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PM to open five power plants on Sept 12
09:52 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate five power plants, having a total of 879 MW electricity generation capacity, on September 12...
AL's Habib wins Sylhet-3 by-polls
09:02 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayAwami League candidate Habibur Rahman Habib has won the by-polls to Sylhet-3 constituency...
Mahmudullah on course to be first Bangladeshi player to play 100 T20Is
08:14 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayAfter becoming the most successful captain for Bangladesh in T20 International cricket, Mahmudullah Riyad is waiting for another milestone...
17 killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul: Reports
06:47 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayAt least 17 people were killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul, news agencies said on Saturday, after Taliban sources said their fighters had seized control of Panjshir, the last province in Afghanistan holding out against the Islamist group...
Fernandez shocks defending champion Osaka
06:07 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayNaomi Osaka's US Open title defence is over as she fell in the third round to a stunning performance by Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez...
61 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:13 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdaySixty one more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 26,493. During the period, 1,743 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,12,026, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday...
China role in Afghanistan to face organised crime cartels, rampant corruption
04:49 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayChina’s meetings in July with Taliban leaders who now look set to rule in Afghanistan generated speculation that Chinese investment and influence would flow into the country after the departure of the US and its allies...
Hungary to offer more scholarships to Bangladeshi students
04:31 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayHungarian government has decided to increase the number of scholarships to Bangladeshi students for pursuing their higher studding at different educational institutes in Hungry in the next year...
Apple delays plan to scan iPhones for child abuse
03:39 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayApple has delayed plans to roll out detection technology which would have scanned US users' iPhones in search of child sexual abuse material...
Bangladesh-India flight operation under air bubble resumes Sunday
02:49 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe flight operation between Bangladesh and India under air bubble arrangement will resume on Sunday after four months of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Google locks Afghan govt accounts as Taliban seek emails
02:33 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayGoogle has temporarily locked down an unspecified number of Afghan government email accounts, according to a person familiar with the matter...
Highway Bill-2021 placed in JS for better transport regulations
01:23 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe Highway Bill-2021 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad aiming to adopt better transport regulations. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today placed the bill in the House with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair...
RMCH counts 5 more deaths in Covid-19 unit
12:13 PM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayFive more deaths were recorded at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours till 6am today, raising the fatality to 27 in last four days of this month...
‘They’ll kill us’ - Afghan pilots held at Uzbek camp fear deadly homecoming
11:37 AM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe US-trained Afghan pilots and others held at a camp in Uzbekistan already feared being sent back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan...
4 militants detained after gunfight with RAB
09:54 AM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayFour militants were detained after a gunfight between Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and militants in Mymensingh in early hours of Saturday. The incident took place in the bank of Brahmaputra at Khagdahar in the city. A foreign-made revolver and some home-made arms were recovered from their possession...
Afghanistan: Fate of Panjshir Valley in balance amid heavy fighting
08:52 AM, 04 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe fate of Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley - the final holdout against Taliban control - hangs in the balance as heavy fighting continues. Taliban sources told Reuters news agency that they had seized the area, but the resistance fighters they are battling denied this. One of the resistance leaders, Amrullah Saleh, dismissed claims he had fled, but said the situation was "difficult"...
70 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:18 PM, 03 Sep 2021 FridaySeventy more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 26,432. During the period, 3,167 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,10,283, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
UK announces new sanctions against Myanmar
04:23 PM, 03 Sep 2021 FridayThe United Kingdom has announced new Myanmar sanctions, saying it was targeting a key business associate of the military government for providing arms and financial support following a coup earlier this year...
India extends Kashmir lockdown after separatist icon’s death
04:00 PM, 03 Sep 2021 FridayAuthorities have enforced a security lockdown and a near-total communications blackout for a second straight day in Indian-administered Kashmir after the death of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a top resistance leader who became the emblem of the region’s defiance against New Delhi’s rule...
Narail pregnant woman 'hammered to death'
03:47 PM, 03 Sep 2021 FridayA pregnant woman has been hammered to death allegedly by her husband in Kalia upazila of Narail district...