28 more die from Covid, 1,354 get infected

As Bangladesh battles with the Covid-19 pandemic, its health authorities recorded 28 more deaths and 1,354 cases in 24 hours until yesterday morning.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Yahya’s appeal for US support

In a letter dated May 24, 1971, Pakistan President Yahya Khan expressed his gratitude towards American President Richard Nixon and said,
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Revision of Railway Projects: Minister, high-ups blame it on pandemic

Shrugging off their responsibilities, the railway authorities have blamed the Covid-19 situation for wholesale revision of the railway projects that are being implemented to improve services.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Youth ‘beaten to death at rehab’

A boy was beaten to death allegedly by staffers of a drug rehabilitation centre in Jashore.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Missing DU student found dead on campus

The body of a Dhaka University student, who had been missing for around a week, was found at the Shaheed Minar on Saturday and was later identified at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue yesterday evening.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Benefit Fraud’: Govt officials reimburse man after punishment

The Narayanganj district administration reimbursed some of the money a man spent for distributing relief among 100 people as punishment for seeking government food assistance.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

China’s Mars rover starts roaming

China’s Mars rover drove from its landing platform and began exploring the surface yesterday, state-run Xinhua news agency said, making the country only the second nation to land and operate a rover on the Red Planet.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Indira urges Sadat to persuade Yahya

On May 23, 1971, American President Nixon had a discussion with his Assistant for National Security Affairs Henry Kissinger as to the situation in Pakistan.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Faulty process, false promises

With a two-year job “contract” and dreams of a better life, Akhi Begum (not her real name) left for Saudi Arabia in mid-2019.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Take up fish farming

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the young people to take up fish farming as profession.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid spreads to rural India

India’s Covid-19 outbreak has stabilised in parts of the country, a government official said, but deaths rose by 4,194 yesterday and infections were spreading in rural areas where public health services are scarce and already overstretched.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Digital Security Act: Journo held over report against former MP

A local journalist was arrested yesterday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act over publication of a report against a former Awami League MP.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Weather over Andaman Sea ‘may hit Bangladesh’

A low pressure area is developing over the North Andaman Sea and the adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal which can intensify into a cyclonic storm, the Met office has said.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Tigers eye end to abysmal run

Bangladesh will be looking to seal their first victory across formats since January when they take on Sri Lanka in the first of a three-match ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip held yesterday as Egyptian mediators pressed on with talks with the two sides on securing longer-term calm, officials said.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Positivity rate keeps rising

The positivity rate of coronavirus tests continued to rise yesterday.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Rise in Covid Cases: Five Rohingya camps under strict lockdown

Amid a huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the region, a 10-day complete lockdown has been imposed in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila while a week-long similar restrictions have been announced in five Rohingya camps in the district’s Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Golam Rasul Mallick’s death anniv today

Today is the 15th death anniversary of Golam Rasul Mallick, a freedom fighter and founding editor of Eastern News Agency (ENA), said a press release.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Mosque imam arrested for raping girl

Police on Thursday night arrested an Imam of a local mosque in Narail’s Kalia upazila on charge of raping a minor girl.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

6-8 million may have died in pandemic

Official tolls showing the number of deaths directly or indirectly attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic are likely to be a “significant undercount,” the World Health Organization said yesterday, saying 6-8 million people may have died so far.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM