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Morocco's navy rescues 368 migrants bound for Spain
03:48 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayThe Moroccan navy this week rescued 368 migrants including three children as they were trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Spain, the official MAP news agency said Friday...
Fakir Alamgir buried at Taltola graveyard
02:56 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayNoted folk singer and freedom fighter Fakir Alamgir has been buried at Taltola graveyard in the capital’s Khilgaon. He was buried there after his second namaz-e-janaza was held at Khilgaon Matir Mosque premises at 1:50pm on Saturday. His son Mashuk Alamgir confirmed the matter to Jago News...
Vietnam locks down capital Hanoi as COVID-19 infections soar
02:33 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayVietnam has imposed a 15-day lockdown in the capital, Hanoi, in an attempt to tackle a surge in coronavirus infections...
Mother, daughter found dead in capital
01:37 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayPolice recovered bodies of a woman and her daughter from their home at Nayagaon area in the capital’s Kamrangirhcar on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Fulbashi Rani, 35, wife of Mukunda Chadra Das and her younger daughter Sumi Rani...
RMCH counts 11 more deaths at Covid-19 unit
12:01 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayA number of 11 more people, including five female, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am today, taking the death toll to 422, so far, this month...
Over 100 dead as rain, landslides hit Maharashtra
11:08 AM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayOver 100 people have died in rain-related incidents, including multiple landslides, in Indian State of Maharashtra. The deaths include 36 people who died in a landslide in the coastal Raigad district, about 70 km from state capital Mumbai...
Coronavirus: 14 die at Mymensingh hospital
10:16 AM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayFourteen people died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. Two of them died from the disease and the twelve died with its symptoms. Dr Mohiuddin Khan Mun, Focal person of MMCH’s Corona unit, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Saturday morning...
China imposes sanctions on US officials
09:37 AM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayChina is imposing sanctions on several US individuals and organisations in response to recent US sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong...
Biden approves $100m emergency funds to resettle Afghan refugees
09:04 AM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayUS President Joe Biden has authorised up to $100m from an emergency fund to meet “unexpected urgent” refugee needs stemming from the situation in Afghanistan, including for Afghan special immigration visa applicants, the White House said...
Noted folk singer Fakir Alamgir passes away
08:23 AM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayNoted folk singer Fakir Alamgir, who emerged as Gono Sangeet (the songs of the masses) singer for his outstanding contributions to inspiring the people to join the country’s 1971 Liberation War, passed away on Friday night...
Migrant boat sinks off Turkey with 45 on board
06:06 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayA migrant boat carrying 45 people sank off southwest Turkey, prompting the coast guard to launch a search and rescue mission, the Turkish defence ministry said Friday...
166 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
05:44 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridaySome 166 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 18,851. During the period, 6,364 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 11,46,564, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Tokyo Olympics officially begin under spectre of pandemic
05:38 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayThe opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games has begun in Tokyo, officially kicking off the quadrennial international sporting event being held under the unprecedented circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic...
'Mukh O Mukhosh' actress Zahrat dies
05:00 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayZahrat Ara, who starred in Mukh O Mukhosh, the first Bengali film made with sound in then East Pakistan, has passed away. She was around 80...
Shilpa Shetty promises ‘to survive challenges’ in first post after husband’s arrest
04:20 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayShilpa Shetty’s first post after the arrest of husband Raj Kundra comes with a message of refusing to bow down in front of adversity. This is the first time Shilpa has responded after Raj’s arrest on Monday night for allegedly creating and distributing porn via mobile applications...
36 dead in India landslides
03:56 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayThirty six people have died in landslides in Raigad district of India's Maharashtra as incessant rain continued to batter the Konkan region of the state...
The billionaires seeking salvation
02:58 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayIn the mid-1970s, the physicist Gerard O'Neill was reflecting on humanity's deep future in space – and concluded that his peers were thinking about it wrong..
Signal 3 for maritime ports
01:26 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayMaritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has formed over northwest bay and adjoining areas of Bangladesh...
Death toll from South Africa unrest jumps to 337
01:17 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayRioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking yet another jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day...
Podolski makes dream move to boyhood club
12:58 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayHe's won the World Cup, the Bundesliga and the FA Cup but, after an illustrious 18-year senior career, Lukas Podolski is finally about to fulfill his dream...