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Biden announces Indo-Pacific alliance with UK, Australia
09:06 AM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayPresident Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is forming a new Indo-Pacific security alliance with Britain and Australia that will allow for greater sharing of defense capabilities - including helping equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines...
France says head of Islamic State in Sahara has been killed
09:06 AM, 16 Sep 2021 ThursdayFrance’s president announced the death of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara’s leader late Wednesday, calling Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi’s killing “a major success” for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists in the Sahel...
Shakib concedes top allrounder spot in T20 cricket
09:19 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayShakib Al Hasan lost his top allrounder spot in the T20 International cricket to Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi following his poor performance in the recent five-match T20 series between Bangladesh and New Zealand...
Facebook under fire over secret teen research
08:48 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayFacebook-owned Instagram has been criticised for keeping secret its internal research into the effect social media had on teenager users...
Nikita Rawal robbed of Rs 7 lakh at gunpoint
07:55 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayIndian actres Nikita Rawal was held at gunpoint and robbed of Rs 7 lakh by men wearing masks. She was in Shastri Nagar, Delhi, at her aunt’s residence when she was robbed. A police complaint has been filed and investigation is underway...
Mitu murder: Accused Bhola gets bail in HC
06:04 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, an accused in the case filed over the murder of Chattogram's former Police Superintendent Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. Mitu was shot and stabbed to death on the way to pick up her son from a school bus on OR Nizam Road in Chattogram on 5 June 2016...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles, South says
05:42 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayNorth Korea has fired two ballistic missiles across its east coast, South Korea's military says, its first ballistic missile test in six months...
51 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:14 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayBangladesh on Wednesday reported 51 more deaths from coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,058. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus. Coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and then spread to newer countries and territories...
HC displeased with 2 judges' explanations over Pori Moni's remand
05:03 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the explanations given by two lower court judges for placing actress Pori Moni on remand for second and third time in a narcotics case...
Over 10,000 Nagad accounts reactivated
04:30 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayAmong the Nagad account balances kept on hold for possible misuse of the refund system, Nagad has reactivated more than 5,000 accounts on Monday evening, taking the total number of reactivated accounts to more than 10,000...
Students aged 12 or above to get vaccine: PM
04:07 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her government's steps to provide Covid-19 vaccine to all citizens above 18 years, saying a plan is underway to gradually bring students of 12 years and above under vaccination coverage. "At present, age limit has been reduced to 18 to bring public and private universities' students under vaccination...
Shades of Lisbon as Bayern dominate Barca
03:47 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayBarcelona opened up their 2021/22 UEFA Champions League campaign by slumping to an 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in Group E on Tuesday night at the Camp Nou...
Case against Pori: Probe report to be submitted on Oct 10
02:16 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayA Dhaka court has fixed October 10 for submitting a probe report in a drug case filed against Dhallywood actress Pori Moni...
College student murder: 2 to die, 4 get life
01:09 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayA court has sentenced two people to death and life-term imprisonment to four others in a case filed for murder of college student Sohag Serniabat at Wazirpur upazila in Barishal. Judge T M Musa of Public Security Disruption Crime Suppression Tribunal of Barishal passed the order around 11am on Wednesday...
5yr extension of quick rental power plant law bill placed in JS
12:40 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe extension of the 'Speedy Supply of Power and Energy (Special Provision) (Amendment) Act, 2010' bill was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad aiming to boost power supply to the consumers...
Light to moderate rain likely over country
12:24 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind...
Afghan child, evacuated alone, arrives in Canada: Report
11:58 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayA three-year-old Afghan boy has made it to Toronto, where his father lives, after leaving Kabul alone more than two weeks ago, Canadian news outlet The Globe and Mail reported...
China’s UK ambassador banned from parliament over sanctions
09:14 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayChina’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has been banned from the British parliament because Beijing imposed sanctions on legislators after they spoke out against alleged human rights abuses directed at the minority Uighurs in the far western region of Xinjiang...
Haiti prosecutor seeks charges against PM in president’s killing
08:45 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayHaiti’s chief prosecutor is seeking charges against Prime Minister Ariel Henry in relation to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, accusing the prime minister of communicating with a key suspect in the case on the night Moise was killed...
Several civilians and soldiers killed in Mogadishu suicide attack
08:29 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayAt least nine people have died in a suspected suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police and witnesses said...