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Omicron spread due to mix of factors: WHO
12:05 PM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe World Health Organization said Friday that the spread of Omicron was down to a combination of factors including the make-up of the Covid-19 variant and increased social mixing...
2 pedestrians killed in Dhaka road accident
11:45 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayTwo people were killed and four others injured as a bus ran them over in front of Gulistan toll plaza in the capital on Saturday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured are Ilias Hossain, 40, Omor Sharif, 45, Al Amin, 25 and Sajeeb, 26...
Hollywood trailblazer Sidney Poitier dies
10:25 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdaySidney Poitier, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, has died at 94. The Hollywood star's death was confirmed to the BBC by the office of Fred Mitchell, the Bahamas' minister of foreign affairs...
Explosion in China’s Chongqing kills 16 - State Media
09:40 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayA building housing a canteen in Chongqing in China's southwest collapsed on Friday after an explosion suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, killing at least 16, state broadcaster CCTV said...
Fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands camp along Thai border river
09:23 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayThousands of Myanmar villagers have been forced to live under makeshift tents alongside a river that borders Thailand, fearful of returning to homes they said had been bombarded by military air raids, but reluctant to seek refuge across the frontier...
US judge sentences Ahmaud Arbery’s killers to life in prison
08:48 AM, 08 Jan 2022 SaturdayA judge in the United States has sentenced three men to life in prison for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, whose fatal 2020 shooting in the state of Georgia fuelled mass protests against racism and vigilantism...
1146 new Covid cases, 1 death in 24 hrs
05:58 PM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayThe Bangladesh government recorded 1,146 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections stood at 15,91,093 and fatalities rose to 28,098, a health directorate press release said on Friday. As many as 20,890 samples were collected, and 20,204 tested in the past day...
Troops told to fire without warning in Kazakhastan
05:53 PM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayKazakhstan's authoritarian leader says he has ordered security forces to "fire without warning", amid a violent crackdown on anti-government protests...
Aston Villa agree Coutinho loan from Barca
05:18 PM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayAston Villa have sealed a deal to sign Philippe Coutinho on loan from Barcelona for the rest of the season with an option to buy. The final details were settled on Friday for a transfer under which Villa will pay about 65% of the Brazilian’s salary...
Jago News looking for sub-editors, staff reporters
04:12 PM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayJagonews24.com, one of the leading online news portals in the country, is looking for sub-editors and staff reporters...
Pakistan appoints first female Supreme Court judge
03:14 PM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayPakistan's judicial commission on Thursday confirmed the nomination of the first female Supreme Court judge in the Muslim-majority nation's history, an action that ruling party members and legal experts said all but ensures her appointment...
Woman, daughter among 3 killed in road accident
02:36 PM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayThree people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed as a pickup van rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Madhupur upazila of Tangail district on Friday morning...
Ten bodies left in car outside Mexican state governor's office
12:33 PM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayMexican authorities have arrested two suspects after an SUV filled with 10 bodies was left outside the office of a Mexican state governor in a public square lit up with Christmas tree and holiday decorations, officials said on Thursday...
Pran-RFL to invest Tk 1700cr in consumer products, poultry businesses
12:04 PM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayOne of the country's leading conglomerates PRAN-RFL Group is set to invest Taka 1,700 crore to manufacture consumer products and mobile handsets along with starting poultry business and expanding some other existed businesses this year...
Russia sends troops to put down Kazakhstan uprising
11:28 AM, 07 Jan 2022 FridayFresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan's main city of Almaty on Thursday as Russia sent in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow's closest former Soviet allies...
PM to address nation this evening
10:06 PM, 06 Jan 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Friday evening marking completion of the third year of the current tenure of Awami League government...
5th phase UP polls: 346 independent, 341 AL candidates win
09:54 PM, 06 Jan 2022 ThursdayThe results of the fifth phase of the union parishad (UP) elections have been announced...
Students must have at least one dose vaccine to attend school
08:41 PM, 06 Jan 2022 ThursdayCabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam on Thursday said the students aged above 12 must get at least the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, otherwise they would not be allowed to attend schools and colleges...
Wife accuses Murad of assaults
07:36 PM, 06 Jan 2022 ThursdayFormer State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Murad Hassan's wife filed a general diary, accusing him of mentally and physically assaulting her...
Qatar adds Bangladesh to exceptional red list
06:22 PM, 06 Jan 2022 ThursdayQatar has added several countries to its red list, including Greece, Portugal and Turkey, the Ministry of Public Health has announced...