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Niger junta shuts airspace citing military intervention threat
11:16 AM, 07 Aug 2023 MondayNiger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in Niger's skies.
AL is only accountable to people: PM
02:50 PM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayPrime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said people’s power is the strength of her party while it was accountable to the people alone. "People's power is the strength of Awami League. Awami League has no master other than the people. We are only accountable to the people,” she told.
HC orders probe into allegations against S Alam Group
02:32 PM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayThe High Court (HC) on Sunday asked the authorities concerned of the government to hold a probe into allegations of money laundering against S Alam Group. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) and Bangladesh Bank have been directed to conduct an investigation and submit a report...
Legal notice seeks ban on rallies on working days in Dhaka
01:38 PM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayA legal notice has been served seeking a ban on rallies and gatherings on working days in the capital Dhaka. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Nure Alam Uzzal sent the notice to Home Ministry Secretary, Inspector General of Police (IGP), BNP, Awami League and five others.
Attack on Bernicat’s convoy: Further probe report on Sept 4
12:27 PM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayA Dhaka court has set September 4 for submitting report on further probe in a case lodged over alleged attack on the convoy of then US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat in August 2018.
6 killed in ‘tragic’ house fire in Australia’s Queensland
11:42 AM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayFive boys and their father were killed after fire ripped through a house in Australia's Queensland state early on Sunday, police said.
82nd death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore today
11:28 AM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayThe 82nd death anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, is being observed on Sunday,
US Global Anti-Corruption Coordinator to reach Dhaka tonight
11:12 AM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayThe US Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption Richard Nephew will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday night. During his visit, he is expected to hold meetings with Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman and Foreign Secretary.
6 killed in daylong mortar & gun attacks in India’s Manipur
09:34 AM, 06 Aug 2023 SundaySix people were killed and 16 wounded by gun and mortar fire on Saturday in one of the worst attacks and counterattacks between two groups in the growing ethnic strife in the Indian state of Manipur.
21 injured in magnitude 5.5 earthquake in eastern China
09:13 AM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayTwenty-one people were injured and 126 buildings collapsed after an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the eastern Chinese province of Shandong on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
8 die as picnic trawler capsizes in Munshiganj
08:53 AM, 06 Aug 2023 SundayAt least eight people died and six others remained missing as a picnic trawler carrying 46 people capsized in a tributary of the Padma river after a collision with a bulkhead in Munshiganj on Saturday night. The incident took place around 8:30pm when a sand-laden bulkhead hit the engine-run trawler at Rashkathi village.
'Fatafati' Review: Abir-Ritabhari's film is a refreshing take on body positivity
09:54 PM, 05 Aug 2023 Saturday‘Will it even fit you?’, ‘Oh, you won’t get it this size’, ‘Sit on this side of the auto to balance it out’, ‘Another serving?’ – Sentences like these might sound just normal but not to the person it is targeted towards...
Man City sign Croatia defender Gvardiol for £77m
09:24 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayManchester City have completed the signing of Croatia centre-back Josko Gvardiol on a five-year deal from RB Leipzig for 90m euros (£77m)...
10 dengue patients die; 2495 hospitalized in 24 hrs
08:43 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayTen dengue patients died and 2,495 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours (from Friday 8 am to Saturday 8 am). With the latest death, a total of 303 people died of dengue to date this year, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said. Currently, 9,334 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
425 migrants including 252 Bangladeshis held in Malaysia
07:42 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayThe Immigration Department of Malaysia has detained 425 migrants, including 252 Bangladeshi nationals, as they have no legal documents. The migrants were detained in operations carried out by 80 immigration officials in three separate flats at Taman Connaught in Cheras of Kuala Lumpur early Saturday...
Road accidents claim 576 lives in July
06:29 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayAs many as 576 people lost their lives and 1,055 others received injuries in 505 road accidents across the country in July, according to Jatri Kalyan Samity...
Bangladesh notifies 4 transit routes for India
05:40 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayThe Bangladesh government has declared four transhipment routes for Indian traders in Tripura and other northeastern states, officials said. The four protocol routes are Chittagong Port-Akhaura-Agartala, Mongla Port-Akhaura-Agartala, Chittagong-Bibirbazar-Srimantapur and Mongla Port- Bibirbazar-Srimantapur, they said...
Judge allows key US antitrust Google search claims to go to trial
04:46 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayA US judge hearing the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the internet search market let stand key claims made by the federal government...
Man 'commits suicide' after 'killing wife'
04:05 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayA man has reportedly committed suicide after allegedly killing his wife in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur...
Russia says JPMorgan stops processing its grain payments
03:38 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayUS bank JPMorgan this week stopped processing payments for the Russian Agricultural Bank, Russia said on Friday, as it demanded action, not promises, from Washington to help Russian grain and fertilizer reach global markets...