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Rain or thundershowers with temporary gusty wind likely over country
01:44 PM, 02 May 2021 SundayRain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions...
West Bengal election: Trinamool Congress crosses halfway mark in early leads
12:19 PM, 02 May 2021 SundayMamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is well past the majority mark in Bengal with the BJP not far behind, in early leads as votes are being counted for state elections...
Maradona received inadequate care, left to fate: Medical report
11:33 AM, 02 May 2021 SundayFootball icon Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a “prolonged, agonising period” before his death last year, an expert medical panel has concluded...
N Korea accuses Biden of pursuing hostile policy over its nuclear programme
11:10 AM, 02 May 2021 SundayNorth Korea has hit out at the Biden administration as it prepares to unveil its strategy for dealing with Pyongyang and its nuclear programme...
India reports highest single-day toll of 3,689 Covid deaths
10:31 AM, 02 May 2021 SundayIndia on Sunday reported its highest single-day toll of 3,689 Covid deaths. The country also saw a slight dip in the daily numbers with 3,92,488 new cases. The new cases take India Covid tally to 1,95,57,457, reports India Today...
4 of a family among 5 killed in road accident
09:16 AM, 02 May 2021 SundayFive people including four members of a family were killed and two others injured after a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil highway at Ferryghat area in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet on Sunday morning...
Oscar winning actress Olympia Dukakis dies
08:34 AM, 02 May 2021 SundayUS actress Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy Moonstuck, has died aged 89, her family have announced...
Jayawickrama’s six-for sets up Sri Lanka’s imposing lead
05:53 PM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayPraveen Jayawickrama's six-wicket haul shaped Sri Lanka's ascendancy over Bangladesh in the second Test in Pallekele. The 22-year old left-arm spinner took the best figures for Sri Lanka on Test debut; his 6 for 92, including the big wickets of Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim...
COVID-19: 60 die in 24 hours
04:49 PM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 11,510 as 60 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,452 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 760,584. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Saturday...
International commercial flight operation resumes
04:31 PM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayBangladesh today resumed international flight operations following government guidelines and instructions after a 17-day suspension to check spread of Coronavirus...
Hefazat leader Junayed Al Kasemi arrested
03:53 PM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayCriminal Investigation Department of Police has arrested Hefazat-e-Islam leader Junayed Al Kasemi from Brahmanbaria in connection with the violence centering Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh visit...
Myanmar protesters march 3 months after coup; UN warns of ‘standstill’
03:18 PM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayProtesters against military rule marched in Myanmar on Saturday three months after a coup ended a democratic transition, with several small blasts compounding a sense of crisis that a U.N. envoy warned could bring state administration to a halt...
Govt mulls to resume public transport, says Quader
01:54 PM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayAwami League General Secretary and also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government is mulling to resume public transport ahead of Eid. He said this in a video massage from his official residence on Saturday...
3 killed as covered van hits pickup van
12:50 PM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayThree traders were killed and two others injured as a covered van hit a vegetable-laden pickup van at Darikandi bus stand area in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj early Saturday...
India posts new record daily rise in COVID-19 cases
12:04 PM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayIndia posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday as the country opened up its mega vaccination drive to all adults, although several states warned of acute vaccine shortages...
Historic May Day today
11:47 AM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayThe historic May Day is being observed today in the country and elsewhere across the world with due respect...
Sri Lanka declare on 493 with Dickwella short of a maiden Test century
11:38 AM, 01 May 2021 SaturdaySri Lanka declared on 493 for 7, after batting for 15 minutes on the third morning. The decision came when Ramesh Mendis was caught in the deep off Taskin Ahmed, to give him his fourth wicket...
Scientists say India govt ignored warnings amid coronavirus surge
11:28 AM, 01 May 2021 SaturdayA forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned Indian officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the country, five scientists who are part of the forum told Reuters...
Sri Lanka overcomes Taskin burst to put them on top
07:09 PM, 30 Apr 2021 FridaySri Lanka overcame a spirited Taskin Ahmed to put them on top of Bangladesh on day two of the second and final Test at the Pallekele International Stadium in Kandy on Friday...
“Second wife” claimed by Mamunul files rape case against him
05:20 PM, 30 Apr 2021 FridayJannat Ara Jharna, the “second wife” claimed by Hefazat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque, toady filed a case against him for allegedly raping her enticing into marriage...