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US rapper charged over alleged conspiracy to smuggle 100kg drugs
08:45 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayRapper Fetty Wap has been charged with participating in a conspiracy to smuggle large amounts of heroin, crack cocaine and fentanyl into the New York City area, the FBI has said...
South Africa beat Sri Lanka in last-over thriller
08:07 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdaySouth Africa pulled off a frantic four-wicket win in the final over against Sri Lanka in the Men's T20 World Cup, despite Wanindu Hasaranga's sublime hat-trick. With the Proteas needing 16 from the final over, David Miller launched two towering sixes off Lahiru Kumara, before Kagiso Rabada flayed the penultimate ball away for four...
Chattogram Medical College closed indefinitely
08:01 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayChattogram Medical College, Chattogram was closed on Saturday for an indefinite period following the clashes between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League on the campus...
Attacking someone over religion is most pathetic: Kohli
07:09 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayIndia captain Virat Kohli has torn into social media trolling, throwing his weight behind Mohammed Shami who suffered vile abuse after India’s loss to Pakistan in the team’s T20 World Cup opener. Kohli spoke about backing Shami “200 per cent”.
Thousands gather in Khartoum for planned nationwide protests
06:20 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayThousands of protesters began gathering in Khartoum on Saturday for planned nationwide demonstrations to demand the restoration of a civilian-led government to put the country back on a path to democracy after a coup...
Four children drown in Naogaon
05:30 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayFour children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond in Naogaon municipality on Saturday afternoon...
Covid-19: New deaths 8, cases 166
04:54 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayEight more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,862. During the period, 166 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,69,328, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Top Indian actor Puneeth Rajkumar dies at age 46
03:54 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayPuneeth Rajkumar, a prominent film actor from southern India, has died at the age of 46...
Tonga records first case of coronavirus
03:37 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayTongans have been rushing to vaccinate themselves against coronavirus after the Pacific island nation confirmed its first case on Friday...
Tigers taste 3-run defeat to West Indies in T20 WC
03:27 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayBangladesh conceded their third straight defeat in the Super 12 phase of the Twenty20 World Cup following their heartbreaking 3-run defeat to West Indies today at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium...
DMP arrests 77 for selling, consuming drugs in city
02:32 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayDetective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in anti-drug drives arrested 77 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the city in the last 24 hours till 6am today...
Adyan Mart CEO, 3 others arrested
01:32 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-6 have arrested four people including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adyan Mart, an ecommerce site, Jubayer Siddiki in Chuadanga...
Two women among 3 found dead in Tangail
12:36 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayThree people including two women were found dead at a house at Kashtola Khamarpara area under Dighar union in Ghatail upazila of Tangail on Saturday morning. The deceased are Jomela Begum, 65, wife of late Hazrat Ali, her daughter-in-law Sumi Begum, 26 and an unidentified youth...
Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan walks out of Arthur Road jail
12:01 PM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayAryan Khan, son of India’s Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, walked out of Mumbai's Arthur Road jail today at 11.05 am after officials picked up his bail order earlier on Saturday morning...
Queen advised to rest for two more weeks
11:38 AM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayThe Queen has been advised by doctors to rest for two further weeks and will not undertake official visits during this time, Buckingham Palace has said...
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain expel Lebanese ambassadors
09:14 AM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdaySaudi Arabia on Friday ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave the country within 48 hours and stopped all imports from Lebanon, a response to comments by a Lebanese minister who described the war in Yemen as Saudi “aggression.”
Myanmar military shells restive town, destroying dozens of homes
09:06 AM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayMyanmar troops have shelled a restive western town, destroying dozens of houses amid an ongoing crackdown against towns resisting the military coup...
Japan election: Ruling LDP struggles over COVID, inequality
08:52 AM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayVoters in Japan will head to the polls on Sunday with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s party fighting to save its majority in the lower house, amid frustration over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic as well as worsening economic inequality...
US FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11
08:38 AM, 30 Oct 2021 SaturdayThe US Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization on Friday for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11. This is the first Covid-19 vaccine authorized in the United States for younger children...
Covid-19: New deaths 7, cases 305
05:19 PM, 29 Oct 2021 FridaySeven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,854. During the period, 305 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,69,162, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...