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3 killed as truck hits van
08:27 AM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayThree people were killed when a truck hit a van in Sirajganj early Wednesday. The incident took place on Dhaka-Bagura highway at Panchlia under Salanga thana in Ullapara upazila of the district around 5:30am. The deceased are Haider Ali, 60, son of late Fulchand of Panchlia in Salanga thana, van driver Khoda Box, 50, son of late Motahar Hossen of the same village and Shahadat Hossen, 55, of Paikosha village in Kamrakhand upazila...
Robertson signs new Liverpool contract
09:59 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayLiverpool left-back Andy Robertson has signed a new deal with the club which runs until the summer of 2026...
CIA head meets Taliban leader as fears for Afghanistan grow
09:51 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayThe director of the CIA met with the Taliban’s top political leader in Kabul, an official said Tuesday, as more reports emerged of abuses in areas held by the fighters, fueling concerns about Afghanistan’s future and the fate of those racing to leave the country before the looming US withdrawal...
Two Bangladeshis killed in Bahrain road accident
09:41 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayFive people, including two Bangladeshi nationals, have been killed in a road accident in Bahrain...
N'ganj JCD president Rony put on 4-day remand
08:37 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayNarayanganj district unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Moshiur Rahman Rony has been remanded for four days in two cases filed over violence in the district's Siddhirganj area...
Israel 'quietly' allows Jews to pray in Al-Aqsa compound: Report
07:57 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayThe Israeli government is allowing Jews to conduct prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem – also known to Jews as the Temple Mount – in a move that risks shifting the site’s status quo, The New York Times reported...
New Zealand batsman Allen tests Covid-19 positive
07:41 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayNew Zealand received a blow after their batsman Finn Allen tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival in Bangladesh...
Councillor Morshed accused of killing wife
06:41 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayTangail Municipal councillor and Juba League leader Atiqur Rahman Morshed, who was arrested a few days ago, has been accused of killing his second wife and concealing the body...
114 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:37 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdaySome 114 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 25,513. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus. Coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and then spread to newer countries and territories...
Three Rohingya children drown in Bhasan Char
05:03 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayThree Rohingya children drowned in a waterbody at Bhasan Char in Hatia upazila of Noakhali district on Tuesday morning...
Kiwis in Dhaka for five T20Is against Tigers
04:33 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayThe New Zealand cricket team arrived in Bangladesh on Tuesday to play a five-match T20 series, which is their first tour in this country since 2013...
Tk 3,263.63cr project for M'singh Kewatkhali Bridge okayed
04:17 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayThe government on Tuesday approved a project to construct an eye-catching Taka 3,263.63 crore first steel arch bridge of the country over the river Brahmaputra in Mymensingh to establish improved road connectivity among the northern districts of greater Mymensingh and with the capital...
Salah to miss Egypt's World Cup qualifier
04:08 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayLiverpool have told the Egyptian FA Mohamed Salah will not join up with the rest of the squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifier against Angola due to quarantine restrictions...
Ivy’s off-springs were locked in CMH room as Khaleda visited her: PM
03:02 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the BNP government had locked Ivy Rahman's off-springs in a Combined Military Hospital (CMH) room in Dhaka for three or four hours...
12 die of Coronavirus in Khulna Division
02:21 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 2,941 in ten districts of Khulna Division as 12 more people died in the last 24 hours. Besides, 276 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 107,220. Dr Jasim Uddin Hawlader, Divisional Health Director, confirmed the deaths to Jago News...
5 detained for insulting national anthem
01:25 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayPolice have detained five people for disrespecting the national anthem in a Tiktok video. A team of police led by Jakir Al Ahsan, Sub Inspector of Bagura Sadar Police Station, conducted drives at different parts of Bagura on Tuesday night...
Climate change: Europe’s extreme rains made more likely by humans
12:49 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayThe heavy rainfall behind deadly flooding in Europe in July was made more likely by climate change, scientists say. The floods in Germany, Belgium and other parts killed at least 220 people as towns and villages were swamped...
Kamala Harris criticises Beijing intimidation in South China Sea
12:27 PM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayUS Vice President Kamala Harris has hit out at China during a speech made in Singapore on the first leg of a South East Asian tour...
17th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman today
11:48 AM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayThe 17th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League and wife of late President M Zillur Rahman, is being observed today in the country in a befitting manner...
ICT judge Amir Hossain no more
10:46 AM, 24 Aug 2021 TuesdayAmir Hossain, a judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court and also a member of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) passed away on Tuesday morning. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka around 8am. He had been suffering from cancer of the pancreas and dengue fever. ICT Prosecutor Tapos Kanti Bol confirmed the death to Jago News...