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TikTok named as the most downloaded app of 2020

06:00 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

TikTok was the world's most downloaded app in 2020 as it took the top spot from Facebook Messenger, according to digital analytics company App Annie...

264 more die of Covid-19 in a day

05:22 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

Some 264 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 23,161. 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...

'Messi agrees PSG deal'

04:59 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

Lionel Messi has agreed a two-year deal with Paris St-Germain to join the French club following his shock exit from Barcelona, says BBC Sport columnist Guillem Balague. The 34-year-old Argentina captain left Barca - the only club he has ever played for - as they were unable to afford a new deal under La Liga's financial fair play rules...

Ajminur Oarish: Music artist at daylight, entrepreneur at night

04:55 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

Ajminur Oarish decided to take the initiative as an entrepreneur, music expert, and more in a world where people are focused on daily pursuits and spending. Despite hailing from a modest middle-class household, he understood that a person must dream big if he wants to succeed as an entrepreneur. He also serves as the CEO of "Ajminur Oarish Music." ..

Project to expand, modernize Teletalk network approved

04:26 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 2,204.39 crore project to expand Teletalk mobile phone network at village level and also to modernize the existing network to provide 5G services...

First West African case of deadly Marburg virus detected: WHO

03:50 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, the first recorded in West Africa of the lethal virus that's related to Ebola and, like Covid-19, passed from animal hosts to humans...

Pori Moni put on 2-day remand again

03:10 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

A court in Dhaka has placed Dhallywood actor Pori Moni on a two-day remand in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas passed the order on Tuesday. CID, the investigation agency of the case, produced her before the court at 12:10pm and sought a five-day remand...

21 more die at RMCH

01:14 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

Twenty-one people died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Five of them died from the disease and the rest sixteen died with its symptoms. Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani, Director of RMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Tuesday morning. He said, twelve men and nine women are among the deceased. Of the deceased, ten are from Rajshahi, two from Chapainawabganj, one from Natore, four each from Naogaon...

Sydney hits new Covid case record as outbreak spreads

12:08 PM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

Sydney posted a new record of Covid-19 infections Tuesday as the city struggles to control an outbreak that is sending other Australian regions...

US envoy heads to Qatar to press Taliban for end to offensive

10:59 AM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

The United States envoy on Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, “will press the Taliban to stop their military offensive” at talks in Qatar’s capital this week, the State Department announced after the armed group seized a string of provincial capitals...

15 die at MMCH’s Corona unit

10:27 AM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

Fifteen more people died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours. Seven of them died from the disease and the rest eight died with its symptoms. The deceased are Ferdous Alam, 35, Abdul Kuddus, 80, Jarina Begum, 35, Julekha, 80, Shah Alam, 45, Roisuddin, 6, Khukeee Begum, 70, Mitu Akter, 15, Rozina Khatun, 65, Begum, 35, Selina, 60, Sufia Khatun, 50, Lutfa, 50, Ranjana Ranee, 40 and Nargis, 50...

Climate change: At-risk nations fear extinction after IPCC report

09:35 AM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

Nations vulnerable to climate change have warned they are on the "edge of extinction" if action is not taken...

Afghanistan war: 27 children killed in three days, UN says

09:04 AM, 10 Aug 2021 Tuesday

At least 27 children have been killed in Afghanistan in three days amid fierce fighting between the Taliban and government forces, the UN has said. The UN children's agency Unicef said it was shocked by the "rapid escalation of grave violations against children"...

245 more die of Coronavirus

06:10 PM, 09 Aug 2021 Monday

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 22,897 as 245 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 11,463 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 13,65,158. The Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...

Quader asks BNP to learn from Hasina’s welfare-oriented politics

05:41 PM, 09 Aug 2021 Monday

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today urged BNP to take lessons from the welfare-oriented politics of AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Climate change: IPCC report is ‘code red for humanity’

04:48 PM, 09 Aug 2021 Monday

Humanity's damaging impact on the climate is a "statement of fact", say UN scientists in a landmark study. The report says that ongoing emissions of warming gases could also see a key temperature limit broken in just over a decade...

Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya actor Anupam Shyam dies

03:55 PM, 09 Aug 2021 Monday

Bollywood actor Anupam Shyam died in Mumbai today at the age of 63 of multiple organ failure. The actor had been suffering from kidney ailment for the last few years and was hospitalised about a week ago...

‘Smallest baby at birth’ home after 13 months in hospital

03:02 PM, 09 Aug 2021 Monday

A baby thought to be the world's smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment...

US provides additional $11.4m to Bangladesh as COVID assistance

01:43 PM, 09 Aug 2021 Monday

The United States (US) has announced to provide an additional 11.4 million US dollars to Bangladesh as urgent COVID-19 assistance to accelerate the country’s efforts to roll out an effective COVID-19 vaccination campaign...

Heavy rain in China’s Sichuan forces evacuation of 80,000 people

01:25 PM, 09 Aug 2021 Monday

More than 80,000 people have been evacuated because of heavy rains and floods in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, state media reported on Monday...