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Snap to cut 20% of staff, cancel projects in cost-cutting effort
02:22 PM, 01 Sep 2022 ThursdaySnap Inc said on Wednesday it will lay off 20% of all staff and shut down projects, including mobile games and novelties like a flying drone camera, as high inflation and a deteriorating economy ravage the advertising industry...
Bollywood broken? Movie moguls’ spell over India fades
01:48 PM, 01 Sep 2022 ThursdayThat's the verdict of one of its biggest and brightest stars after the latest flop in a Hindi-language movie industry that's long mesmerised Indians, and the world, with its dazzling all-singing, all-dancing brand of big-screen escapism...
27 killed in rain spells across Pakistan in 24 hours
12:55 PM, 01 Sep 2022 ThursdayAt least 27 people were killed and 87 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related accidents in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said...
1 killed in police-BNP clash in Narayanganj
12:11 PM, 01 Sep 2022 ThursdayOne man was killed and more than 100 others were injured in a clash between police and BNP leaders and activists in Narayanganj on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shaon, 20, a Juba Dal activist, son of Shahed Ali. Nazmul Hossain, a doctor of Narayanganj Sadar Hospital, said Shaon’s body was kept at the hospital...
Nationwide OMS, Food Friendly Programme begin
11:43 AM, 01 Sep 2022 Thursday'Food Friendly Programme (FFP)' and sale of rice at Taka 30 per kg under the open market sale (OMS) for low-income people began across the country on Thursday...
SC stays HC verdict over arresting civil servants
11:27 AM, 01 Sep 2022 ThursdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed the High Court verdict that scrapped a provision of the ‘Sarkari Chakori Ain, 2018’ making it mandatory for law enforcers to take prior permission from higher authorities to arrest civil servants in criminal cases...
Fire at DNCC office under control
09:23 AM, 01 Sep 2022 ThursdayA fire that broke out on the eighth floor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) office building in Gulshan-2 was brought under control on Thursday...63561
EU foreign ministers agree to suspend visa travel deal with Russia
09:07 AM, 01 Sep 2022 ThursdayThe EU has agreed to suspend a visa travel deal with Moscow to curb the number of Russian nationals entering the bloc for holidays and shopping, stopping short of a full tourist visa ban demanded by some central and eastern European countries...
China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang: UN
08:36 AM, 01 Sep 2022 ThursdayChina's "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the country's Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing U.N. human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday...
Jhumon Das sent to jail
10:03 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayJhumon Das arrested again for 'provocative social media post referring to religion' has been sent to jail...
Khaleda Zia returns home from hospital
09:18 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home from a hospital in the capital of Dhaka on Wednesday night after health check-ups...
Too much belly fat raises heart attack risk, says study
08:57 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayEven an inch gained on the waistline increases the risk of heart failure by 11 per cent, according to a study of 430,000 people by Oxford University...
India CEO criticised for promoting 18-hour workday
08:36 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayAn Indian CEO is being criticised after he suggested that new recruits at any job work 18 hours a day for the first four to five years of their career...
Govt to procure 5 lakh MTs wheat, 3.30 lakh MTs rice
08:15 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some 5 lakh metric tons of wheat, about 3.30 lakh metric tons of rice, and around 1.60 lakh metric tons of fertilizer to meet the growing demand of the country...
Afghanistan reap benefits of tweaked batting template
07:19 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayAfghanistan are reaping the benefits of changing their batting template in the shortest format as they now feel the necessity to have an 'anchor' at the top three in T20s...
Govt reduces bus fare by 5 paisa per kilometer
06:34 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe government has decreased the bus fare by 5 paisa per kilometer following the reduction in the prices of fuel oil. The Bangladesh Toad Transport Authority (BRTA) took the decision in a meeting with the stakeholders at its Banani office in the capital of Dhaka on Wednesday...
Nationalization of independent Ebtedayee madrasas sought
06:08 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayTeachers of independent ebtedayee madrasas have placed a seven-point demand including nationalization of the institutions and resuming stipends for the students...
251 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:31 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdaySome 251 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Discard personal interest, greed to be perfect leaders: PM asks BCL men
05:08 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men to build themselves as perfect leaders by moving forward with sacrificing minds leaving personal interest and greed...
One Covid death, 214 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:45 PM, 31 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 214 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities increased t0 29,324, and infections stood at 20,11,946. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Wednesday...