China to give 5 lakh Covid jabs

The Chinese government will soon send five lakh jabs of Covid-19 vaccines, developed by their state-owned drug maker Sinopharm, to Bangladesh as gift, health officials said.
11 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Tajuddin seeks arms support

The Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro today broadcast a speech by the prime minister of the newly formed government-in-exile Tajuddin Ahmad.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

‘80 shot dead’ near Yangon

Reports emerged yesterday of more than 80 killed in the latest bloodletting by Myanmar’s military, as the country’s own ambassador to the United Nations called for “strong action” against the junta.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Journo Hasan Shahriar passes away

Eminent journalist Hasan Shahriar, former president of Jatiya Press Club, breathed his last at the ICU of Impulse Hospital in the capital around 11:45am yesterday.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Mayhem in B’baria: Cops recover 20 snatched bullets

Police on Friday night recovered 20 bullets which were snatched from a cop by some Hefajat-e-Islam activists in Brahmanbaria’s Nandanpur area on March 27.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Islamist suicide bomber kills six at Somali cafe: police

Six civilians died and seven more were injured yesterday when an Al-Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself up outside a cafe in Somalia, police and witnesses said.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Modi govt mismanaged Covid situation: Sonia

Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of mismanaging the Covid19 situation in India and said India must focus on its own vaccination drive first before exporting them.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Germany’s divided far-right AfD to launch election bid

cMembers of the anti-Islam, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany gathered on Saturday despite coronavirus restrictions for a two-day congress in Dresden, to finalise their strategy ahead of the general election on September 26.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Italy to pay 1.1m euros over India fishermen killing: lawyers

India will accept compensation of 1.1 million euros from Italy for the families of two fishermen shot dead by Italian marines in 2012, signalling an end to a long-winding case that soured relations between the two nations.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Seven killed after quake hits Indonesia

At least seven people were killed after a 6.0 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s main Java island yesterday, as the country reels from a cyclone disaster in another part of the archipelago.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 in India: Daily cases keep breaking records

India’s daily coronavirus cases yesterday rose by a record for the fifth time this week and deaths surged to the highest in more than five months, with hospitals and crematoriums overflowing in parts of the country.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Second whale carcass washes ashore

A second whale carcass washed ashore at Himchhari beach of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

2 held for raping a boy

Police yesterday arrested three people on charge of sodomising a minor boy in Chatkhil municipality area of Noakhali.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

West Bengal Polls: Five killed as violence mars 4th phase

Five people were killed in fresh election bloodshed in the Indian state of West Bengal yesterday, during the fourth phase of polling when an estimated 76.16 percent of voters exercised their franchise.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Huge plumes of methane spotted over Bangladesh

Analysing satellite images, Paris-based company Kayrros SAS has detected huge plumes of methane gas over Bangladesh, reports the Bloomberg.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Stop export of Covid vaccine immediately

Indian opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday called for an immediate halt to export of Covid-19 vaccine amid a record-setting spike in fresh cases of the virus.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Sinking of Launch: 9 staffers of bulk carrier land in jail

Nine staffers of the bulk carrier, which rammed a launch causing it to sink in the Shitalakkhya in ​​Narayanganj on Sunday, were sent to jail and five others placed on a two-day remand yesterday.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Phase-4 WB Polls: BJP, TMC poised for tough fight

Today’s fourth-phase voting for the West Bengal Assembly elections is expected to be balanced on a knife edge between Trinamool Congress and India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, considering the voting ratio of the last Lok Sabha polls.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Independence proclaimed

The Mujibnagar Government was formed today to conduct the Bangladesh War of Liberation. The official announcement declaring independence of Bangladesh,
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Man shot dead in front of his house

A man was shot dead allegedly by his rivals in front of his house in Chattogram’s Rangunia yesterday afternoon.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM