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Afghanistan’s ex-President Ashraf Ghani apologises for fleeing
12:01 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayFormer Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has apologised to the people of Afghanistan after fleeing to take refuge in the United Arab Emirates...
Militant hideout raided at Basila, top JMB leader detained
11:11 AM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayRapid Action Battalion conducted a drive at a house suspecting it militant hideout at Basila in the capital’s Mohammadpur on Thursday morning. A top Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader named Emdadul Haque alias Ujjal Master was detained from the spot and was taken to RAB headquarters for interrogation...
Head of new Afghan govt calls on ex-officials to return
09:40 AM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayAfghanistan’s new acting prime minister, in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, has called on former officials who fled when the Taliban seized power last month to return to the country, saying the group “will guarantee their security and safety”...
Afghanistan: Women beaten for demanding their rights
08:46 AM, 09 Sep 2021 Thursday"We want equal rights, we want women in government," dozens of female protesters chanted as they marched down a street in Kabul on Wednesday...
Covid: North Macedonia hospital fire kills 10
08:22 AM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayAt least 10 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating Covid-19 patients in North Macedonia. Footage shared on social media showed a building in flames and a thick cloud of black smoke billowing into the air near a main road in the city of Tetovo...
52 more die of Coronavirus in 24 hours
05:33 PM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 26,736 as 52 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,487 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 15,22,302. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Wednesday...
HC orders to include Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech in textbooks
05:25 PM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) today ordered authorities concerned to include the historic speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in textbooks of university, college, secondary and higher secondary levels...
HC allows Japanese mom to spend night with daughters
04:53 PM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) today in an order allowed Japanese citizen Nakano Eriko to spend nights with her daughters Makano Jasmine Malika, 11, and Makano Laila Lina, 9, at their Gulshan flat and take them outside...
3 motorcyclists killed in Rangpur road accident
04:03 PM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayThree motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Khiyarpara point on the Mithapukur-Fulbari regional highway under Badarganj upazila in the district on Tuesday night...
Akshay Kumar’s mother Aruna Bhatia dies
03:00 PM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayBollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s mother Aruna Bhatia died on Wednesday morning. He took to Twitter to share the news and expressed his grief...
US concerned by new Taliban government
01:54 PM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe US has said it is concerned after the Taliban unveiled Afghanistan's new all-male government with figures linked to attacks on American forces...
Govt tried to bring land services to people’s hand: PM
01:17 PM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has tried to bring land related services to the hands of people to reduce their sufferings and harassments through digitization of the land management system...
RMCH sees lowest two deaths in Covid-19 unit
12:23 PM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) logged ever-lowest two deaths at the Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today since the second coronavirus wave hit the region around five months back...
Powerful earthquake near Mexico’s Acapulco kills at least 1
11:54 AM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayA powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City hundreds of kilometers away...
PM opens Bhumi Bhaban
11:39 AM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated "Bhumi Bhaban" in the capital's Tejgaon area to make it as "one-stop-service" hub for land related services. To facilitate a hassle-free service to the people, all the offices related to land now will be accommodated under the rooftop of this Bhaban. The Premier joined the inaugural ceremony virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban...
Indonesia prison fire kills 41 drug inmates, 80 hospitalized
11:25 AM, 08 Sep 2021 WednesdayA massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates and injuring 80 others. The fires had been extinguished for about two hours and hundreds of police and soldiers were deployed around the prison to prevent prisoners from escaping...
Tk 4,300cr project to groom youth-folk as workforce okayed
09:59 PM, 07 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe government on Tuesday approved a Taka 4,300 crore project to groom the country's youth folk, women and disadvantageous section of people suitable for getting employed and thus build themselves as demand-based workforce of the country...
Taliban announces new Afghan government
09:06 PM, 07 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe Taliban has announced the names of several acting cabinet ministers of a new caretaker government in Afghanistan led by Mohammad Hasan Akhund. Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy leader and Sirajuddin Haqqani has been named as interior minister...
Murder accused AL leader arrested
08:57 PM, 07 Sep 2021 TuesdayPolice have arrested a local Awami League leader, who is accused in a murder case, in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur district...
Justin Trudeau hit by stones on campaign trial
08:00 PM, 07 Sep 2021 TuesdayCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been hit by gravel thrown by protesters during a campaign stop...