSEX hits new high
09:12 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSEX) on Tuesday hit a record high after the central bank directive that banks can buy private sector-issued green Sukuk from their special funds...
219 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
08:49 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayAs many as 219 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
Thailand cuts quarantine to 7 days ahead of Nov reopening
07:52 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayThailand agreed to halve its mandatory quarantine to seven days for fully vaccinated visitors starting next month, and will remove any isolation period for such travelers in 10 key provinces including Bangkok in November to help revive its tourism-dependent economy...
Ex-England striker Hunt dies
07:16 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayFormer Liverpool and England striker Roger Hunt has died at the age of 83, the Premier League club has announced.
Instagram for kids paused after backlash
06:53 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayPlans to make an "Instagram experience" for under-13s, dubbed Instagram Kids, have been paused...
Rape case filed against cop in Thakurgaon
06:42 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayA case has been filed against a police member in Thakurgaon for allegedly raping a teenage girl...
31 more die of Covid-19 in a day
06:27 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayThirty one more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,470. During the period, 1,310 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,53,873, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday. The daily count came from a test of 29,186 samples in the past day...
25 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine arrive
04:05 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayA total of 25 lakh doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Dhaka from US on early Tuesday under COVAX facilities...
R Kelly found guilty of racketeering and trafficking in sex abuse trial
03:43 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayR Kelly has been found guilty of racketeering and trafficking in his sex abuse trial in Brooklyn, New York...
Egg thrown at French President Macron during food trade fair
01:33 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayFrench President Emmanuel Macron has been hit on the shoulder by an egg thrown at him during a visit to an international food trade fair in the city of Lyon...
RMCH records 6 more deaths at Covid-19 unit
01:13 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded six more fatalities at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, raising the death toll to 162 so far this month...
Mufti Kazi Ibrahim detained
12:52 PM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayIslamic preacher Mufti Kazi Ibrahim, who is known for his controversial speeches, has been detained. A team of the detectives detained him from his residence on Jakir Hossen road in the capital’s Lalmatia around 2am on Tuesday. Confirming the detention to Jago News, A K M Hafiz Akter, additional commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said Kazi was taken to DB office for interrogation...
12 killed after passenger ship capsizes in China’s Guizhou
11:52 AM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayTwelve people have been confirmed dead while three others remain missing as of Tuesday, after a passenger ship capsized in a river in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Sept 18...
Nationwide mass vaccination campaign held
11:41 AM, 28 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe nationwide COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign was held on Tuesday successfully with a target to inoculate 75 lakh people on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 75th birthday...