Saudi considers barring overseas Hajj pilgrims
Online Desk : ?Saudi Arabia is considering barring overseas pilgrims from the annual Hajj for the second year running as COVID-19 cases rise globally and...
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Mamata Banerjee sworn in as Bengal CM
Online Desk : Mamata Banerjee, affectionately called Didi, on Wednesday took her oath as the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal...
Indian government faces lockdown calls, contempt charges
AP, New Delhi : India’s government faced calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in new coronaviorus cases, and a court in...
Shops, shopping malls opening time reduced
Online Desk :To curb the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the government has directed shopping malls and shops to be open from 10:00 am to...
160 Bangladeshis stranded in Libya return home
Online Desk :Some 160 Bangladeshis, stranded in Libya due to the ongoing global pandemic, return home on Wednesday. The body of a Bangladeshi national who...
Gazette issued extending restrictions till May 16
Online Desk : The government has extended the ongoing restrictions till May 16 from May 6 to contain spread the Coronavirus. The Cabinet Division issued...
Raihan’s death in custody: SI Akbar among six gets charge-sheeted
UNB, Sylhet : Police have pressed charges against six people, including the sacked sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiya of Bandarbazar Police outpost in connection with the...
Tamim most successful batsman, Taskin & Taijul most successful bowlers against Lanka
Sabbir Hossain : Bangladesh played two Test matches of the ICC World Test Championship against Sri Lanka recently. The first Test match between Bangladesh and...
Mamunul Haque again put on 5-day remand
News Desk :A Dhaka court has granted a five-day remand to Mamunul Haque, joint secretary-general of the defunct central committee of Hefazat-e-Islam and general secretary...
Dhaka hopeful of getting vaccine doses from China before Eid
UNB, Dhaka : Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the Chinese government is working to start delivering Covid-19 vaccine doses before Eid-ul-Fitr...
Sundarbans fire finally under control; probe body formed
UNB : The fire, which had raged through Daser Bharani under Sharankhola Range of the Sundarbans East Forest Division for nearly 24 hours since Monday...
Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are ending marriage
AP, Seattle : Bill and Melinda Gates announced Monday that they are divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, who launched the world’s largest charitable...