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Signal no 3 for maritime ports
02:56 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayWith deep monsoon clouds forming in and around North Bay due to the effect of active monsoon winds, all sea ports in the country have been asked to hoist local cautionary signal no. 3, said a met office bulletin...
Biden-Putin summit: US and Russian leaders set for tense Geneva talks
02:39 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayUS President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are preparing sit down for their first, highly-anticipated summit...
India’s active Covid-19 count below 9 lakh after 70 days
02:17 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayWith the continued slide in daily new Covid cases, India’s active caseload on Wednesday stood at 8,65,432 - a decline below the nine lakh mark after 70 days...
Momen for fulfilling UNSC’s obligation in resolving Rohingya crisis
01:52 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayForeign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen has urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to fulfill its Charter obligations and take measures to resolve crisis in Myanmar so the Rohingyas can return to their homes...
Sydney records first local COVID-19 case in more than a month
01:04 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayAustralia's most populous city Sydney has recorded its first locally acquired case of COVID-19 in more than a month, stoking concerns of a fresh wave of infections on Wednesday...
Smith, Warner miss Australia tours of Caribbean, Bangladesh
12:13 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdaySteve Smith will miss Australia’s limited-overs cricket tours to the West Indies and Bangladesh because of an elbow injury while David Warner and Pat Cummins are among the six players who’ve declared themselves unavailable...
Mother, two children found dead in Sylhet
11:18 AM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayPolice today recovered the throat-slit bodies of a women and her two children from their house at Fatehpur in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Alima Begum, 35, her children Mizanur Rahman, 8 and Anita Begum, 3...
N.Korea’s Kim says food situation ‘tense’ due to pandemic, typhoons
10:22 AM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said the country’s economy improved this year but called for measures to tackle the “tense” food situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic and last year’s typhoons, state media said on Wednesday...
Green jackfruit flour helps control Type 2 diabetes: Study
09:33 AM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayReplacing a tablespoon of rice or wheat flour in daily meals with green jackfruit flour is significantly effective at lowering the plasma glucose level in patients with Type 2 diabetes, a new study has said...
China sends 28 warplanes near Taiwan in year’s largest exercise
09:02 AM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayChina's air force sent 28 aircraft close to Taiwan, the largest sortie this year, further ratcheting up military pressure on the government in Taipei as it seeks to strengthen ties with the US...
Billionaire Mackenzie Scott gives away £2bn more
08:49 AM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayBillionaire MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated another $2.7bn (£1.9bn) to a range of charities...
Israel launches air raids on Gaza Strip
08:29 AM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayThe Israeli air force launched air raids on the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday after Palestinians in the besieged enclave sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel, Israel’s military and witnesses in Gaza said...
Woman accused of extramarital affair paraded naked as punishment
10:01 PM, 15 Jun 2021 TuesdayA woman was stripped naked and paraded through a village in eastern India after a kangaroo court – comprised mostly of men – found her “guilty” of having an extra-marital affair...
SSF being trained, modernised keeping pace with modern era: PM
09:37 PM, 15 Jun 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that her government has been developing the Special Security Force (SSF) as a time-befitting force equipped with advanced technology and appropriate training...
Youth hacked in Dhaka over previous enmity
09:24 PM, 15 Jun 2021 TuesdayA young man was hacked at Mohammadpur in the capital over previous enmity on Tuesday afternoon...
Govt working for more afforestation, environmental development: PM
08:42 PM, 15 Jun 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government is working for more afforestaion to make the country greener and ensure environmental development...
Three farmers killed in lightning strikes
08:23 PM, 15 Jun 2021 TuesdayThree people were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in three upazilas of Sirajganj district on Tuesday afternoon...
Apple and Google face competition probe
07:22 PM, 15 Jun 2021 TuesdayThe UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed it is investigating Apple and Google over their dominant position in the mobile phone market...
US Navy says carrier group operating in South China Sea
06:46 PM, 15 Jun 2021 TuesdayA US aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea as part of a routine mission, the US Navy said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims most the disputed waterway...
Govt allows use of J&J Covid-19 vaccine
06:14 PM, 15 Jun 2021 TuesdayThe Directorate General of Drug Administration has approved the emergency use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine in the country, a press release of the drug regulator said on Tuesday...