Stop cutting the vaccines queue

The head of the World Health Organization said there is a “clear problem” that low- and middle-income countries are not yet receiving supplies of Covid-19 vaccines and urged countries to stop striking bilateral deals with manufacturers.
9 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Indonesian 737 crashes into sea

A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea yesterday minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was not known.
9 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Mirza again claims his life under threat

The younger brother of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has once again claimed that his life was under threat.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Election will be absolutely free: Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today reiterates that elections set for March 7 would be absolutely free and fair.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Let Bangladeshi workers return to Malaysia

Dhaka has requested Kuala Lumpur to allow the Bangladeshi migrants, who got stranded after coming here on leave due to the pandemic, to return to their workplaces in Malaysia.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Fake NID for Tk 1.5 lakh

A syndicate of brokers and some dishonest staffers of the Election Commission had been forging national ID cards for years due to a lack of strict monitoring and loopholes in the system, found a police investigation.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Pakistan PM accuses Shia protesters of ‘blackmail’

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday accused Hazara Shia protesters of blackmailing him, as they refused for a sixth day to bury the bodies of miners killed in a brutal attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Nilufer Zafarullah chairman of IUB’s ESTCDT

Nilufer Zafarullah has been elected chairman and Md Tanveer Madar vice chairman of the Education, Science, Technology and Cultural Development Trust (ESTCDT), the founding trust of Independent University,
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan jails militant leader

A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced a militant leader accused of plotting the 2008 Mumbai attacks to five years in jail for terror financing.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

HK protesters jailed for airport assault on mainland reporter

Three Hong Kong democracy supporters were jailed for up to five and a half years yesterday for their involvement in a protest at the city’s airport where a mainland Chinese state media reporter was tied up and assaulted.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Don’t ‘interfere’ over US unrest: Hungary PM Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, one of President Donald Trump’s main supporters in the EU, yesterday cautioned against interfering in “America’s business” over the unrest in Washington this week.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

RMG worker stabbed to death in N’ganj

A readymade garment worker was stabbed to death allegedly by his brother-in-law at Nayabazar in Narayanganj Sadar upazila early yesterday.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid Vaccines: Poorest nations can expect doses within weeks

The world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine doses between the end of January and mid-February, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

2020 ties with 2016 as hottest year on record

The year 2020 tied with 2016 as the hottest year on record, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said yesterday, keeping Earth on a global warming fast track that could devastate large swathes of humanity.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Kim pledges to strengthen defence capabilities

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen his nuclear-armed nation’s military capabilities at a key ruling party meeting, state media reported yesterday, just weeks before Joe Biden’s inauguration as US president.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Unresolved Issues with Pakistan: Dhaka seeks to settle those

Dhaka seeks to resolve outstanding issues with Islamabad as the latter shows eagerness to improve bilateral relations with Bangladesh.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM

31 more die from Covid, 1,007 test positive

Thirty-one people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Trafficked Rohingyas: Myanmar police arrest nearly 100 in raid

Nearly 100 Rohingyas smuggled from Myanmar’s conflict-scarred Rakhine state were arrested in a raid in Yangon, police announced yesterday, with authorities saying they had been headed to Malaysia as part of a trafficking network.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Onion Import: Govt slaps 10pc tariff to protect growers

The government has imposed 10 percent tariff on onion import to protect interests of local growers, read a notification issued by National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Hard road ahead’ to beat Covid

World Health Organization experts warned Wednesday there could be six months of “hard, hard road ahead” in 2021 before vaccines turn the tide against the coronavirus pandemic.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM