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21 dead as Venice bus plunges from bridge
09:08 AM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayAt least 21 people including two children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near the Italian city of Venice and caught fire, officials say. The bus broke through a barrier and plunged near railway tracks in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge.
McCarthy ousted as US House Speaker in historic vote
08:27 AM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayA handful of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it narrowly averted a government shutdown.
PM leaves London for home
08:17 AM, 04 Oct 2023 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left London for home after wrapping up her 16-day official visit to the USA and the UK. A commercial flight (BG-208) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members departed from the London Heathrow Airport around 09:10 pm on Tuesday (London time).
PM urges expats to brighten Bangladesh's image
09:26 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday reiterated her call to the Bangladeshi expatriates to put in their all-out efforts to brighten the country's image and dignity before the world community. "I would like to call upon all of you to brighten the image of the country," she said...
A senior citizen being pushed to death on excuses of law: Fakhrul
08:46 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is being pushed toward death on excuses of law, the party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Tuesday. He said, "The fundamental and constitutional rights of a senior citizen are being denied...
BB lowers age limit to 14yrs for MFS account opening
07:55 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has lowered the age limit to 14 years from 18 for applicants to open mobile financial services (MFS) accounts, such as bKash and Nagad...
13 dengue patients die; 2799 hospitalized in 24 hrs
07:09 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayThirteen dengue patients died and 2,799 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours. With the latest death, a total of 1,030 people died of dengue to date this year, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said on Tuesday. Currently, 9,198 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
Tipu-Prity murder: AL leader Ashraf sent to jail
06:22 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayAshraf Talukder, expelled organizing secretary of Dhaka South City unit of Awami League, has been sent to jail in the case over the murder of AL leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity...
B'baria-2, Lakshmipur-3 by-polls Nov 5
05:29 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) will hold by-elections to Brahmanbaria-2, and Lakshmipur-3 constituencies on November 2...
Trio win Nobel Prize in Physics for use of light to study electrons
04:52 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayScientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for using pulses of light to study the behaviour of electrons, in work which could advance medical diagnostics and electronics, the award-giving body said...
President asks businessmen to forge resistance against corruption, misdeeds
04:27 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday urged business leaders and entrepreneurs to build strong resistance against corruption and misdeeds as he addressed the industrial award-giving ceremony...
What the stats say about all 10 teams at World Cup
03:46 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayEngland are one of 10 teams competing and will hope to defend their title after the famous victory on home soil in 2019...
Five big names missing out on the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup
02:38 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayFor professional athletes, representing their country in a global sporting event is usually their driving ambition and winning it is the crowning glory of their careers.
PM leaves London for home today
01:35 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave London for home on Tuesday after wrapping up her 16-day official visit to the USA and UK.
India tells Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff
01:19 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayIndia has told Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomats from the country, in an escalation of the crisis that erupted when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said New Delhi may have been linked to the murder of a Canadian Sikh.
Boney denies Janhvi was born before he married Sridevi
12:43 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayBoney Kapoor has said that he married Sridevi in Shirdi in 1996, and announced his second marriage only months later in January when Sridevi's pregnancy was clearly visible.
BNP to brief media on Khaleda’s condition today
12:26 PM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will brief the media on Khaleda Zia’s health condition on Tuesday afternoon. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will hold a press conference at the party chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in Dhaka at 3pm.
24 patients die in India’s Maharashtra hospital in a day
11:49 AM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayTwelve newborns and as many adults died at a state-run hospital at Nanded in Maharashtra of India in 24 hours, the hospital dean said, blaming a shortage of medicines and hospital staff. Of 24 deaths, 12 adults were suffering from "various ailments, mostly snake bites", the dean of Nanded's Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital said.
Microsoft CEO says tech giants battling for content to build AI
09:50 AM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayMicrosoft chief executive Satya Nadella said Monday tech giants were competing for vast troves of content needed to train artificial intelligence, and complained Google was locking up content with expensive and exclusive deals with publishers.
Republican US Rep Gaetz moves to oust McCarthy as speaker
09:25 AM, 03 Oct 2023 TuesdayFar-right Republican Representative Matt Gaetz on Monday moved to oust fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, injecting an additional element of chaos into an already tumultuous Congress.