Our view of the universe just expanded: The first image from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled Monday is brimming with galaxies and offers the deepest look of the cosmos ever captured.The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is…
Government offices reopened in Bangladesh on Tuesday after a long Eid-ul-Azha vacation.This year, government officials enjoyed holidays from July 8 to July 11, with July 8 being a Friday.However, the attendance of officials at the Secretariat in Dhaka …
Eid ul Adha is one of the biggest festivals for the Muslim community. In this festival of sacrifice, the Muslims who fulfil certain criteria sacrifice cows, goats, lambs or camels. In this festival, people cook meat of the sacrificed animals at home. I…
Over 65 lakh mobile phone users left Dhaka on July 8 and July 9 to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones at their native places.A total of 65,78,866 subscribers of different mobile phone operators left the capital in the two days before E…
Eight people, including seven children, drowned in Chattogram, Sylhet, Chapainawabganj, Sherpur and Brahmanbaria districts during Eid holidays.In Chattogram, two children drowned in a canal in Kolpolok residential area in Bakolia of the city around 1pm…
The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 561 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 561,576,746 and the death toll from the vir…
An elderly man was stabbed to death allegedly by some local criminals at Jatrabari wholesale fish market in Dhaka on Monday.The deceased was identified as Ashrafur Rahman, a resident of Bagicha in Jatrabari. He was originally from Barishal district.Ash…
Three more deaths from flood were reported in Sunamganj and Moulvibazar districts in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, taking the total fatalities to 116.The latest victims drowned in floodwater, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DG…
A Jubo Dal leader was hacked to death allegedly by some miscreants in Jashore town Tuesday noon, said police.The deceased was Badiuzzaman Dhani, 42, senior vice president of Jashore District Jubo Dal.Some miscreants hacked Dhani indiscriminately at Cho…
Seventy-three dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Tuesday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, authorities said.Among them, 42 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining 31 patients in other distr…
Bangladesh logged nine more Covid-linked deaths with 656 cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning amid a surge in cases again in Bangladesh.The new numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 29,212 while its caseload to 1,991,031, according to the Di…
A 42-year-old man was killed after being hit by a bus in Shyampur area of the city Tuesday noon, said police.The deceased was identified as Md Saiful Islam, a resident of the city’s Mirpur area.A bus of ‘Green Line Paribahan’ knocked down Saiful around…
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