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Tanker attack: UK and US blame Iran for deadly ship attack
11:30 AM, 02 Aug 2021 MondayThe UK and US believe Iran was behind a tanker attack that killed two people, and have vowed to respond, calling it a violation of international law. The MV Mercer Street, operated by an Israeli-owned firm, was attacked off Oman on Thursday. A British national and a Romanian citizen were killed...
DB to probe charges against Helena Jahangir
10:08 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayShe was a member of the Awami League’s subcommittee on women’s affairs but the body has recently removed her from the post after her name came up on social media as the president of ‘Bangladesh Awami Chakrijibi League’ that is not approved by the party...
Some 24.30 lakh taxpayers submit returns last fiscal
09:35 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThe number of submission of returns by individual taxpayers increased by almost 15 percent in the last fiscal year (FY21) despite the COVID-19 pandemic as a total of 24,30,645 TIN holders submitted their returns during that period...
237 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
09:01 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayAs many as 237 more people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
Italy's Jacobs wins shock 100m gold
08:18 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayItaly's Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a shock gold in the Olympic 100m final, after Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes was disqualified for a false start...
Passenger vessels to run till tomorrow noon: BIWTA
08:06 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayCommodore Golam Sadeq, chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), today said that the passenger vessels are allowed to continue to operate on a limited scale, subject to pressure of passengers, till 12pm tomorrow...
Pop star Kris Wu arrested on suspicion of rape
07:47 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayChinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been arrested on suspicion of rape...
Film actress Eka denied bail, sent to jail
06:52 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayA court in Dhaka on Sunday sent film actress Eka to jail in two separate cases filed for allegedly torturing domestic help, and possessing drugs...
231 more die from coronavirus in a day
06:49 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundaySome 231 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,916. During the period, 14,844 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 12,64,324, the health directorate said in a press release on Sunday...
Faridpur road accidents kill 3
05:13 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThree people were killed and three others injured in three separate road accidents in Madhukhali, Boalmari, and Nagarkanda upazilas of Faridpur district on Sunday...
McKeon sets Olympic medal record
04:28 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayAustralia's Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics with two more golds on Sunday...
Aug 15 plot perpetrators will be unmasked: PM
03:43 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayAddressing a programme virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence, Sheikh Hasina also renewed her vow to materialise Bangabandhu’s unfinished dream of building a hunger- and-poverty-free 'Sonar Bangla' (Golden Bengal) by presenting a better and beautiful life to the countrymen...
40 die of COVID-19 in Khulna Division
02:38 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 2,428 in Khulna Division as 40 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours...
41st BCS preliminary results published
01:24 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayBangladesh Public Service Commission today published the results of the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination on Sunday. A total of 21,056 candidates qualified in the tests. The qualified candidates are eligible to sit for the written exams. The written test might be held in November...
RMCH counts 18 more deaths at Covid-19 unit
12:10 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayA number of 18 more people, including seven females, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am today...
Niger floods claim 35 lives, leave over 26,000 homeless
11:48 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayHeavy rains lashing arid Niger since June have killed 35 people and made more than 26,500 homeless, the civil protection agency said Saturday...
Chinese mainland reports 53 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
11:31 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThe Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 53 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday...
US star Dressel wins 50m freestyle for fourth Tokyo gold
11:05 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayCaeleb Dressel claimed his fourth Tokyo gold and earned the title of world's fastest swimmer Sunday with an Olympic-record 21.07 seconds in the 50m freestyle final...
Month of mourning begins
09:31 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThe month of mourning begins today for the nation to recall once again the brutal assassination of its founding father and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country's independence and sovereignty. The killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15, 1975 is the ugliest chapter of the nation's history...
Carrie Johnson and Boris Johnson expecting second child
09:15 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayCarrie and Boris Johnson are expecting a second child, months after a miscarriage that left her "heartbroken"...