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Sudan state media report ‘failed’ coup attempt
02:04 PM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdaySudanese authorities reported a coup attempt on Tuesday by a group of soldiers but said the attempt failed and that the military remains in control...
PM’s presence in UNGA expected to intensify climate campaign: Momen
01:19 PM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina's presence in person in UN General Assembly (UNGA) is expected to intensify the climate change campaign alongside giving momentum to demands for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines...
Ex-cricket coach Jalal Ahmed Chowdhury dies
12:15 PM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayFormer cricket coach and cricket writer Jalal Ahmed Chowdhury has passed away. He breathed his last at 11:25am on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at Anwar Khan Modern Hospital in Dhaka. Debabrata Paul, General Secretary of Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh, confirmed the death to Jago News...
RMCH records five more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
11:46 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded five more fatalities at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, raising the death toll to 132 so far this month...
UN-SDSN confers Bangladesh PM with SDG Progress Award
10:45 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe UN-sponsored Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has conferred Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with "SDG Progress Award" for Bangladesh's steady course in responding to the universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all...
COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
09:33 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayCOVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did - approximately 675,000...
Canadians re-elect Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party
09:15 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayCanadians gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party a victory in Monday’s parliamentary elections, according to projections by the Canadian Press and Canada’s television networks...
PM calls for global roadmap to achieve SDGs fighting Coronavirus
08:40 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for a global roadmap to ensure permanent recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGSs) by 2030...
PM suggests ‘bold measures’ to fight climate change impact
08:20 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged world leaders to adopt "bold and stronger measures" urgently to address planetary emergency through a “whole-of-the-world approach" to ensure a sustainable future for the next generations...
Coronavirus: 26 more die, 1555 infected
06:06 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 27,251 as 26 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,555 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,544,238. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Putin’s party heads for victory amid vote fraud claims
04:40 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayPresident Vladimir Putin's United Russia party looks set for another big win in the country's parliamentary elections, despite a drop in support...
Thalapathy Vijay files court case against his parents
04:12 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayIndia’s popular Tamil actor Joseph Vijay has filed a lawsuit against eleven people, including his parents, SA Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar, in a city court in Chennai...
Gunman kills 8 at Russian university
02:57 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayAt least eight people have been killed when a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials say. The assailant walked on to the campus on Monday morning and started shooting. Students and teachers barricaded themselves inside the university building; others were seen jumping from windows...
Cumilla-7 by-polls: Pran Gopal elected unopposed
01:40 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayFormer vice-chancellor of BSMMU Professor Pran Gopal Datta, who is the candidate of ruling Awami League, has been declared elected unopposed in Cumilla-7 by-polls...
RMCH counts 7 more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
12:45 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded seven more deaths at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, raising the death toll to 127 so far this month...
DGHS driver Malek jailed for 15 years
12:24 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayA court has sentenced Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) driver Abdul Malek to 15 years in jail in a case filed under Arms Act. Judge Rabiul Alam Dhaka of Dhaka’s Additional 3rd Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court passed the order on Monday...
Aukus: France pulls out of UK defence talks amid row
11:50 AM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayFrance's defence minister has cancelled talks with her UK counterpart amid the row prompted by a new security deal between Britain, the US and Australia...
PM reaches New York to attend 76th UNGA
11:21 AM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached here in USA on Sunday evening to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Bangladesh Ambassador to USA M Shahidul Islam and Bangladesh Permanent Representative to United Nations (UN) Ambassador Rabab Fatima received the Premier at the airport, he said...
11 lawyers secure bail in DSA case
09:01 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayThe High Court has granted bail to 11 lawyers, including the former president of Mymensingh District Bar Association Md Nurul Haque, for eight weeks in a case filed under the Digital Security Act...
Indian doctor, advocate, photographer held for raping woman
08:19 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayThree men – a doctor, an advocate, and a photographer – have been arrested by the police in Anand for allegedly raping a woman multiple times and circulating her private pictures and videos...