A sub-inspector (SI) was killed when a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw he was in on Bogura-Naogaon regional highway in Sadar upazila of Bogura, said police on Monday.The deceased was identified as Bikash Chandra Sarker, 38, of Naogaon. He was posted …
The overall number of Covid cases is approaching 606 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 605,860,228 and the death toll reached 6,488,073 on Monday morning.The…
Over 33 million people and 72 districts have been affected by the ongoing calamity of floods in Pakistan caused by this season’s monsoon rains started in mid-June, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.According to a report r…
A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Monday, causing residents to panic, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.The quake caused panic in Siberut, a coastal town on Mentawai island, where peop…
One more person died from dengue in the 24 hours until Monday morning raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 20, health authorities said on Monday.During this period 201 people were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases …
Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and 243 new cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.While the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged 29,323, the new numbers took its caseload to 2,011,560, according to the Directorate General of Health Servic…
Two friends were killed as their motorcycle lost control and fell into a roadside ditch in Durgapur union of Gopalganj sadar upazila on Monday.The deceased were identified as Tarikul Sheikh, 30, son of Bablu Sheikh of Bedgram in Gopalganj municipality,…
In Hollywood, the world’s pre-eminent industry for commercial cinema, everything must meet a high bar in terms of quality and technical proficiency.The same exacting standards and production values informing a film must also usually reflect in its trai…
Khittindra Chandra Boissya, a national swimming records-holder, has taken up the challenge to swim from Sylhet to Bhairab in Kishoreganj. Never mind he is 70 years old.Boissya fought for Bangladesh’s independence back in 1971 when he just 19. Half a ce…
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