Cops recover bodies of mother,daughter

Police recovered two bodies from a house in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj yesterday morning.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Suspect dies by suicide before being arrested

A man died after he allegedly set himself on fire to avoid arrest in a remote village of Sirajganj on Wednesday, police said.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Why silent on Sunamganj mayhem?

A top leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday came down heavily on the leaders of the ruling Awami League for their silence over Sunamganj mayhem.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

India, Pak suffer new Covid surge

India and Pakistan reported a big jump in new coronavirus infections yesterday, driven by a resurgence in cases in their richest states, as experts warned that large parts of Europe are at the start of a third coronavirus wave.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Dhaka talks at a crucial stage

The fateful talks between President Yahya Khan and the Awami League Chief, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, were resumed at the President’s House today.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Where vehicles die

With all four tyres deflated and almost half of each wheel sunk into the ground, one could hardly tell that it is a Toyota Corona Exiv. The car has no windows, not even the front or back windscreens.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Cosmic web’ reveals maze of dwarf galaxies

Peering into the early Universe some 12 billion years ago, scientists in France have for the first time seen the incandescent filaments of hydrogen gas known as the “cosmic web,” they said yesterday.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Australia rumbles ‘nest of spies’ targeting defence tech

Australia’s top spymaster has revealed that his agency disrupted a “nest of spies” sent by an unnamed foreign intelligence service to steal sensitive trade and defence secrets.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

AstraZeneca jab ‘safe and effective’

The EU’s drugs regulator said yesterday the AstraZeneca vaccine is “safe and effective” and not associated with a higher blood clot risk, after more than a dozen countries paused rollouts over health fears.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Alleged Torture: Rab says SC lawyer’s claim fictitious

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday claimed that the allegation of the elite force members torturing Supreme Court lawyer ABM Ibrahim Khalil was false and fabricated.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Operation searchlight inked

On the morning of March, 18, 1971, Major General Khadim Hussain Raja, then general officer commanding of 14 Division in East Pakistan, and Major General Rao Farman Ali,
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Astrazeneca Jabs: WHO endorses continuation of vaccination

The World Health Organization said yesterday its experts were still reviewing safety data on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine following concerns around blood clots but recommended that injection programmes continue.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

World Air Quality Report 2020: Bangladesh most polluted

Air quality of Bangladesh was the worst in the world, while its capital Dhaka was the second most air polluted city in 2020, said a global report.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Armed men attack passenger convoy and village in Niger, killing 58

Armed men in southwestern Niger killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village, the government said.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Hefajat supporters attack Hindu homes

Several hundred supporters of Hefajat-e Islam attacked, vandalised and looted at least 75 Hindu houses in Sunamganj’s Noagaon village yesterday morning over a Facebook post.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

World leaders hail Bangabandhu

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he will work with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to strengthen the complementarities between two development strategies, advance Belt and Road cooperation, and take the strategic partnership of cooperation to a new height.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Politics on reverse gear

President Abdul Hamid has said politics in Bangladesh is now moving in the opposite direction and some opportunists have made politics a profession.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus Pandemic: UN sounds alarm on S Asia child deaths

The coronavirus pandemic may have indirectly contributed to around 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, 11,000 maternal fatalities and 3.5 million unwanted pregnancies in South Asia, the UN said in a report yesterday.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Crackdown in Myanmar: Buddhist group condemns junta

Myanmar’s most powerful Buddhist monks’ association called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority” of torture and killing innocent civilians since last month’s coup, media said yesterday.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Highest new Covid cases in 3 months

The health directorate reported 1,865 fresh cases of novel coronavirus infection in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, the highest in last three months.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM