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COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
09:33 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayCOVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did - approximately 675,000...
Canadians re-elect Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party
09:15 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayCanadians gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party a victory in Monday’s parliamentary elections, according to projections by the Canadian Press and Canada’s television networks...
PM calls for global roadmap to achieve SDGs fighting Coronavirus
08:40 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for a global roadmap to ensure permanent recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGSs) by 2030...
PM suggests ‘bold measures’ to fight climate change impact
08:20 AM, 21 Sep 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged world leaders to adopt "bold and stronger measures" urgently to address planetary emergency through a “whole-of-the-world approach" to ensure a sustainable future for the next generations...
Coronavirus: 26 more die, 1555 infected
06:06 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 27,251 as 26 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,555 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,544,238. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Putin’s party heads for victory amid vote fraud claims
04:40 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayPresident Vladimir Putin's United Russia party looks set for another big win in the country's parliamentary elections, despite a drop in support...
Thalapathy Vijay files court case against his parents
04:12 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayIndia’s popular Tamil actor Joseph Vijay has filed a lawsuit against eleven people, including his parents, SA Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar, in a city court in Chennai...
Gunman kills 8 at Russian university
02:57 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayAt least eight people have been killed when a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials say. The assailant walked on to the campus on Monday morning and started shooting. Students and teachers barricaded themselves inside the university building; others were seen jumping from windows...
Cumilla-7 by-polls: Pran Gopal elected unopposed
01:40 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayFormer vice-chancellor of BSMMU Professor Pran Gopal Datta, who is the candidate of ruling Awami League, has been declared elected unopposed in Cumilla-7 by-polls...
RMCH counts 7 more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
12:45 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded seven more deaths at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, raising the death toll to 127 so far this month...
DGHS driver Malek jailed for 15 years
12:24 PM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayA court has sentenced Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) driver Abdul Malek to 15 years in jail in a case filed under Arms Act. Judge Rabiul Alam Dhaka of Dhaka’s Additional 3rd Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court passed the order on Monday...
Aukus: France pulls out of UK defence talks amid row
11:50 AM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayFrance's defence minister has cancelled talks with her UK counterpart amid the row prompted by a new security deal between Britain, the US and Australia...
PM reaches New York to attend 76th UNGA
11:21 AM, 20 Sep 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached here in USA on Sunday evening to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Bangladesh Ambassador to USA M Shahidul Islam and Bangladesh Permanent Representative to United Nations (UN) Ambassador Rabab Fatima received the Premier at the airport, he said...
11 lawyers secure bail in DSA case
09:01 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayThe High Court has granted bail to 11 lawyers, including the former president of Mymensingh District Bar Association Md Nurul Haque, for eight weeks in a case filed under the Digital Security Act...
Indian doctor, advocate, photographer held for raping woman
08:19 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayThree men – a doctor, an advocate, and a photographer – have been arrested by the police in Anand for allegedly raping a woman multiple times and circulating her private pictures and videos...
Japan lifts travel ban on Bangladesh
07:57 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayJapan has lifted a travel ban imposed on six countries, including Bangladesh, reports Sri Lanka based News First...
241 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
07:33 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayAs many as 241 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
Boxer Amir Khan removed from US flight
07:15 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayBritish boxer Amir Khan has been removed from a flight in the US after a reported row over face coverings...
Taiwan threatens to take China to WTO in new spat over fruit
06:43 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayTaiwan threatened to take China to the World Trade Organisation on Sunday (Sept 19) after Beijing said it would suspend sugar apple and wax apple imports from the island over pest concerns, in the latest spat between the two over fruit...
World's first all-civilian orbital crew returns to Earth
06:24 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayThe SpaceX Dragon capsule, whose heat shield allowed it to withstand descent, was slowed down by four large parachutes before splashing into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida...