Bill and Melinda Gates have finalized their divorce

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are officially divorced, after a judge approved their split on Monday...

China’s Wuhan to test ‘all residents’ as Covid returns

Authorities in Wuhan on Tuesday said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year...

2 associates of Helena Jahangir arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested two associates of suspended member of an Awami League subcommittee Helena Jahangir who was recently arrested over spreading propaganda and misleading information on social media platforms...

Canada fines travellers for fake vaccination and testing papers

Canada has fined two travellers arriving from the US who, officials say, forged Covid-19 testing and vaccination documents...

A new generation of orphans as COVID ravages Indonesia

At a cemetery in East Kalimantan, 13-year-old Arga stands before his parents’ graves, dressed in a hazmat suit...

US hits 70% vaccination rate - a month late, amid a surge

The U.S. on Monday finally reached President Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one COVID-19 shot into 70% of American adults - a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swamping hospitals and leading to new mask rules and mandatory vaccinations around the country...

246 die of Coronavirus in 24 hours

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 21,162 as 246 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 15,989 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 12,80,317. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...

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HC wants to know initiatives to give vaccines to expecting mothers

The High Court (HC) today asked authorities concerned to let it know about a specific initiative regarding giving Covid-19 vaccines to expecting mothers on priority basis. A High Court division virtual bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after holding hearing on a writ filed by four Supreme Court lawyers...

Ishrat Rafiq put on 6-day remand

A court in Dhaka has placed Ishrat Rafiq Eshita and her associate Shahidul Islam Didar on a 6-day remand in three cases filed over narcotics and fraudulence. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ashek Imam passed the order on Monday...

Light to moderate rain likely

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at different places of the country, a met release said today...

Army patrols Sydney streets, Brisbane extends lockdown

Australia's Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading...

RMCH counts 15 more fatalities at Covid-19 unit

Some 15 more people died at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH)’s Covid-19 unit during the last 24-hour till 6am today, taking the death toll to 33 so far this month, adding to 566 in July and 405 in June...

23 die at MMCH’s Corona unit

Twenty-three people died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. Seven of them died from the disease and the rest sixteen died with its symptoms. Dr Mohiuddin Khan Mun, Focal Person of MMCH’s Corona unit, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Monday morning...

Tanker attack: UK and US blame Iran for deadly ship attack

The UK and US believe Iran was behind a tanker attack that killed two people, and have vowed to respond, calling it a violation of international law. The MV Mercer Street, operated by an Israeli-owned firm, was attacked off Oman on Thursday. A British national and a Romanian citizen were killed...

DB to probe charges against Helena Jahangir

She was a member of the Awami League’s subcommittee on women’s affairs but the body has recently removed her from the post after her name came up on social media as the president of ‘Bangladesh Awami Chakrijibi League’ that is not approved by the party...

Some 24.30 lakh taxpayers submit returns last fiscal

The number of submission of returns by individual taxpayers increased by almost 15 percent in the last fiscal year (FY21) despite the COVID-19 pandemic as a total of 24,30,645 TIN holders submitted their returns during that period...

237 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs

As many as 237 more people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...

Italy's Jacobs wins shock 100m gold

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a shock gold in the Olympic 100m final, after Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes was disqualified for a false start...

Passenger vessels to run till tomorrow noon: BIWTA

Commodore Golam Sadeq, chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), today said that the passenger vessels are allowed to continue to operate on a limited scale, subject to pressure of passengers, till 12pm tomorrow...