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DU Chhatra Adhikar Parishad President, 23 others sent to jail
03:03 PM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayA Dhaka court has sent the president of Dhaka University Chhatra Adhikar Parishad Akter Hossain and 23 others to jail in an attempt-to-murder case filed by Chhatra League Organizing Secretary Md Nazim Uddin...
Cultivation restarts on Rangpur char lands this year
02:28 PM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayLike in the previous years, many people have begun cultivation of winter crops adopting intercropping methods on char lands this season in Rangpur agriculture region...
Fire breaks out on Kerch bridge linking Russia to Crimea
02:20 PM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayTraffic has been suspended on the Kerch bridge, which connects the Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia, after a fuel tank caught fire, Russia’s RIA Novosti state news agency said, putting at risk a key supply route for Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine...
Haiti asks world for military help to curb chaos
01:44 PM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayHaiti has asked for foreign military support to curb its gang violence crisis which has paralysed the country...
Pink diamond sells for nearly $58 million in Hong Kong
12:54 PM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayA rare pink diamond has sold in Hong Kong for nearly $58 million, setting a record for price per carat paid at auction for any diamond or gemstone, according to Sotheby's...
US aims to hobble China’s chip industry with sweeping new export rules
12:10 PM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayThe Biden administration on Friday published a sweeping set of export controls, including a measure to cut China off from certain semiconductor chips made anywhere in the world with U.S. equipment...
Prabhas says he was ‘thrilled’ with Adipurush teaser in 3D
11:59 AM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayPrabhas and Saif Ali Khan’s upcoming movie Adipurush has been making news ever since its teaser was released on Sunday...
Mbappe beats Messi and Ronaldo to top Forbes rich list
11:20 AM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayParis St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has emerged as the world's highest-paid soccer player, according to Forbes magazine, the first time a player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the list in eight years...
11 killed as bus catches fire in India’s Maharashtra
09:57 AM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayAt least 11 people were killed and several others injured after a private luxury bus caught fire after colliding with a truck on Aurangabad Road at Nashik city in Maharashtra of India on Saturday early morning. Resident deputy collector Bhagwat Doifode confirmed the accident and the number of deceased people...
World must act now to stop Russia nuclear threat: Zelensky
09:01 AM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian officials have begun to "prepare their society" for the possible use of nuclear weapons, but added he does not believe Russia is ready to use them. In an interview with the BBC, President Zelensky denied having urged strikes on Russia...
New York City declares emergency over migrant ‘crisis’
08:34 AM, 08 Oct 2022 SaturdayNew York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency to address a "crisis situation" over an influx of migrants. More than 17,000 have arrived in the city from the southern border since April. Republican states like Texas, Arizona and Florida have been sending migrants to Democratic areas in recent months...
'BCL' attacks Chhatra Odhikar Parishad rally in DU
05:41 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayBangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men allegedly attacked a rally of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad organized on the Dhaka University campus on Friday afternoon to mark the third death anniversary of BUET student Abrar Fahad. They also allegedly vandalized chairs and mikes of the program...
Kareena Kapoor starts shooting for her next film
05:27 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayBollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has commenced shooting of her yet-to-be-titled upcoming film with director Hansal Mehta in London, she said on Thursday...
Malaysia tightens 2023 budget, warning of slower growth
05:12 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayMalaysia on Friday unveiled a smaller budget for 2023 and warned of an economic slowdown but, with a possible national election in the offing, also announced cash aid and tax cuts...
Five Covid deaths, 491 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:44 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayThe Bangladesh government reported five COVID-19 deaths and 491 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities increased to 29,380, and infections stood at 20,29,015. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Friday...
One dengue patient dies; 204 hospitalized in 24 hrs
04:37 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayOne dengue patient died and 240 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning...
RU to launch four new Master's programs
04:03 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayRajshahi University (RU) has taken the initiative of launching new Master's program in four subjects aimed at boosting technological competency among students in the era of the fourth industrial revolution...
Belarus, Russia, Ukraine rights activists win Nobel Peace Prize
03:39 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayHuman rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights group Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to document human rights abuses...
BNP will never sit in dialogue with AL, says Fakhrul
03:28 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir on Friday said his party will never go to dialogue with Awami League...
Biden says Putin's nuclear threat brings risk of 'Armageddon'
02:31 PM, 07 Oct 2022 FridayUS President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons is the biggest such threat since the Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russia's military leadership faced a rare domestic public backlash over the war in Ukraine...