Dhaka, Nov 04 – The number of deaths from Covid-19 in Bangladesh rose to 6,004 on Wednesday with the death of 21 more people in 24 hours. Besides, health authorities registered 1517 new coronavirus cases during the period, pushing the…
Year: 2020
Sweet Potato Health Benefits: Organic Affordable Super Food
The second wave of COVID19 is knocking on the door. Many countries have already experienced an increased rate of viral infection. The authorized vaccine is yet to release. Now we must focus on healthy eating to strengthen our immunity system.…
Northern battlegrounds could hold key to Trump-Biden outcome
President Donald Trump carried the prized battleground of Florida, then he and Democrat Joe Biden shifted their focus early Wednesday to three Northern industrial states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — that could prove crucial in determining who wins the…
Ojha tries to ‘revive snakebite dead woman’ in Lalmonirhat
In sheer desperation, a family in Lalmoirhat sought the services of an ‘Ojha’ or healer to bring back a woman to life who had died of snakebite.
Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot
A single voting machine jammed for just minutes Tuesday morning at a precinct in Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania — but misleading posts on Facebook and Twitter claimed multiple machines there were down for hours.
Mirza Abbas, wife tested positive for coronavirus
BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife and Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal president Afroza Abbas have been infected with coronavirus.
BD Minister writes to his French counterpart on recent dev
Bangladesh has reaffirmed its commitment to show respect for everyone’s religious and cultural sensitivity conveying the France government that no religion supports killings.
Ensure hassle-free justice to people: PM tells bench, bar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged judges and lawyers to ensure people’s right to quick and hassle-free justice.
BD Forex reserves to reach $50 billion by Dec 2021: Minister
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves will reach $50 billion by December 2021.
Despite Pre-Election Anxiety, US Election Went Smoothly
Despite substantial pre-election anxiety, millions of Americans went to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new president in a process that by most accounts went smoothly.
Vote Counting Continues in Close US Election
The winner of the U.S. presidential election remained in doubt Wednesday, with the outcome hinging on a handful of states where a flood of mail-in ballots sparked by the coronavirus pandemic remained to be counted.
Sundarbans reopens to tourists after 7 months
The Sundarbans, a Unesco World Heritage Site, reopened its door to tourists on Sunday after a seven-month closure because of the ongoing pandemic.
‘Bangladesh still not ready for software-based admission tests’
Public universities should not go for holding admission tests through the “Proctored Remote Examination System” software.
Maradona admitted to hospital in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES – Argentine football great Diego Maradona was admitted to hospital Monday for medical checks, his personal doctor announced. “It’s not a serious situation and we didn’t come for an emergency,” Leopoldo Luque told reporters outside the clinic in…
Tamim, Mahmudullah get NOC to play PSL
DHAKA – Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal and senior batsman Mahmudullah were given No Objection Certificate (NOC) today to play the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Both of the players will go to Pakistan to play play-off match as the replacement…
Bangabandhu T20 Cup to be deferred for one week
DHAKA —The Bangbandhu T20 Cup, a five-team tournament, is all set to be deferred for one week in a bid to organize the tournament in grand style. The tournament is considered to be the second step for the Bangladesh Cricket…
BCB gets good response for team sponsors of T20 Cup
DHAKA —The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) expected to finalize the team sponsors of the Bangabandu T20 Cup within some days as they have got a good response from some reputed companies of the country to sponsor the team. The Bangabandhu…
Bangabandhu Fed. Cup handball final tomorrow
DHAKA –Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence party takes on Bangladesh Police Handball Club in the final of Bangabandhu Federation Cup Handball competition (men’s) scheduled to be held tomorrow at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium in the city. The…
President’s Cup hero Sumon Khan continues rich vein of form
DHAKA —Fast bowler Sumon Khan proved his BCB President’s Cup performance was not a fluke at all as he claimed 4-54 in a gem of pace bowling on the second and last day of the High Performance (HP) Unit’s two-day…
Global Covid-19 deaths exceed 1.2 million, cases 46.8 mln
More than 1.2 million people have died from Covid-19 in the world and 46.8 million people have been infected with the virus, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1659 new cases, 17 deaths
The number of deaths from Covid-19 in Bangladesh rose to 5,983 on Tuesday with the death of 17 more people in 24 hours.
US Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges
Even before Election Day, the 2020 race was the most litigated in memory. President Donald Trump is promising more to come.
Fugitive killers of 4 nat’l leaders to be brought back
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said the fugitives killers of four national leaders will be brought back home and executed.
6 more people held over lynching of youth in Lalmonirhat
Detectives in a drive arrested six more people in connection with the lynching of a young man over ‘disrespecting Quran’ in Burimari of Lalmonirhat, from different parts of the upazila early Tuesday.
Case filed over death of Natore boy in ‘wrong treatment’
A case was filed in connection with the death of a ten-year-old boy ‘due to wrong treatment’ at a hospital in Sadar upazila on Monday.
Ex-Ctg mayor Nasir Uddin hospitalised with Covid symptoms
Ex-mayor of Chittagong City Corporation and general secretary of city Awami League AJM Nasir Uddin has been hospitalzed with symptoms of Covid-19. He was admitted to Park View Hospital in the city in the morning.
নিত্যপ্রয়োজনীয় দ্রব্যের দাম জনগণের নাগালে রাখতে সরকার ব্যর্থ
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, করোনায় দেশের সাধারণ মানুষ যখন বিপর্য¯ত্ম, ঠিক সে সময় নিত্যপ্রয়োজনীয় জিনিসপত্রের আকশচুম্বি মুল্যবৃদ্ধি জনজীবনকে আরো দুর্বিষহ করে তুলবে।
অবিলম্বে ফ্রান্স সরকারকে নি:শর্ত ক্ষমা চাইতে হবে – হেফাজত
ফ্রান্সে সরকারী পৃষ্ঠপোষকতায় বিশ্বনবী হযরত মুহাম্মদ (সা.) সম্পর্কে ন্যাক্কারজনক ব্যঙ্গচিত্র প্রদর্শনের প্রতিবাদে হেফাজতে ইসলাম ঢাকা মহানগরীর আহ্বানে স্মরণকালের বিশাল মিছিলপূর্ব ঐতিহাসিক গণজমায়েতে নেতৃবৃন্দ বলেন, রাসূল (সা.)এর শানে ফ্রান্স সরকার যে জঘন্যতম বেয়াদবি করেছে, তা মুসলিম জাতি কোনভাবেই বরদাশত করতে পারে…
IBBL inaugurates its Senpara sub-branch in Mirpur, Dhaka
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated the Senpara Sub-branch under its Mirpur Branch in Dhaka on 2 November 2020, Monday.
Most crime cases against journos yet to be resolved: UNESCO
Even though 2020 saw a “slight decrease” in the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists, 87 percent of such cases worldwide were still not resolved, according to UNESCO, the UN agency tasked with defending press freedom, among other things.