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Taliban says Afghan girls will return to secondary schools soon
12:22 PM, 18 Oct 2021 MondayAfghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs has said girls will be allowed to return to secondary schools soon...
Facebook to hire 10,000 in EU to work on metaverse
11:49 AM, 18 Oct 2021 MondayFacebook is planning to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to develop a so-called metaverse...
Kerala floods: 24 killed as rescue operation continues
11:21 AM, 18 Oct 2021 MondayAt least 24 people have been killed in floods in southern India after heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, cutting off towns and villages. Five children are among the dead. There are fears the death toll could rise further as many people are missing...
Shakib becomes leading wicket-taker in T20Is
09:57 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayBangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became the highest wicket-taker in men's T20Is when he dismissed Scotland's Michael Leask in his side's opening match of the T20 World Cup 2021...
English council urges parents not to allow children to watch Squid Game
09:38 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayA council in the south of England has advised parents not to let their children watch the Netflix show Squid Game, after reports children as young as six are copying its violent challenges...
Tigers bowl first in T20 WC opener against Scotland
08:52 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayBangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad elected to bowl first in their Twenty20 World Cup opener against Scotland after winning toss at Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat, Oman today...
201 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
07:52 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayAs many as 201 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
Oman thrash PNG in T20 WC opener
07:26 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayZeeshan Maqsood's left-arm spin set it up, and a strong opening stand in which both Jatinder Singh and Aqib Ilyas hit unbeaten fifties completed a commanding ten-wicket win for Oman against PNG in the opening game of the T20 World Cup 2021...
PEC, Ebtedayee exams scrapped
06:34 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayThe Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given approval to cancel this year's Primary Education Completion (PEC), and its equivalent Ebtedayee examinations. An additional secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education confirmed the matter to Jago News. State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain will officially inform the media about this later, he said...
China surprises US with hypersonic missile test, FT reports
06:02 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayChina tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught US intelligence by surprise, the Financial Times reported, citing five unnamed sources...
16 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:16 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundaySixteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,768. During the period, 314 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,65,488, the health directorate said in a press release on Sunday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Man gets life in prison in drug case
04:23 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayA court in Narail on Sunday convicted a man and sentenced him to life in prison in a case filed the Narcotics Control Act...
Rohingyas, stranded Pakistanis exerting economic pressure on Bangladesh: PM
03:45 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called the displaced Rohingyas and stranded Pakistanis as burden for Bangladesh, saying they are putting pressure on country's economy...
IBBL Bogura Zone holds Clients’ Get-together
03:35 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayBogura Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized Clients’ Get-together at a local hotel recently...
Attacks on cops: 3 cases filed accusing over 4000
02:58 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayThree cases were filed against 4,040 unidentified people over Friday’s attacks on police members at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and its adjacent areas in the capital. The cases were filed with Palton, Ramna and Chawkbazar police stations on Saturday...
1 died, 2 burnt in Ctg blast
01:39 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayOne person died and two others were burnt in a blast at a rented house at Bayezid Bostami thana area in Chattogram around 10:30am on Sunday. Identities of them could not be known immediately. The injured people were admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH)...
Venezuelan President Maduro’s close aide extradited to US
12:45 PM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayOne of President Nicolás Maduro's closest aides has been extradited from Cape Verde to the United States, where he's been charged with money laundering...
RMCH records 3 more deaths in Covid-19 unit
11:26 AM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) registered three more fatalities in its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 63, so far, this month. However, the previous day's fatality figure was also three, while on October 3, the death toll was just one, the lowest-ever in the hospital...
17 US missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti
10:48 AM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayAs many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, the New York Times reported, citing security officials there...
Sudan: Protesters demand military coup as crisis deepens
09:36 AM, 17 Oct 2021 SundayOpponents of Sudan's transition to democracy took to the streets of Khartoum on Saturday to call on the army to take control of the country...