Saudi Arabia to resume schools through distance learning for 7 weeks

Saudi Arabia will resume the new school year via distance learning programs for seven weeks in all public schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Al-Sheikh announced on Saturday...

The journey of the Muslim Research Centre begins

The Muslim Research Centre (MRC) embarked on a journey with the goal of in-depth research on Islam, the spread the messages of Islamic teachings and Muslim welfare...

MS Dhoni announces retirement from int'l cricket

MS Dhoni, the former India skipper and India’s most successful captain in limited-overs cricket, announced his retirement on Saturday...

UAE made 'huge mistake' with Israel deal: Iran president

The United Arab Emirates has made a “huge mistake” in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state, reports Reuters...

National Mourning Day observed

The government, Awami League and different political and socio-cultural organisations, educational institutions and professional groups observed the day by observing elaborate programmes to pay respect to the greatest son of the soil on the day of his martyrdom. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the Day...

Barcelona's cycle is well and truly over

You'd have to go back more than 10 years to find a poorer season than the 2019/20 campaign for Barcelona...

UNSC rejects US bid to extend Iran arms embargo

The United Nations Security Council has resoundingly rejected a bid by the United States to extend a global arms embargo on Iran...

Huawei ranks 49th on 2020 Fortune Global 500 ranking

Huawei has ranked 49th on the Fortune Global 500 list in 2020. This is the first time that the telecommunications giant breaks into the top 50, continuing a multi-year track record of acceleration, said a release on Saturday...

Japan marks 75 years sinde end of WWII

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has expressed "deep remorse" over his country's actions during World War Two, on the 75th anniversary of its surrender...

34 more Covid-19 deaths recorded in 24hrs

The deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 3,625 in Bangladesh on Saturday as the country recorded 34 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,644 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 2,74,525, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...

Thousands protest against Moon as Seoul scrambles curb virus resurgence

Russia starts production of COVID-19 vaccine: Interfax

Russia has started manufacturing its new vaccine for COVID-19, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the health ministry...

India coronavirus cases cross 2.5M mark

India registered 57,381 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, crossing the grim mark of 2.5 million on Saturday. The tally now stands at 2,526,192, according to data by the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs...

Zia proposed me to be minister after Bangabandhu killing: President

President M Abdul Hamid said after the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then military ruler Ziaur Rahman proposed him to become a minister...

Latin America’s coronavirus cases exceed 6 million

Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceeded 6 million on Friday and continued to accelerate, according to a Reuters tally, as most of its nations begin to relax lockdown measures...

PM mourns death of eminent artist Murtaza Bashir

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of noted artist Murtaza Bashir, an awardee of the Ekushey Padak...

Artist Murtaza Bashir dies from coronavirus

Ekushey Padak winning artist Murtaza Bashir has died of COVID-19. He was 88. He breathed his last at 9:10am on Saturday while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. A source of the hospital confirmed the death to Jago News...

US 2020: Postal service warns of delays in mail-in vote count

The US Postal Service (USPS) has warned that millions of mail-in votes may not arrive in time to be counted on the presidential Election Day, 3 November. In letters to states across the country last month, the agency said "certain deadlines... are incongruous with the Postal Service's delivery standards"...

Forty-five years on: Bangabandhu’s five killers still at large

"It's our hope," he said adding that one of the killers -- former captain Abdul Majed --was executed recently...

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the nation is observing the 45th anniversary of his martyrdom on Saturday. The premier paid homage to the architect of the Independence by placing a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka's Dhanmondi 32 in the morning...