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Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv, struck by waves of drones
02:37 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayWaves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying to shelters...
Work together to save Bangladesh from possible famine, food crisis: PM
01:17 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her call to work together in growing more food bringing every inch of lands under cultivation to protect Bangladesh from the possible global famine...
Neymar gives PSG victory against Marseille
12:33 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayNeymar scored the only goal of the game as Paris Saint-Germain maintained their unbeaten record this season and moved three points clear at the top of Ligue 1 by beating bitter rivals Marseille 1-0 on Sunday...
Vaccines to treat cancer possible by 2030, say BioNTech founders
12:13 PM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayVaccines that target cancer could be available before the end of the decade, according to the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful Covid vaccines of the pandemic...
Brunie Sultan leaves Dhaka
11:24 AM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayBrunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah left Dhaka on Monday morning wrapping up his maiden three-day official visit to Bangladesh...
Biswajit murder: Life-term convict arrested in Dhaka
11:17 AM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayRapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 has arrested a fugitive convict who was sentenced to life-term imprisonment for killing Biswajit Das during a blockade enforced by BNP-led alliance 10 years ago. Mosharraf Hosen alias Abdullah, 34, was arrested from Dhaka’s Gulshan area on Sunday night...
Oil bounces higher as US dollar’s strength eases
10:07 AM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayOil prices rose in thin trade in early Asian hours on Monday as the U.S. dollar's strength eased while investors awaited data from China to gauge demand at the world's top crude oil importer...
Intense fighting flares in Ukraine’s Donetsk region
09:12 AM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayIntense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces was taking place around two towns in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Bakhmut and Soledar, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday. Fighting has been particularly intense this weekend in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions...
Xi’s new generals face tough military challenges post-congress
08:56 AM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayIn his first two terms as commander of the world's largest military, Chinese President Xi Jinping has unleashed sweeping changes to its structure, posture and potency. Over those 10 years, China has rapidly expanded and advanced its naval and rocket forces, purged thousands of officers over corruption...
Bangladesh, Brunei ink an agreement, 3 MoUs
08:26 AM, 17 Oct 2022 MondayBangladesh and Brunei Darussalam have signed four instruments on cooperation in the areas of energy, aviation, manpower recruitment and recognition of certificates for two countries' seafarers to take their bilateral relations to a new height...
FBCCI urges Brunei to consider BD as next investment destination
05:39 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayFederation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Md. Jashim Uddin on Sunday urged the visiting delegation from Brunei to consider Bangladesh as their next trade and investment destination...
5 dengue patients die, 855 hospitalized in 24 hrs
05:06 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayFive dengue patients died while 855 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today). "As many as 523 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 332 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours," a press release of the DGHS said...
Covid in Bangladesh: 6 dead, 351 infected in 24 hours
04:32 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,401 in Bangladesh as six more person died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 351 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 2,032,443. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Sunday...
Musk says SpaceX will keep funding Starlink for Ukraine
04:12 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayElon Musk said on Saturday his rocket company SpaceX would continue to fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, citing the need for "good deeds," a day after he said it could no longer afford to do so...
2 PGCB officials to be suspended over grid failure: Nasrul
02:33 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayTwo officials of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) will be suspended temporarily over recent national grid failure. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told reporters at the Secretariat on Sunday. But he didn’t disclose the names and designations of the officials...
Namibia beat Sri Lanka in opening match of T20 WC 2022
02:02 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayNamibia beat Sri Lanka by 55 runs in the opening game in 2022 Men's T20 World Cup in Australia on Sunday. Sri Lanka was bowled out for just 108 in 19 overs. Sri Lanka's chase of 164 never took off as Namibia kept chipping away at their lineup. Ben Shikongo rattled the Sri Lankan top order when he took two wickets...
Ebola in Uganda: 3-week lockdown announced for 2 districts
01:18 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayA three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak...
Benzema expected to win Ballon d’Or after exploits with Real Madrid
12:54 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayKarim Benzema is the overwhelming favourite to win the men's Ballon d'Or at a ceremony in Paris on Monday and thereby become the first Frenchman to claim the most prestigious individual prize in football since Zinedine Zidane almost quarter of a century ago...
20 killed in Colombia bus accident
12:27 PM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayAt least 20 people died and 15 others were injured when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in southwestern Colombia...
China opens congress expected to give Xi 5 more years
11:47 AM, 16 Oct 2022 SundayChina opened a twice-a-decade Communist Party conference Sunday at the end of which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third five-year term, breaking with recent precedent and establishing him as arguably the most powerful Chinese politician since Mao Zedong...