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Akram Khan tests positive for Coronavirus
11:08 AM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director Akram Khan has been infected with Coronavirus. He is now in isolation. Confirming the matter, Akram today said that he got the result of Coronavirus test on Friday night which came positive for the virus...
DoE DG dies of Coronavirus
10:11 AM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayDr A K M Rafiq Ahmmed, Director General (DG) of the Department of Environment (DoE), has died of Coronavirus. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Central Police Hospital in the capital’s Rajarbagh at 4:15am on Saturday. Deeponkor Bar, Public Relations Officer of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry, confirmed the death to Jago News...
Chauvin trial: Police restraint killed George Floyd, expert says
09:29 AM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayGeorge Floyd died because of how police restrained him, a medical expert at the trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis has said...
Britain mourns Prince Philip but ‘no flowers please’ due to COVID
09:02 AM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayBritain was mourning Prince Philip who died on Friday but people were asked not to gather in crowds or to lay flowers at royal palaces due to distancing guidelines imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus...
Myanmar UN envoy urges no-fly zone as many protesters killed
08:46 AM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayMyanmar’s own ambassador to the United Nations has called for a no-fly zone and sanctions, as the international community puts more pressure on the military government to end a deadly crackdown and restore democracy, and as the death toll continues to rise with dozens more reported killed...
Britain's Prince Philip dies at 99
05:36 PM, 09 Apr 2021 FridayPrince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced...
Coronavirus: New deaths 63, cases 7462
04:19 PM, 09 Apr 2021 FridaySixty three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 9,584. During the period, 7,462 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 6,73,594, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
US Navy holds op inside India's EEZ "without consent"
03:38 PM, 09 Apr 2021 FridayThis is in dissonance with India's maritime security policy of such exercises requiring its authorisation...
Govt mulls 'all-out' lockdown from April 14
03:04 PM, 09 Apr 2021 FridayThe government is thinking about enforcing another one-week lockdown with stricter rules from April 14 as the coronavirus infections in the country continue to rise alarmingly. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader came up with the disclosure in a briefing at his official residence in the capital on Friday...
Kerry arrives to hand over Biden’s invitation to PM
01:15 PM, 09 Apr 2021 FridayThe United States (US) Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry arrived here to hand over the US President Joe Biden’s invitation to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for attending a climate summit...
US blacklists 7 Chinese supercomputer groups
12:14 PM, 09 Apr 2021 FridayThe US has blacklisted seven Chinese groups it accuses of building supercomputers to help its military...
Griezmann nets hat trick with third child born on same day!
11:50 AM, 09 Apr 2021 FridayBarcelona forward Antoine Griezmann is a World Cup winner with France, but he is clearly also a world-class family planner...
S Korea to close bars, clubs amid fourth wave fears
11:29 AM, 09 Apr 2021 FridaySouth Korea will reimpose a ban on nightclubs, karaoke bars and other nightly entertainment facilities, authorities said on Friday, after the number of new coronavirus cases surged...
37 businesses fined for irregularities in goods sale
09:49 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe Directorate of National Consumers' Right Protection (DNCRP) has fined 37 businesses around Tk 99,000 for irregularities in selling daily commodities...
Boateng to leave Bayern Munich this summer
08:51 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayJerome Boateng will leave Bayern Munich in the summer after a decade at the club, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic has confirmed...
New Zealand bans travellers from India
08:03 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayNew Zealand on Thursday announced it was suspending entry of travellers from India, including its own citizens, from April 11 to 28...
BCBS holds 1st webinar on Rohingya crisis resolution
07:39 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayBangabandhu Centre for Bangladesh Studies in Canada (BCBS) in cooperation with Conflict and Resilience Research Institute Canada organized its first webinar on Rohingya crisis resolution on Tuesday (April 6)...
Bangladesh Emerging Women clinch series
07:15 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Emerging Women team clinched the five-match series by securing the third victory in a row over South Africa Women team...
Kobori shifted to ICU as physical condition worsens
05:29 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayLegendary actress Sarah Begum Kobori has been shifted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital in the capital after her physical condition had deteriorated...
Coronavirus: Highest 74 deaths reported in a day
04:38 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayBangladesh government on Thursday reported 74 coronavirus deaths, the highest number of fatalities in a day. In the last 24 hours, it also reported 6,854 cases, the health directorate said in a press release today...