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Robbery, gang-rape on moving bus: 6 accused remanded
07:17 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayA court in Tangail on Tuesday afternoon placed six accused in the case filed over the robbery and gang-rape on a moving bus in the district on three-day remand...
BNP’s threat to resist polls will not bring any result: Quader
06:09 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said it is a matter of any political party's own decision whether it will join polls but the threat to halt elections will not bring any result...
53 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:31 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdaySome 53 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
One Covid death, 239 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:46 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 239 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities rose to 29,308 and infections stood at 20,07,870. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...
Israeli forces kill al-Aqsa Brigades commander
04:26 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayThree Palestinians, including a senior armed resistance commander, have been killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said...
Helicopter crash: RAB air wing director Ismail dies
03:35 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayRapid Action Battalion's (RAB) air wing director Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Ismail Hossain, who received serious injuries in a helicopter crash on July 27, has passed away. He breathed his last at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore at 1:30 pm on Tuesday (local time). He was 45 years...
US doctor issues warning of many undiagnosed polio cases
02:51 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayA health official in New York State has told the BBC there could be hundreds or even thousands of undiagnosed cases of polio there...
First batch of Bangladeshi workers reached Malaysia
02:26 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayMalaysia received the first batch of Bangladeshi workers on Tuesday following a deal signed last December, says Malaysian human resources minister M Saravanan. The arrival of the workers followed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers...
Google outage reported by tens of thousands of users
01:46 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayTens of thousands of users reported being unable to access various Google services on Monday night, according to outage monitor Downdetector...
Record rainfall kills 8 in Seoul
01:03 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayAt least eight people were killed in Seoul on Monday after record downpours flooded homes, roads and subway stations in the South Korean capital, cutting power and forcing hundreds to evacuate, according to authorities...
Tajia procession brought out amid tight security
12:33 PM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayMembers of Shia community on Tuesday brought out a Tajia procession from Hussaini Dalan in the old part of Dhaka on the occasion of holy Ashura amid tight security measures taken by the law enforcement agencies. The traditional procession started at 10am...
Bus driver killed after hitting truck in Chattogram
11:24 AM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayA driver was killed after his bus hit a truck at Mirsharai petrol pump area in Chattogram early Tuesday. Three passengers of the bus were also injured...
Russia suspends US inspections of its nuclear weapons arsenal
10:21 AM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayRussia has suspended an arrangement that allowed US and Russian inspectors to visit each other’s nuclear weapons sites under the 2010 New Start treaty, in a new blow to arms control...
Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John dies
09:39 AM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayOlivia Newton-John, the Australian singer whose breathy voice and wholesome beauty made her one of the biggest pop stars of the '70s and charmed generations of viewers in the blockbuster movie "Grease," died on Monday...
Holy Ashura observed
08:52 AM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), was observed across the country on Tuesday with due religious solemnity...
FBI executes search warrant on Trump’s Florida home
08:34 AM, 09 Aug 2022 TuesdayEx-US President Donald Trump has said his Florida home was "raided" by the FBI, and that agents broke open a safe. Mr Trump said in a statement that Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach was "occupied by a large group of FBI agents". The search was reportedly connected to an investigation into Mr Trump's handling of official papers...
Destructive programmes to be dealt with on streets: Quader
05:37 PM, 08 Aug 2022 MondayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday warned any destructive programme, announced by the opposition parties including BNP, will be dealt with an iron hand on the streets...
World Bank launches youth competition on climate-smart growth
03:56 PM, 08 Aug 2022 MondayThe World Bank has launched a youth competition, inviting solutions for climate-smart growth as Bangladesh and the World Bank commemorate 50 years of partnership...
Attack on Ukraine nuclear plant prompts UN call for access
03:28 PM, 08 Aug 2022 MondayU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over shelling of Europe's largest atomic complex at the weekend...
PM sketches Bangamata’s key-shadow role in independence struggle
03:07 PM, 08 Aug 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday revisited the history of country's protracted independence struggle extracting Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib's key-shadow role particularly in major turning points...