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Covid: Australia to end ban on citizens leaving country
09:33 AM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayAustralia has confirmed it will lift a ban next week that has prevented its own citizens travelling overseas without permission. Australians have spent 19 months under some of the world's strictest border rules, in an effort to keep out Covid...
Sudan’s military says it seized power to prevent ‘civil war’
09:16 AM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdaySudan’s armed forces chief has defended the military’s seizure of power, saying he had dissolved the government to avoid civil war, while protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the takeover after a day of deadly clashes...
150 arrested globally in dark web sting: Europol
09:41 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayPolice around the world have arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online in one of the largest-ever stings on the dark web, according to Europol...
Why uncertainty scrambles your brain
09:07 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayImagine you are expecting to hear back from a potential new employer about an exciting job offer. Your interviewer was hard to read..
South Africa beat West Indies by 8 wickets
08:42 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdaySouth Africa rallied to complete a third successful chase against West Indies in four attempts and get their T20 World Cup campaign on track...
Another dies of dengue fever in 24 hrs
07:41 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayAnother person died of dengue and 182 with the fever newly got admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
Two lakh Sinopharm vaccine jabs arrive
06:54 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayTwo lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Bangladesh from China on Tuesday afternoon...
De Kock skips T20 WC game after S Africa asked to take knee
06:32 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdaySouth Africa stumper-batsman Quinton de Kock skipped Tuesday's Twenty20 World Cup match against West Indies citing "personal reasons" after the team were directed to take a knee in their remaining matches in the tournament...
Women in UK army facing sexual harassment: Study
06:08 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayWomen in the UK military are suffering emotional bullying, sexual harassment and physical assault, new research suggests...
Six more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:06 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdaySix more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,834. During the period, 276 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,68,257, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
The woman who gave up royal status to marry
05:01 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayIn 2017, when Mako, then a Japanese princess, announced her engagement to a former classmate, Kei Komuro, she said he had won over her heart with "his bright smiles like the sun"...
Five get death in businessman murder case
04:27 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe condemned convicts are Fakkar Sheikh, and Md Mehedi Hasan Sheikh, residents of Bhattacharya Kandi village; Sumon Saha, and Md Kawser Fakir of Gohala village; and Al-Amin Molla of Shrijitpur village in Muksudpur upazila. They all are fugitive.
S Korea's ex-president Roh Tae-woo dies
03:51 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdaySouth Korean former president Roh Tae-woo, a decorated war veteran who played a pivotal but controversial role in the transition to democratic elections from rule by authoritarian leaders, has died, a Seoul hospital confirmed...
Bangladesh to bridge between east-west for business: PM
02:57 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the businessmen who come to invest here would get the opportunity to avail the market of South and Southeast Asia as Bangladesh will make a bridge between east and west for expanding business...
Nur, Reza launch new political party
02:00 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayFormer Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and former Gono Forum General Secretary Dr Reza Qibria today launched a new political party named “Gono Odhikar Parishad”. Nur announced the party name at a press briefing held at the new party’s office at Dhaka’s Purana Paltan...
BNP, police clash at Nayapaltan
01:33 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayA clash was occurred between the leaders and activists of BNP and police members at Nayapaltan area in the capital on Tuesday. Some BNP men were injured and some others detained by police from the spot. According to the source, BNP organized a harmony procession protesting the communal attacks in different parts of the country...
Index Agro recommends 25pc cash dividend for general public shareholders
12:57 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe Board of Directors of Index Agro Industries Limited recommended 25 percent cash dividend for general public shareholders (Post IPO Shares) other than Sponsors/Directors/Pre IPO shareholders for the year ended June 30, 2021...
PM opens weeklong “Bangladesh Trade and Investment Summit”
12:01 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the weeklong "Bangladesh Trade and Investment Summit-2021" that is bringing together policymakers, business leaders and investors from the world...
President returns home after overseas treatment
11:46 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid returned home this morning after a 15-day visit to Germany and UK for health checkup and treatment of eyes...
Pori Moni gets bail in drug case
11:18 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayA court today granted bail to Dhallywood actress Pori Moni and her two associates in a case filed under the Narcotics Act. Rabiul Alam, Acting Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges’ Court, passed the order after Pori Moni and her two associates - Ashraful Islam Dipu and Kabir Hossen - surrendered before the court seeking bail in the case...