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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...
43 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:23 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayForty three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,225. During the period, 1,383 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,42,683, the health directorate said in a press release on Sunday. The daily count came from a test of 24,683 samples in the past day...
BTRC approves IP-based data services only for licensed ISPs
04:56 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayBangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has shut down the services of unregistered 59 Internet Protocol Televisions (IPTV)...
Youth gets life in prison for raping woman
04:29 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayA Joypurhat court on Sunday sentenced a young man to life in prison for raping a woman luring her a job in 2007...
Tottenhamd and England legend Jimmy Greaves dies
03:31 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayTottenham Hotspur and England legend Jimmy Greaves has died aged 81...
Huge fake, foreign drugs seized from Mitford
03:11 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayThe detectives have seized a huge quantity of fake, and foreign drugs from different pharmacies and godowns in Mitford area of Old Dhaka...
Najib may seek re-election to Parliament despite conviction
02:43 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayFormer Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has not ruled out seeking re-election to Parliament within the next two years, he told Reuters in an interview, undeterred by a corruption conviction that would block him from running...
Govt extends Khaleda’s release for 6 more months
02:05 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayThe government has extended BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s parole for six more months suspending her prison term in two cases over corruption. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told journalists at the Secretariat on Sunday...
Another case filed against Evaly CEO, 19 others
01:05 PM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayEvaly CEO Md Rassel and its nineteen officials have been sued in another case filed over embezzlement of money. A man named Md Kamrul Islam Chakdar filed the case with Dhanmandi Police Station on Saturday midnight...
French minister condemns US and Australia ‘lies’ over security pact
11:43 AM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayFrance's foreign minister has accused Australia and the US of lying over a new security pact that prompted Paris to recall its ambassadors...
8 killed, 7 missing after passenger ship overturns in China
10:34 AM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayEight people were killed, and seven others remained missing as of 8:10 a.m. Sunday after a passenger ship overturned in a river in southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to local authorities...
Danish former professional cyclist Sorensen dies
10:11 AM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayDanish former professional cyclist Chris Anker Sorensen has died at the age of 37 after being hit by a vehicle during a ride in Belgium, the International Cycling Union (UCI) says...
Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban
09:00 AM, 19 Sep 2021 SundayEvery night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to watch over their three young children so they can flee if they hear the footsteps of the Taliban...
Election is held under EC, not government: Hasan
09:14 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayInformation and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said election is held under the Election Commission (EC), but not under the government...
No more caretaker government in country: Razzak
07:50 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayAgriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzak today said no caretaker government would be formed in the country in violation of the constitution...
DU halls to reopen on Oct 5
06:57 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe authorities of Dhaka University have decided to reopen the residential halls on October 5 for the students of honours fourth year and masters degree...
Coronavirus: 35 more die, 1190 infected
05:26 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 27,182 as 35 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,190 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 15,41,300. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Saturday...
Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen
04:45 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayThe Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom...
New EC to be constituted as per law: Quader
03:42 PM, 18 Sep 2021 SaturdayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said new Election Commission (EC) will be formed as per the law. Quader was addressing a meeting of AL secretariat at the party's Bangabandhu Avenue central office here...