All News
Bangladesh coronavirus: 24 more die in 24hrs
04:08 PM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayTweenty four more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,772. During the period, 2,252 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 4,73,991. Of the total patients, 3,90,951 recovered, with 2,572 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
Six of a family among 7 killed in fatal road crash
03:47 PM, 04 Dec 2020 FridaySix members of a family among seven people were killed as a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Daulatpur upazila of Manikganj district on Friday afternoon...
6km of Padma Bridge now visible
03:05 PM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayAbout 6 kilometres of Padma Bridge has become visible with the installation of its 40th span on Friday...
Uighurs forced to eat pork as China expands Xinjiang pig farms
03:00 PM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayIt has been more than two years since Sayragul Sautbay was released from a re-education camp in China’s westernmost region of Xinjiang. Yet the mother of two still suffers from nightmares and flashbacks from the “humiliation and violence” she endured while she was detained...
Possible deal for arrested Huawei finance chief
12:28 PM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayThe US Department of Justice is discussing a possible deal with Huawei’s finance chief Meng Wanzhou, according to reports...
Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days
12:21 PM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayUS President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to curtail the spread of coronavirus...
First batch of Rohingyas leave for Bhasan Char
11:51 AM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayThe first batch of 1,645 Rohingyas have left for Bhasan Char from Chattogram. Eight ships carrying the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals left the port city on Friday morning. Bangladesh is currently hosting more than 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals...
Ensure universal, equitable, affordable access to vaccines: PM
11:47 AM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayStressing the importance of ensuring the universal, equitable, timely and affordable access to quality vaccines, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Covid-19 can never be controlled unless it is stopped everywhere...
Asaduzzaman Noor tests positive for Covid-19
11:43 AM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayActor and lawmaker Asaduzzaman Noor tested Covid-19 positive on Thursday night...
Global Covid-19 death toll exceeds 1.5 mln
11:40 AM, 04 Dec 2020 FridayThe global death toll from Covid-19 pandemic surged past 1.5 million on Friday morning, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Bangladesh cannot forget Pakistan’s 1971 atrocities: PM
08:17 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh cannot forget and forgive atrocities committed by Pakistan in 1971, according to a press release of the Press Wing of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)...
Saudi, Qatar near US-brokered deal to end lengthy rift
07:20 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdaySaudi Arabia and Qatar are nearing a preliminary deal to end a rift that’s dragged on for more than three years, prodded by a Trump administration seeking foreign policy wins during its waning days in the White House, three people with knowledge of the talks said...
'Golden Monir' put on fresh remand
06:49 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayBusinessman Monir Hossain, locally known as Golden Monir, has been placed on fresh nine-day remand in three separate cases lodged with Badda Police Station in the capital...
Five get death for murder over extramarial affair
06:19 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayA court in Khagrachhari has sentenced a woman and her four accomplices to death for the murder of her husband over her extramarital affair...
UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’
05:17 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe United Nations has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’...
Bangladesh coronavirus: 35 more die in 24hrs
03:49 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayThirty five more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,748. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8. Since then the country has been struggling to limit spread of the highly contagious virus...
France: 76 mosques face closure, 66 migrants deported
03:34 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe French government has launched a “massive and unprecedented” wave of measures to combat what it calls religious “extremism”, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said, adding that 76 mosques are suspected of “separatism”...
India Muslim man arrested under 'love jihad law'
02:29 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayPolice in India's Uttar Pradesh state have arrested a Muslim man for allegedly trying to convert a Hindu woman to Islam...
Rape at MC College: Charges pressed against eight people
02:13 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayPolice on Thursday pressed charges against eight people in a case filed over the gang rape of a woman at Sylhet MC College...
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai detained for fraud
12:04 PM, 03 Dec 2020 ThursdayHong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai has been charged with fraud and detained until a court hearing in April next year...