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180 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
07:57 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdaySome 180 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning...
Anupam Kher slams Anurag Kashyap’s comments about Boycott Bollywood trends
07:47 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayIndian actor Anupam Kher responded to statements made by director Anurag Kashyap about the ongoing boycott campaigns against major Bollywood films...
EC decides to take army assistance in national elections
07:20 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayThe Election Commission (EC) has decided to take the assistance of the army in the next general elections to maintain law and order but it does not want to give any judicial power to the force...
Myanmar should allow int'l organizations to work in Rakhine state: PM
05:56 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Myanmar should allow international organizations to work in the Rakhine state to create an appropriate environment for the dignified return...
Man gets life for raping speech-impaired
05:29 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayA court in Dinajpur district on Thursday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a speech-impaired girl in Chirirbandar upazila...
One Covid death, 258 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:24 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 258 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities increased to 29,320 and infections stood at 20,10,748. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Thursday...
Watson expects rejuvenated Kohli to come out of funk soon
03:44 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayFormer Australia all-rounder Shane Watson believes India's Virat Kohli is too good a player to languish in a funk for long and expects him to return to action at the Asia Cup rejuvenated after a month's rest...
Oil prices rise on potential OPEC+ supply cuts
02:47 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayOil prices rose on Thursday on mounting supply tightness concerns amid disruptions to Russian exports, the potential for major producers to cut output, and the partial shutdown of a U.S. refinery. Brent crude rose 45 cents, or 0.4%, to $101.67 a barrel by 0630 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 32 cents, or 0.3%, at $95.21 a barrel...
Half-day hartal ends peacefully
02:00 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayThe half-day hartal, enforced by the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) protesting the price hike of daily essentials, fuel and fertiliser as well as transport fares, ended on Thursday peacefully...
BD-India JRC ministerial-level meeting begins in New Delhi
01:03 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayThe long-awaited ministerial-level meeting of Bangladesh India Joint River Commission (JRC) began at Sushma Swaraj Bhaban New Delhi on Thursday afternoon. India’s Jal Shakti (Water Resources) Minister Gajendra Singh Shakhawat and State Minister for Water Resources of Bangladesh Zaheed Farooque...
Covid vaccination of children 5-11 begins
12:11 PM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayThe Covid vaccination of children aged between 5 and 11 years began on Thursday across the country...
Provision of permission to arrest civil servants cancelled
11:17 AM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayThe High Court has cancelled a provision of Public Service Act 2018 that prohibited law enforcement from arresting government employees without prior approval in any criminal case. The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akand passed the order on Thursday...
Biden forgives millions of student loans; critics fear inflation
10:31 AM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayPresident Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. government will forgive $10,000 in student loans for millions of debt-saddled former college students, keeping a pledge he made in the 2020 campaign for the White House...
Google change reduces airline emissions calculations
10:05 AM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayThe way Google calculates the climate impact of your flights has changed. Your flights now appear to have much less impact on the environment than they did before...
Left Democratic Alliance’s half-day hartal underway
09:16 AM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayA half-day hartal called by the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) is underway on Thursday. The alliance has called the hartal protesting the price hike of daily essentials, fuel and fertiliser as well as transport fares. The country-wide hartal started at 6am and will continue till 12pm...
Ukraine war: Russia railway station strike kills 22
08:25 AM, 25 Aug 2022 ThursdayA Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian train station has killed 22 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow's invasion began. It says five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt to death in a vehicle. An 11-year-old boy also was killed...
Left parties urge all to observe Thursday's hartal
09:59 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe left political parties have urged the countrymen to take to the streets on Thursday's half-day hartal to make it successful...
EC confidently decides on EVM use in next polls: CEC
08:54 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) has confidently decided to use the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general elections. "We have decided on the EVM use with full confidence," he told reporters at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital of Dhaka's Agargaon area...
Laal Singh Chaddha, Shabaash Mithu accused of 'ridiculing' differently-abled
08:13 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayAamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha and Taapsee Pannu-starrer Shabaash Mithu have been accused of demeaning differently-abled people. A complaint has been filed against the two films in the court of the commissioner for persons with disabilities over 'ridiculing' comments made about the differently-abled...
Bijoynagar TV showroom fire under control
07:32 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe fire that broke out in a TV showroom in Bijoynagar area in the capital of Dhaka has been brought under control...