Global Covid cases top 578 million
Online Desk : The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 578 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the...
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Youth stabbed to death in Keraniganj
UNB, Keraniganj : An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of men following an argument over jumping a queue at an...
Followers of cleric enter Iraqi parliament in show of force
AP, BAGHDAD : Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed...
Power line kills 4 at anti-UN protest in eastern Congo
AP, KINSHASA : Four people participating in demonstrations against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo were killed Wednesday when a high-voltage power line...
Illegal autos continue to ply in N’ganj on pilfered power
UNB, Narayanganj : Amid the worsening power situation in Bangladesh, some 50,000 battery-run auto-rickshaws continue plying illegally in Narayanganj on pilfered electricity and that too...
Six Khulna men to die for war crimes
UNB, Khulna : The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Thursday sentenced six Khulna men to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971...
Kim threatens to use nukes amid tensions with US, S. Korea
AP, SEOUL : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States...
PM: Useless Ukraine-Russia war benefitting only arms producers
UNB, Dhaka: Terming the Ukraine-Russia war as meaningless Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said only arms producers are profitting from the conflict. “…this war...
UP polls violence: Child killed in police shooting
UNB, Thakurgaon : A child was allegedly killed in a police shooting during a clash at Ranisankail upazila in Thakurgaon Wednesday during the union parishad...
SUST student murder: Knife used in killing, victim’s mobile phone recovered
UNB, Dhaka : Police on Wednesday recovered the knife used in the murder of Bulbul Ahmed, a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology...
Strong quake kills 4, injures dozens in northern Philippines
AP, MANILA : A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines in Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring...
For the first time, Bangladesh has more women than men
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh has witnessed a major demographic shift since record-keeping began in the country, with females outnumbering males for the first time in...