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Myanmar army clash with insurgents kills 5 Rohingyas
06:33 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayAt least five ethnic Rohingyas were killed, including a child, and several injured after troops clashed with insurgents in Myanmar’s conflict-torn western state of Rakhine, a lawmaker and two residents said on Sunday...
AL doesn’t need opportunists: Quader
05:20 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today called for strengthening the party aimed at taking the country forward...
Bangladesh set 322-run target against Zimbabwe
04:49 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayBangladesh set a target of 322-run in the first of the three-match ODI series against visiting Zimbabwe at Sylhet International Stadium on Sunday...
Modi has no citizenship certificate, he’s Indian by birth: PMO
04:32 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayIn reply to an RTI filed by an Indian citizen questioning the citizenship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PMO office has replied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no citizenship certificate because he is an Indian citizen by birth...
Month of independence begins today
04:02 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayThe historical month of independence begins today giving a heartbreaking reminder to the genocide that the Pakistani occupation forces carried out in this country from March to mid-December in 1971...
Automate insurance services, restore people’s trust: PM
02:03 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to bring insurance activities under technology based automation system and settle insurance claims of clients quickly to restore the people’s faith in the sector...
Bangladesh opt to bat first in series opener
02:00 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayBangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and opted to bat first in the opener of the three-match ODI series against visiting Zimbabwe at Sylhet International Stadium on Sunday....
Eskaton fire: Mother dies too after little son
01:11 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayMother Zannatul Ferdous also died two days after her little son Rushdi's tragic death in New Eskaton fire...
Ecuador reports 1st new virus case
12:19 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayOfficials in Ecuador on Saturday confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the South American nation, while Mexico reported two more cases and Brazil one more...
I feel betrayed, mostly by Muhyiddin, says Mahathir
12:05 PM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayTun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he feels most betrayed by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. "I feel betrayed, mostly by Muhyiddin. He has been working on this for a long time and now he has succeeded," he told a press conference at Yayasan Al-Bukhary on Sunday morning (March 1)...
Muhyiddin sworn in as Malaysia's PM
11:59 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayParti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) president Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as Malaysia's prime minister on Sunday (March 1), but the Mahathir Mohamad-led Pakatan Harapan (PH) is refusing to give up the fight...
Armenia reports first coronavirus infection
11:46 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayArmenia reported its first coronavirus infection on Sunday, in a citizen returning from neighboring Iran, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a post on Facebook...
Thailand records first coronavirus death
11:43 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayThailand has recorded its first coronavirus death as a 35-year-old man, who also had dengue fever, dies from the virus, Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen...
My goal is to make embassy an 'open window': Nahida
11:09 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayThe first Bangladeshi woman ambassador in the Middle East, Nahida Sobhan, has said that she wants to establish Bangladesh embassy there as an 'open window' for the expatriates. "My first and main tasks would be to make Bangladesh Embassy in Amman people-friendly," she said...
6 students killed in Netrokona road crash
09:46 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayA pickup van collided head-on with a truck in Durgapur upazila on Saturday night killing six students and injuring 20 others...
Coronavirus claims 2,979 lives, infects 86,529
09:40 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayGlobal as many as 2,979 people died from the new coronavirus, and the number of confirmed cases of the virus stood at 86,529...
S Korea reports 376 new virus cases
09:21 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundaySouth Korea reported 376 additional cases of the new coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total number of infections here to 3,526. The country's COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 17...
Australia reports first coronavirus death
08:58 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayAustralia reported its first death of a coronavirus patient in a hospital in the western city of Perth early on Sunday, health official Andrew Robertson said...
First coronavirus death on US soil confirmed
08:46 AM, 01 Mar 2020 SundayHealth officials said the man who died in Washington state was one of a handful with no known links to global hot zones to have contracted the virus -- indicating that the pathogen was now likely spreading in communities...
Kuddus Afrad, Sajjad Tapu to lead DUJ
09:46 PM, 29 Feb 2020 SaturdayDhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) has elected Kuddus Afrad (Anandabazar), and Sajjad Alam Khan Tapu (Jamuna TV) its president and general secretary respectively...