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Iraqi PM survives Baghdad ‘assassination attempt’
08:20 AM, 07 Nov 2021 SundayIraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has said he escaped unhurt after an attack on his home in the capital Baghdad. Officials said his residence in the capital's Green Zone was targeted by a drone laden with explosives, in an alleged assassination attempt...
Prosenjit complains to Modi, Mamata as Swiggy fails to deliver his order
09:28 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayBengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee has written an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after food delivery app Swiggy failed to deliver his food after confirming order...
Bangladesh to reduce fuel price when global market sees fall: Nasrul
08:25 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayState Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the government would adjust downward fuel price immediately after the price falls in the global market...
Australia close on semis by beating WI
08:00 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayAustralia closed in on a semi-final place at the Men's T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket win over already eliminated West Indies in Abu Dhabi...
Driver arrested for 'rape attempt' on moving bus
07:51 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayPolice have arrested a driver in a case filed for allegedly attempting to rape a college girl on a running bus on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Manikganj...
Govt records 154 new Covid cases, 1 death
05:15 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe government recorded 154 new COVID-19 cases and another death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,70,835 and fatalities rose to 27,891, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
10 patients die in India hospital fire
05:02 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayTen patients died after a fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit of the Civil Hospital at Ahmednagar of India's Maharashtra at around 11 am on Saturday. Another patient received serious injuries...
Barca confirm Xavi return
04:22 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayFormer Barcelona midfielder Xavi has returned to the Spanish club as manager with a contract until 2024...
Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone kills 99
04:00 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayNinety-one people were killed in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said. The government has not yet confirmed the death toll, but the manager of the central state morgue in Freetown said it had received 91 bodies following the explosion...
Niger says 11 soldiers killed, nine missing after gun assault
02:45 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayUnidentified gunmen have killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger where armed group fighters operate, the defence ministry said...
8 killed after crowd surge at US music festival
02:29 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayAt least eight people have died and scores of people have been hurt after a crowd surge on the opening night of a music festival in Houston, Texas...
‘Transport strike to continue until demands are met’
01:43 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayAbdul Motaleb, Additional Secretary General of Truck Workers-Owners Federation, has said the transport strike will continue until their demands are met. He said this after a meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday...
7 members of human trafficking gang arrested
10:35 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayRapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the seven members of a human trafficking gang from Dhaka and Brahmanbaria. Some BMET emigration clearance cards and passports were recovered from their possession...
Pfizer says its COVID-19 pill cuts hospitalisations, death by 89%
09:52 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayPfizer has said its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cuts risk rates of hospitalisation and death by nearly 90 percent, as drugmakers race to manufacture easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus. The pharmaceutical giant released preliminary results of its study of 775 adults on Friday...
Ethiopia urges ex-soldiers to join fight against Tigray rebels
09:22 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayEthiopia's military has called on former soldiers to re-join the army, as it battles to hold off a rebel advance...
Greta Thunberg tells protest that COP26 has been a ‘failure’
09:06 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayGreta Thunberg has told a mass rally in Glasgow that the COP26 climate summit has been a "failure"...
Popular Brazil singer Marilia Mendonca dies in plane crash
08:30 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayMarília Mendonça, one of Brazil's most popular contemporary singers, has been killed in a plane crash at the age of 26, officials say...
Govt records 196 new Covid cases, 3 deaths
05:40 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayThe government recorded 196 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,70,681 and fatalities rose to 27,890, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday. The daily count came from a test of 17,466 samples in the past day...
Xavi set to take over at Barca: Al Sadd
05:24 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayFormer Barcelona star Xavi is set to take over as the club's manager with Al Sadd saying they have agreed to allow him to join the Spanish giants...
Quader urges transport owners, workers to withdraw strike
04:24 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the transport owners and workers to withdraw their indefinite strike considering the sufferings of examinees, and ordinary people. He made the call during a briefing at his residence in the capital on Friday...