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US Kabul airstrike targets suicide bomber
09:17 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayThe US has carried out a drone strike against a vehicle threatening the Kabul airport that had been linked to the regional Islamic State chapter, spokesperson for US Central Command has said. In what appeared to be a separate incident on Sunday, a rocket struck a neighbourhood just northwest of the airport, killing a child...
Film producer Raj denied bail
08:51 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayA court in Dhaka on Sunday rejected the bail plea of film producer Nazrul Islam Raj and ordered to send him to jail in a case filed under the Pornography Control Act...
Music is the only way to heal the world: Kailash Kher
07:56 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayDecked in a black blazer atop a black shirt, trademark ponytail and earrings in place, Kailash Kher loves to break into a song while conversing...
252 with dengue fever hospitalized in a day
07:46 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundaySome 252 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning...
Muhibbullah Babunagari made Hefazat ameer
05:54 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayHefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Sunday afternoon elected Muhibbullah Babunagari as its ameer...
89 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:09 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayEighty nine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 26,015. During the period, 3,948 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 14,93,537, the health directorate said in a press release on Sunday. The daily count came from a test of 27,921 samples in the past day...
RU new VC Prof Golam Sabbir
04:54 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayProfessor Dr Golam Sabbir Satter Tapu has been appointed as the new vice chancellor of Rajshahi University...
Houthi attacks kill 30 soldiers in Yemen
04:34 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayAt least 30 soldiers have been killed and 60 wounded in Houthi attacks on a military base belonging to forces of the Saudi-led coalition, a spokesman for Yemen’s southern forces said...
Muslim made to chant Jai Shri Ram in India: Cops
04:24 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayThis exchange went on for a few minutes before the Muslim man gave in and chanted the religious slogan Jai Shri Ram when gheraoed by two men in Sekli village of Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Saturday. Two men have been arrested in the case, said the police...
Mr. Noodles launches Korean Super Spicy noodles
03:14 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayMr. Noodles, the country’s leading noodles brand, has launched a new flavored noodles named ‘Mr. Noodles Korean Super Spicy’...
Adeel translates book ‘philistines khoter dinponji’ in Bengali
03:00 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayAdeel Mahmud is a passionate genius poet, translator and a social media enthusiast. Recently he has translated a book of poems by Palestine poet Mahmoud Darwish into Bengali. The name of the book is ‘philistines khoter dinponji’.
PM wants Bangladesh to be centre of world communications
02:23 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayHoping that the Cox’s Bazar airport would be the world’s most attractive place for refueling, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government wants to turn Bangladesh into the centre of communications for the entire world...
Metro rail’s performance test held
01:22 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayThe performance test of Bangladesh’s first overhead metro train was held at the depot in the capital’s Uttara on Sunday. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the test at 11:45am. “We will inaugurate three mega projects in the next year,” The minister said...
RMCH records seven more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
12:07 PM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayRajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) has counted seven more deaths at its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking total fatality to 321 so far this month...
PM opens Cox’s Bazar airport runway expansion work
11:53 AM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the expansion work of the Cox's Bazar Airport runway as part of a project to make it an international standard one. The Premier virtually opened the expansion work of the country’s longest runway from her official Ganabhaban residence this morning...
Brazil President says he will be killed, arrested or re-elected
10:30 AM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he sees three alternatives for his future: prison, death or victory in next year's presidential election...
More than 500 people rescued off Italian island
09:43 AM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayItalian coastguard vessels have rescued 539 migrants from a fishing boat drifting off the island of Lampedusa. The rescue on Saturday delivered one of the largest numbers of migrants to the Italian island in a single day...
Taliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan
09:28 AM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayTaliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the U.S. and its allies were ending a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’ two decades in Afghanistan...
Biden says another Kabul airport attack likely
08:36 AM, 29 Aug 2021 SundayAnother attack on Kabul airport is highly likely, US President Joe Biden has warned, saying commanders have told him it could come as early as Sunday. The state department has urged all US citizens to leave the area near the airport because of a "specific, credible threat"...
6.34 lakh more vaccine jabs arrive from Japan
10:02 PM, 28 Aug 2021 SaturdayBangladesh has received 6,34,920 more doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan under COVAX facilities. A flight of Cathay Pacific carrying the jabs landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:15pm on Saturday. Maidul Islam Pradhan, public relations officer of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, confirmed the matter...