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Mitu murder: Case filed against ex-SP Babul, 7 others
01:01 PM, 12 May 2021 WednesdayA murder case has been filed against former superintendent of police Babul Akter and seven other people. Babul’s father-in-law Mosharraf Hosen filed the case with Panchlaish Police Station on Wednesday noon...
Winrock’s Ashshash and PRAN-RFL sign MoU
12:40 PM, 12 May 2021 WednesdayWinrock International’s ‘Ashshash’ project - mandated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and PRAN-RFL group have formally signed a pivotal ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) at the PRAN Centre at the capital...
India’s COVID deaths rise by record 4,205 to cross 250,000 mark
12:10 PM, 12 May 2021 WednesdayIndia has posted a record rise in deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, pushing its total fatalities past the 250,000 mark...
5 lakh doses of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine reach Dhaka
11:44 AM, 12 May 2021 WednesdayFive lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine reached Dhaka from China early today. A special aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force, carrying the vaccines, reached Bangladesh Air Force base in Kurmitola at 5:31am. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming will formally hand over the vaccines to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen...
Israel declares emergency in Lod as unrest spreads
11:26 AM, 12 May 2021 WednesdayIsrael has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod after rioting by Israeli Arabs, as conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants intensified. Cars were set alight and 12 people were reported injured in clashes Lod's mayor likened to a civil war...
Eid Al Fitr in Saudi on Thursday
10:01 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdaySaudi Arabia’s moon-sighting committee confirmed on Tuesday that the crescent moon marking the beginning of Shawwal had not been sighted. Therefore, Wednesday will be the last and 30th day of Ramadan, and Thursday will be observed as the first day of Eid Al Fitr...
Mitu murder: Husband Babul Akter held after grilling
08:55 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayPolice Bureau of Investigation has shown arrested former superintendent of police Babul Akter after interrogation in a case filed over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. He was questioned at PBI Chattogram city office and then shown arrested, a reliable source in the office confirmed the matter to Jago News on Tuesday...
Buffon to leave Juventus at end of season
08:02 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayVeteran Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says he will leave the Serie A club at the end of the season...
Dhaka calls “very unfortunate” Chinese warning over QUAD
07:24 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today called “very unfortunate” the Chinese concern over Dhaka’s possible engagement with US-led four nation Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) as Beijing visibly warned any such move on Dhaka’s part would affect bilateral ties...
National Moon sighting committee meets on Wednesday
05:59 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayThe National Moon-Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting on Wednesday eveningto determine the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims...
NBC won't air Golden Globes in 2022
05:24 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayNBC will not air the Golden Globes in 2022, the network said in a statement on Monday morning...
Tom Cruise returns Golden Globe Awards in protest of HFPA
04:39 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayThe dominoes continue to fall for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association...
Bangladesh Covid-19 deaths exceed 12000
04:09 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdaySome 33 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 12,005. During the period, 1,230 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,76,257, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday...
WHO says India Covid variant of ‘global concern’
02:47 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the coronavirus variant first found in India last year as a "variant of global concern"...
9 people killed in a school shooting in Russia
02:16 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayA school shooting erupted Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan, leaving eight students and one teacher dead, Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing local emergency services...
Fire breaks out at 6-storey building in Banani
01:26 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayA fire broke out on the third floor of a six-storey building in the capital’s Banani around 11:42am on Tuesday...
Kuwait imposes travel ban on Bangladesh
12:57 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayKuwait became the latest country on Monday to ban entry of flights and travellers from Bangladesh, in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. Geo News reported citing local media that Kuwait has banned flights and barred entry to travellers from four countries - Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka - until further notice...
Light to moderate rain likely over country
12:29 PM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayLight to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions...
11 die in India hospital after oxygen tanker delayed
11:40 AM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayEleven Covid-19 patients in the ICU of Sri Venkateswara Ramnarain Ruia Government General Hospital at Tirupati, the largest in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh in India...
India Covid: 40 bodies wash up on banks of Ganges River
10:38 AM, 11 May 2021 TuesdayThe bodies of at least 40 people have washed up on the banks of the Ganges River in northern India, officials say. The discovery, near the border between the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, was confirmed to the BBC on Monday...