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Passenger vessels to run till tomorrow noon: BIWTA
08:06 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayCommodore 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...
Pop star Kris Wu arrested on suspicion of rape
07:47 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayChinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been arrested on suspicion of rape...
Film actress Eka denied bail, sent to jail
06:52 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayA court in Dhaka on Sunday sent film actress Eka to jail in two separate cases filed for allegedly torturing domestic help, and possessing drugs...
231 more die from coronavirus in a day
06:49 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundaySome 231 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,916. During the period, 14,844 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 12,64,324, the health directorate said in a press release on Sunday...
Faridpur road accidents kill 3
05:13 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThree people were killed and three others injured in three separate road accidents in Madhukhali, Boalmari, and Nagarkanda upazilas of Faridpur district on Sunday...
McKeon sets Olympic medal record
04:28 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayAustralia's Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics with two more golds on Sunday...
Aug 15 plot perpetrators will be unmasked: PM
03:43 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayAddressing a programme virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence, Sheikh Hasina also renewed her vow to materialise Bangabandhu’s unfinished dream of building a hunger- and-poverty-free 'Sonar Bangla' (Golden Bengal) by presenting a better and beautiful life to the countrymen...
40 die of COVID-19 in Khulna Division
02:38 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 2,428 in Khulna Division as 40 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours...
41st BCS preliminary results published
01:24 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayBangladesh Public Service Commission today published the results of the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination on Sunday. A total of 21,056 candidates qualified in the tests. The qualified candidates are eligible to sit for the written exams. The written test might be held in November...
RMCH counts 18 more deaths at Covid-19 unit
12:10 PM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayA number of 18 more people, including seven females, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am today...
Niger floods claim 35 lives, leave over 26,000 homeless
11:48 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayHeavy rains lashing arid Niger since June have killed 35 people and made more than 26,500 homeless, the civil protection agency said Saturday...
Chinese mainland reports 53 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
11:31 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThe Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 53 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday...
US star Dressel wins 50m freestyle for fourth Tokyo gold
11:05 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayCaeleb Dressel claimed his fourth Tokyo gold and earned the title of world's fastest swimmer Sunday with an Olympic-record 21.07 seconds in the 50m freestyle final...
Month of mourning begins
09:31 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayThe month of mourning begins today for the nation to recall once again the brutal assassination of its founding father and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country's independence and sovereignty. The killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15, 1975 is the ugliest chapter of the nation's history...
Carrie Johnson and Boris Johnson expecting second child
09:15 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayCarrie and Boris Johnson are expecting a second child, months after a miscarriage that left her "heartbroken"...
Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege 3 key cities
08:45 AM, 01 Aug 2021 SundayFighting is raging around three major cities in southern and western Afghanistan as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces. Taliban fighters have entered parts of Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar. They have made rapid gains in rural areas since it was announced almost all foreign troops would go by September...
Punjab schools resume on Sunday
09:25 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayThe government of India's Punjab has allowed schools to resume all the classes from August 2. The schools were shut in mid-March amid a surge in Covid cases for offline classes.
Richa Chadha backs Shilpa Shetty, slams those ‘blaming women for mistakes of men'
09:12 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayRicha Chadha, commenting on the negativity directed at Shilpa Shetty amid Raj Kundra’s arrest in a porn case, criticised the act of ‘blaming women for the mistakes of the men in their lives’...
Bus, launch to operate till Sunday noon
08:35 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayThe government has allowed passenger launches to operate till Sunday noon for transporting the factory workers to join their workplaces. Mizanur Rahman, the public relations officer of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), told Jago News on Saturday night. The government on Friday let the export-oriented factories reopen on Sunday amid the strict coronavirus lockdown...
Two sisters among 3 die in Pabna road accident
07:42 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayThree people, including a six-year-old girl and her two-month-old sister, were killed and three others injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a human hauler collided head-on in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district on Saturday afternoon...