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Pilot error likely caused fatal Air India Express crash, report finds

01:07 PM, 13 Sep 2021 Monday

Pilot error and a failure to follow safety guidelines probably caused the Air India Express crash that killed 21 people last year, the country's worst aviation accident in a decade, investigators said in a report on Saturday...

RMCH records six more fatalities in Covid-19 unit

12:27 PM, 13 Sep 2021 Monday

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded six more fatalities at the Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 86 so far this month...

North Korea tests new long-range cruise missile

12:00 PM, 13 Sep 2021 Monday

North Korea has tested a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting much of Japan, state media said on Monday...

JaPa MP Rashid Chowdhury dies

11:32 AM, 13 Sep 2021 Monday

Jatiya Party’s presidium member Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury and also a member of parliament for reserved seats for women Professor Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury has passed away. She was 70. She breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the ICU of BIRDEM General Hospital at 3:15am on Monday...

PM provides Tk 15cr for healthcare cancelling vehicle procurement

09:33 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has provided Taka 15 crore for the healthcare services of the country's common people, cancelling the allocation of vehicle procurement for her office...

Taliban says women can study in gender-segregated universities

08:26 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at the postgraduate level, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and head coverings will be compulsory...

Coronavirus: 51 more die, 1871 infected

05:58 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 26,931 as 51 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,871 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 15,30,413. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday.

HC surprises over filing of false cases by Rajarbagh pir syndicate

05:25 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

The High Court (HC) today expressed its surprise over filing of as many as 49 false cases by Rajarbagh pir (saint) syndicate against a person allegedly after failing to grab his land...

Arrest warrant issued against Sami, Tasnim, 2 others in DSA case

05:10 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

The Dhaka Cyber Tribunal today issued warrant to arrest four people, including Zulkarnain Shayer Khan alias Sami, who appeared in a allegedly false and politically motivated documentary of Al Jazeera, and Netra News editor-in-chief Tasnim Khalil in a case lodged under Digital Security Act (DSA).

Signal 3 for maritime ports

04:17 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has asked the maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra to hoist local cautionary signal number-3...

Venice Film Festival: Abortion drama wins top prize

03:53 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

A film about illegal abortions in 1960s France has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival...

PM urges countrymen to maintain austerity in using electricity

02:37 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

Subsequently, she also called upon the countrymen to uphold the existing pace of development with the long-term vision formulated by the government, asking them, "Let not allow anyone to come to power again who will bind Bangladesh up in the chains of slavery"...

Two 'drug dealers' killed in Cox's Bazar 'gunfight'

02:13 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

Two alleged drug dealers were killed in two reported gunfights with the members of Border Guard Bangladesh in Teknaf and Ukhiya upazilas of Cox's Bazar district early Sunday...

PM opens five power plants with 779-MW capacity

12:54 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

The power plants are 400-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Bibiyana-3 in Habiganj, up- gradation of 150-MW Power Plant to 225-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Sylhet, 100-MW Power Plant Unit-2 at Zulda in Chattogram, 104-MW Power Plant at Meghnaghat in Narayanganj and 100-MW Power Plant at Madhumoti in Bagerhat...

'Drug dealer' held with 1 kg heroin

12:28 PM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested an alleged drug dealer along with 1 kilogram of heroin in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi district...

Man, two sons killed as train hits auto-rickshaw

11:08 AM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

A man and his two sons were killed as a train hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria district early Sunday...

FBI releases newly declassified record on Sept 11 attacks

10:22 AM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks...

Raducanu completes fairytale by winning US Open

09:40 AM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

Britain's Emma Raducanu completed a Grand Slam fairytale on Saturday by beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the clash of the teens to be crowned US Open champion...

Schools, colleges reopen after one year and a half

09:07 AM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

The government opened the country's educational institutions on Sunday after the closure of almost one year and a half due to the coronavirus pandemic. In-person classes started at primary, secondary, and higher secondary educational institutions across the country this morning...

48 more die of Covid-19 in a day

08:35 AM, 12 Sep 2021 Sunday

Bangladesh on Saturday reported 48 more deaths from coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 26,880...