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PRAN's food assistance program ‘Ahar Hobe Shobar Ghore’
03:55 PM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe needy people will be able to get emergency food assistance at home by dialing the number 02222281792. Under the ‘Pashe Asi Bangladesh’ initiative, the country’s leading conglomerate PRAN-RFL group has taken the campaign titled ‘Ahar Hobe Shobar Ghore’...
Midland Bank, BB ink deal on ACS
03:47 PM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdayMidland Bank Limited and Bangladesh Bank have signed an agreement to collect Treasury Challan through Automated Challan System (ACS)...
RMCH counts six more death at Covid-19 unit
02:14 PM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdaySix more people died at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 302 so far this month...
7 burnt at Mirpur gas explosion
02:07 PM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdayAt least seven people including a child were burnt in fire following an explosion due to pipeline gas leakage at the city’s Mirpur area early today...
Banks in Kabul reopen, drawing crowds of cash-starved Afghans
11:48 AM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdayAfter more than a week of closures, banks in Afghanistan are starting to reopen, drawing crowds of hundreds of people eager to finally have physical cash in their hands once again...
Death toll rises to at least 20 in western Venezuela floods
11:07 AM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdayAt least 20 people have died in the western Venezuelan state of Merida following intense rains that caused mudslides and rivers to overflow...
Coronavirus origins: US intelligence report ‘inconclusive’
09:52 AM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdayA US intelligence report requested by President Biden into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic is inconclusive, US media reports say...
US says 1,500 Americans may still await Kabul evacuation
09:21 AM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdaySecretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests the U.S. may accomplish its highest priority for the Kabul airlift...
Terror attack warning issued for Kabul airport
09:03 AM, 26 Aug 2021 ThursdayA number of nations say there is a high threat of a terrorist attack at Kabul airport and have warned their citizens not to travel there. Australia, the US and UK have issued alerts to their citizens. Those already outside the airport are advised to leave the area immediately...
UNICEF warns 10 million Afghan children in desperate need
10:04 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayChildren in Afghanistan already survive on humanitarian assistance and approximately a million are expected to suffer from life-threatening malnutrition this year, according to UNICEF. Children in Afghanistan already survive on humanitarian assistance...
PSG reject Real Madrid offer for Mbappe as 'not enough'
09:58 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayParis Saint-Germain turned down Real Madrid's bid to prise away Kylian Mbappe on Wednesday, with sporting director Leonardo saying the offer of around 160 million euros ($188 million) was "not enough" for a player they wanted "to keep"...
S Korea votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
09:21 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayA South Korean parliamentary committee voted on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward banning Google and Apple from forcibly charging software developers commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curb by a major economy...
Pak head coach Misbahul Haq catches Covid-19
09:10 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayFormer captain and head coach of the Pakistan cricket team Misbahul Haq has tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of his return to Pakistan from Jamaica, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday...
Taylor Swift joins TikTok and the Swifties go mad
08:19 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayTaylor Swift posted her first TikTok and of course her fans went wild...
Arrest warrant against Khandaker Mushtaq's son
06:38 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayAn arrest warrant has been issued against Khandaker Ishtiaq Ahmed Babu, the son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's killer Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed, in Cumilla in a case filed for alleged forgery...
Serena withdraws from US Open due to torn hamstring
06:26 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdaySerena Williams has withdrawn from the US Open due to a torn hamstring...
I will be staying at Spurs: Kane
06:23 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayHarry Kane has announced that he will stay at Tottenham this summer after a move to Manchester City failed to materialise...
114 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:51 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdaySome 114 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 25,627. 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...
Teenager arrested for 'raping' disabled child
05:48 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayThe Rapid Action Battalion members arrested a teenage boy for allegedly raping a disabled child in Sadar upazila of Tangail district early Wednesday...
Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with Morocco over 'hostile actions'
05:07 PM, 25 Aug 2021 WednesdayAlgeria is cutting diplomatic relations with Morocco, Foreign Minister Ramdane Lamamra said, accusing its neighbour of “hostile actions”...