Prakash Raj undergoes shoulder surgery

Indian actor-filmmaker Prakash Raj has undergone a surgery to fix the fracture in his left shoulder...

HSC form fill up begins today

The form fill up process for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) - 2021 was begun today which will be continued till August 25...

Female colleague files rape case against SP Mokter

A female colleague of police superintendent (SP) Mokter Hossain has filed a case against him for allegedly raping her...

215 more die of Covid-19 in a day

Some 215 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 23,613. During the period, 10,126 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 13,96,868, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday...

All public transports to run from Aug 19

Considering the socio-economic condition of the country, the government has decided to allow all public transports to operate on the roads from August 19 in compliance with the health rules...

Afghan govt offers to share power with Taliban: Official

The Afghanistan government has made a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in exchange for a halt in the escalating violence in the country, a top government source has told Al Jazeera...

US, Taiwan coast guards meet despite Chinese pressure

Officers from the U.S. and Taiwanese coast guards have met to discuss improving cooperation and communication despite efforts by China to isolate the self-governing island democracy...

65 killed in Algerian wildfires, Greece and Italy burn

Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria, where at least 65 people died, and in southern Italy...

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Australian capital Canberra goes into snap lockdown

The Australian capital Canberra is going into a snap one-week lockdown after recording its first case of Covid-19 in more than a year...

9 more die at RMCH Covid-19 unit

Some nine 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 179 so far this month against 566 in July and 405 in June...

16 die at MMCH in 24 hours

Sixteen people including a seven-month-old baby died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. Seven of them died from the disease and the rest nine died with its symptoms. The deceased were identified as Feroza, 60, Rahima Khatun, 65, Mojida Begum, 90, Minati Ranee Das, 65, Yakub Ali, 50, Julekha Begum, 70, Sultan, 55, Sufia, 45, Kamal, 45, Mujibur Rahman, 45, Nabila, 25, Sudha, 67, Abdur Rahim, 75, Bilkis, 35, Sakhina, 55...

Helicopter with 16 people on board crashes in Russia’s Kamchatka

A helicopter with 16 people on board, most of them tourists, has crashed in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s Far East the local government said, with seven passengers unaccounted for. The Mi-8 helicopter came down in Lake Kuril in the Kronotsky nature reserve, it said in a statement on Thursday...

Chelsea win Super Cup on penalties

Chelsea beat Villarreal 6-5 in a penalty shootout to lift the Uefa Super Cup for a second time after a draining 120 minutes in Belfast...

Afghanistan war: Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power

The Taliban fighters we meet are stationed just 30 minutes from one of Afghanistan's largest cities, Mazar-i-Sharif. The "ghanimat" or spoils of war they're showing off include a Humvee, two pick-up vans and a host of powerful machine guns...

17.70 lakh more Sinopharm vaccine doses arrive

A flight of Emirates airline carrying the jabs landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:50pm on Wednesday, said Health and Family Welfare Ministry's public relations officer Maidul Islam Pradhan. The officials of the Directorate General of Health Services received the consignment at the airport, he said...

BFIU seeks Pori Moni, Helena Jahangir's bank statements

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Wednesday sought the bank statements of eight people, including Dhallywood actress Pori Moni and businesswoman Helena Jahangir...

Shakib back as No. 1 allrounder in T20Is

Shakib Al Hasan has regained the No.1 allrounder spot in the T20I rankings...

Johnny Depp awards insulting, abuse charity says

A leading domestic abuse charity has criticised two major European film festivals for deciding to honour Johnny Depp at their forthcoming events...

237 more die of Covid-19 in a day

Some 237 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 23,398. 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...