Japan's Osaka in shock Olympic exit

Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffered a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earned a straight-set win in Tokyo...

Ruman’s Olympic mission ends after fighting show

Ace archer Ruman Sana's Olympic mission finally came to an end on Tuesday when he went down by a fighting 4-6 set points defeat to his Canadian rival Duenas Crispin in the second elimination round of recurve men’s individual event held in Tokyo...

PM for massive Covid vaccination to ensure everyone’s protection

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said she has instructed the authorities concerned to inoculate the people massively with Covid-19 vaccines to ensure protection of all...

Six Rohingyas among 8 killed in Cox's Bazar floods, landslides

Eight people, including six Rohingyas, were killed in separate incidents of floods and landslides in Ukhiya, Maheshkhali, and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazar district on Tuesday...

Myanmar floods, coup, complicate growing Covid-19 outbreak

Flooding in Myanmar has displaced hundreds of people, slowing efforts to battle a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak amid the chaos that followed the South-east Asian nation's military coup, residents told Reuters on Tuesday (July 27)...

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Signal 3 for maritime ports

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has formed over North Bay and adjoining area, a met office release said...

Khulna Division reports 46 deaths from Coronavirus

Khulna Division today reported 46 deaths from Coronavirus and 1,435 cases in the last 24 hours. Divisional Health Directorate confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Tuesday. Of the deceased, 18 people died in Khustia, 9 in Khulna, 2 each in Jashore, Bagerhat, Narail, Magura, Jhenaidah, 1 in Satkhira and 4 each in Chuadanga and Meherpur...

21 more die at Rajshahi hospital

Twenty-one more people died at different wards of the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Tuesday morning. Of the deceased, 10 died from the disease and 11 others died with its symptoms. Of them, 11 were male and 10 were female, he said...

Sajeeb Wazed Joy turns 51 today

The 51st birthday of Bangabandhu's grandson Sajeeb Wazed Joy is being celebrated today amid increasing public expectations about his future role...

Dozens presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya coast: UN

A boat carrying migrants has capsized off Libya, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead, a UN migration official has said...

North and South Korea restore severed cross-border hotline

South and North Korea have restored cross-border communications, just over a year since the hotline was cut off, as the two countries look to rebuild trust, South Korea’s presidential Blue House said on Tuesday...

US combat forces to leave Iraq by end of year

President Joe Biden has said US combat forces will leave Iraq by the end of this year, though troops will continue to train and advise the Iraqi military. The announcement came after Mr Biden held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House...

247 more die of Coronavirus in 24 hours

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 19,521 as 247 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. This is the highest deaths from the virus in a single day in the country. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...

Govt decides to establish 3 more new upazilas

The government today approved three new upazilas named "Eidgaon" in Cox’s Bazar, "Modhyanagar" in Sunamganj and "Dashar" in Madaripur, raising the total number of the upazilas to 495 in the country. The approval came from the meeting of the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reform (NICAR), held virtually...

46 die of Covid-19, 1,186 test positive in Khulna division

A number of 46 persons died of Covid-19 and 1,186 more people have tested positive for the deadly virus in the last 24-hour till this morning in the division...

Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts

As coronavirus cases ravaged India this spring, Anil Sharma visited his 24-year-old son Saurav at a private hospital in northwest New Delhi every day for more than two months...

China accuses U.S. of creating ‘imaginary enemy’ in high-level talks

A top Chinese diplomat took a confrontational tone on Monday in rare high-level talks with the United States, accusing it of creating an "imaginary enemy" to divert attention from domestic problems and suppress China...

Sylhet-3 by-polls suspended till Aug 5

The High Court today stayed the voting for the by-polls to the Sylhet-3 constituency till August 5 due to the lockdown. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after an initial hearing of a petition moved by six Supreme Court lawyers and seven voters of the parliamentary seat...

Fauci says US headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus

The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday...