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National Life Insurance's CEO dies of Covid-19
04:12 PM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayThe chief executive officer of National Life Insurance Company Ltd, Jamal M A Naser, has died of COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus...
One new dengue case reported in 24hrs
04:01 PM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayOne new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours until 8am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
China likely lost 40 soldiers in border clash: Indian minister
03:51 PM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayChina lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a federal government minister has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline on Sunday, reports Reuters...
21 judges, 62 officials of subordinate courts catch Covid-19
03:30 PM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayA total of 21 judges and 62 staff of subordinate courts were infected with coronavirus across the country as of Saturday night...
Over 45,000 recovered from coronavirus, 39 new deaths
02:44 PM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayThe number of coronavirus recovered patients in Bangladesh has passed 45,000 as 1084 more people made recovery in the last 24 hours. The total number of cured patients now stands at 45,077...
Govt tries best to maintain pace of uplift amid COVID-19: PM
02:26 PM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is trying its best to keep up the pace of development amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak...
JS directs lawmakers for corona testing
02:16 PM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayThe Jatiya Sangsad has directed the 170 lawmakers, who will attend in the running sessions, for the testing of coronavirus. The adjourned budget session will start from June 23 while the lawmakers will join gradually...
Kuwait to freeze 5m dinar in company account of MP Shahid
12:29 PM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayThe Public Prosecutor of Kuwait had approached the country’s Central Bank to freeze the bank accounts of the Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam and his company, who are being held in connection with cases related to human trafficking...
Salman Khan makes appeal to stand in support of Sushant’s fans
11:48 AM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayAmid a raging social media outrage on nepotism and favouritism in the Hindi film industry following the tragic demise of Sushant Singh Rajput...
Trump suggests US slow virus testing to avoid bad statistics
10:41 AM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayPresident Donald Trump said Saturday he’s asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing because robust testing turns up too many cases of COVID-19...
Majority of ICC’s ongoing 50 fixing cases linked to corruptors in India
09:55 AM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayDid the wide-ranging fallout of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal work as a deterrent against corruption in Indian cricket? Not so, say anti-corruption (ACU) officials in the sport...
Father’s Day 2020: Date, History, and significance of the day
09:17 AM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayAs the name suggests, Father’s Day is a special occasion that commemorates fathers and father figures around the world, and acknowledges and honours their efforts and contributions towards raising their children...
Annual solar eclipse today: Partial visibility in Bangladesh
09:03 AM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayAn annual solar eclipse will occur today while partial eclipse will be visible in Bangladesh if the sky remains clear. A solar eclipse occurs when a portion of the Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks sunlight...
Kamal Lohani laid to rest in Sirajganj
08:48 AM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayEkushey Padak winning noted Journalist Kamal Lohani was laid to rest with state honour at his family graveyard at Ullapara in Sirajganj on Saturday night...
3 killed after man goes on stabbing spree in British town’s park
08:19 AM, 21 Jun 2020 SundayThree people were killed and another three seriously injured when a man went on a stabbing spree in a park in the southern English town of Reading on Saturday, though police said they were not currently treating the incident as terrorism...
India, China accuse each other of violating de facto border
10:07 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayIndia and China on Saturday traded accusations that the other had violated their shared de facto border, an area that this week became the site of their deadliest clash in half a century...
Islamic scholar Kamaluddin Zafree hospitalized
09:58 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayRenowned Islamic scholar Sayed Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree has been admitted to a hospital in Dhaka after he fell sick. He, founder of Bangladesh Islamic University, was hospitalized as his blood pressure rose, the scholar's son-in-law Md Masud told Jago News...
German FM calls for greater protections for refugees
09:36 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayOn the occasion of World Refugee Day — recognized annually on June 20 — Germany's foreign minister called for greater protection and care for refugees...
Cox’s Bazar gets first ICU on World Refugee Day
09:00 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayIn time for World Refugee Day 2020, UNHCR and the government of Bangladesh on Saturday inaugurated an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Sadar Hospital, Cox’s Bazar - the first such unit in the district...
Now cricketer Nazmul Islam Apu contracts coronavirus
07:37 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayBangladesh national cricketer Nazmul Islam Apu has been infected with the novel coronavirus, a couple of hours after the former skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and ex-cricketer Nafees Iqbal caught the deadly virus...