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9 more die at RMCH Covid-19 unit
12:38 PM, 12 Aug 2021 ThursdaySome nine more people died at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 179 so far this month against 566 in July and 405 in June...
16 die at MMCH in 24 hours
11:46 AM, 12 Aug 2021 ThursdaySixteen people including a seven-month-old baby died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. Seven of them died from the disease and the rest nine died with its symptoms. The deceased were identified as Feroza, 60, Rahima Khatun, 65, Mojida Begum, 90, Minati Ranee Das, 65, Yakub Ali, 50, Julekha Begum, 70, Sultan, 55, Sufia, 45, Kamal, 45, Mujibur Rahman, 45, Nabila, 25, Sudha, 67, Abdur Rahim, 75, Bilkis, 35, Sakhina, 55...
Helicopter with 16 people on board crashes in Russia’s Kamchatka
10:02 AM, 12 Aug 2021 ThursdayA helicopter with 16 people on board, most of them tourists, has crashed in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s Far East the local government said, with seven passengers unaccounted for. The Mi-8 helicopter came down in Lake Kuril in the Kronotsky nature reserve, it said in a statement on Thursday...
Chelsea win Super Cup on penalties
09:40 AM, 12 Aug 2021 ThursdayChelsea beat Villarreal 6-5 in a penalty shootout to lift the Uefa Super Cup for a second time after a draining 120 minutes in Belfast...
Afghanistan war: Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power
08:54 AM, 12 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe Taliban fighters we meet are stationed just 30 minutes from one of Afghanistan's largest cities, Mazar-i-Sharif. The "ghanimat" or spoils of war they're showing off include a Humvee, two pick-up vans and a host of powerful machine guns...
17.70 lakh more Sinopharm vaccine doses arrive
10:07 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayA flight of Emirates airline carrying the jabs landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:50pm on Wednesday, said Health and Family Welfare Ministry's public relations officer Maidul Islam Pradhan. The officials of the Directorate General of Health Services received the consignment at the airport, he said...
BFIU seeks Pori Moni, Helena Jahangir's bank statements
09:49 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayBangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Wednesday sought the bank statements of eight people, including Dhallywood actress Pori Moni and businesswoman Helena Jahangir...
Shakib back as No. 1 allrounder in T20Is
08:51 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayShakib Al Hasan has regained the No.1 allrounder spot in the T20I rankings...
Johnny Depp awards insulting, abuse charity says
08:04 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayA leading domestic abuse charity has criticised two major European film festivals for deciding to honour Johnny Depp at their forthcoming events...
237 more die of Covid-19 in a day
06:33 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdaySome 237 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 23,398. 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...
Book Review: Salah Uddin Mahmud’s novel Mamata
06:29 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayA beautiful village has been built along the Arial Khan river. His name is Shashirchar. Boats in the rainy season and walking on broken roads in the summer are the only means of communication for the people of this village...
PBI launches probe against 3 including Mosharraf Karim
05:44 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayThe Police Bureau of Investigation in Cumilla has launched a probe into the defamation case filed against four actors, including Mosharraf Karim, and Boishakhi TV authorities...
Govt to procure 60m doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccines
04:50 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayThe government will procure a total of 60 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from China under the Direct Procurement Method (DPM) as per the price mentioned in the agreement to bolster the government's efforts to vaccinate the country's people...
We can win Champions League at PSG: Messi
04:27 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayLionel Messi said he dreams of winning the Champions League once more after joining Paris St-Germain, adding: "I think we have the team to do it here."..
Shakib wins Player of the Month award for July
03:46 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayShakib Al Hasan has been voted the winner of the ICC Player of the Month for July 2021, the world governing body of cricket said on its website. Shakib, who was nominated alongside West Indies’ Hayden Walsh Jr and Australia’s Mitchell Marsh, had a stellar July...
Taliban capture eighth provincial capital in six days
02:57 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayTaliban militants took control of another city in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, an official said, the eighth provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in six days as US-led foreign forces complete their withdrawal
Neo-JMB’s bomb-making trainer Forkan arrested
01:31 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayMembers of Counter Terrorism and Translational Crime Unit (CTTC) have arrested the member of Neo-JMB and its bomb-making trainer Jahid Hasan alias Bomb Jahid alias Qatar expatriate Forkan alias Razu alias Forkan Bhai...
Facebook shuts down anti-vaccine influencer campaign
12:28 PM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayFacebook on Tuesday said it shut down a disinformation operation which sought to spread Covid-19 vaccine hoaxes by duping social media influencers into backing false claims...
10 more die at RMCH Covid-19 unit
11:42 AM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdaySome 10 more people died at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 170 so far this month against 566 in July and 405 in June. RMCH Director Brig Gen Dr Shamim Yazdani told newsmen that five were female among the deaths...
Covid vaccine: Fertility and miscarriage claims fact-checked
10:32 AM, 11 Aug 2021 WednesdayFalse and misleading claims that Covid-19 vaccines harm fertility and cause miscarriages are still circulating online, against all the evidence...