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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost announce birth of baby boy
04:30 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayScarlett Johansson has welcomed a baby boy with husband Colin Jost, he has announced on social media...
IMF to withhold Afghanistan funds amid uncertainty: official
03:58 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe IMF will withhold funds to Afghanistan amid the uncertainty over the status of the leadership in Kabul, a spokesperson for the institution told AFP Wednesday...
Taliban urge Afghans to leave Kabul airport after days of deadly chaos
02:42 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe Taliban on Thursday urged crowds of Afghans waiting outside Kabul airport in the hope of fleeing the country to go home, saying they did not want to hurt anyone, a day after Taliban fighters fired at protesters, killing three...
Hefazat Ameer Babunagari dies
01:09 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayHefazat-e-Islam Ameer and Shaikhul Hadith of Hathazari Madrasah Junayed Babunagari has passed away. His Khadem (caretaker) HM Junayed and grandson Barkatullah confirmed the death to Jago News on Thursday. Junayed said, Babunagari breathed his last 12:50pm while undergoing treatment at CSCR Hospital in Chattogram...
Pori Moni put on remand again
12:43 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayA court in Dhaka has placed Dhallywood actress Pori Moni on a one-day remand in a drug case again. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqul Islam passed the order on Thursday noon. Earlier, Pori Moni was taken to the court from Central Jail in Kashimpur, Gazipur at 8:25am...
Malaysia’s ex-Deputy PM Ismail poised to win premiership race
11:56 AM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayFormer Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob looked set to form the next government after gaining a parliamentary majority from the same coalition that collapsed earlier this week, media and lawmakers said on Thursday...
Ghani denies taking large sums of money as he fled Afghanistan
11:03 AM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayAfghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates, has said that he had left Kabul to prevent bloodshed and denied reports he took large sums of money with him as he departed the presidential palace...
Dozens die in Burkina Faso as Islamist militants raid convoy
10:20 AM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayDozens of people were killed in northern Burkina Faso on Wednesday when Islamist militants raided a civilian convoy that was being escorted by military police, the latest in a spate of attacks across West Africa's Sahel region this month...
Afghanistan crisis: Biden says no American will be left behind in Kabul
08:51 AM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayUS President Joe Biden has said US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond his withdrawal deadline, as armed Taliban fighters kept desperate evacuees from reaching Kabul's airport...
UAE says hosting Afghan president 'on humanitarian grounds'
10:00 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayThe United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it is hosting Afghan president Ashraf Ghani "on humanitarian grounds", after he fled his country amid a Taliban takeover...
Twitter tests 'misleading' post report button
08:48 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayTwitter is introducing a way to report posts as "misleading" for the first time...
"Shelai" is the brainchild of Rubaba Akter
07:29 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayFrom her childhood, Rubaba Akter was always interested on new fashions, and lifestyle related stuff...
Ex SP Babul's bail denied in Mitu murder case
06:04 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayA court here today rejected the bail petition of former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter in a case filed over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu...
172 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:53 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdaySome 172 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 24,719. During the period, 7,248 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 14,40,644, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday...
India court grants interim protection from arrest to businessman Kundra for a week
05:27 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayThe Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest for a week to businessman Raj Kundra in a case registered by the Mumbai cyber police in 2020. The case was based on a complaint alleging that certain online platforms were publishing obscene videos as part of their web series...
Khaleda receives second dose of Covid-19 vaccine
04:54 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has received her second dose of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine in a hospital in the capital...
'Just talk' - Ronaldo on transfer rumours
03:58 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayCristiano Ronaldo has criticised media reports linking him with a move away from Juventus...
PM asks secretaries to continue country’s ongoing development spree
02:52 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the secretaries of the government to carry out the uplift activities keeping in mind that the existing development trend of the country might continue in future...
BNP-Police clash: Over 100 sued in 3 cases
02:13 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayMore than hundred unidentified leaders and activists of BNP have been sued in three case filed over the vandalism and the clash with cops at Chandrima Udyan in the capital. Jane Alam Munshi, officer-in-charge of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, confirmed the matter on Wednesday...
RMCH records 9 more deaths at Covid-19 unit
01:01 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayNine more people died at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) afresh during the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 232 so far this month...