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17 die at RMCH’s Corona unit

Seventeen more people died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Eight of those died of Coronavirus and the rest died from of its symptoms. Dr Saiful Ferdous, Deputy Director of RMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Saturday...

Colombia President Iván Duque's helicopter hit by gunfire

Gunfire has hit a helicopter carrying the president of Colombia as it flew near the border with Venezuela...

Death toll in Florida collapse rises to 4; 159 still missing

With nearly 160 people unaccounted for and at least four dead after a seaside condominium tower collapsed into a smoldering heap of twisted metal and concrete...

Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations...

Bangladesh records second highest daily Covid-19 deaths

Some 108 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 13,976. During the period, 5,869 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 8,78,804, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...

Microsoft announces Windows 11

Microsoft is officially confirming the name for the next release of Windows today: Windows 11...

Aga Khan wins Dhaka-14 by-polls unopposed

Awami League candidate Aga Khan Pintu has won unopposed the by-election to Dhaka-14 constituency...

Cavani gives Uruguay first Copa win, Bolivia knocked out

Edinson Cavani scored his 52nd goal for Uruguay on Thursday in a 2-0 Copa America victory over Bolivia, who became the first team eliminated from the competition...

WB approves $191m for Bangladesh’s higher education, Covid response

The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a $191 million credit to Bangladesh to help strengthen the higher education sector and respond better to the COVID-19 pandemic...

'Gunfight' kills youth in Rajshahi

A young man was killed in a reported gunfight in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district early Friday. Deceased Md Shamim, 21, was the son of late Shafique, a resident of Lalitnagar village in the upazila. Police claimed he was accused of a child rape-murder case. Additional superintendent of the district police Iftekharul Alam confirmed the matter...

275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020: UN

Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide last year, while over 36 million people suffered from drug use disorders, according to the World Drug Report released Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna...

Fire at China martial arts centre kills 18

A fire tore through a martial arts training centre in China on Friday killing 18 people, with one state media outlet saying most of the victims were children who were staying there. It was unclear what caused the fire, which injured 16 people, four of whom were in serious condition, the county government said...

Uefa scraps away goals rule

The away goals rule in European club football is to be abolished from the start of next season, governing body Uefa has confirmed...

England beat Sri Lanka to win T20 series

England recovered from 36-4 to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the second Twenty20 and win the series with a game to spare...

Covid-19: 'Complete shutdown' recommended

In a press release sent to media on Thursday, the body said it recommended the 'complete countrywide shutdown' aiming to prevent the risks to the people's lives posed by the coronavirus infections that went out of control...

Mehzabin confesses to killing parents, sister

Mehzabin Islam Moon, who had been arrested in a case filed over the murder of her parents and younger sister in the capital's Kadamtali area, has confessed to the crime...

'Traumatized' Britney Spears urges judge to end guardianship

US pop singer Britney Spears urged a judge to end a controversial guardianship that has given her father control of her affairs since 2008 during an emotional court hearing Wednesday...

How to decode a food label

In the 19th Century, food shopping was a gamble. Tins, packets and containers tended to lack ingredient labels, let alone nutrition information. With no obligation to tell people what was in their products or what it meant for their health, manufacturers inserted all sorts of unpleasant substances...

Mahmudullah fined for on the field misdemeanor in DPL

Gazi Group Cricketers Mahmudullah Riyad was fined Tk. 20000 for his on the field misdemeanor in two matches of the super league phase of Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier League (DPL)...