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Danish former professional cyclist Sorensen dies
10:11 AM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayDanish former professional cyclist Chris Anker Sorensen has died at the age of 37 after being hit by a vehicle during a ride in Belgium, the International Cycling Union (UCI) says...
Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban
09:00 AM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayEvery night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to watch over their three young children so they can flee if they hear the footsteps of the Taliban...
Election is held under EC, not government: Hasan
09:14 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayInformation and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said election is held under the Election Commission (EC), but not under the government...
No more caretaker government in country: Razzak
07:50 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayAgriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzak today said no caretaker government would be formed in the country in violation of the constitution...
DU halls to reopen on Oct 5
06:57 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe authorities of Dhaka University have decided to reopen the residential halls on October 5 for the students of honours fourth year and masters degree...
Coronavirus: 35 more die, 1190 infected
05:26 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 27,182 as 35 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,190 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 15,41,300. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Saturday...
Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen
04:45 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom...
New EC to be constituted as per law: Quader
03:42 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said new Election Commission (EC) will be formed as per the law. Quader was addressing a meeting of AL secretariat at the party's Bangabandhu Avenue central office here...
Taliban replaces women’s ministry with ministry of virtue and vice
02:51 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayWorkers in the Afghan capital Kabul replaced signs for the country's women's ministry with those for the Taliban's moral police on Friday, as female former employees of the department said they had been locked out of the building...
Bangladesh removed from UK's travel red list
01:57 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayBangladesh has been removed from the UK government's travel red list, which will come into effect at 4am September 22 next...
Hefazat leader Rizwan Rafiqi held
12:31 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayPolice arrested Hefazat-e-Islam leader Mufti Rizwan Rafiqi in the capital early Saturday...
Four killed as bus rams auto-rickshaw
12:10 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayFour people were killed as a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Manoharganj upazila of Cumilla on Saturday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Natherpatua Police Outpost in-charge (sub-inspector) Md Zafar Iqbal confirmed the matter to Jago News...
54 lakh more Sinopharm vaccine jabs arrive from China
11:47 AM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayA flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the consignment landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 2 am. Dr Sazzad Hossain, the assistant director of the Directorate General of Health Services, working at the airport confirmed the matter this morning...
Aukus: France recalls envoys amid security pact row
11:10 AM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayFrance has said it is recalling its ambassadors in the US and Australia for consultations, in protest at a security deal which also includes the UK...
Football legend Pele 'recovering well'
10:03 AM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe daughter of Brazil football legend Pele has said her father is "recovering well" after he was readmitted to hospital - just days after leaving intensive care...
Algeria's ex-President Bouteflika dies
09:08 AM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayFormer Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the presidency said on Friday, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army...
Kabul drone attack killed 10 civilians, US admits
08:50 AM, 18 Sep 2021 Saturday“Having thoroughly reviewed the findings of the investigation and the supporting analysis by interagency partners, I am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that strike,” McKenzie said...
PM seeks major economies’ role to ensure sustainable future
08:20 AM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the major world economies to work with all the stakeholders in partnership to ensure a sustainable future for the next generation. "Major economies have to work with all stakeholders globally in partnership for ensuring a sustainable future for the next generation," she said.
38 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:43 PM, 17 Sep 2021 FridayThirty eight more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,147. During the period, 1,907 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,40,110, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday. The daily count came from a test of 29,756 samples in the past day...
NZ call off Pak tour minutes before start of first ODI
04:44 PM, 17 Sep 2021 FridayNew Zealand have called off their limited-overs tour of Pakistan citing security concerns...