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Zuckerberg apologises for six-hour Facebook outage
10:02 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayFacebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the "disruption" caused after its social media services went down for almost six hours - impacting more than 3.5bn users worldwide...
DU dorms get back its liveliness
09:10 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe dormitories of Dhaka University, the oldest university of the country, have got back their dynamism as the halls have been reopened for its boarders after a long closure of one-and-a-half-years...
'Didn't want people to abuse me': Saif on pressure of parents' legacy
08:35 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdaySaif Ali Khan has been given a lot of sobriquets in his career — the other Khan and the fourth Khan being just the two of them...
197 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
08:15 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayAs many as 197 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
US hands over additional 2.5 m Pfizer vaccines to Bangladesh
07:07 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe U.S. Ambassador Earl R. Miller today handed over 2.5 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh, a gift from the American people...
23 more die of Covid-19 in a day
06:12 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayTwenty three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,614. During the period, 694 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,59,452, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday. The daily count came from a test of 25,499 samples in the past day...
French clergy abused 216,000 victims since 1950
04:37 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdaySome 216,000 children have been sexually abused by members of the French Catholic clergy since 1950, an independent inquiry has found...
Climate science breakthroughs win physics Nobel
04:02 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayThree scientists have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work to understand complex systems such as the Earth's climate. Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hassellmann and Giorgio Parisi were announced as this year's winners at a news conference in Stockholm...
Pfizer jab prevents severe Covid for at least 6 months: study
03:23 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayVaccination with two doses of the Pfizer jab stays highly effective against severe Covid -- including the Delta variant -- for at least six months, an analysis of US patients said Monday...
Tasty Treat and Fry Bucket sign deal with Pathao Food
02:56 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayOnline food delivery organization Pathao Food will deliver the products of the country’s popular fast food brand ‘FRY Bucket’ and ‘Tasty Treat’ at every corner across the capital...
ECNEC approves Tk 1,435.89cr project to upgrade Tangail-Delduar Highway
02:48 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 1,435.89 crore project to upgrade the Tangail-Delduar-Louhati-Saturia-Kawalipara-Kalampur bus stand road...
Met office forecasts rain over country
01:13 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind in different parts of the country...
RMCH records four more deaths in Covid-19 unit
01:03 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded four more fatalities at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 15 in the first five days of this month...
Taliban killed 13 members of Hazara ethnic group: Report
12:55 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe Taliban killed at least 13 members of the Hazara ethnic group, including a 17-year-old girl, in the central province of Daykundi, shortly after they took power in Afghanistan, according to a new report from Amnesty International...
Record number of China planes enter Taiwan air defence zone
12:29 PM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayTaiwan has urged Beijing to stop "irresponsible provocative actions" after a record number of Chinese warplanes entered its air defence zone...
AB Bank DMD Abdur Rahman arrested
11:08 AM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayPolice arrested the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of AB Bank Abdur Rahman in a fraudulence case on Tuesday morning. Newton Das, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Gulshan zone), confirmed the arrest to Jago News. He said, he (Rahman) had an arrest warrant issued against him...
Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
10:21 AM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe Biden administration on Monday reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics, lifting a Trump-era restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court...
Windows 11 launches with redesigned start menu
09:43 AM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdayWindows 11, the latest version of Microsoft's computer operating system, launches worldwide on Tuesday as a free upgrade for Windows 10 users...
Pandora Papers: World leaders deny wrongdoing after leaks
09:03 AM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdaySeveral world leaders have denied wrongdoing after featuring in a huge leak of financial documents from offshore companies...
Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram back after outage
08:12 AM, 05 Oct 2021 TuesdaySocial media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are coming back after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says. All three services are owned by Facebook and could not be accessed over the web or on smartphone apps...