The death toll from floods in northern China’s Hebei province has risen to 29, state media reported Friday, after record-breaking rains pummelled the region in recent weeks. “As of August 10, 29 people have died due to disasters in Hebei Province, of which six were previously missing. There are still 16 missing,” state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing authorities. Rescue efforts ...

Russia launched its first probe to the Moon in almost 50 years on Friday, a mission designed to give fresh impetus to its space sector, which has been struggling for years and become isolated by the conflict in Ukraine. The launch of the Luna-25 probe is Moscow’s first lunar mission since 1976, when the USSR was a pioneer in the ...

The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80 percent in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new “variant of interest”. The WHO declared in May that Covid is no longer a global health emergency, but has warned that the virus will continue to circulate and mutate, causing occasional spikes ...

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday returned home from Singapore after his routine health check-up at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, reports BSS. He reached Dhaka through a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 6.15pm, a ministry press release said. On August 9, Quader left Dhaka for Singapore for his regular health check-up as he ...

Bayern Munich have reached an agreement to sign England captain Harry Kane from Tottenham, for a Bundesliga record fee of more than 100 million euros ($110 million), reports said on Thursday. But just hours after news of the deal emerged, British media reported it may fall through as Kane is now leaning towards staying at Spurs. Talks between the two ...

US-Bangla Airlines is set to increase the number of its flights to Chinese province of Guanzhou and Thailand’s Bangkok from September 1. US-Bangla Airlines is going to operate five flights a week on the Dhaka-Guangzhou route from 1 September as per the plan, after the post-Covid passenger demand and various restrictions of Covid were lifted, according to a press release. ...

Another female physician died of dengue fever at a hospital in the capital on Friday morning. Sharifa Binte Aziz, 27, of Dohar upazila in Dhaka, breathed her last at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) around 5:00am. Sharifa completed her MBBS degree from Rangpur Medical College and Hospital and was studying FCPS at the DMCH. ...

Bangladeshi UN official Lt Col (Retd) AKM Sufiul Anam, who had been abducted by Yemen’s branch of terrorist group Al-Qaeda, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday and expressed his gratitude to her. Sufiul Anam along with his family members met the Prime Minister at her official residence Ganabhaban, according to a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office, reports ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said their party’s only goal is to save the country from the hands of current fascist regime. “We have been struggling and fighting against the oppression of the fascist, authoritarian and oppressive regime. Our only goal is to free the country from the grasp of these fascists,” he said, reports UNB. ...

Residents of Paikuratia and Shelborosh union parishads suffer as a steel plate of a bailey bridge over Monai river in Dharampasha upazila of Sunamganj collapsed under the heavy weight of brick-laden truck on Thursday. According to locals, the steel plate collapsed in the morning when the truck was going to Gastala bazaar. The truck was carrying excessive load than the ...