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Elon Musk tweets he is ‘buying Manchester United’
11:41 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayElon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening that he is purchasing the Manchester United football club, although it was not clear if the eccentric billionaire, currently embroiled in a lawsuit over his bid to buy Twitter, was being serious...
Uttara crane accident: Writ seeks Tk 1cr for each deceased’s family
11:08 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayA writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive to the authorities concerned to pay compensation of Tk 1 crore to each family of the deceased who were killed in a crane accident in the capital’s Uttara...
32 dead, 66,000 affected by rainy-season floods in Niger
09:42 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayFlooding and landslides during Niger's rainy season have killed 32 people and affected more than 66,000 since June, authorities in the Sahel state said...
Sri Lanka to end state of emergency: President
09:14 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdaySri Lanka will not extend a state of emergency imposed to control anti-government protests as the situation in the impoverished nation has "stabilised", the president's office said Tuesday...
Ukraine war: Russia blames sabotage for new Crimea blasts
08:28 AM, 17 Aug 2022 WednesdayA week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, an arms store at another military facility has been hit by a series of explosions. Blaming "sabotage", Russian officials said a fire triggered the blasts in the Dzhankoi area, another fire hit a power station and a railway was damaged...
AL leader stabbed dead in Jatrabari
09:54 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayA local Awami League leader was stabbed to death by the miscreants in Jatrabari area of the capital of Dhaka on Tuesday night. Deceased Md Abu Bakr Siddique Habu, 38, was a unit AL president. A few people, including Fahim, stabbed Abu Bakr on Shaheed Faruk Sarak around 7 pm, leaving him critically injured, said the victim's maternal cousin Md Mithu...
Ferry fares rise by 20pc, ship by 30pc
09:10 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayBangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has increased the fare for its ferry, and passenger ship services by 20 percent and 30 percent respectively amid the fuel price hike. The raised fares will come into effect from Thursday (August 18)...
ECNEC approves 6 projects involving Tk 2,504.75cr
08:13 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a total of six projects involving Taka 2,504.75 crore...
Chawkbazar fire: Hotel owner remanded
07:16 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe owner of 'Barishal Hotel' has been placed on a day remand in a case filed over the fire incident that killed six people in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area...
HC rules over fuel price hike
06:43 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain why it shall not declare illegal the decision of increasing the prices of fuel oil without holding any public hearing...
Apple MacBook Air M2 review: Sleek redesign takes things up a notch
06:00 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayApple’s popular MacBook Air has been give its biggest redesign since it was first introduced in 2008, ditching its classic wedge shape and making it thinner, with a bigger screen and better than ever for 2022...
Zero Covid death, 93 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:37 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 93 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities remain at 29,314 and infections stood at 20,09,222. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...
Mohammad Ali Mia made CID chief
04:55 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayAdditional Inspector General of Police Mohammad Ali Mia has been appointed as the new chief of Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID)...
128 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
04:39 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdaySome 128 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
Govt mulls further measures for essentials' price control: PM
04:28 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government mulls further steps to bring down essentials' prices to keep them within ordinary consumers' tolerable level. "Price of essentials has gone up. I believe, it is urgently needed to take more measures to bring down the price of essentials to a tolerable level," she said...
More explosions rock Russian-controlled Crimea
04:08 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayExplosions shook an ammunition depot in Russian-annexed Crimea on Tuesday, the latest such incident in a region used by Moscow as a staging post for its war in Ukraine...
Nunez sees red as Liverpool held to home draw by Palace
03:42 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayLiverpool forward Luis Diaz cancelled out Wilfried Zaha's opener for Crystal Palace as the teams drew 1-1 in the Premier League at Anfield on Monday, with Reds striker Darwin Nunez sent off for a head-butt on his home debut...
Pakistan’s Punjab govt announces free education till graduation
02:49 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayThe Punjab government has decided to provide free education to all students up to graduation in public schools, colleges and universities...
‘Our baby will join us soon’: Bipasha, Karan to welcome first child
02:26 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayBollywood actors Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover are all set to welcome their first child. Bipasha took to Instagram to announce the news...
Autoimmune disorders, when our own body starts attacking us!
02:12 PM, 16 Aug 2022 TuesdayRecently, renowned Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher opened up about his fight with autoimmune disorder ‘vasculitis’ that occurred three years ago and how he dealt with the condition. He shared the information through his tweet.