Deal signed to procure 580 meter-gaudge wagons for railway
UNB, Dhaka: Bangladesh Railway has signed an agreement with a Chinese firm to procure 580 meter-gaudge wagons, involving Tk 318.63 crore, with a view to...
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Omicron, storms disrupt air travel for 4th consecutive day
AP, NEW YORK : Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel, stretched into Monday as airlines called off more than 1,000 U.S. flights because crews were...
Global Covid cases surpass 281 million
Online Desk : The overall number of global coronavirus cases has now surged past 281 million, with the new Covid strain Omicron showing a spike...
Kentucky’s death toll from tornadoes rises to 77
AP, FRANKFORT, Ky :Kentucky’s death toll from devastating tornadoes earlier this month rose by one as Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday that an infant died...
Record COVID case numbers reported in 2 Australia states
AP, SYDNEY : Australia’s Victoria and Queensland states reported record levels of new daily coronavirus infections on Tuesday as pressure on testing centers prompted calls...
Down with Covid, Saurav Ganguly hospitalised in Kolkata
UNB, New Delhi : India’s cricket control board chief Sourav Ganguly, affectionately called ‘Dada’, has been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid. The 49-year-old former...
Covid-19: Bangladesh begins booster vaccination
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh on Tuesday morning officially began the administration of booster doses of a Covid-19 vaccine but “on a limited scale”.From 10am, a...
Bus crashes into microbus jumping over road divider in Khilkhet
Online Desk : A speeding bus of ‘Ena Paribahan’ jumped over a road divider and crashed into a microbus in the city’s Khilkhet area on...
Road accident claims 5 lives in north India
Xinhua, New Delhi : At least five persons were killed and eight others injured in north India on Monday when two buses collided with each...
AL advisory council member Joynal Hazari passes away
Online Desk : Heroic freedom fighter and Awami League Advisory Council member Joynal Hazari died of old-age complications at a hospital in Dhaka on Monday...
Khaleda’s plea to go abroad: Law Ministry forwards opinion to Home Ministry
UNB, Dhaka : The Law Ministry on Monday forwarded its opinion to the Home Ministry on an application seeking permission to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda...
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports another death in 24 hrs
Online Desk : Bangladesh logged another Covid-linked death with 373 fresh infections in 24 hours till Monday morning. With the detection of the fresh cases...