- Review hearing to restore caretaker government tomorrow
- Foreigners in Bangladesh increase spending on credit cards
- DMP files 3,251 traffic violation cases in Dhaka
- Two judges murdered outside Iran's Supreme Court: media
- ‘Palestinians, resistance thwarted Israel’s big plots in Gaza’
- EU ready to support Bangladesh during its political transition: Envoy
- British sci-fi classic ‘Doctor Who’ gears up for bold new adventures
- Bangladesh bowl out Nepal for 52 runs
- Night temperature may drop in parts of country
- Ready to govern Gaza: Palestine’s President
- "Current govt at risk by continuing budget of ousted Awami League"
- OpenAI, Retro Biosciences working to extend ‘human lifespan’
- Srijit Mukherji from aspiring sports journalist to filmmaker
- Pakistan launches first home-made observation satellite
- Govt reaffirms zero tolerance on shrine attacks, urges complaints
- BNP demands withdrawal of vat on over 100 products
- Met office assumes dry weather nationwide
- Marma girl's accident injury being propagated as communal murder
- Tarique seeks prayers for mother
- Cold wave set to arrive, says Meteorological Department
Bangladesh logs first hMPV death
The 30-year-old woman, who had been found infected with the Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV), died while undergoing treatment on Wednesday evening. The hMPV victim Sanjida Akter is the first Bangladeshi who infected with the virus and died. She died of hMPV around 7:00 pm at Infectious Diseases...
Two more die of dengue in 24 hrs
Two more dengue patients died and 31 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning in the country. During the period, 16 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 15 patients were admitted to different hospitals outside the capital city, said a statement of the...
Two die of suffocation in India as gas stove on whole night
Two young men suffocated to death in their home in Sector 70 after leaving a gas stove on overnight, police said on Saturday, reports Times of India. The victims, identified as Kapendra (22) and Shivam (23), were residents of Mamura, Sector 70, under the jurisdiction of Phase 3 police station at...
Wildfires near Los Angeles kill 16 as firefighters race against time
Firefighters were racing against time Saturday to get on top of massive wildfires aroundLos Angelesas winds ramped up, pushing the blazes towards previously untouched neighborhoods. At least 16 people were now confirmed dead from fires that have ripped through the city, leaving communities in...
Myanmar military airstrike kills dozens in Rakhine village, UN confirms
An airstrike by Myanmars military government killed dozens in Kyauk Ni Maw village, Rakhine state, this week, according to the United Nations and local reports. The attack on Wednesday destroyed around 500 homes and killed over 40 people, including 26 Muslim villagers whose names were released by...
Gaza death toll 40% higher than recorded: Lancet
Research published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday estimates that the death toll in Gaza during the first nine months of the Israel-Hamas war was around 40 percent higher than recorded by the Palestinian territorys health ministry. The number of dead in Gaza has become a matter of bitter...
Morning coffee may lower risk of early death, study finds
Drinking coffee in the morning may reduce the risk of early death, especially from cardiovascular disease, according to new research. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, found that morning coffee drinkers had a lower mortality risk than those who consumed coffee throughout the...
USA govt moves to block plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind
The Biden administration has urged a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks, and two co-defendants, which would spare them the death penalty, reports CNN. In a brief filed Tuesday, the Justice Department argued that...
Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty, sparing 60 prisoners
Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who once faced the death penalty himself in the 1960s during the war of independence, approved the law this week after a bill...
South Korea plane crash: Only 2 survive among 181
At least 151 people are confirmed dead after the Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people, has crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea. Of those, 71 are identified as male and 71 female. The sex of 9 people who have died is yet to be confirmed. Two flight crew were rescued from the...
Teen actor Hudson Meek, known for Baby Driver, dies after falling from moving vehicle
Hudson Meek, the 16-year-old actor best known for his role in Baby Driver, tragically passed away last week after falling from a moving vehicle in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, as reported by CNN affiliate WVTM. CNN on Thursday (Washington local time) reported that on December 19, Meek suffered blunt...
French officials raise Mayotte death toll to 39 after Storm Chido
French officials have increased the death toll in Mayotte to 39, up from 35, following the destruction caused by a powerful cyclone about 10 days ago. Authorities have said thousands may have died in Storm Chido when it hit the islands, a French overseas region off the coast of East...
Renowned Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal passes away
Shyam Benegal, the celebrated filmmaker who spearheaded Indias parallel cinema movement with his groundbreaking, socially-conscious films in the 1970s and 1980s, passed away at the age of 90. Known for redefining Indian cinema with his realism and poignant storytelling, Benegal leaves behind a...
Death toll in Meghna ship robbery attack rises to 7
The Coast Guard and Naval Police have recovered the bodies of five people from a cargo ship anchored in the Meghna River in Chandpur. The bodies of five people were first recovered from different cabins of the ship anchored in the Majhirchar area of the Meghna River in Haimchar of the...
Tomatoes thrown, protest outside Allu Arjun's home over stampede death
A massive protest took place outside the house of Telugu actor Allu Arjun over the stampede earlier on December that claimed a life. A group of people, claiming to students of the Osmania University, barged into his house, threw tomatoes and broke flower pots. The protesters raised slogans...
Dengue: 3 more die in 24hrs
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 561 this year. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), recent fatalities have been reported in various...
Cyclone death toll in Mozambique rises to 45
The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mozambique has risen by 11 to 45, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Wednesday. Initial figures released on Tuesday said the cyclone had claimed 34 lives after making landfall in Mozambique on Sunday at the northern Cabo Delgado...
Dhaka ranks second in global air pollution index with ‘Very Unhealthy’ air quality
Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 258 on Friday morning, making it the second most polluted city in the world at 10:58 am. The air quality was categorized as very unhealthy, a trend that has persisted over the past few days, according...
Israel strikes Damascus; Turkiye-backed forces seize Manbij
Israeli forces launched large-scale attacks across Syria, targeting three major airports and key military infrastructure, including locations in the capital, Damascus. The strikes mark an escalation in regional hostilities amid ongoing conflicts in the country. In a significant political...
61st death anniversary of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy Thursday
The 61st death anniversary of the champion of democracy and one of the greatest leaders of the undivided India Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy will be observed on Thursday, reports BSS. He was the unparalleled leader of all Indian politics, who had dedicated his entire life to ensure the welfare of...
CA pays tributes to Suhrawardy on his 61st death anniversary
Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday paid rich tributes to the champion of democracy and one of the greatest leaders of undivided India Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy on the occasion of his 61st death anniversary, to be observed tomorrow. On the occasion of the 61st death anniversary of...
Death toll from Cyclone Fengal rises to 20
The death toll from Cyclone Fengals fierce push through Sri Lanka and southern India reached 20 on Monday as downpours and flooding followed the storms wake after its winds calmed. Fengal made landfall in Indias Tamil Nadu state on Saturday, bringing the highest 24-hour rainfall seen in 30 years...
Dengue: 10 die, 990 hospitalized in 24 hrs
Ten dengue patients died while 990 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning. During the period, 81 dengue patients were hospitalized in Barishal division, 103 in Chattogram, 234 in Dhaka division, 183 in Dhaka North city while 143 in Dhaka...
Ex-extremist leader hacked to death in Pabna
Police said that a former leader of an extremist group was hacked and slaughtered by unidentified miscreants in Pabna, reports UNB. The incident took place on Sunday at Santhia upazila of Pabne. The deceased was identified as Bakul Islam, 45, son of Rowshan Ali in Rauti village under...
Students demonstrate in front of DNMCH over alleged medical negligence
Students from more than 35 colleges gathered around Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital (DNMCH) in Old Dhaka, demanding justice for the death of a student from Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College (DMRC) and accountability for those responsible for the assault on them. The protesters...
Bangladesh records highest premature birth among 103 nations
The Business Standards reported the country records 488,600 premature births annually, the highest among 103 countries. Despite countrys growth in neonatal care facilities in last decade, quality concerns persist. Three newborns die every hour in Bangladesh due to prematurity and low birth...
Dengue takes 9 lives in 24 hrs
9 people died in dengue in last 24 hrs. In the same period, 214 people got admitted to hospitals due to this mosquito-menace. This information was shared in a press release on dengue sent by the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services...
JU suspends deputy registrar, 3 others following student’s on-campus death
The deputy registrar of Jahangirnagar University (JU), among four officials, has been suspended following the death of Afsana Karim Rachi, a student from the 53rd batch of the Department of Marketing at the university. The administration also declared today (November 20) as a Day of Mourning in...