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Microsoft lets users go passwardless
04:03 PM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayMicrosoft has announced users can now delete all passwords from their accounts and instead login using an authenticator app or other solution...
Messi kept quiet as PSG draw at Bruges
03:51 PM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayLionel Messi's main task at Paris St-Germain will be to help deliver an elusive Champions League, but for all the fanfare surrounding the Argentina star's first start it proved a frustrating evening as the club began their European campaign with a draw at Club Bruges...
Case filed against Evaly CEO, chairman
02:05 PM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayEvaly’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Md Rasel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, chairman of the e-commerce platform, have been sued in a case filed over embezzling money. Abul Hossen, Officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, confirmed the matter on Thursday. He said, a consumer of the Evaly named Arif Baker filed the case against them...
JS passes Bangladesh National Archive Bill-2021
01:11 PM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayBangladesh National Archive Bill-2021 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS), keeping a provision that no record stored in the national archive can be destroyed. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid today moved the Bill to the House which was unanimously passed by voice votes...
Taliban deputy denies reports of leadership row in new video
12:23 PM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayAfghanistan's acting deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has appeared in a video to deny reports that he was injured in a clash with a rival faction of the Taliban...
RMCH counts seven more deaths in its Covid-19 unit
12:05 PM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded seven more fatalities at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 103 so far this month...
Birth certificate of Nusrat’s son reveals the name of father
11:09 AM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayThe birth certificate of India’s popular Bengali actress and Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan’s son mentions her rumoured partner Bengali actor Yash Dasgupta as the father of the new-born baby...
SpaceX: Amateur astronauts launch on Inspiration4 mission
10:40 AM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayFour amateur astronauts have blasted off from Florida on their private mission to orbit. The Inspiration4 crew, comprising one billionaire and three "ordinary citizens", rode out of the Kennedy Space Center in a Dragon capsule provided by the SpaceX rocket company...
Afghanistan: Life under Taliban rule one month on
10:00 AM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayAt Afghanistan's border with Uzbekistan a cargo train rolls over a bridge and into the newly created "Islamic Emirate". The Taliban's white and black flag flutters next to the Uzbek one. Some traders have welcomed the group's return to power...
Biden announces Indo-Pacific alliance with UK, Australia
09:06 AM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayPresident Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is forming a new Indo-Pacific security alliance with Britain and Australia that will allow for greater sharing of defense capabilities - including helping equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines...
France says head of Islamic State in Sahara has been killed
09:06 AM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayFrance’s president announced the death of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara’s leader late Wednesday, calling Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi’s killing “a major success” for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists in the Sahel...
Shakib concedes top allrounder spot in T20 cricket
09:19 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayShakib Al Hasan lost his top allrounder spot in the T20 International cricket to Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi following his poor performance in the recent five-match T20 series between Bangladesh and New Zealand...
Facebook under fire over secret teen research
08:48 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayFacebook-owned Instagram has been criticised for keeping secret its internal research into the effect social media had on teenager users...
Nikita Rawal robbed of Rs 7 lakh at gunpoint
07:55 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayIndian actres Nikita Rawal was held at gunpoint and robbed of Rs 7 lakh by men wearing masks. She was in Shastri Nagar, Delhi, at her aunt’s residence when she was robbed. A police complaint has been filed and investigation is underway...
Mitu murder: Accused Bhola gets bail in HC
06:04 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, an accused in the case filed over the murder of Chattogram's former Police Superintendent Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. Mitu was shot and stabbed to death on the way to pick up her son from a school bus on OR Nizam Road in Chattogram on 5 June 2016...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles, South says
05:42 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayNorth Korea has fired two ballistic missiles across its east coast, South Korea's military says, its first ballistic missile test in six months...
51 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:14 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayBangladesh on Wednesday reported 51 more deaths from coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,058. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus. Coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and then spread to newer countries and territories...
HC displeased with 2 judges' explanations over Pori Moni's remand
05:03 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the explanations given by two lower court judges for placing actress Pori Moni on remand for second and third time in a narcotics case...
Over 10,000 Nagad accounts reactivated
04:30 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayAmong the Nagad account balances kept on hold for possible misuse of the refund system, Nagad has reactivated more than 5,000 accounts on Monday evening, taking the total number of reactivated accounts to more than 10,000...
Students aged 12 or above to get vaccine: PM
04:07 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her government's steps to provide Covid-19 vaccine to all citizens above 18 years, saying a plan is underway to gradually bring students of 12 years and above under vaccination coverage. "At present, age limit has been reduced to 18 to bring public and private universities' students under vaccination...