Take proper action against social diseases: PM to Admin officers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the administration cadre officers to build a nice society taking proper measures against different social diseases like rape, terrorism, militancy and corruption, without considering the identities and political affiliations of the criminals...

41 killed after bus and truck collide in Brazil

At least 41 people were killed after a crash between a bus and a truck in southeastern Brazil, state police and the fire service have said...

Bangladeshi cricketers pay tribute to Maradona

Along with the soccer fans across the world, Bangladeshi cricketers also joined paying homage to legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, 60, who passed away last night at Tigre in Argentina...

Global coronavirus cases hit 60 million

Amid a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the world, the confirmed Covid-19 cases surpassed 60 million on Thursday, according to the data compiled by John Hopkins University (JHU)...

Maradona dies: 3 days of mourning begin in Argentina

Today's football superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo "could not even dream" of being admired as much as Diego Maradona was, says his former Argentina team-mate Ossie Ardiles. Three days of national mourning have begun in Argentina after Maradona died on Wednesday at the age of 60...

Nearly 100 whales die after mass stranding in New Zealand

About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km (497 miles) off New Zealand’s east coast, officials said on Wednesday...

Sudan’s former PM Sadiq dies from coronavirus

Leading Sudanese politician and former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi died from a coronavirus infection three weeks after being hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates, according to family sources and a party statement early on Thursday...

Trump pardons Flynn despite guilty plea in Russia probe

President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, ending a yearslong prosecution in the Russia investigation that saw Flynn twice plead guilty to lying to the FBI...

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies

Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and led his country to that year’s World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60...

Meghan: Duchess of Sussex tells of miscarriage 'pain and grief'

The Duchess of Sussex has revealed she had a miscarriage in July, writing in an article of feeling "an almost unbearable grief"...

US election 2020: Biden says White House co-operation ‘sincere’

US President-elect Joe Biden says the White House has so far been "sincere" in helping his transition to power...

Govt took Covid as a means of business: BNP

BNP senior leader Selima Rahman on Wednesday alleged that the government has taken coronavirus pandemic as a “means of business by creating opportunities for traders to plunder public money”...

Coronavirus: 39 die, 2156 infected, 2302 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 6,487 as 39 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,156 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 454,146. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...

Pakistan approves anti-rape ordinance with harsher punishment

The federal cabinet of Pakistan on Tuesday approved the anti-rape ordinance for rapists and sex offenders which include the death penalty and chemical castration...

‘We’re drowning’: COVID cases flood hospitals in America’s heartland

Dr. Drew Miller knew his patient had to be moved. The vital signs of the 30-year-old COVID-19 victim were crashing, and Kearny County Hospital in rural Lakin, Kansas, just wasn’t equipped to handle the case...

Admission to schools through lottery: Dipu Moni

Admission to schools for the next academic session will be held through lottery due to the coronavirus pandemic. Education Minister Dipu Moni confirmed the matter at a virtual meeting on Wednesday. Dipu Moni said, this year, the catchment area will be 50% instead of 40%. In the case of cluster-based admission, the student can select five schools...

FM, FS test positive for Covid-19

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen have tested positive for Covid-19. They are doing fine and remain in isolation, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports UNB. They both were scheduled to leave for Niger this morning (Wednesday) to attend the 47th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM)...

Two 'robbers' lynched in Narsingdi

Two suspected robbers have been beaten to death and another injured by an angry mob in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi district. Among the deceased, one was identified as Sohel, 30, from Kuliarchar upazila of Kishoreganj district...

Greg Barclay elected ICC chairman

US to distribute 6.4 million Covid vaccine doses in first tranche

The United States plans to distribute 6.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the first week after it is cleared for emergency use, which is likely next month, officials said Tuesday...