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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...
Death of DU student Elma: Charge-sheet accepted against husband
06:36 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayA court in the capital of Dhaka on Wednesday accepted charge-sheet filed against Iftekhar Abedin in a case lodged over the unnatural death of his wife and Dhaka University (DU) student Elma Chowdhury alias Meghla.
Case filed against Netra News in Rangpur
05:26 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayA case has been filed against online news portal Netra News in Rangpur district under the Digital Security Act (DSA) accusing it of spreading anti-state propaganda...
Three Covid deaths, 167 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:30 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported three COVID-19 deaths and 167 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities increased to 29,319 and infections stood at 20,10,490. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Wednesday...
165 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:14 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdaySome 165 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Domingo takes swipe at BCB for too much "outside noise"
03:40 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayRussell Domingo, Bangladesh's Test and ODI head coach took a swipe at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for making so much noise...
Ex-EC Mahbub Talukder dies
02:55 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayFormer Election Commissioner and renewed Mahbub Talukder has passed away. He was 80. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in the capital around 12:45pm on Wednesday. Masud Ahmed, Public Relations Officer of the hospital, confirmed the death to Jago News...
Thai court suspends PM Prayuth from office
02:38 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayThailand's top court has suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from official duty while it considers a legal challenge to his term limit. The country's opposition parties brought forward a case that Mr Prayuth has overstayed his term in office. Thailand's constitution limits prime ministers to eight years in office...
Amitabh Bachchan tests Covid positive for the second time
02:17 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayBollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has tested positive for Covid-19, he announced via social media on Tuesday night...
PM’s India visit to yield positive outcome: ex-FS Haque
01:29 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayBangladesh’s former foreign secretary Shahidul Haque has said the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India would yield a positive outcome as she shares an excellent relationship with Indian Premier Narendra Modi that would help resolve many problems...
HC withdraws ex-ACC Director Enamul Basir’s bail
12:30 PM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) has withdrawn the bail order of suspended Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Khandaker Enamul Basir a day after he got bail in a bribery case. A single-member HC bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal passed the order on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, the same bench granted bail to Basir...
Twitter whistleblower raises security concerns
11:32 AM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayA former security chief for Twitter has turned whistleblower and testified that the company misled users and US regulators about gaps in its security...
2 associates of PK Halder arrested
09:45 AM, 24 Aug 2022 WednesdayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested two female associates of fugitive businessman and former NRB Global Bank Managing Director Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder...