Two women crushed under train

Two women were crushed under the wheels of train in Gazipur city on Saturday morning...

43 more die of Covid-19 in 24hrs

Some 43 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 12,801. During the period, 1,447 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 8,09,314, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday...

PM launches National Tree Plantation Campaign

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the “National Tree Plantation Campaign-2021” marking World Environment Day...

Student found dead in septic tank

Police have recovered the body of a college student from an abandoned septic tank in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh district on Saturday afternoon...

Richarlison, Neymar help Brazil beat Ecuador 2-0

Brazil beat Ecuador 2-0 in an insipid World Cup qualifying tie in Porto Alegre on Friday to maintain their perfect record and stay top of the South American qualifying group for Qatar 2022...

Vision AC offers 15 percent discount for frontliners

Vision Electronics, country’s leading electronics brand, is offering 15 percent discount on purchasing air conditioner (AC) for health workers, members of law enforcement agencies and mass media workers...

Can COVID-stricken Brazil host Copa America?

It is fitting that the underused Estadio Mane Garrincha football stadium in Brasilia sits almost within sight of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s office...

Job at Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

India logs 1.20 lakh COVID-19 cases, 3380 deaths

India on Saturday reported 1,20,529 new COVID-19 cases as 3,380 more patients succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said...

6 lakh doses of Chinese vaccine to reach Dhaka on June 13

The government of China will give another six lakh doses of Chinese Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh as gift. The consignment of the vaccine will arrive in Dhaka on June 13. Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka Hualong Yan confirmed the matter to Jago News on Saturday morning...

China approves Sinovac’s vaccine for emergency use on children

China has approved emergency use of Sinovac Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine in people aged between three and 17, its chairman Yin Weidong told state TV late on Friday. China’s mass vaccination drive, which administered 723.5 million doses of vaccines as of June 3, is currently only open to those aged 18 and above...

Roman Protasevich arrest: EU bans Belarus jets from its airspace

The EU has banned Belarusian planes from its skies or accessing its airports after the forced grounding of a Ryanair flight...

Twitter “indefinitely” suspended in Nigeria days after it removed President’s tweet

Nigeria announced on Friday it was suspending Twitter operations in the country, saying the platform was being used for activities "capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence."

Putin sees ‘double standard’ in US Capitol riot prosecutions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of double standards for its treatment of the Capitol rioters...

Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years, then will reassess

Facebook announced Friday that former President Donald Trump’s accounts will be suspended for two years, freezing his presence on the social network until early 2023, following a finding that Trump stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol...

Ousted Myanmar politicians call for Rohingya to join fight against junta

Myanmar’s parallel government has urged Rohingya to join with them in fighting the military junta, promising to offer justice and citizenship to the persecuted minority...

34 more die of Covid-19 in 24hrs

Some 34 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 12,758. During the period, 1,887 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 8,07,867, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...

German competition authority launches probe into Google's news showcase

Germany's competition authority launched a probe against Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google news showcase, a platform which makes news available on the tech giant's news website, it said on Friday...

‘Mission: Impossible 7’ filming halted

Production on “Mission: Impossible 7” has shut down after a positive coronavirus test...

Facebook to end rule exemptions for politicians

Facebook plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on its site, according to several news reports...