Global Covid cases surpass 434 million
Online Desk : The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 434 million as Omicron infections keep rising across in different parts of the...
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Russia hits Ukraine fuel supplies, airfields in new attacks
AP, Ukraine : Russia unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine targeting airfields and fuel facilities in what appeared to be the next phase of...
Zelenskyy’s unlikely journey, from comedy to wartime leader
AP, Poland : When Volodymyr Zelenskyy was growing up in southeastern Ukraine, his Jewish family spoke Russian and his father once forbade the younger Zelenskyy...
West unleashes SWIFT bans, more crushing penalties on Russia
AP, WASHINGTON : The United States and European nations agreed Saturday to impose the most potentially crippling financial penalties yet on Russia over its unrelenting...
The New Nation editor AM Mufazzal passes away
Online Desk : Editor of The New Nation renowned journalist AM Mufazzal died of old-age complications at his residence here this evening. He was 89....
Protests held at DU over BSMRUST student attack
UNB, DU Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad staged a candle-lit procession protesting ruling party student front Bangladesh Chhatra League’s attack on the students of Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Rising incomes more harmful to environment than population growth: UN report
UNB, Dhaka : Higher incomes contribute more to environmental degradation than population growth, a recent report by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs...
Shaky school building in Gaibandha poses risk to students
UNB, Gaibandha : The students of Asaduzzaman Girls High School and College in Gaibandha district town, have been attending their classes amid fear due to...
Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court
AP, WASHINGTON : President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black woman selected...
Street fighting begins in Kyiv; people urged to seek shelter
AP, Ukraine : Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine’s capital early Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. The...
At least 40 houses damaged in nor’wester in Kurigram
UNB, Kurigram : A nor’wester wrought havoc in large parts of Kurigram on Friday afternoon, damaging at least 40 houses. The impact of the storm...
President refuses to flee, urges Ukraine to ‘stand firm’
AP, Ukraine : Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine’s capital early Saturday as explosions reverberated through the city and the president urged the country to “stand...