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6 arrested over gang-rape on running bus in Savar
12:21 PM, 29 May 2021 SaturdayPolice have arrested six people over a gang-rape on a running bus at Savar in Dhaka. The victim has been sent to One Stop Crisis Centre of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for medical test. The incident took place on Ashulia-C&B bypass road around 11:45pm. The victim filed a case with Ashualia Police Station...
India logs 1.73 lakh COVID-19 cases, 3617 deaths
11:43 AM, 29 May 2021 SaturdayIndia has reported 1,73,790 new COVID-19 cases as 3,617 more patients succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. India’s overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,77,29,247 with 22,28,724 active cases and 3,22,512 deaths so far...
Erdogan inaugurates controversial mosque in Istanbul
10:53 AM, 29 May 2021 SaturdayTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has inaugurated a mosque in Taksim Square, Istanbul - the plans for which sparked a wave of protests in 2013...
Malaysia PM orders ‘total lockdown’ amid COVID surge
10:09 AM, 29 May 2021 SaturdayMalaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced a nationwide “total lockdown” starting in June as coronavirus infections in the country surged to record levels...
Mali’s top court declares coup leader Goita as interim president
09:06 AM, 29 May 2021 SaturdayMali's constitutional court on Friday declared Assimi Goita, the colonel who led a military coup this week while serving as vice president, to be the new interim president...
Biden budget: President sets out $6tn spending plan
08:37 AM, 29 May 2021 SaturdayUS President Joe Biden has released his first annual budget - a $6tn (£4.2tn) spending plan that includes steep tax increases for wealthier Americans. The bumper proposal would include huge new social programmes and investment in the fight against climate change...
Juventus sack Pirlo as manager
05:53 PM, 28 May 2021 FridayJuventus have sacked Andrea Pirlo as manager after he spent just one season in charge of the Italian club...
Bill Cosby's petition for parole denied
04:59 PM, 28 May 2021 FridayBill Cosby has been denied parole and will not be granted a release from his post at SCI – Phoenix in Pennsylvania...
Govt reports 31 more Covid-19 deaths in 24hrs
04:24 PM, 28 May 2021 FridaySome 31 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 12,511. During the period, 1,358 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,96,343, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Nike, Neymar split amid sex assault probe
03:05 PM, 28 May 2021 FridayUS sportswear giant Nike says it stopped working with Brazilian footballer Neymar because he "refused to co-operate in a good faith investigation" into an allegation of sexual assault against an employee...
Assad wins 4th term with 95% of vote
02:48 PM, 28 May 2021 FridaySyrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over a country ruined by war but which opponents and the West say was marked by fraud...
Black Lives Matter founder resigns from foundation
01:08 PM, 28 May 2021 FridayBlack Lives Matter's co-founder says she is resigning from its foundation, but not because of what she called right-wing attempts to discredit her...
Barca talks with Messi 'very positive'
12:41 PM, 28 May 2021 FridayTalks between Barcelona and Lionel Messi over a new contract are progressing satisfactorily with club president Joan Laporta having had a meeting with the player's father and agent, sources told ESPN...
Germany recognises colonial-era massacres in Namibia as genocide
12:03 PM, 28 May 2021 FridayGermany has recognised for the first time that it committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial rule more than a century ago and promised financial support worth more than one billion euros ($1.2bn) to fund infrastructure projects in the African nation...
HK mogul jailed again for pro-democracy protests
11:28 AM, 28 May 2021 FridayHong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for participating in an unauthorised assembly in 2019. Lai, 73, is currently already serving time for participating in other demonstrations that year. He will serve part of his new sentence consecutively, meaning Mr Lai faces a total of 20 months in jail...
South Asia crosses 30 million Covid-19 cases
11:27 AM, 28 May 2021 FridayCoronavirus infections in the South Asia region surpassed 30 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally of official data, led by India which is struggling with a second COVID-19 wave and a vaccine shortage across the region...
Macron asks Rwanda to forgive France over genocide
09:59 PM, 27 May 2021 ThursdayFrench President Emmanuel Macron has asked Rwandans to forgive France for its role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which about 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died...
Govt works to expand rail network across country: PM
08:54 PM, 27 May 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is working to expand rail communication networks across the country, especially in the areas having no railway...
Bangladesh approves use of Pfizer vaccine
08:09 PM, 27 May 2021 ThursdayThe Directorate General of Drug Administration has approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the country. DGDA on Thursday made the disclosure in a press release signed by its chief Major General Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman...
realme to organize 5G summit
07:34 PM, 27 May 2021 ThursdayYouth-centric brand realme is going to arrange a virtual global 5G summit titled as “Making 5G Global: Accessibility for All” together with GSMA, Counterpoint and Qualcomm on 3 June 2021 to shed light on 5G development and its potential...