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China imposes sanctions on US officials
09:37 AM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayChina is imposing sanctions on several US individuals and organisations in response to recent US sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong...
Biden approves $100m emergency funds to resettle Afghan refugees
09:04 AM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayUS President Joe Biden has authorised up to $100m from an emergency fund to meet “unexpected urgent” refugee needs stemming from the situation in Afghanistan, including for Afghan special immigration visa applicants, the White House said...
Noted folk singer Fakir Alamgir passes away
08:23 AM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayNoted folk singer Fakir Alamgir, who emerged as Gono Sangeet (the songs of the masses) singer for his outstanding contributions to inspiring the people to join the country’s 1971 Liberation War, passed away on Friday night...
Migrant boat sinks off Turkey with 45 on board
06:06 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayA migrant boat carrying 45 people sank off southwest Turkey, prompting the coast guard to launch a search and rescue mission, the Turkish defence ministry said Friday...
166 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
05:44 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridaySome 166 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 18,851. During the period, 6,364 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 11,46,564, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Tokyo Olympics officially begin under spectre of pandemic
05:38 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayThe opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games has begun in Tokyo, officially kicking off the quadrennial international sporting event being held under the unprecedented circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic...
'Mukh O Mukhosh' actress Zahrat dies
05:00 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayZahrat Ara, who starred in Mukh O Mukhosh, the first Bengali film made with sound in then East Pakistan, has passed away. She was around 80...
Shilpa Shetty promises ‘to survive challenges’ in first post after husband’s arrest
04:20 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayShilpa Shetty’s first post after the arrest of husband Raj Kundra comes with a message of refusing to bow down in front of adversity. This is the first time Shilpa has responded after Raj’s arrest on Monday night for allegedly creating and distributing porn via mobile applications...
36 dead in India landslides
03:56 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayThirty six people have died in landslides in Raigad district of India's Maharashtra as incessant rain continued to batter the Konkan region of the state...
The billionaires seeking salvation
02:58 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayIn the mid-1970s, the physicist Gerard O'Neill was reflecting on humanity's deep future in space – and concluded that his peers were thinking about it wrong..
Signal 3 for maritime ports
01:26 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayMaritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has formed over northwest bay and adjoining areas of Bangladesh...
Death toll from South Africa unrest jumps to 337
01:17 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayRioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking yet another jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day...
Podolski makes dream move to boyhood club
12:58 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayHe's won the World Cup, the Bundesliga and the FA Cup but, after an illustrious 18-year senior career, Lukas Podolski is finally about to fulfill his dream...
Team Australia to arrive in Dhaka on July 29
12:09 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayThe Australia cricket team will arrive in Dhaka on July 29 to play a five-match T20 International series against Bangladesh...
Six die as pickup van rams auto-rickshaw
11:54 AM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayAmong the deceased, three were identified as Utpal Raha, 45, and Nayan Dutta, 25, son of Jagadish Dutta, residents of Naldha Moubhag area in Fakirhat upazila, and Abdul Hye, 55, of Chaksi village in Rampal upazila...
Naim scripts Tigers facile victory in first T20 against Zimbabwe
11:37 AM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayOpener Naim Sheikh struck a brilliant 51- ball 63 not out as Bangladesh made a winning start to the three-match T20 International series, whacking Zimbabwe past by eight wickets in the first match at Harare Sports Club on Thursday...
Nationwide 14-day strict lockdown begins
05:40 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe government imposed strict coronavirus restrictions from today and it will continue till August 5 with an aim to contain the spread of its fatality and infection as the pandemic has so far claimed the lives of 18,498 people and infected 11,36,503 others across the country...
187 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
05:34 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdaySome 187 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 18,685. During the period, 3,697 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 11,40,200, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday...
Mosque in Indian capital’s Rohingya camp bulldozed: Refugees
05:01 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayPolice and civil authorities in the Indian capital have demolished a makeshift mosque in a Rohingya camp, say the refugees, weeks after a massive fire had engulfed the settlement...
Language movement veteran Somela Rahman dies
04:29 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayLanguage movement veteran Somela Rahman passed away in a hospital in Nilphamari district on Thursday morning. She was 87...