Day: August 22, 2022

For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds — typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world.Now, in a surp...

Vitali died Friday in Los Angeles, his family told The Associated Press Sunday. He passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones including his three children, Masha, Max and Vera.“Leon was a special and lovely man driven by his curiosity, who spread love ...

A landslide collapsed the ceiling of a Shiite shrine in central Iraq over the weekend and killed at least seven people, including a child, officials said Monday as rescuers continued to search for survivors.The landslide struck Qattarat al-Imam Ali shr...

Bangladesh reported another death from Covid-19 and 178 new cases in the 24 hours till Monday morning.With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,316 while the caseload to 2,010,148, according to the Directorate General of Health Se...

The death toll from this season's floods in the country rose to 141 with another death from drowning in Sylhet in 24 hours till Monday morning.The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to August 22, according to the Directorate General of Health Servi...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia underwent some medical tests at Evercare Hospital in the city on Monday, as a follow-up after coronary angioplasty.“Madam (Khaleda) was taken to the hospital for some medical tests as per the advice of the medical board. She...

Police Monday said they arrested four people from Gazipur's Tongi over the murder of a businessman – subjected to a "swift, bloody and merciless" attack in Auchpara of the district.Mastermind of the murder Mobarak Hossain, 22, and his partners in crime...

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain has replaced the injured Shaheen Shah Afridi for the Asia Cup in the UAE.The 22-year-old Hasnain returned to cricket in June after remodelling his bowling action. He was suspended in February after being called by ...