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IHG hack: ‘Vindictive’ couple deleted hotel chain data for fun
02:45 PM, 17 Sep 2022 SaturdayHackers have told the BBC they carried out a destructive cyber-attack against Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) "for fun".
No first, second doses of Covid vaccine after Oct 3: Health Minister
02:12 PM, 17 Sep 2022 SaturdayHealth and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has said the first and second doses of Covid-19 vaccine will not be available after October 3 this year. He said at a workshop on Covid-19 vaccine campaign for children aged 5-11 at Hotel Radisson in the capital at 12pm on Saturday...
Vaccination for children in municipalities, unions from Oct 11
01:17 PM, 17 Sep 2022 SaturdayThe government will start the Covid-19 vaccination programme for children aged between 5-11 from October 11 in municipalities and unions across the country. Dr Md Anwar Hossain Hawlader, Secretary of Health Services Division of Health and Family Welfare Ministry, said this at a function at Hotel Radisson...
Ukraine counter-offensive won't change Russia’s plans: Putin
12:04 PM, 17 Sep 2022 SaturdayUS President Joe Biden has warned Russia not to use chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine...
Historic Education Day today
11:32 AM, 17 Sep 2022 SaturdayThe historic Education Day is being observed on Saturday by various student and teacher organisations marking the 60th anniversary of the sacrifice students made on September 17, 1962 while protesting against the SM Sharif-led Education Commission...
Ukraine says hundreds of bodies found in mass burial site
10:26 AM, 17 Sep 2022 SaturdayUkrainian officials said on Friday they had found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs, buried in territory recaptured from Russian forces, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called proof of war crimes by the invaders...
Kyrgyzstan reports heavy fighting with Tajikistan, 24 killed
10:03 AM, 17 Sep 2022 SaturdayKyrgyzstan reported "intense battles" with Central Asian neighbour Tajikistan on Friday and said 24 people had been killed in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet Union...
1 killed as 5 Myanmar mortar shells explode in Bandarban
09:05 AM, 17 Sep 2022 SaturdayA Rohingya youth was killed and at least eight others were injured in mortar shells blast fired from Myanmar in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Friday night. The incident took place at No Man’s Land in Ghonarpara on the Tumbru border of Ghumdhum union in the upazila around 8:30pm...
Bangladesh reports two Covid-19 deaths, 363 positive cases
06:11 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayBangladesh on Friday reported two Covid-19 deaths while it recorded 363 coronavirus positive cases during the same period...
Dulquer Salmaan says ‘cancel culture does not exist in south’
05:56 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayAfter the humungous success of Sita Ramam, Dulquer Salmaan is all set for his next release Chup. Directed by R Balki, this is Dulquer’s third Hindi movie after Karwaan and The Zoya Factor...
British pound hits a 37-year low as UK economy skids
05:45 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayThe British pound slumped to a 37-year low on Friday after new data showed that shoppers are pulling back spending as inflation squeezes household budgets, underscoring fears that the economy may already be shrinking...
Two dengue patients die; 164 hospitalized in 24 hrs
05:27 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayTwo dengue patients died and 164 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Friday morning...
Swechchhasebok League leader hacked dead in Chuadanga
04:40 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayA local leader of Swechchhasebok League was hacked to death in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district on Friday morning...
Bangladesh storm into final as Sabina slams hat-trick
03:59 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridaySkipper Sabina Khatun continued her prolific form scoring the second hat-trick in the ongoing tournament as Bangladesh stormed into the final of the 6th edition of SAFF Women's Championship crushing Bhutan by 8-0 goals in the first semi final held at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu of Nepal on Friday...
BNP to hold rallies on Sunday protesting attacks
03:10 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayBNP has announced to hold rallies across the country on Sunday protesting the attacks on the party's programs in capital Dhaka's Mirpur and different parts of the country. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the protest programs in a press conference at the party chairperson's Gulshan office in the capital on Friday...
Indonesia investigating Google over app store payment system
02:30 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayIndonesia has launched an anti-trust investigation into Google over the etch firm's insistence that its payment system be used for purchases from its app store, authorities said Thursday, accusing it of unfair business practices...
Sri Lanka's crisis pushes war-shattered Tamils to the brink
12:26 PM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayUnder a blazing sun, a 44-year-old Tamil labourer tended his rented patch of peanut field in Sri Lanka, striking his spade against the earth in a daily struggle to beat inflation that has put many necessities out of reach...
WHO 'strongly advises against' use of two COVID treatments
11:57 AM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayTwo COVID-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the basis that Omicron and the variant's latest offshoots have likely rendered them obsolete. The two therapies - which are designed to work by binding to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2...
Craig Ervine returns for T20 World Cup
11:26 AM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayZimbabwe, on Thursday (15th September, 2022) announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia...
PM arrives in London
11:16 AM, 16 Sep 2022 FridayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in the British capital on Thursday afternoon. The premier is now on an official tour to the United Kingdom and the United States to join the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...