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Charge sheet against businessmen Nasir, Omi in drug case
02:36 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayDhaka metropolitan detective branch (DB) police has filed the charge sheet against businessmen Nasir Uddin Mahmud and Tuhin Siddiqui Omi in a case filled under the Narcotics Control Act with the airport police station...
‘They sold us out’: Afghans in disbelief over Taliban gains
01:18 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayResidents in Herat and Kandahar say they cannot believe how quickly both cities fell after the Taliban’s weeks-long effort to take two of Afghanistan’s largest cities. “They literally sold us out, there was no government resistance,” one female resident of Kandahar told Al Jazeera, fighting back tears late on Thursday evening...
Nation set to observe National Mourning Day tomorrow
12:54 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe nation is set to observe the National Mourning Day and 46th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tomorrow in a befitting manner with due respect...
NSU holds webinar on how to get scholarships in Europe, USA, Canada
12:17 PM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayTo develop the students' skills, the Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) of North South University (NSU) organized a Webinar entitled "How to Get Scholarship and Job for Higher Studies in Europe, USA, and Canada" on August 12...
Lukaku agent 'threatened' over transfer
11:00 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayRomelu Lukaku's agent, Federico Pastorello, says he and his family received threats while he was working on the striker's £97.5m Chelsea move...
Nicki Minaj and husband sued by sex assault victim
10:49 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayRapper Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, are being sued by a woman he was convicted of attempting to rape in 1994...
Couple found hanging in Chattogram
10:16 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayPolice on Friday night recovered the bodies of a young man and his wife from their house in Rangunia upazila of Chattogram district. The couple - Iskander, 28, and Ruma, 22 - were residents of Kurmaikul area under Lalanagar Union Parishad...
Noakhali BNP leader hacked to death
09:57 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe miscreants hacked a local BNP leader to death in Sadar upazila of Noakhali district on Friday night...
BBC condemns expulsion of journalist from Russia
08:43 AM, 14 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe BBC has condemned Russia's decision to not renew the visa of one of its correspondents in the country, calling it a "direct assault on media freedom". The corporation urged Russian officials to reconsider the "expulsion" of Sarah Rainsford, currently based in Moscow...
197 more die of Covid-19 in a day
06:08 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridaySome 197 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 23,810. During the period, 8,465 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 14,05,333, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Turkey's flash floods death toll soars to 27
05:45 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridayThe death toll from Turkey's flash floods soared to 27 on Friday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepared to inspect one of the hardest-hit regions and lend his moral support...
Another ferry hits Padma Bridge pillar
04:44 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridayAnother ferry named Kakoli hit 10 no. pillar of the Padma Bridge on its way from Banglabazar Ghat in Madaripur to Shimulia Ghat in Munshiganj on Friday morning...
Taliban seizes 16th Afghan city
04:36 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridayThe Taliban armed group takes the provincial capitals, Pul-e Alam, Feruz Koh, Qala-e Naw and Lashkar Gah within hours after capturing Herat and Kandahar cities...
Pori Moni denied bail, sent to jail
03:58 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridayA court in Dhaka has rejected bail petition of actress Pori Moni and ordered to send her to jail in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Chandra Mondal on Friday passed the order after her lawyer filed the petition. Earlier, police produced her before the court following completion of her six-day remand in two phases...
Samsung heir released from prison on parole
01:08 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridaySamsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been released from a South Korean prison and is now on parole. He served 207 days in jail - just over half the sentence he received after being convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January...
Britney Spears' father steps down as conservator
12:32 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridayBritney Spears' father has agreed to step down as the singer's conservator after 13 years, US media report...
Chelsea re-sign Lukaku for club record £97.5m
12:19 PM, 13 Aug 2021 FridayChelsea have re-signed striker Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan for £97.5m...
Taliban captures southern Afghanistan’s Lashkar Gah city
11:49 AM, 13 Aug 2021 FridayThe Taliban has captured the key city of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan, a day after the group claimed control over Kandahar and Herat, the country’s second and third largest cities, two officials have confirmed. Military and government officials had evacuated the city after striking a deal with the group, the security source said...
Ron, Dipu acquitted of attempted murder charges
09:56 PM, 12 Aug 2021 ThursdayA court in Dhaka has acquitted Sikder Group's Managing Director Ron Haque Sikder and his brother Dipu Haque Sikder in a case filed for allegedly attempting to kill EXIM Bank's two officials. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury on Thursday passed the acquittal order...
242 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
09:10 PM, 12 Aug 2021 ThursdayAs many as 242 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning...