All News
Upbeat Tigers gear up for 2-0 leads against Kiwis
02:58 PM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayEmboldened by their tremendous start in the five-match Twenty20 International against New Zealand, Bangladesh now aim to continue their winning spree as they take on the visitors tomorrow (Friday) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium...
Bigg Boss 13 winner Sidharth Shukla dies
01:57 PM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayIndian actor and model Sidharth Shukla, best known for his role in the TV show Balika Vadhu, died this morning of a heart attack...
Schools, colleges to be reopened soon: PM
01:27 PM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that measures are being taken to reopen the schools and colleges soon. She called upon all to maintain the health guidelines, alongside taking initiative to clean their houses and surroundings, to contain the spread of coronavirus...
New York declares state of emergency over ‘brutal flooding’
12:11 PM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayA state of emergency has been declared in New York City after it was hit by record rainfall and flash flooding as a result of Tropical Storm Ida...
Taliban preparing to reveal new Afghan govt amid economic turmoil
11:17 AM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayAfghanistan’s Taliban rulers were preparing on Thursday to unveil their new government as the economy teetered on the edge of collapse more than two weeks after the Islamist militia captured Kabul...
Biman pilot Nawshad laid to rest at Banani graveyard
09:51 AM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayBiman Bangladesh Airlines pilot Captain Nawshad Ataul Qayyu has been laid to rest at Banani graveyard in the capital...
China steps in to regulate brutal ‘996’ work culture
09:13 AM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayChinese tech tycoon Jack Ma famously said it was a "blessing" for anyone to be part of the so-called "996 work culture"- where people work 9am to 9pm, six days a week...
Sirajganj-6 MP Swapan dies
09:04 AM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayAwami League MP from Sirajganj-6 constituency and freedom fighter Hasibur Rahman Swapan has passed away. He breathed his last at a hospital in Turkey early Thursday. Swapan’s Personal Assistant and Shahjadpur upazila Juba League’s Convener Ashikur Rahman Dinar confirmed the information to Jago News...
Kashmir’s separatist leader Geelani dies
08:36 AM, 02 Sep 2021 ThursdayKashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani has died at his home in Srinagar at the age of 92. He passed away after a lengthy illness. A veteran campaigner against Indian rule, he had been under house arrest for much of the past 11 years...
Google appeals against €500m French fine
09:43 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayGoogle is appealing against a €500m (£430m) fine imposed by France’s antitrust watchdog after a dispute with local media about paying for news content...
Reddit communities ‘go dark’ in protest over Covid misinformation
09:34 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayReddit has been hit by a user rebellion over the online discussion forum’s failure to tackle misinformation related to Covid and vaccines...
10 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine arrive in Bangladesh
08:37 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayA total of 10 lakh doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:30 pm today...
295 with dengue fever hospitalized in a day
08:17 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdaySome 295 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
PSG keep Mbappe but future uncertain
08:07 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayParis St-Germain managed to keep Kylian Mbappe despite strong interest from Real Madrid, but face losing the France striker for nothing next summer...
Bangladesh get first-ever T20I victory over New Zealand
07:32 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayFor New Zealand, it was the stuff nightmares are made of. They crashed and burned to 60 all out on a challenging Mirpur surface, failing to utilise their full complement of overs...
Momen for int’l community’s responsibility to establish justice for Rohingya
07:01 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has stressed on the international community’s responsibility towards establishing and supporting accountability and justice for the massive human rights violations perpetrated against Rohingyas in Myanmar...
Roaring Tigers dismiss New Zealand for 60 in first T20
05:52 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayBangladesh raised a prospect of registering their first T20 International victory against New Zealand after dismissing the visitors for just 60 in 16.5 overs in the opening game of the five-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium...
79 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:49 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdaySeventy nine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 26,274. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus. Coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and then spread to newer countries and territories...
WHO monitoring new coronavirus variant named 'Mu'
04:48 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as "Mu", which was first identified in Colombia in January...
Saira Banu hospitalised due to low BP
04:21 PM, 01 Sep 2021 WednesdayVeteran Bollywood actress Saira Banu was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Mumbai earlier this week following complaints of low blood pressure and is doing well now, a hospital official said on Wednesday...