Cold wave likely to continue

Public sufferings caused by the ongoing cold spell remains unabated in many districts, especially in northern region.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Israel set for snap election as budget deadline nears

Israel yesterday was on course for a fourth national election in two years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main governing partner, Benny Gantz, failed to resolve a dispute over the budget.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

NZ backpacker killer revealed as serial predator

The New Zealand man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane committed violent sex crimes against at least two other women, a court revealed yesterday, as police urged any more victims to come forward.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Mutation-beating Covid vaccine in six weeks

The co-founder of BioNTech said yesterday it was “highly likely” that its vaccine against the coronavirus works against the mutated strain detected in Britain, but it could also adapt the vaccine if necessary in six weeks.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

No need for major alarm

The World Health Organization cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain, saying this was a normal part of a pandemic’s evolution.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Yaba dealer’ killed in ‘gunfight’

An alleged yaba dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila on Monday night.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Woman’s Death: Dr Zafrullah, four others sued for ‘negligence’

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and four others have been sued over the death of a pregnant woman.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

BGB-BSF border meet begins in Guwahati

A four-day director general-level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force began yesterday in Guwahati, the capital of Assam state.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

6 lakh tonnes of grains will be purchased

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is garlanded today by the members of Kalyani, Gandaria ladies organisation, on his being awarded the Juliot Curie medal for peace. Members of Khulna Music College also garland him.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Train ignores signal, rams truck in Dinajpur

A gateman was killed at a level crossing as a freight train hit a truck in Dinajpur’s Phulbari upazila early yesterday.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Prepaid Gas Meters in Dhaka: 1.2 lakh more households to get them

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council yesterday extended a project to install prepaid gas meters in Dhaka households, which will see 1.2 lakh more prepaid connections by December 2022.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Railways in trouble with rescue cranes

Most of 22 relief cranes of Bangladesh Railway (BR) are either outdated or broken, causing difficulties in carrying out salvage operations after train accidents.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu unveils memorial plaque

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman renews his call today to all irrespective of their ideological or political affiliations to dedicate themselves to the great task of rebuilding the country into a truly Shonar Bangla drawing inspiration from the sacrifice of the martyrs of the Liberation Struggle.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Telecom network in Myanmar: Two UK banks under pressure for lending money

Two of Britain’s biggest banks are under pressure for lending tens of millions of pounds to a technology company building a telecoms network that is part-owned and used by the Myanmar military, which is accused of committing genocide against the Rohingyas.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Top HK court upholds emergency protest mask ban

The Hong Kong government’s decision to use a colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks at protests last year was both proportionate and legal, the city’s top court ruled yesterday.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Vaccine Shipments: Interpol expects ‘dramatic’ jump in crime

Interpol chief Juergen Stock yesterday predicted a sharp rise in crimes with robbers seeking to get their hands on precious vaccines aimed at stopping the coronavirus pandemic.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Gunmen kill journo in Afghanistan

Gunmen murdered an Afghan journalist in the eastern city of Ghazni yesterday, the third reporter in the violence-plagued country to be killed in the last two months.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Mercury may rise

Day-to-day life in many districts is being hampered due to the bone-chilling cold and daily wage-earners are the ones suffering most.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

CMCH doc dies from Covid-19

A doctor of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in the port city early yesterday morning.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Sinha Murder Case: Court accepts charge sheet

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday accepted the charge sheet in Maj (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan murder case.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM