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Four Pak policemen killed in clash with demonstrators
09:06 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayAt least four policemen were martyred and over 250 injured as thousands of workers of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) clashed with law-enforcement personnel near Sadhoke in Gujranwala district of Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday...
More victims complain of sexual abuse in Congo scandal - WHO expert
08:25 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayMore women have reported sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo since a report into the scandal was issued last month, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official told Reuters...
African Union suspends Sudan over coup
06:36 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayThe African Union has said it suspended Sudan from all its activities after the the country’s military overthrew the civilian-led transitional government in a coup...
Rape at Raintree: Verdict against Safat, 4 others on Nov 11
06:04 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayA special tribunal in Dhaka on Wednesday set November 11 to pronounce judgement in a case lodged over alleged rape of two private university students in hotel "The Raintree Dhaka" in the capital's Banani area in 2017...
Seven more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:16 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdaySeven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,841. During the period, 306 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,68,563, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Students to get vaccines by next week: Dr Dipu Moni
05:10 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayEducation Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Wednesday said it will be possible to inoculate school students against Covid-19 by the next week...
Bangladesh taste 8-wicket defeat to England
04:04 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayBangladesh conceded an eight-wicket defeat to England today to continue their losing-trend in the Super 12 phase of the Twenty20 World Cup. The Tigers put up a moderate 124-9 after opting to bat first at the Sheikh Jayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE, a score that looked below par...
Clinton aide details sexual assault by US senator
03:48 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayA former close aide to Hillary Clinton has reportedly written in a new memoir how she was sexually assaulted by a US senator...
ISIL attack on Iraqi village kills 11 ‘defenceless civilians’
03:00 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayAt least 11 people have been killed and others wounded in an ISIL (ISIS) attack on a village in Diyala province in eastern Iraq, according to the country’s security forces...
Suu Kyi denies ‘incitement’ in first court testimony
02:18 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayAung San Suu Kyi, the popularly-elected leader of Myanmar who was removed by the military in a February 1 coup, has denied a charge of incitement to cause public alarm in her first testimony before a court since her arrest...
PM asks army to remain prepared in nation’s need
12:36 PM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the Bangladesh Army to remain always prepared to make the supreme sacrifice in any need of the nation alongside protecting the country's sovereignty...
Ferry tilts with vehicles at Paturia ghat, no casualty reported
11:28 AM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayA Ro Ro Ferry loaded with vehicles has tilted at the pontoon of ghat number 5 at Paturia in the district...
Lawyer Abdul Baset dies
10:04 AM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayFormer Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council and former president of Supreme Court Lawyers Association Abdul Baset Majumder has passed away. He was 84. He breathed his around 8am on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in the capital. He was suffering from lung problems...
Covid: Australia to end ban on citizens leaving country
09:33 AM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdayAustralia has confirmed it will lift a ban next week that has prevented its own citizens travelling overseas without permission. Australians have spent 19 months under some of the world's strictest border rules, in an effort to keep out Covid...
Sudan’s military says it seized power to prevent ‘civil war’
09:16 AM, 27 Oct 2021 WednesdaySudan’s armed forces chief has defended the military’s seizure of power, saying he had dissolved the government to avoid civil war, while protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the takeover after a day of deadly clashes...
150 arrested globally in dark web sting: Europol
09:41 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayPolice around the world have arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online in one of the largest-ever stings on the dark web, according to Europol...
Why uncertainty scrambles your brain
09:07 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayImagine you are expecting to hear back from a potential new employer about an exciting job offer. Your interviewer was hard to read..
South Africa beat West Indies by 8 wickets
08:42 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdaySouth Africa rallied to complete a third successful chase against West Indies in four attempts and get their T20 World Cup campaign on track...
Another dies of dengue fever in 24 hrs
07:41 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayAnother person died of dengue and 182 with the fever newly got admitted to hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
Two lakh Sinopharm vaccine jabs arrive
06:54 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayTwo lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Bangladesh from China on Tuesday afternoon...