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‘How much have you taken? When will you refund? When will you leave?’
11:52 AM, 15 Aug 2021 SundayAugust is the darkest month in the calendar of the Bengali Nation. This is the reason why we not only remember Bangabandhu and the fallen heroes of August 15, 1975 with respect...
PM pays homage to Bangabandhu on his 46th martyrdom anniversary
11:25 AM, 15 Aug 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking the National Mourning Day and the 46th anniversary of his martyrdom.
Qatar urges Taliban to cease fire at meeting in Doha
10:02 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayQatar said it had urged the Taliban to cease fire and pull back their offensive in Afghanistan during a meeting between the Qatari foreign minister and a top representative of the Afghan insurgents in Doha on Saturday...
Twitter reinstates accounts of India’s Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders
09:11 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayTwitter unblocked the accounts of India's main opposition party Congress, its leader Rahul Gandhi and other party officials on Saturday, a day after suspending the accounts over a tweet on the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl...
Major earthquake strikes Haiti, felt across Caribbean
08:15 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayA major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday and was felt across the Caribbean where people fled their homes for fear that buildings might collapse...
Ziaur Rahman was traitor, killer: Hasan
06:56 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayAwami League (AL) Joint Secretary and Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said Ziaur Rahman was a traitor and he was involved in the assassination of Bangabandhu and his family members...
178 die of Coronavirus in 24 hours
06:02 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 23,988 as 178 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 6,885 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 14,12,218. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Saturday...
40 killed in Turkey flood as search for missing continues
05:01 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayFamilies of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further...
Sydney lockdown extended statewide as Australia faces ‘worst’ COVID episode
04:13 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayAustralian police hiked fines for people breaking lockdown rules in Sydney and the rest of its home state on Saturday and strict stay-at-home orders were extended statewide amid a record jump in daily new COVID-19 infections...
Taliban seize province near capital, attack northern city
03:51 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan’s capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on a major city in the north defended by powerful former warlords, Afghan officials said. The insurgents have captured much of northern, western and southern Afghanistan in a breakneck offensive less than three weeks...
Charge sheet against businessmen Nasir, Omi in drug case
02:36 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayDhaka metropolitan detective branch (DB) police has filed the charge sheet against businessmen Nasir Uddin Mahmud and Tuhin Siddiqui Omi in a case filled under the Narcotics Control Act with the airport police station...
‘They sold us out’: Afghans in disbelief over Taliban gains
01:18 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayResidents in Herat and Kandahar say they cannot believe how quickly both cities fell after the Taliban’s weeks-long effort to take two of Afghanistan’s largest cities. “They literally sold us out, there was no government resistance,” one female resident of Kandahar told Al Jazeera, fighting back tears late on Thursday evening...
Nation set to observe National Mourning Day tomorrow
12:54 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe nation is set to observe the National Mourning Day and 46th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tomorrow in a befitting manner with due respect...
NSU holds webinar on how to get scholarships in Europe, USA, Canada
12:17 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayTo develop the students' skills, the Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) of North South University (NSU) organized a Webinar entitled "How to Get Scholarship and Job for Higher Studies in Europe, USA, and Canada" on August 12...
Lukaku agent 'threatened' over transfer
11:00 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayRomelu Lukaku's agent, Federico Pastorello, says he and his family received threats while he was working on the striker's £97.5m Chelsea move...
Nicki Minaj and husband sued by sex assault victim
10:49 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayRapper Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, are being sued by a woman he was convicted of attempting to rape in 1994...
Couple found hanging in Chattogram
10:16 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayPolice on Friday night recovered the bodies of a young man and his wife from their house in Rangunia upazila of Chattogram district. The couple - Iskander, 28, and Ruma, 22 - were residents of Kurmaikul area under Lalanagar Union Parishad...
Noakhali BNP leader hacked to death
09:57 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe miscreants hacked a local BNP leader to death in Sadar upazila of Noakhali district on Friday night...
BBC condemns expulsion of journalist from Russia
08:43 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe BBC has condemned Russia's decision to not renew the visa of one of its correspondents in the country, calling it a "direct assault on media freedom". The corporation urged Russian officials to reconsider the "expulsion" of Sarah Rainsford, currently based in Moscow...
197 more die of Covid-19 in a day
06:08 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridaySome 197 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 23,810. During the period, 8,465 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 14,05,333, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...