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Tanker attack: UK and US blame Iran for deadly ship attack

11:30 AM, 02 Aug 2021 Monday

The UK and US believe Iran was behind a tanker attack that killed two people, and have vowed to respond, calling it a violation of international law. The MV Mercer Street, operated by an Israeli-owned firm, was attacked off Oman on Thursday. A British national and a Romanian citizen were killed...

DB to probe charges against Helena Jahangir

10:08 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

She was a member of the Awami League’s subcommittee on women’s affairs but the body has recently removed her from the post after her name came up on social media as the president of ‘Bangladesh Awami Chakrijibi League’ that is not approved by the party...

Some 24.30 lakh taxpayers submit returns last fiscal

09:35 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

The number of submission of returns by individual taxpayers increased by almost 15 percent in the last fiscal year (FY21) despite the COVID-19 pandemic as a total of 24,30,645 TIN holders submitted their returns during that period...

237 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs

09:01 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

As many as 237 more people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...

Italy's Jacobs wins shock 100m gold

08:18 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a shock gold in the Olympic 100m final, after Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes was disqualified for a false start...

Passenger vessels to run till tomorrow noon: BIWTA

08:06 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Commodore Golam Sadeq, chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), today said that the passenger vessels are allowed to continue to operate on a limited scale, subject to pressure of passengers, till 12pm tomorrow...

Pop star Kris Wu arrested on suspicion of rape

07:47 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been arrested on suspicion of rape...

Film actress Eka denied bail, sent to jail

06:52 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

A court in Dhaka on Sunday sent film actress Eka to jail in two separate cases filed for allegedly torturing domestic help, and possessing drugs...

231 more die from coronavirus in a day

06:49 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Some 231 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,916. During the period, 14,844 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 12,64,324, the health directorate said in a press release on Sunday...

Faridpur road accidents kill 3

05:13 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Three people were killed and three others injured in three separate road accidents in Madhukhali, Boalmari, and Nagarkanda upazilas of Faridpur district on Sunday...

McKeon sets Olympic medal record

04:28 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Australia's Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics with two more golds on Sunday...

Aug 15 plot perpetrators will be unmasked: PM

03:43 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Addressing a programme virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence, Sheikh Hasina also renewed her vow to materialise Bangabandhu’s unfinished dream of building a hunger- and-poverty-free 'Sonar Bangla' (Golden Bengal) by presenting a better and beautiful life to the countrymen...

40 die of COVID-19 in Khulna Division

02:38 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

The death toll from Coronavirus has reached 2,428 in Khulna Division as 40 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours...

41st BCS preliminary results published

01:24 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Bangladesh Public Service Commission today published the results of the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination on Sunday. A total of 21,056 candidates qualified in the tests. The qualified candidates are eligible to sit for the written exams. The written test might be held in November...

RMCH counts 18 more deaths at Covid-19 unit

12:10 PM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

A number of 18 more people, including seven females, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am today...

Niger floods claim 35 lives, leave over 26,000 homeless

11:48 AM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Heavy rains lashing arid Niger since June have killed 35 people and made more than 26,500 homeless, the civil protection agency said Saturday...

Chinese mainland reports 53 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

11:31 AM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 53 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday...

US star Dressel wins 50m freestyle for fourth Tokyo gold

11:05 AM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Caeleb Dressel claimed his fourth Tokyo gold and earned the title of world's fastest swimmer Sunday with an Olympic-record 21.07 seconds in the 50m freestyle final...

Month of mourning begins

09:31 AM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

The month of mourning begins today for the nation to recall once again the brutal assassination of its founding father and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country's independence and sovereignty. The killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15, 1975 is the ugliest chapter of the nation's history...

Carrie Johnson and Boris Johnson expecting second child

09:15 AM, 01 Aug 2021 Sunday

Carrie and Boris Johnson are expecting a second child, months after a miscarriage that left her "heartbroken"...