‘Cosmic web’ reveals maze of dwarf galaxies

Peering into the early Universe some 12 billion years ago, scientists in France have for the first time seen the incandescent filaments of hydrogen gas known as the “cosmic web,” they said yesterday.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Australia rumbles ‘nest of spies’ targeting defence tech

Australia’s top spymaster has revealed that his agency disrupted a “nest of spies” sent by an unnamed foreign intelligence service to steal sensitive trade and defence secrets.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

AstraZeneca jab ‘safe and effective’

The EU’s drugs regulator said yesterday the AstraZeneca vaccine is “safe and effective” and not associated with a higher blood clot risk, after more than a dozen countries paused rollouts over health fears.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Alleged Torture: Rab says SC lawyer’s claim fictitious

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday claimed that the allegation of the elite force members torturing Supreme Court lawyer ABM Ibrahim Khalil was false and fabricated.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Attack on Navy Officer: Erfan Salim gets bail

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital’s Dhanmondi in October last year.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Confusion reigns over Salim’s JS fate

The recent High Court verdict upholding 10 years’ imprisonment for Haji Md Salim has sparked a debate over his parliamentary membership and the careers of several other convicted politicians, whose appeals are still pending with this court and the Appellate Division.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

High-Speed Rail: Ctg to have one station at Pahartoli

The alignment of the proposed high-speed train between Dhaka and Chittagong is likely to be changed.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Myanmar faces growing isolation

Myanmar faced growing isolation yesterday with increasingly limited internet services and its last private newspaper ceasing publication as the military built a case against ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Cops recover bodies of mother,daughter

Police recovered two bodies from a house in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj yesterday morning.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Suspect dies by suicide before being arrested

A man died after he allegedly set himself on fire to avoid arrest in a remote village of Sirajganj on Wednesday, police said.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

World leaders hail Bangabandhu

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he will work with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to strengthen the complementarities between two development strategies, advance Belt and Road cooperation, and take the strategic partnership of cooperation to a new height.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Politics on reverse gear

President Abdul Hamid has said politics in Bangladesh is now moving in the opposite direction and some opportunists have made politics a profession.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus Pandemic: UN sounds alarm on S Asia child deaths

The coronavirus pandemic may have indirectly contributed to around 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, 11,000 maternal fatalities and 3.5 million unwanted pregnancies in South Asia, the UN said in a report yesterday.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Crackdown in Myanmar: Buddhist group condemns junta

Myanmar’s most powerful Buddhist monks’ association called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority” of torture and killing innocent civilians since last month’s coup, media said yesterday.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Highest new Covid cases in 3 months

The health directorate reported 1,865 fresh cases of novel coronavirus infection in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, the highest in last three months.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Man stabbed to death during clash

A man was stabbed to death during a clash between two groups of locals in the port city’s Agrabad area yesterday.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh, the Maldives to sign 4 deals today

The Bangladesh-Maldives bilateral relationship is set to see a boost as the two South Asian countries are going to sign at least four MoUs on trade, tourism, fisheries, and health today.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

UN team on Bhasan Char to inspect facilities

An 18-member UN delegation reached Bhasan Char yesterday on a three-day visit to take a first-hand view of the housing facility for 100,000 Rohingyas.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Operation searchlight inked

On the morning of March, 18, 1971, Major General Khadim Hussain Raja, then general officer commanding of 14 Division in East Pakistan, and Major General Rao Farman Ali,
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Astrazeneca Jabs: WHO endorses continuation of vaccination

The World Health Organization said yesterday its experts were still reviewing safety data on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine following concerns around blood clots but recommended that injection programmes continue.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM