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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...
PM seeks private sector patronage for sports
02:45 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the private sector to patronise the sports saying the sector demand their support for its development.
Imran Khan arrested after being found guilty in Toshakhana case
02:26 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was arrested from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore soon after being convicted in the Toshakhana case on Saturday.
West African leaders make plan for military intervention in Niger
01:16 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayWest African defence chiefs have made a plan for potential military intervention to reverse last week’s coup in Niger, including how and when to deploy forces.
PM releases postage stamp on Sheikh Kamal’s birth anniversary
12:44 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday released a special commemorative postage stamp and a first day cover, marking 74th birth anniversary of valiant freedom fighter Shaheed captain Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
PM confers Sheikh Kamal NSC award
12:19 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has distributed Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council (NSC) Award-2023 to 10 sports personalities and two organizations in recognition of their outstanding contribution to sports. She handed over the awards to the recipients at a function in city's Osmani Memorial auditorium on Saturday morning.
Sheikh Hasina to sit with AL grassroot leaders on Sunday
12:01 PM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayAwami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sit with the party’s grassroots leaders at Ganabhaban on Sunday morning.
AL pays respect to Sheikh Kamal on his 74th birth anniversary
10:45 AM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayThe ruling Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies paid floral wreaths as mark of respect at the grave of noted liberation war organizer Sheikh Kamal, also the elder son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on his 74th birth anniversary on Saturday.
3 army soldiers killed in encounter in Jammu & Kashmir
09:25 AM, 05 Aug 2023 SaturdayThree Army soldiers were killed in an encounter with terrorists at Kulgam district in India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the higher reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir following inputs about the presence of terrorists there...