3 groups of students freed in Nigeria in 24-hour period
AP, LAGOS : Authorities in northern Nigeria announced three separate groups of kidnapped students were freed within a 24-hour period, prompting speculation late Friday that...
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B’baria trawler capsize: Death toll stands at 21
O Divers recovered the body of a man from Laiska Canal in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Friday midnight, raising the death toll from...
Kalabagan Krira Chakra crickter killed in road accident
Online Desk : A cricketer of Kalabagan Krira Chakra died in a road accident in Capital’s Farmgate area at around 8.30pm last night. His friend...
Global Covid cases top 215 million
Online Desk : The global Covid-19 caseload has surpassed 215 million with the world still struggling to contain the pandemic fueled by new variants.According to...
US tells citizens to leave Kabul airport gates ‘immediately’
AFP, WASHINGTON : The United States urged its citizens Friday to “immediately” leave the gates around Kabul’s airport, where a suicide bomber this week targeted...
India vaccinates 10 million in one day
AFP, NEW DELHI : India has given more than 10 million Covid-19 jabs in a single day for the first time, authorities said Saturday, as...
Emergency landing of Biman flight: Passengers safely back in Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka ; Stranded passengers of the Biman Bangladesh flight which made an emergency landing at Nagpur International Airport in Maharashtra on Friday after its...
US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan
AP, WASHINGTON : Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it...
19 die as trawler capsizes in Brahmanbaria; many more go missing
Online Desk : At least 19 people drowned and many more went missing as a trawler sank after being hit by another sand-laden one in...
Dhaka Metro Rail goes on trial run
UNB, Dhaka : Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd on Friday put a train of six metro rail coaches on a trial run on Diya Bari-Mirpur...
ADB okays $1.78 billion for Dhaka-Sylhet trade corridor
UNB, Dhaka : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a $1.78 billion multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) to improve mobility, road safety, and regional...
Dengue: 184 more hospitalised in 24 hrs
Although no death from dengue was reported in 24 hours till early Friday, 184 more people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease, said the Directorate...