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Covid booster shots important to stop infection: Study
04:20 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayScientists have urged eligible people to have Covid booster shots after a major survey in England found evidence of “breakthrough infections” more than three months after full vaccination...
Govt vaccinates 120 school students
03:42 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayThe government on Thursday administered Covid-19 vaccines to 120 students aged between 12 and 17 from three schools in Manikganj on trial basis...
Nora Fatehi summoned in ₹ 200-crore cheating case
02:52 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayBollywood actor Nora Fatehi on Thursday appeared before by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the money laundering case against con artists Sukesh Chandrasekar and his actor-wife Leena Paul...
Fire leaves 46 dead in Taiwan
01:53 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayA fire in southern Taiwan that engulfed a building overnight has killed 25 people, according to local officials Thursday who said they expected the death toll to rise further. The 13-story building caught fire around 3 a.m. Thursday, fire officials in the city of Kaohsiung said. A fire department statement said the blaze was “extremely fierce” and destroyed many floors...
BGB deployed across country
12:37 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayMembers of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to keep law and order situation under control in Durga Puja. Lt Col Foyzur Rahman, Director (operations) of BGB, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Thursday morning...
3 of a family found dead in Chattogram
11:08 AM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayPolice recovered throat-slit bodies of three members of a family from their house at Moddhom Sonarpara area under 7 no. ward of Jorarganj union in Chattogram’s Mirsarai upazila early Thursday. Enamul Haque, Sub Inspector of Jorarganj Police Station confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Facebook expands harassment policy to protect public figures
09:56 AM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayFacebook will expand its policies on harassment to remove more harmful content, the company said Wednesday in its latest change following congressional testimony from a whistleblower who faulted the social media giant for not doing enough to stop harmful content...
Suicides among children in Japan at record high during pandemic: Report
08:50 AM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayChild suicides in Japan are the highest they have been in more than four decades, local media have reported, citing the country's education ministry...
Covid: New WHO group may be last chance to find virus origins
08:38 AM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) says a new taskforce may be the last chance to find the origins of Covid-19...
5 killed in Norway bow and arrow attack
08:18 AM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayFive people have been killed and two more injured in Norway after a man used a bow and arrow to attack them. Police first received word of an attack in the town of Kongsberg, south-west of the capital Oslo, at around 18:13 local time (16:13 GMT)...
Bangladesh's per capita GDP to be $2,138.794 in 2021:IMF
09:47 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdayBangladesh's per capita gross domestic product (GDP) will be US$2,138.794 in 2021 which is higher than the neighboring India, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Children to be administered vaccine as test run Thursday
09:41 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdayAccording to DGHS officials, a total of 100 children will be inoculated as part of the test run. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque is expected to inaugurate the test run programme for children at the Colonel Malek Medical College Hospital in Manikganj...
Ex-Indian PM Manmohan Singh admitted to hospital
09:33 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdayFormer Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he complained of weakness following a fever, news agency PTI reported...
Bangladesh's SAFF final hope shattered
08:57 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdayBangladesh's hope of playing the SAFF Championship final shattered when Nepal, came from behind, forced Bangladesh to play 1-1 draw in the crucial match of SAFF Championship held on Wednesday at National Football Stadium in Maldives...
Jago T20 World Cup portal inaugurated
07:42 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdayJago T20 Cricket World Cup, a special portal of Jago News on the upcoming tournament, has been inaugurated...
17 more die of Covid-19 in a day
04:30 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdaySeventeen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,730. During the period, 518 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,64,019, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
211 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:08 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdayAs many as 182 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning. With this, a total of 916 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different hospitals...
Development to continue whatever risks come: PM
03:46 PM, 13 Oct 2021 Wednesday"We always think the country is ours. So, whatever risks will come, the development spree will surely be continued. --- We will surely step forward towards the development facing everything. We have been working to pursue the goal," she said...
Bangladesh will welcome Russia’s investment in jute industry: PM
02:24 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on expanding fields of cooperation with Moscow, saying Bangladesh will welcome Russia's investment in its jute industry.
Brexit: EU to reveal new proposals on Northern Ireland Protocol
01:36 PM, 13 Oct 2021 WednesdayThe EU is to set out proposals later to address the row about trade in Northern Ireland. The UK wants to change the deal struck as part of the Brexit process to allow goods to circulate more freely between Great Britain and Northern Ireland...