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Sydney extends COVID-19 lockdown
12:50 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayThe COVID-19 lockdown of Sydney was extended on Friday and a nightly curfew imposed on the city's worst-affected suburbs in a last-ditch attempt to slow the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant that is spreading across New South Wales state...
Death toll from Burkina Faso attack rises to 80
11:35 AM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayThe death toll from an attack on civilians and the military in northern Burkina Faso has risen to 80 people, the government said in a statement on Thursday...
Israrel approves resumption of Qatar aid to Gaza
11:08 AM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayIsrael says it reached an agreement with Qatar and the United Nations on a mechanism to transfer aid from the Gulf State to the besieged Gaza Strip, boosting prospects for relief in the Palestinian enclave after it was devastated in an Israel-Hamas conflict...
Deadly blast hits Ashura procession in Pakistan
09:29 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayAt least three people are dead and 50 others wounded after a bomb ripped through a Shia Muslim procession in central Pakistan, officials said...
Deadline of online application for 7 College admission extended
08:17 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe deadline of online application for under graduate programme of Dhaka University (DU) affiliated seven has been extended till September 10...
Mushfiqur, Liton back in Tigers T20 squad for New Zealand series
08:09 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayAs it was expected, experienced duo Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das returned to Bangladesh's squad for the upcoming five-match T20 International series against New Zealand next month...
Govt’s purchase committee approves 8 proposals
06:29 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved eight proposals, including one for the printing, binding and supplying of 1,07,52,840 copies of textbook through 11 bidders...
159 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:50 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdaySome 159 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 24,878. During the period, 6,566 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 14,47,210, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday...
Youth beaten to death in Kurigram
05:17 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayA young man has been beaten to death in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram district...
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost announce birth of baby boy
04:30 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayScarlett Johansson has welcomed a baby boy with husband Colin Jost, he has announced on social media...
IMF to withhold Afghanistan funds amid uncertainty: official
03:58 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe IMF will withhold funds to Afghanistan amid the uncertainty over the status of the leadership in Kabul, a spokesperson for the institution told AFP Wednesday...
Taliban urge Afghans to leave Kabul airport after days of deadly chaos
02:42 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe Taliban on Thursday urged crowds of Afghans waiting outside Kabul airport in the hope of fleeing the country to go home, saying they did not want to hurt anyone, a day after Taliban fighters fired at protesters, killing three...
Hefazat Ameer Babunagari dies
01:09 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayHefazat-e-Islam Ameer and Shaikhul Hadith of Hathazari Madrasah Junayed Babunagari has passed away. His Khadem (caretaker) HM Junayed and grandson Barkatullah confirmed the death to Jago News on Thursday. Junayed said, Babunagari breathed his last 12:50pm while undergoing treatment at CSCR Hospital in Chattogram...
Pori Moni put on remand again
12:43 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayA court in Dhaka has placed Dhallywood actress Pori Moni on a one-day remand in a drug case again. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqul Islam passed the order on Thursday noon. Earlier, Pori Moni was taken to the court from Central Jail in Kashimpur, Gazipur at 8:25am...
Malaysia’s ex-Deputy PM Ismail poised to win premiership race
11:56 AM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayFormer Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob looked set to form the next government after gaining a parliamentary majority from the same coalition that collapsed earlier this week, media and lawmakers said on Thursday...
Ghani denies taking large sums of money as he fled Afghanistan
11:03 AM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayAfghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates, has said that he had left Kabul to prevent bloodshed and denied reports he took large sums of money with him as he departed the presidential palace...
Dozens die in Burkina Faso as Islamist militants raid convoy
10:20 AM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayDozens of people were killed in northern Burkina Faso on Wednesday when Islamist militants raided a civilian convoy that was being escorted by military police, the latest in a spate of attacks across West Africa's Sahel region this month...
Afghanistan crisis: Biden says no American will be left behind in Kabul
08:51 AM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayUS President Joe Biden has said US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond his withdrawal deadline, as armed Taliban fighters kept desperate evacuees from reaching Kabul's airport...
UAE says hosting Afghan president 'on humanitarian grounds'
10:00 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayThe United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it is hosting Afghan president Ashraf Ghani "on humanitarian grounds", after he fled his country amid a Taliban takeover...
Twitter tests 'misleading' post report button
08:48 PM, 18 Aug 2021 WednesdayTwitter is introducing a way to report posts as "misleading" for the first time...