Norway’s left-wing opposition wins election in a landslide

Norway’s left-wing opposition headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Store has had a landslide win in a general election after a campaign dominated by the future of the country’s oil industry...

Most people don’t need Covid-19 vaccine boosters, scientists find

Covid-19 vaccines work so well that most people don't yet need a booster, an all-star panel of scientists from around the world said in a review that's likely to fuel the debate over whether to use them...

Donors pledge $1bn in aid for Afghanistan as UN warns of crisis

Donors have pledged more than a billion dollars to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up, raising the spectre of a mass exodus...

Coronavirus: 41 die, 1953 infected

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 26,972 as 41 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,953 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,532,366. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...

No more PEC, JSC exams from 2023: Dipu Moni

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said that there will be no Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations from 2023. She told this at a press briefing on the National Curriculum Outline at the ministry on Monday afternoon...

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Suu Kyi unable to appear in court for health reasons

The deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been unable to appear at a court hearing for health reasons, a member of her legal team has said, describing her condition as dizziness caused by motion sickness...

UN seeks $606 million for Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

The United Nations is hosting a high-level donors conference on Monday to drum up emergency funds for Afghanistan after last month’s Taliban takeover of the country that stunned the world.

PM for making education programmes time-befitting

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for making education programmes time-befitting, keeping pace with global educational advancement as she witnessed a power point presentation of the draft outline of the national education framework...

Ehsan group chairman, 3 brothers on 7-day remand

A court in Pirojpur has placed Ehsan group chairman Ragib Ahsan and his three brothers on a seven-day remand in a case filed over misappropriating Tk 1700 crore. Judge M Mohiuddin of Senior Judicial Magistrate Court of Pirojpur passed the order on Monday noon...

Britney Spears announces engagement to Sam Asghari

Britney Spears has announced her engagement to her long-term boyfriend, Sam Asghari. The singer posted a video of the couple showing off the ring on Instagram...

Pilot error likely caused fatal Air India Express crash, report finds

Pilot error and a failure to follow safety guidelines probably caused the Air India Express crash that killed 21 people last year, the country's worst aviation accident in a decade, investigators said in a report on Saturday...

RMCH records six more fatalities in Covid-19 unit

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded six more fatalities at the Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 86 so far this month...

North Korea tests new long-range cruise missile

North Korea has tested a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting much of Japan, state media said on Monday...

JaPa MP Rashid Chowdhury dies

Jatiya Party’s presidium member Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury and also a member of parliament for reserved seats for women Professor Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury has passed away. She was 70. She breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the ICU of BIRDEM General Hospital at 3:15am on Monday...

PM provides Tk 15cr for healthcare cancelling vehicle procurement

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has provided Taka 15 crore for the healthcare services of the country's common people, cancelling the allocation of vehicle procurement for her office...

Taliban says women can study in gender-segregated universities

Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at the postgraduate level, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and head coverings will be compulsory...

Coronavirus: 51 more die, 1871 infected

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 26,931 as 51 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,871 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 15,30,413. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday.

HC surprises over filing of false cases by Rajarbagh pir syndicate

The High Court (HC) today expressed its surprise over filing of as many as 49 false cases by Rajarbagh pir (saint) syndicate against a person allegedly after failing to grab his land...

Arrest warrant issued against Sami, Tasnim, 2 others in DSA case

The Dhaka Cyber Tribunal today issued warrant to arrest four people, including Zulkarnain Shayer Khan alias Sami, who appeared in a allegedly false and politically motivated documentary of Al Jazeera, and Netra News editor-in-chief Tasnim Khalil in a case lodged under Digital Security Act (DSA).