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Turkey accuses Israel of 'terror' over clashes at Al-Aqsa
04:58 PM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayTurkey criticised Israel and accused it of unleashing "terror" on Palestinians after Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque late on Friday...
Coronavirus: New deaths 45, cases 1285
03:59 PM, 08 May 2021 SaturdaySome 45 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 11,878. During the period, 1,285 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,72,127, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday...
Pakistan enters partial lockdown as Eid nears
03:51 PM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayPakistan has declared an eight-day partial lockdown ahead of the celebration of Eid al-Fitr next week...
Indian coronavirus variant found in Bangladesh: IEDCR
02:54 PM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayOne case of Indian variant of coronavirus has been found in Bangladesh, Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said today...
Kangana Ranaut tests positive for coronavirus
01:45 PM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayBollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has tested positive for Covid-19. The actor shared her health update on social media along with a long note...
Met office predicts rain or thundershowers
01:03 PM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayRain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh, Sylhet, Chattogram, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions in the next 24 hours...
Resuming of long-haul transport before Eid demanded
12:29 PM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayBangladesh Road Transport Owners’ Association, Bangladesh Bus-Truck Owners’ Association and Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation today jointly demanded to resume the long-haul transport service before Eid...
India records over 4 lakh new Covid-19 cases, 4,187 deaths
11:27 AM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayIndia recorded over 4 lakh new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday, taking the country’s total caseload to over 2.18 crore. Out of these, over 37 lakh cases are currently active while over 1.79 crore people have recovered...
Rabindranath’s 160th birth anniv observed
10:17 AM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayThe 160th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, was observed on Saturday.
Myanmar army says no ASEAN envoy visit until stability restored
09:24 AM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayMyanmar’s ruling military, which is facing nationwide protests against the coup that removed the elected government three months ago...
Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa, over 170 injured
09:01 AM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayIsraeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday...
Chinese Covid vaccine Sinopharm gets WHO emergency approval
08:37 AM, 08 May 2021 SaturdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency approval for the Covid vaccine made by Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm. It is the first vaccine developed by a non-Western country to get WHO backing. The vaccine has already been given to millions of people in China and elsewhere...
US sends warplanes to protect Afghan withdrawal
05:20 PM, 07 May 2021 FridayThe United States has deployed extra military resources to protect American and coalition forces withdrawing from Afghanistan...
Coronavirus: New deaths 37, cases 1682
04:50 PM, 07 May 2021 FridaySome 37 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 11,833. During the period, 1,682 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,70,842, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Jago News DU correspondent's father dies
04:31 PM, 07 May 2021 FridaySafiur Rahman Bhuiyan, father of online news portal Jago News' Dhaka University correspondent Al Sadi Bhuiyan, has passed away...
Momen hopes US assistance for Rohingyas in Bhashan char
03:53 PM, 07 May 2021 FridayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has expressed optimism that the United States (US) would continue necessary assistance to Rohingyas including those now settled in Bhashan Char...
Australia to resume some India flights after backlash
03:02 PM, 07 May 2021 FridayAustralia will resume repatriation flights for some citizens in India after a controversial ban on arrivals from the country ends on 15 May...
Two die inhaling toxic gas in septic tank
02:32 PM, 07 May 2021 FridayTwo workers died inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank in Kushtia town early Friday.
Sixth-grade girl shoots three at US school
01:58 PM, 07 May 2021 FridayA sixth-grade girl shot two students and a custodian at an Idaho middle school on Thursday before being disarmed by a teacher, authorities said...
Hefazat leader Shahinur Pasha arrested
12:29 PM, 07 May 2021 FridayPolice have arrested Hefazat-e-Islam's defunct central committee law affairs secretary and former Sunamganj-3 MP Mawlana Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury from Sylhet city...