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Coronavirus global death toll reaches 910
12:28 PM, 10 Feb 2020 MondayMore people have been killed by the new coronavirus than the 2003 SARS outbreak, according to latest figures...
‘Parasite’ makes history at the Oscars
11:42 AM, 10 Feb 2020 MondayThe South Korean film “Parasite” won best picture at the 92nd Academy Awards, becoming the first ever non-English-language film to seize the top honor. The historic victory marked the fourth win of the night for the film, which mined suspense, humor and anguish in its tale rooted in the socioeconomic divide between two families...
Oscars 2020: The winners and nominees in full
11:03 AM, 10 Feb 2020 MondayThis year’s Academy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles. Here's the full list of winners and nominees...
Bangladesh thrash India to become champions
10:20 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayBangladesh Junior Tigers beat India to win the of the U-19 World Cup 2020 in South Africa....
First Bangladeshi catches coronavirus in Singapore
09:35 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayA Bangladeshi worker has been infected by new coronavirus in Singapore on Sunday, quoting the country's Health Ministry, reports The Straits Times. The 39-year-old Bangladeshi is a work pass holder there. He is also warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID)...
Want peace; also want well-trained army: PM
09:06 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh does not want any war, but it wants to train up its defence personnel so that they do not lag behind....
Fakhrul among 35 leaders get bail
08:04 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayA court in Dhaka on Sunday granted bail to 35 BNP leaders, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in two cases of violence filed with Shahbagh Police Station last year...
Fire killed 185 people, gutted Tk 330cr property in 2019
07:20 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayA total of 185 people were killed and 586 others injured, while property worth over Taka 330 crore got damaged in incidents of fire in the country in last year (2019)...
U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh restrict India to 177 in final
06:00 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayBangladesh Junior Tigers restricted India to 177 runs in the final of the U-19 World Cup 2020 in South Africa...
Malaysia expands China traveler ban as coronavirus spreads
05:34 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayMalaysia has expanded a ban on visitors from China to include Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, after China’s decision to lock down cities in the provinces to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak that has claimed over 800 lives...
'CAA divisive, discriminatory, revoke immediately'
05:16 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayArchbishop of Goa and Daman in India, Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao, has urged the central government to "immediately and unconditionally revoke the Citizenship Amendment Act" and stop quashing the "right to dissent"....
Parasite: The S Korean film wowing world
04:24 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayIn the world of South Korean entertainment, few things are generating as much buzz and national pride as Parasite...
I didn’t understand scale of Syrian refugee crisis until I saw it for myself
03:44 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayI thought I knew quite a lot about the Syrian refugee crisis before I visited the Azraq camp in Jordan with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency....
Four govt banks come in share market
03:04 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that four state-owned banks come in the stock market by October with a view to strengthening the market...
Drives against corruption, drugs, terrorism to continue: PM
02:43 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated that the ongoing drives against corruption, drugs and terrorism will continue to protect the society from these menaces. The Prime Minister said this while delivering her speech at the graduation ceremony of Defence Services Command and Staff College...
China returnee, who admitted to RMCH, has slight chest pain
02:18 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayA China-returned Bangladeshi student, who was admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) after displaying symptoms of the coronavirus, has no problems except slight pain in his chest...
ICC U-19 WC final: Bangladesh win toss, choose to bowl
01:44 PM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayBangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first against India in the title deciding match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup at Potchefstroom in South Africa on Sunday...
2 US service members killed, 6 injured in Afghanistan
11:44 AM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayTwo U.S. service members were killed and six others injured when an individual in an Afghan uniform opened fire on them with a machine gun in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Saturday, reports Reuters.
Robert Conrad, star of ‘The Wild, Wild West,’ dies at 84
10:52 AM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayRobert Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series "Hawaiian Eye" and "The Wild, Wild West," died Saturday. He was 84...
Ex-AL leader slaughtered to death in Noakhali
09:49 AM, 09 Feb 2020 SundayA former local leader of Awami League (AL) was slaughtered to death by the miscreants at Companyganj upazila in Noakhali on Saturday midnight. The deceased was identified as Md Sourav Hossen, 40, former president of Char Elahi union 6 No ward AL...