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RMCH counts three more deaths in Covid-19 unit
12:41 PM, 16 Oct 2021 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded three more fatalities in its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 60, so far, this month...
Huge consignment of crystal meth seized, 2 arrested
11:53 AM, 16 Oct 2021 SaturdayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered a huge consignment of the deadly drug crystal meth from Jatrabari in the capital on Saturday morning. The elite force also arrested two members of the drug syndicate including its key leader Khokon during the drive...
US offers to pay relatives of Kabul drone attack victims
11:12 AM, 16 Oct 2021 SaturdayThe US government has offered financial compensation to the relatives of 10 people mistakenly killed by the American military in a drone strike on the Afghan capital, Kabul, in August...
Biden administration to request block on abortion ban
10:07 AM, 16 Oct 2021 SaturdayUS President Joe Biden's administration has said it will ask the Supreme Court to block a restrictive Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion. It comes after a federal appeals court reinstated the law. The Supreme Court cited procedural issues when deciding against intervening to block it last month...
David Amess killing was terrorist incident, Met Police say
09:11 AM, 16 Oct 2021 SaturdayThe killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been declared a terrorist incident by police. Sir David was stabbed multiple times at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Friday...
Faf du Plessis and bowlers stifle KKR to seal CSK’s fourth IPL title
08:51 AM, 16 Oct 2021 SaturdayChennai Super Kings made good on their promise to erase last season's aberration, as one comeback story trumped another in the IPL 2021 final: MS Dhoni and his team put an end to Kolkata Knight Riders' rollicking second half of the season as they picked up their fourth IPL title...
Nine more die of Covid-19 in a day
06:10 PM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayNine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,746. During the period, 396 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,64,881, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday. The daily count came from a test of 18,980 samples in the past day...
Afghan mosque blast kills 32
05:01 PM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayAt least 32 people have been killed and 45 others wounded after an explosion went off inside a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, according to public health officials in the province. The explosion on Friday afternoon took place in the Bibi Fatima mosque, the largest mosque for Shia worshippers in the city...
Jacqueline gets 3rd summons after no-show in money laundering case
04:45 PM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayThe Enforcement Directorate has summoned actor Jacqueline Fernandez again after she did not turn up on Friday before the probe agency for a second time...
Three die as truck rams motorcycle, rickshaw van
03:21 PM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayThree people were killed as a truck rammed into a motorcycle and a battery-run rickshaw van in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Friday morning...
Zimbabwe bars unvaccinated civil servants from work
02:57 PM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayZimbabwe will bar unvaccinated government workers from reporting for duty from Monday as part of efforts to fight COVID-19, an official circular showed...
Mother, 2 children found dead
01:00 PM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayPolice recovered the bodies of a woman and her two minor children from a house in Chattogram city early Friday. The deceased were Sumita Begum, 27, wife of Sohel, a resident of SS Housing area beside Ismail Colony under Panchlaish Police Station, and her daughter Zannatul, 7, and son San, 3...
Martinez takes Argentina run to 25 unbeaten, Brazil thrash Uruguay
12:00 PM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayArgentina took their unbeaten run to 25 matches and moved a step closer to qualifying for the World Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Peru on Thursday...
US experts recommend Moderna booster for older and at-risk groups
11:43 AM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayAfter a day of debate, the experts decided to authorize a booster dose of Moderna for three categories of people: the over-65s, people aged between 18 and 64 who are at a higher risk of developing a severe version of the coronavirus, and those whose work may involve frequent exposure to the virus...
Sterling open to leaving Man City
11:30 AM, 15 Oct 2021 FridayManchester City forward Raheem Sterling says he would be open to playing abroad if he does not get more game time at Etihad Stadium...
3rd phase polls to 1,700 UPs, 10 municipalities on Nov 28
09:48 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayThe third phase elections to 1,700 Union Parishads (UPs) and 10 municipalities across the country will be held on November 28...
TB deaths on the rise again globally due to Covid-19: WHO
09:33 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayTuberculosis is on the rise again globally for the first time in a decade, linked to disruptions in access to healthcare because of the Covid pandemic, the World Health Orgnization said Thursday...
Import duty on onion, sugar reduced
08:57 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayThe National Board of Revenue has reduced the import duties on onion and sugar in an effort to bring the prices of the items to a stable state. It brought down import duty on onion to 5 per cent from 10 per cent, and regulatory duty on sugar to 20 per cent from 30 per cent, said two separate NBR gazettes issued on Thursday.
Heavy gunfire in Beirut kills at least 6
08:05 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayGunfire has killed at least six people and wounded more than 30 others in Beirut, according to the Lebanese Red Cross, as a rally organised by the Hezbollah and Amal movements to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year’s port explosion turned violent...
183 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
07:47 PM, 14 Oct 2021 ThursdayAs many as 183 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning...