Chelsea's £85m Lukaku bid rejected

Chelsea have seen an £85m ($118m) bid, that included Marcos Alonso heading in the opposite direction, rejected by Inter for striker Romelu Lukaku, Goal can confirm...

England limited-overs tour of Bangladesh postponed to 2023

England has postponed its six-match cricket tour of Bangladesh, originally scheduled for September and October, until March 2023...

Helena Jahangir remanded for 14 more days

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday placed businesswoman Helena Jahangir, who has recently been removed from a subcommittee of Awami League, on a fresh 14-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order after a hearing...

Restrictions extended till Aug 10, markets to reopen on Aug 11

The government has extended the ongoing restrictions till August 10 from August 5 to stop current spread of Coronavirus in the country. Besides, markets and shopping malls will be reopened across the country from August 11 on condition of taking coronavirus vaccines...

PM distributes flats among 300 slum dwellers for better life

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today distributed newly-constructed flats among 300 slum dwellers to enable them to have civic facilities...

PM attributes BD’s development to implementation of Bangabandhu’s dream

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the implementation of the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the ultimate development of Bangladesh...

Bill and Melinda Gates have finalized their divorce

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are officially divorced, after a judge approved their split on Monday...

China’s Wuhan to test ‘all residents’ as Covid returns

Authorities in Wuhan on Tuesday said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year...

2 associates of Helena Jahangir arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested two associates of suspended member of an Awami League subcommittee Helena Jahangir who was recently arrested over spreading propaganda and misleading information on social media platforms...

Canada fines travellers for fake vaccination and testing papers

Canada has fined two travellers arriving from the US who, officials say, forged Covid-19 testing and vaccination documents...

A new generation of orphans as COVID ravages Indonesia

At a cemetery in East Kalimantan, 13-year-old Arga stands before his parents’ graves, dressed in a hazmat suit...

US hits 70% vaccination rate - a month late, amid a surge

The U.S. on Monday finally reached President Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one COVID-19 shot into 70% of American adults - a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swamping hospitals and leading to new mask rules and mandatory vaccinations around the country...

246 die of Coronavirus in 24 hours

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 21,162 as 246 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 15,989 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 12,80,317. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...

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HC wants to know initiatives to give vaccines to expecting mothers

The High Court (HC) today asked authorities concerned to let it know about a specific initiative regarding giving Covid-19 vaccines to expecting mothers on priority basis. A High Court division virtual bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after holding hearing on a writ filed by four Supreme Court lawyers...

Ishrat Rafiq put on 6-day remand

A court in Dhaka has placed Ishrat Rafiq Eshita and her associate Shahidul Islam Didar on a 6-day remand in three cases filed over narcotics and fraudulence. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ashek Imam passed the order on Monday...

Light to moderate rain likely

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at different places of the country, a met release said today...

Army patrols Sydney streets, Brisbane extends lockdown

Australia's Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading...

RMCH counts 15 more fatalities at Covid-19 unit

Some 15 more people died at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH)’s Covid-19 unit during the last 24-hour till 6am today, taking the death toll to 33 so far this month, adding to 566 in July and 405 in June...

23 die at MMCH’s Corona unit

Twenty-three people died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. Seven of them died from the disease and the rest sixteen died with its symptoms. Dr Mohiuddin Khan Mun, Focal Person of MMCH’s Corona unit, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Monday morning...