Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics
Reuters, Stockholm :Britain’s Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and American Andrea Ghez won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries about one...
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Former MP Awal, wife get anticipatory bail in graft cases
UNB, Dhaka :The High Court (HC) on Monday granted a four-week bail to former Awami League MP AKM Awal and his wife Lyla Parveen in...
Azeris and Armenians say civilian areas attacked, NATO seeks ceasefire
Reuters, Yerevan :Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on the ninth day of the deadliest fighting in the South...
SC upholds stay order on trial proceedings of 5 cases against Dr Yunus
Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld five High Court orders which stayed the trial proceedings of five cases filed...
Ex-PM Sharif, daughter face sedition charges for criticising Pakistani military
Reuters, Lahore :Pakistani police filed sedition charges on Monday against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and dozens of his party leaders...
3 more testify in DU student rape case
Court Correspondent :Three more prosecution witnesses, including a police sub-inspector, yesterday testified in a tribunal in the case filed over the rape of a Dhaka...
Globe Biotech wants to make Covid vaccine available by Jan
UNB, Dhaka :Claiming that they have got very promising results from pre-clinical trials on rabbits and mice of the coronavirus vaccine styled ‘BNCOVID’ developed by...
Left alliance’s march for jute mill workers obstructed
UNB, Dhaka :Democratic Left Alliance (DLA) activists and police had a scuffle on Monday at Shahbagh during a procession demanding arrears and announcement of a...
Tuberculosis remains a major public health threat: icddr,b
UNB, Dhaka :Tuberculosis, a highly infectious disease, remains a major public health threat in the country with 99,000 cases reported in the first six months...
Prompt action against any kind of child oppression, warns PM
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government is careful so that prompt action can be taken against any kind of child...
93pc Covid wastes lack proper management
Staff Reporter :About 93.4% of Covid-19 related waste generated by households and healthcare facilities in the country remain unmanaged, posing a severe threat to the...
Covid-19 disrupts mental health services in most countries: WHO survey
UNB, Dhaka :The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93 percent of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health...