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Johnson to visit India in bid to boost defence ties
11:37 AM, 17 Apr 2022 SundayUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to make a long-delayed trip to India this week in a bid to strengthen security ties with the country...
Historic Mujibnagar Day observed
10:47 AM, 17 Apr 2022 SundayThe historic Mujibnagar Day was observed on Sunday in a befitting manner marking the oath-taking ceremony of country's first government on April 17, 1971...
N Korea tests new weapon that ‘will boost nuclear capabilities’
10:15 AM, 17 Apr 2022 SundayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test firing of a “new type of tactical guided weapon” aimed at boosting the country’s nuclear capabilities, according to state media...
Cumilla journo murder: Main accused killed in ‘gunfight’
09:54 AM, 17 Apr 2022 SundayThe main accused in a case filed over the murder of journalist Mohiuddin Sarker has been killed in an alleged gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Cumilla. The incident took place at Golabari border area in the sadar upazila on Saturday night...
12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained
08:50 AM, 17 Apr 2022 SundayTen people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack...
Russia renews strikes on Ukraine capital, hits other cities
08:32 AM, 17 Apr 2022 SundayRussian forces accelerated scattered attacks on Kyiv, western Ukraine and beyond Saturday in an explosive reminder to Ukrainians and their Western supporters that the whole country remains under threat despite Moscow’s pivot toward mounting a new offensive in the east...
US arrests 210,000 migrants at Mexico border in March
09:56 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayUS border authorities arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to cross the border with Mexico in March, the highest monthly total in two decades and underscoring challenges in the coming months for US President Joe Biden...
Shehbaz Sharif's son becomes Punjab chief minister
09:32 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayPML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz was elected as chief minister Pakistan's Punjab on Saturday in a ruckus marred session of the Punjab Assembly. Ahead of the vote, three PTI members of the Punjab Assembly were arrested for attacking Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari...
Opinion: The troubled path ahead for Pakistan’s new prime minister
08:02 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayAfter weeks of political chaos and uncertainty that resulted in the removal of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan from the prime minister’s office through a vote of no-confidence, the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Shehbaz Sharif, was sworn in as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan...
Pakistan's new ruling alliance takes control of parliament with new speaker
07:01 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayPakistan's new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament on Saturday with the election of a new speaker, cementing control of the assembly after former premier Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote...
Covid-19: No death, 51 cases reported in 24 hrs
05:05 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayBangladesh reported zero COVID-19 deaths and 51 cases in the last 24 hours...
More than 1,900 civilians killed: UN
04:58 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayThe UN has recorded the killing of more than 1,900 civilians since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but warned the "actual figures are much higher". Of the 1,982 civilians killed between 24 February and 14 April, 162 were children, said the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...
Woman found dead in Khilkhet
04:27 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayPolice recovered the body of a woman at Khilkhet in the capital of Dhaka on Saturday morning...
India's forgotten Hollywood star who hid her identity
03:39 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayMerle Oberon, a Hollywood star of the black and white era, is a forgotten icon in India, the country of her birth...
7 Pakistani troops killed in ambush near Afghanistan border
02:57 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayAt least seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an ambush by an armed group near the Afghan border. According to a military statement released on Friday, a Pakistani military convoy in a former stronghold of the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, near the Afghan border was ambushed...
Lighter ship sinks in Bay of Bengal, 11 crews rescued
02:48 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayEleven sailors were rescued after a lighter ship named Tonmoy-2 sank in the Bay of Bengal early Saturday...
Ukrainian president says up to 3,000 troops killed so far
02:33 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayExplosions were heard in Kyiv and the western city of Lviv early on Saturday and the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said rescuers and medics were working at the site of a blast on the outskirts of the city. There were no immediate details of casualties or damage...
North Korea marks founder’s birth without a military parade
01:38 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayKim Jong Un oversaw a huge public procession to celebrate the birthday of North Korea's founding leader, state media images showed Saturday, but the anniversary passed without an anticipated show of military strength...
Ukraine’s prime minister, finance officials to visit Washington next week
01:13 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayUkrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and top Ukrainian finance officials will visit Washington next week during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday...
Low-dose lithium may help improve kidney health
12:36 PM, 16 Apr 2022 SaturdayBest known therapeutically as a treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium may also slow kidney ageing and promote its proper functioning, researchers have found...