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De Kock skips T20 WC game after S Africa asked to take knee
06:32 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdaySouth Africa stumper-batsman Quinton de Kock skipped Tuesday's Twenty20 World Cup match against West Indies citing "personal reasons" after the team were directed to take a knee in their remaining matches in the tournament...
Women in UK army facing sexual harassment: Study
06:08 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayWomen in the UK military are suffering emotional bullying, sexual harassment and physical assault, new research suggests...
Six more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:06 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdaySix more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,834. During the period, 276 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,68,257, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
The woman who gave up royal status to marry
05:01 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayIn 2017, when Mako, then a Japanese princess, announced her engagement to a former classmate, Kei Komuro, she said he had won over her heart with "his bright smiles like the sun"...
Five get death in businessman murder case
04:27 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe condemned convicts are Fakkar Sheikh, and Md Mehedi Hasan Sheikh, residents of Bhattacharya Kandi village; Sumon Saha, and Md Kawser Fakir of Gohala village; and Al-Amin Molla of Shrijitpur village in Muksudpur upazila. They all are fugitive.
S Korea's ex-president Roh Tae-woo dies
03:51 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdaySouth Korean former president Roh Tae-woo, a decorated war veteran who played a pivotal but controversial role in the transition to democratic elections from rule by authoritarian leaders, has died, a Seoul hospital confirmed...
Bangladesh to bridge between east-west for business: PM
02:57 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the businessmen who come to invest here would get the opportunity to avail the market of South and Southeast Asia as Bangladesh will make a bridge between east and west for expanding business...
Nur, Reza launch new political party
02:00 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayFormer Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and former Gono Forum General Secretary Dr Reza Qibria today launched a new political party named “Gono Odhikar Parishad”. Nur announced the party name at a press briefing held at the new party’s office at Dhaka’s Purana Paltan...
BNP, police clash at Nayapaltan
01:33 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayA clash was occurred between the leaders and activists of BNP and police members at Nayapaltan area in the capital on Tuesday. Some BNP men were injured and some others detained by police from the spot. According to the source, BNP organized a harmony procession protesting the communal attacks in different parts of the country...
Index Agro recommends 25pc cash dividend for general public shareholders
12:57 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayThe Board of Directors of Index Agro Industries Limited recommended 25 percent cash dividend for general public shareholders (Post IPO Shares) other than Sponsors/Directors/Pre IPO shareholders for the year ended June 30, 2021...
PM opens weeklong “Bangladesh Trade and Investment Summit”
12:01 PM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the weeklong "Bangladesh Trade and Investment Summit-2021" that is bringing together policymakers, business leaders and investors from the world...
President returns home after overseas treatment
11:46 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid returned home this morning after a 15-day visit to Germany and UK for health checkup and treatment of eyes...
Pori Moni gets bail in drug case
11:18 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayA court today granted bail to Dhallywood actress Pori Moni and her two associates in a case filed under the Narcotics Act. Rabiul Alam, Acting Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges’ Court, passed the order after Pori Moni and her two associates - Ashraful Islam Dipu and Kabir Hossen - surrendered before the court seeking bail in the case...
3 of a family found dead in pond
09:41 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayThree bodies of a family were found dead in a pond adjacent to Bagali union parishad in Koyra upazila of Khulna on Tuesday morning. The deceased are Habibullah, his wife and their daughter. In this connection, Md Shahadat Hossen, officer-in-charge of Koyra Police Station, said being informed by locals, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies from the pond around 8am...
2 dead, 8 injured in shooting at US mall
09:18 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayTwo people were killed Monday and four others were injured -- including a police officer -- when a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall in the US state of Idaho...
Facebook earns $9bn despite whistleblower scandal
08:56 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayFacebook has posted better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter, as it continues to face bad press over leaked internal documents...
Signs of first planet found outside our galaxy
08:40 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayAstronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy...
Sudan coup: 7 protesters killed and dozens injured
08:14 AM, 26 Oct 2021 TuesdayAt least seven people are reported to have died and some 140 have been hurt after soldiers fired on crowds opposing a military takeover in Sudan. Protestors took to the streets after the armed forces dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and called a state of emergency on Monday...
Coronavirus: 5 die, 289 infected
05:29 PM, 25 Oct 2021 MondayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 27,828 as 5 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 289 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,567,981. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Pirganj violence: Saikat, Rabiul give confessional statements
04:33 PM, 25 Oct 2021 MondayPrime suspects of Pirganj violence, Saikat Mandal and Rabiul Islam, gave confessional statements under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as they were produced before a court here last night...