Rupganj factory fire: 8 including Sajeeb Group chairman remanded

Sajeeb Group Chairman Abul Hashem and seven others have been put on a four-day remand in a case filed over the deaths of 52 people in a factory fire in Narayanganj's Rupganj..

185 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs

Some 185 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 16,189. During the period, 8,772 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 10,09,315, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday...

Pickup kills 2 motorcyclists in M'singh

Two motorcyclists were killed in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh as a pickup van rammed into their vehicle on Saturday afternoon...

In Spain’s strawberry fields, migrant women face sexual abuse

A large pair of sunglasses covers her face, almost entirely. Greenhouses surround her as far as the eye can see...

Rupganj factory fire: 8 including Sajeeb Group chairman arrested

Sajeeb Group Chairman Abul Hashem, his son Sajeeb, and six others have been arrested in a murder case filed over the fire incident at the factory of Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj's Rupganj...

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Hrithik and Saif to star in Vikram Vedha’s Hindi remake

Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan are all set to star in Hindi remake of Tamil film Vikram Vedha...

India reports 42,766 new Covid-19 cases, 1,206 deaths

India reported 42,766 new coronavirus cases and 1,206 deaths in the 24 hours ending 8 am on Saturday, according to data released by the Union Health Ministry...

Haiti asks UN, US to send troops after president’s assassination

Haiti has requested that the United Nations and the United States send troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise plunged the country into political turmoil, according to several reports...

Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians; hundreds wounded

Israeli forces opened fire on hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators who rallied against an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday, with more than 370 people wounded including 31 hit by live ammunition...

14 die at RMCH’s Corona unit

Fourteen people died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Of them, nine were men and five were women. Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani, Director of RMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Saturday morning...

Eid-ul-Azha to be held in Saudi Arabia on July 20

Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court said on Friday that day of Arafat will be on July 19 (Monday) and the first day of the Eid-ul-Azha will be on July 20 (Tuesday). The top court made the announcement after the crescent of Dhu Al-Hijhaj was not sighted in the Kingdom...

Taliban claims to control most of Afghanistan after rapid gains

The Taliban said on Friday it has seized control of 85 percent of territory in Afghanistan, a declaration government officials dismissed as part of a propaganda campaign...

India state on alert after 14 Zika virus cases

Health authorities in the Indian state of Kerala have declared a state of alert in all districts after identifying 14 cases of Zika virus...

Highest 212 die of Covid-19 in a day

Bangladesh on Friday recorded 212 more coronavirus deaths, the highest daily casualty toll since the start of the pandemic, to take the total to 16,004...

Wife ex-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat dies

Jehan Sadat, widow of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, the first Arab leader to make peace with Israel, died in Egypt on Friday. She was 87...

PM mourns deaths in Rupganj factory fire

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow over the casualties from a fire in a factory at Rupganj in Narayanganj...

Probe body formed over Rupganj factory fire

Narayanganj district administration has formed a five-member committee to investigate the fire incident at Hashem Foods Ltd in Rupganj upazila that claimed, so far, 52 deaths.

Rupganj factory fire: 49 bodies recovered from rubble

The bodies of 49 more people were recovered from the burning factory of Hashem Foods Ltd in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Friday afternoon. With this, the death toll from the incident rose to 52. Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence, said this to the journalists on the spot this afternoon...

ICC relieves Manu Sawhney as CEO

The ICC board has decided to relieve Manu Sawhney as the CEO with immediate effect, ending a long-running saga at the very top of the organisation's management. The decision was taken by the ICC board at an emergency meeting on Thursday, chaired by Greg Barclay, the ICC chairman...