4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Ladakh

Amedium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit Ladakh on Thursday afternoon, the National Centre for Seismology of India said...

Rapper Kanye West announces US presidential bid on Twitter

American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge to Trump and his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden...

Mexico’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 30,000

Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 523 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 30,366, and 6,914 of new infections, bringing the total to 252,165. The government has previously said the actual number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases...

Nagaland bans sale of dog meat

Authorities in India’s north-eastern state of Nagaland have banned the sale of dog meat and halted the import and trading of dogs to be used for food, said officials...

Israeli border police chief catches Covid-19

Israeli border police chief Yaakov Shabtai was infected with coronavirus on Saturday, two days after he participated in a ceremony attended by senior state officials...

EC to hold Bogura-1, Jashore-6 by-polls on July 14

The Election Commission on Saturday set July 14 to hold by-polls in Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 constituencies. EC Secretary Md Alamgir made the announcement after a meeting of the commission. There is no need for submitting nomination papers newly, he said, adding that activities will resume from where the election was suspended...

Covid-19 cases in police force stand at 11431

Coronavirus cases in police force reached 11,431 and deaths from the disease 42 as of Saturday...

Private business sector still away from reaching SDGs

A recent United Nations report on the private business sector shows that the majority of companies are not doing enough to help bring about the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

Iran imposes new curbs as coronavirus toll rises

Iranians who do not wear masks will be denied state services and workplaces that fail to comply with health protocols will be shut for a week, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as he launched new measures to try to curb the coronavirus, reports Reuters...

Fresh floods maroon 15000 families in Lalmonirhat

Water level of the Teesta River has risen again, leaving around 15000 families marooned in coastal areas of Lalmonirhat...

Couple kills themselves after son dies of Covid-19

Bangladesh Covid-19 deaths reach 1,997, cases 159,679

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Bangladesh has neared 2000. The country recorded 3,288 new cases and 29 deaths related to the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, total infections and fatalities in the country stood at 159,679 and 1,997 respectively...

US sends carriers to South China Sea during Chinese drills

Two US aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, the US navy said, as China also carried out military drills that have been criticised by the Pentagon and neighbouring states...

No need to have talks with US, says N Korea

North Korea does not feel the need to have talks with the United States, which would be nothing more than “a political tool” for Washington, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Saturday, ahead of a US envoy’s visit to South Korea...

PRAN-RFL donates protective equipment to Mugda and 2 other hospitals

PRAN-RFL Group, one of the largest business conglomerate of the country, has continued to distribute protective equipment among hospitals for the protection of the physicians and nurses...

COVID-19 is here to stay. People will have to adapt

It is astonishing how rapidly the pandemic has spread, despite all the efforts to stop it. On February 1st, the day covid-19 first appeared on the front cover of The Economist, the World Health Organisation counted 2,115 new cases...

Ajay Devgn to make film on sacrifice of Indian Army at Galwan valley

Ajay Devgn is all set to produce a film honouring the sacrifice of 20 Indian Army personnel who died in a face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan valley...

Jute ministry’s joint secretary dies of COVID-19

Khurshid Alam, joint secretary to the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, died from coronavirus at a hospital in the capital early Saturday...

Chittagong University goes under lockdown

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) has put the campus under lockdown for 14 days from today’s morning to stop spread of coronavirus. University’s Acting Registrar Professor S M Monirul Hasan confirmed the matter. He said, the university will remain under lockdown from July 4 to July 17...

France’s Macron picks Castex as PM after Philippe resigns

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has tendered his resignation after heading President Emmanuel Macron's government for three years...