Asian shares advanced Monday across the board as buying set in after the lull of a U.S. national holiday.Analysts said the optimism may be driven by expectations the U.S. may decide to cut Chinese tariffs, a welcome move that would also help tame infla…
A 45-year-old man from Kushtia who set himself on fire in front of the National Press Club on Monday to protest a company’s alleged refusal to pay his dues, succumbed to his injuries early on Tuesday morning.Kazi Anis, a vendor on contract from Kushtia…
The death toll in the massive landslide in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has risen to 47, with the recovery of five more bodies in the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.The landslide, triggered by torrential rains,occurred late on Wed…
Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday.Emergency response teams made 100 rescues overnight of people trapped in cars on floode…
Social distancing went for a toss as thousands of people thronged Kamalapur Railway station on Tuesday to buy train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha amid an uptrend of Covid infections in Bangladesh.People, most of them without masks, were seen waiting in …
As many as 524 people, including 73 children, were killed and 821 others injured in 467 road accidents across the country in June.Of these, 204 people died in bike accidents alone during this period, which is 38.93% of the total fatalities, Road Safety…
Sylhet district recorded the highest rainfall in June in 62 years, said officials of Sylhet Weather Observatory Office.The district recorded 2456.02 mm of rainfall last month, the highest rainfall recorded after 1956, it said.The average rainfall in Ju…
Forty-six new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Tuesday morning as cases are rising in Bangladesh.Among them, 43 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining three patients in other districts, according to the Directorate Ge…
Five people were killed and two others injured when a truck rammed an auto-rickshaw on Mahiganj-Pirgachcha road at Sareyartal in the city on Tuesday, said police.Four of the deceased were identified as Raza Mia, 46, driver of the auto-rickshaw, Jannat …
From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while rainfall hit records in June.Extreme heat is also battering Japan, and volatile weather is causing trouble for other part…
The High Court has rejected the bail application of disgraced Regent Hospital chairman Mohammad Shahed, in a case of fraud and embezzlement.The HC bench of Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice Md Khairul Alam passed the order saying the petition was ‘no…
Dhaka has reported scores of COVID-19 cases traced to the BA.5 Omicron sub-variant, which appears to be more infectious than the past versions of the virus, extending the current Covid surge.International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Banglad…
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