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Afghanistan’s FM urges countries to engage with new govt
08:29 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayAfghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has criticised the United States for its actions towards the new Taliban government and for severing economic assistance after the group seized power last month...
Google guilty of abusing Android dominance in S Korea
09:24 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayGoogle has been fined 207.4 billion won (around $177 million) in South Korea for abusing its dominant market position to stop device manufacturers from using modified versions of Android, Bloomberg reports...
Apple set to unveil new iPhones
09:09 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayApple is expected to unveil four new iPhones on Tuesday during a virtual media event held from California...
Body recommends action against Evaly
08:12 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayAn inter-ministerial committee headed by the Committee Ministry has recommended taking legal action against e-commerce company Evaly. Hafizur Rahman, the director general of the World Trade Organization cell of the ministry and the chief of the committee, came up with disclosure on Tuesday after a meeting of the committee at the Secretariat...
Naseeruddin Shah on why Khans don’t speak out: ‘They have much to lose'
07:38 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayVeteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, whose recent comments on “sections of Indian Muslims celebrating the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan” got him into a controversy, has now opened up about how a few big Indian filmmakers and actors are being “encouraged” to make “pro-establishment” films...
Lasith Malinga announces T20 retirement
06:58 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayLasith Malinga has announced his retirement from T20 cricket after 295 matches where he picked 390 wickets...
Pakistan to tour Bangladesh in Nov
06:50 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayPakistan's men's team will travel to Bangladesh in November for their first bilateral series in the country since 2015. The tour will consist of three T20Is and two Tests, which are part of the 2021-23 World Test Championship cycle...
HC asks to shut down unregistered news portals in 7 days
06:30 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe High Court on Tuesday ordered the government to shut the country's all unregistered online news portals within a week...
35 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:16 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayBangladesh on Tuesday reported 35 more deaths from coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,007. During the period, it recorded 2,074 more infections, raising the total to 15,34,440, the health directorate said in a press release today. 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...
Is it rational to use Ivermectin for treatment and prevention of Covid-19 in Bangladesh?
05:07 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayDue to devastating effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and complicated pathologies of COVID-19, several antiviral drugs were provided emergency use authorization (EUA)...
Verdict in case against SK Sinha on Oct 5
04:12 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayA court in Dhaka on Tuesday fixed October 5 to deliver its verdict in a case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar (SK) Sinha and 10 others for allegedly embezzling Tk 4 crore loan from Farmers Bank (Now Padma Bank)...
Charge-sheet filed against 41 in case over killing 26 Bangladeshis in Libya
03:47 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayPolice have filed a charge-sheet against 41 in a case lodged over killing 26 innocent Bangladeshis in Mizdah, Libya, last year...
Universities to reopen after Sept 27
02:58 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe vaccine registration of all universities’ students will be completed by September 27. Later the authorities of the institutions will be able to reopen the academic activities and residential halls after taking the approval of their respective academic council...
PM reiterates call to follow health guidelines
02:15 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to the countrymen particularly the lawmakers to follow the health guidelines properly as she joined a discussion on an obituary motion at parliament...
Maritime ports advised to keep hoisting cautionary signal No. 3
02:02 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting the local cautionary signal no. three as under the influence of a deep depression, steep pressure gradient persists over the North Bay and adjoining areas...
Man gets death for murder of 4 of a family
01:41 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayA court in Satkhira has sentenced a man to death for killing of four members of a family. Judge Sheikh Mofijur Rahman of Senior District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Satkhira passed the order on Tuesday. The death-row convicts is Rayhanur Rahman...
India records 25,404 COVID-19 cases, 339 deaths
01:05 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayIndia logged 25,404 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,89,579, while the count of active cases declined to 3,62,207, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday...
Sudan floods have killed more than 80 since July: Official
11:35 AM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayFloods triggered by seasonal torrential rains in Sudan have killed more than 80 people and damaged or destroyed some 35,000 homes since July, a senior police official said Monday...
Pentagon backs efforts by US veterans to evacuate Afghans
11:04 AM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe Defense Department supports the ongoing efforts of US military veterans to help evacuate at risk Afghans from the country, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday...
Norway’s left-wing opposition wins election in a landslide
10:43 AM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayNorway’s left-wing opposition headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Store has had a landslide win in a general election after a campaign dominated by the future of the country’s oil industry...