40 journalists, media workers die of COVID-19, symptoms
Staff Reporter :At least 40 journalists and media workers died of COVID-19 and with its symptoms across Bangladesh since April.Sirajganj staff correspondent of private television...
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UN recognizes enormous investment in Bhashan Char
UNB :UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo on Saturday said the UN and its all the agencies recognise the enormous investment that the government...
Govt won’t spare people waging campaign against sculpture
BSS :Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said the government “will not spare” those who were waging a campaign against sculptures and added that...
Human chain in city supporting construction of Bangabandhu’s sculpture
Staff Reporter :Several hundred pro-sculpture demonstrators took to the street in the capital city in favour of setting up the sculpture of Father of the...
Thousands pay tribute to Thai royals amid calls for reform
Reuters, Bangkok :Thousands of people gathered in Bangkok on Saturday to show their devotion to the Thai monarchy on the birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s...
India summons Canadian envoy
Al Jazeera News :India has summoned the Canadian High Commissioner to formally register a complaint against comments by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the ongoing...
There has been movement on resolving Gulf crisis
Al Jazeera News :Qatar’s foreign minister has said there has been movement on resolving the diplomatic dispute that has pitted the Gulf neighbours against each...
China is greatest threat to freedom: US intelligence chief
BBC Online :The top US intelligence official says China is the “greatest threat to democracy and freedom” since World War Two.Writing in the Wall St...
UN removes cannabis from list of most dangerous substances
AP, Berlin :The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs,...
City’s supermarkets take ‘No Mask, No Service’ policy
BSS, Dhaka :Bangladesh Supermarket Owners Association (BSOA) has taken a decision to enforce ‘No Mask, No Service’ policy as part of the preparations to face...
China to have 600m doses this year’
South China Morning Post :China will have 600 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines ready for market this year and will make “a major announcement” soon,...
Bangladeshi worker crushed to death
Bernama :A Bangladeshi contract worker was killed and his Indonesian colleague was injured after a concrete pillar collapsed on them at a construction site for...