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BCSIR develops kit for Covid test
12:34 PM, 07 Aug 2022 SundayBangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) has developed a RT-PCR kit for detecting the Coronavirus. This is the first time that a domestic organization has developed the kit to detect the virus. The information was confirmed at a press conference at the BCSIR’s auditorium in the capital’s Science Lab on Sunday...
Constable killed after bus hits police van in Gazipur
11:37 AM, 07 Aug 2022 SundayA constable was killed and two others were injured after a bus hit a police van on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Boardghar area in Kaliakair of Gazipur on Sunday morning...
Bangladesh-China sign 4 MoUs
11:06 AM, 07 Aug 2022 SundayBangladesh and China have signed four MoUs (memorandum of understanding) with the aim to boost bilateral cooperation. The MoUs were signed after a meeting between Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on Sunday. The meeting started around 7:45am...
Croatia bus crash: 12 Polish pilgrims killed and 32 injured
10:34 AM, 07 Aug 2022 SundayTwelve people have been killed after a bus carrying Polish pilgrims veered off a road in Croatia on Saturday and ended up in a ditch...
Taiwan: US hits out at ‘irresponsible’ China amid attack rehearsal claims
09:11 AM, 07 Aug 2022 SundayThe United States has accused Beijing of "provocative" and "irresponsible" actions after Taiwan said China rehearsed an attack on the island...
6 Palestinian children among 24 killed as Israel attacks Gaza
08:29 AM, 07 Aug 2022 SundayIsraeli jets pounded the Gaza Strip for a second day on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including six Palestinian children. Hamas, the group that governs the Palestinian enclave, said the children were among the dead from a blast close to the Jabalya refugee camp and blamed Israel...
Bus fares rise by 35 paisa per km in cities
10:07 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayThe government has increased the fares of intra-city, and long-haul buses by 35, and 40 paisa respectively, a day after it had raised the prices of fuel oil. As a result, the prices of buses, and mini buses in cities rose to Tk 2.50 and Tk 2.40 per kilometer respectively while the prices of buses on long-route increased to Tk 2.20...
Blast in Kabul, many feared injured
09:32 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayA bomb exploded in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday and at least 22 people were injured, hospital officials and witnesses said...
Naim, Ebadot added to Bangladesh ODI squad
08:24 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) added opening batter Naim Sheikh and fast bowler Ebadot Hossain to the Bangladesh squad for the ongoing ODI series against Zimbabwe...
Israeli jets pound Gaza in second day of attacks
07:51 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayIsraeli jets have pounded the besieged Gaza Strip for a second day following a wave of air strikes on the coastal enclave that killed at least 12 people, including a five-year-old girl and a commander of a Palestinian armed group...
Policeman dies falling off motorcycle
07:38 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayA police member has died after falling from a motorcycle in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur district...
Bangladesh reports two Covid-19 deaths, 220 positive cases
07:17 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayBangladesh on Saturday reported two Covid-19 deaths while it recorded 220 coronavirus-positive cases during the period. "Among the Covid-19 fatalities, one death was recorded in Rajshahi division while one death was recorded in Khulna division," a daily statement of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said...
Chinese FM Wang Yi arrives in Dhaka
06:40 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in the capital of Dhaka on Saturday afternoon to discuss bilateral, regional, and global issues with Bangladesh's leadership. Agriculture Minister and Awami League Presidium Member Muhammad Abdur Razzaque received the Chinese foreign minister...
Jatri Kalyan Samity demands withdrawal of increased fuel prices
06:32 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayJatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers' welfare platform, has demanded the government withdraw the decision to increase the prices of fuel oil...
Taiwan says Chinese planes, ships carry out attack simulation exercise
05:20 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayTaiwan officials said Chinese aircraft and warships rehearsed an attack on the island on Saturday, part of Beijing's retaliation for a visit there by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that has also seen it halt talks with the United States on issues including defence and climate change...
77 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:23 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdaySome 77 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning. With this, a total of 380 patients diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment at different government and private hospitals...
Head of Amnesty Ukraine quits over rights report
04:13 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayThe head of Amnesty International's Ukraine office has resigned, accusing the rights organisation of parroting Kremlin propaganda in a controversial report that criticised the war-torn country's military response to Russia's invasion...
Raza, Kaia lead Zimbabwe to stunning win against Bangladesh
03:36 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdaySikandar Raza and Innocent Kaia hit sublime centuries as Zimbabwe chased down a 304-run target with incredible ease to stun Bangladesh by five wickets in the first of three-match ODI series on Saturday at Harare Sports Club...
Flash floods kill 549 in Pakistan in heaviest rains in decades
02:45 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayFlash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency said...
Mild heat wave may abate in four districts
01:44 PM, 06 Aug 2022 SaturdayThe ongoing mild heat wave may abate at four districts of the country, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin on Saturday...