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South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90
02:56 PM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayArchbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90...
Salman Khan bitten by snake at his Panvel farmhouse
02:29 PM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayBollywood superstar Salman Khan, who went to his Panvel farmhouse outside Mumbai with family and friends to celebrate Christmas and New Year festivities was bitten by a non-venomous snake on December 25...
AL leader murder: 13 to die, 8 get life-term
01:46 PM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayA tribunal has sentenced thirteen people to death and eight others to life-term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of businessman and former general secretary of Natai Dakkhin Union 5 number ward Awami League (AL) unit in Brahmanbaria...
Dhaka Nagar Paribahan launched
12:59 PM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayDhaka Nagar Paribahan has been launched first time in the country to restore order in public transport. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the programme virtually from the Secretariat on Sunday. “All kinds of cooperation will be provided to build an orderly and modern public transport system,” the minister said...
RMCH records two more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
11:52 AM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
6,300 flights cancelled as Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel
11:21 AM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayMore than 6,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, according to a tracking website, as the highly infectious Omicron variant brings holiday hurt to millions...
Surfer killed in apparent shark attack in California
10:20 AM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayA male surfer was killed in an apparent shark attack on Christmas Eve in California, officials in the state say...
France reports 100,000 COVID cases for first time
09:57 AM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayFrance reported a record high of 104,611 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking the 100,000 threshold for the first time since the pandemic began. Saturday’s tally marked the third consecutive day that numbers have reached record highs...
Charity staff missing after deadly ‘army attack’ in Myanmar
09:14 AM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayInternational charity Save the Children says two of its staff are missing in Myanmar after more than 30 bodies were found following an attack blamed on the military...
Suicide bomber strikes in eastern Congo, killing 6
09:07 AM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayA suicide bomber attacked a restaurant and bar Saturday as dozens of patrons gathered on Christmas Day, killing at least six others in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists are known to be active...
Voting in 4th phase UP election held
08:42 AM, 26 Dec 2021 SundayThe voting in the fourth phase of union parishad polls was held on Sunday. The voting began at 8am and ended at 4pm.
Fakhrul insults war heroes by dubbing Khaleda as freedom fighter: Quader
09:56 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam actually insulted the glory of valiant women freedom fighters and sacrifice of all war heroes by calling his party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia a freedom fighter.
Ex-England captain lllingworth dies
09:18 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayFormer England captain Ray Illingworth has died at the age of 89, Yorkshire have announced...
World's biggest space telescope blasts into orbit
07:51 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayThe $10bn James Webb telescope has left Earth on its mission to show the first stars to light up the Universe...
‘You’re either too much, or too less, it’s never enough’
07:05 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayFame and brickbats often go hand in hand. This is true especially in the age of social media...
275 new Covid cases, 1 death in 24 hrs
05:52 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayThe Bangladesh government recorded 275 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections stood at 15,82,985 and fatalities rose to 28,056, a health directorate press release said on Saturday. As many as 13,602 samples were collected, and 16,699 tested in the past day...
Case filed over Jhalakathi launch fire
05:23 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayAn unnatural death case has been filed over the deaths after a launch caught fire in the Sugandha river in Jhalakathi district...
Over 30 killed, bodies burnt in Myanmar
04:32 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayMore than 30 people, including children, were killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday, according to a local resident, media reports and a local human rights group...
Veteran journalist Reazuddin Ahmed dies
03:31 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayEkushey Padak winning veteran journalist Reazuddin Ahmed passed away on Saturday afternoon...
5 killed as Saudi Arabia and Yemen rebels exchange fire
02:38 PM, 25 Dec 2021 SaturdayTwo people were killed in Saudi Arabia in a projectile attack blamed on Yemen's Huthi rebels, while three died in Yemen in a Riyadh-led coalition air strike, officials said Saturday...