Global #CoronaVirus caseload has topped 235.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.80 million and #vaccinations soared to over 6.31 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University University. | #Corona #Covid_19 #Pandemic #CoronavirusUpdates #CoronavirusUpdates Bengal Newz Breaking ⚡️

Bengal Newz (World) 🌐 Bengal Newz Bengal Newz Business Bengal Newz Photo Bengal Newz (India) 🇮🇳 Bengal Newz Breaking ⚡️ Bengali Foods Bengal Newz (Bangladesh) 🇧🇩 Bengal Newz (West Bengal) #Facebook #whistleblower #FrancesHaugen testified before the US Congress in #WashingtonDC on Tuesday, telling lawmakers the #SocialMedia giant knew its #apps were harming the #MentalHealth of some young users, harm #children, stoke division! | #MentalHealthMatters Bengal Newz Breaking ⚡️

Bengal Newz (Lifestyle) Bengal Newz (World) 🌐 Bengal Newz Business Bengal Newz Photo Bengal Newz (India) 🇮🇳 Bengal Newz Breaking ⚡️ Bengali Foods Bengal Newz (Bangladesh) 🇧🇩 Bengal Newz (West Bengal) "#Facebook has repeatedly misled public about what its own research reveals about the safety of #children... and its role in spreading divisive and extreme messaging." #FacebookWhistleblower #FrancesHaugen says the company is "buying its profits with our safety". | #FacebookGate

Directed by N Rashed Chowdhury, #ChandrabatiKotha is a biographical film based on the first female poet of Bangla, #Chandravati. The #film premiered at the 2019 Kolkata International Film Festival and was selected for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. | Bengal Newz (Bangladesh) 🇧🇩 Bengal Newz

Thousands celebrate the joyous occasion of #PohelaBoisakh (#BengaliNewYear) in #Dhaka on Thursday morning as festivities gallor. 📸 Photo: Jibon Ahmed | #PohelaBoishakh2022 Bengal Newz (Lifestyle) Bengal Newz

#PohelaBoisakh celebrations have returned with traditional fervour in #Bangladesh after 2 years of muted festivities due to the #Covid19 pandemic. Students of #DhakaUniversity welcomed the #BanglaNewYear by bringing out 'Mongol Shobhajatra' procession. | #PohelaBoishakh2022 🦉

#Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has decided to sell advance tickets for special launch services, which will operate alongside regular services during the #Eid-ul-Fitr, from 20 April. #BIWTA public relations officer, Mobarak Hossain Mazumdar told Bengal Newz.

After a two-year hiatus due to the #Covid19 pandemic, devotees on Tuesday offered #Namaz at #Delhi's iconic #JamaMasjid on the occasion of #Eid. #EidUlFitr marks the end of the Islamic holy month of #Ramzan during which #Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. 📸 Photos: Shekhar Yadav

⚡ 19th #AsianGames due to take place in #Hangzhou in 10 to 25 Sept have been postponed until an unspecified date, #Chinese state media reported, citing Olympic Council of Asia. No reason was given for the delay but the announcement comes as #China battles a resurgence of #Covid.

A low pressure area (LPA) that has formed over the South #Andaman Sea and the adjoining southeast #BayOfBengal, over 1000km from #WestBengal is likely to intensify into a #CyclonicStorm by Sunday evening, India Meteorological Department (#IMD) said on Saturday. | ⚡ #CycloneAsani

Heavy rain in #Kolkata as #CycloneAsani gathers intensity on Monday. #Cyclone #Asani that formed over southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a severe #CyclonicStorm that is likely to bring #HeavyRainfall to parts of #AndhraPradesh, #Odisha & #WestBengal in the coming days.

Eight year old #SayantikaDas had planned a 350 Km cycle ride from Malda to #Kolkata to meet #MamataBanerjee. Finally, she met #WestBengal Chief Minister at her #Kalighat residence on Thursday and even gifted her #Malda's famous 'Aamshawtto'!

A motorcyclist will have to pay Tk 100 to cross the #PadmaBridge, while the toll is Tk 2,400 for a large bus with three axles and Tk 2,800 for a medium truck as the #Bangladesh Government has finalised #toll rates for the much-hyped project ready for a June opening. | Bengal Newz

Eminent journalist #AbdulGaffarChowdhury (88) laid to eternal rest at Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Mirpur on Saturday afternoon. Earlier in the day, his body arrived in #Dhaka from #London where he died of a cardiac arrest. On 19 May, he died of a cardiac arrest in London.

#Breaking: Noted Indian singer #KrishnaKumarKunnath (53) or #KK died hours after a concert in #Kolkata. He reportedly fell down the stairs at Grand Hotel where he was staying after the #concert at Nazrul Mancha auditorium. Doctor at CMRI Hospital said the singer was brought dead.

Bengal Newz Bengal Newz Breaking ⚡️ Bengal Newz (West Bengal) Bengal Newz (India) 🇮🇳 Bengal Newz Photo @kollifestyle Bengal Newz (World) 🌐 Anupam Roy Jeet Gannguli Singer #KrishnaKumarKunnath, whose stage name was #KK, was known for songs like 'Pal' and 'Yaaron', which went on to become big hits among teens in the late 1990s, often heard during school and college farewells and teen cultural events. | Bengal Newz (India) 🇮🇳 Bengal Newz

Bengal Newz Bengal Newz Breaking ⚡️ Bengal Newz (West Bengal) Bengal Newz (India) 🇮🇳 Bengal Newz Photo @kollifestyle Bengal Newz (World) 🌐 Anupam Roy Jeet Gannguli #KK's 1999 debut album Pal was critically acclaimed. From the early 2000s, he blazed a career in playback singing and recorded a wide range of popular songs for #Bollywood films. He has recorded songs in Hindi, #Bengali, Assomia, #Tamil, #Telugu, #Malayalam among other languages!

#KK's last performance at Nazrul Mancha in #Kolkata.