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UK PM tells world to ‘grow up’ and tackle climate change
12:32 PM, 23 Sep 2021 ThursdayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told global leaders to “grow up” and tackle climate change, as the world faces a now-or-never moment to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C (2.7F) above pre-industrial levels...
Global inaction over Rohingya repatriation shocks Bangladesh: PM
11:30 AM, 23 Sep 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has demanded intensified global actions with "real urgency" to repatriate Rohingyas, saying major international powers inaction over the crisis shocked Bangladesh as it extended them makeshift refuge on humanitarian grounds...
COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff
11:16 AM, 23 Sep 2021 ThursdayOne desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students’ lunchboxes, telling parents it’s “now hiring.” Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses and schools are moving back to online learning...
Myanmar: Whole town flees amid fierce fighting
09:49 AM, 23 Sep 2021 ThursdayNearly all the 8,000 residents of a town in Myanmar have fled following fighting between the army and militia forces opposed to the military coup...
PM calls for declaring Covid-19 vaccine as “global public goods”
08:36 AM, 23 Sep 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her call to declare the Covid-19 vaccine as a "global public goods" as she joined a summit on Covid-19 in the US presidential palace, White House...
Marlon Samuels charged under ICC's anti-corruption code
08:47 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayMarlon Samuels, the architect of West Indies' twin T20 World Cup triumphs in 2012 and 2016, has been charged by the ICC's anti-corruption unit on four counts of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board's anti-corruption code. In a media statement on Wednesday, the ICC said the charges related to the T10 tournament conducted by the ECB.
‘I have learned a lot from Irrfan Khan’: Nawazuddin Siddiqui
08:27 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayIt’s been eight years since Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox hit screens. The film, starring Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Nimrat Kaur, resonated with audiences across the globe, especially with the ones who hail from Mumbai...
Cop accused of raping teenager
07:50 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayA teenage girl has filed a case against a police constable in Mymensingh accusing him of raping her...
Lithuania tells citizens to throw out Chinese phones
07:13 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayLithuania’s Defence Ministry has recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now, after a government report found the devices had built-in censorship capabilities...
Missing female UP member found dead
06:40 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayPolice recovered the body of a female UP member from a paddy field in Dhunat upazila of Bogura on Wednesday afternoon, five days after she had gone missing.
36 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:25 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayThirty six more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,313. During the period, 1,376 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,47,176, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
World is on edge of abyss: UN chief
05:05 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that the world is on the edge of an abyss and moving in the wrong direction...
22-day ban on catching hilsa from Oct 4
04:31 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe government has decided to impose a ban on catching, selling, hoarding, and transporting hilsa for 22 days from October 4 to 25 to increase its production...
Why job adverts don't include salaries
04:01 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayYou’re scrolling through LinkedIn when you come across a promising job ad. The description is inspiring, the team members look compatible and you meet most of the qualifications for the role. Then, when you get to the part about the expected salary, you find that instead of an actual figure there are phrases like “depending on experience” or simply “competitive”...
5G to be launched at the end of 2021: Joy
02:58 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has revealed the launching of 5G service in the country to take place at the end of this year...
Pakistan wanted Taliban to represent Afghanistan in Saarc meeting: Report
02:22 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayA meeting of foreign ministers of member nations of the South Asian Association of Regional Association (SAARC) was cancelled as Pakistan...
PM seeks US investment in ICT, renewable energy, blue economy
12:46 PM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought US investment in country's different promising sectors such as Information and Communication Technology...
‘Bangladesh expects 1975 coup convict’s extradition from US’
11:46 AM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Dhaka was expecting extradition of August 15, 1975 carnage convict Rashed Chowdhury from the United States as process was underway to exhaust legal procedures towards that end...
Sex and the City star Willie Garson dies
10:56 AM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayWillie Garson, the actor best known for playing talent agent Stanford Blatch in Sex and the City, has died at the age of 57, his son says...
Taliban ask to speak at UN General Assembly in New York
10:15 AM, 22 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York City. The group's foreign minister made the request in a letter on Monday...