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Team Australia to arrive in Dhaka on July 29
12:09 PM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayThe Australia cricket team will arrive in Dhaka on July 29 to play a five-match T20 International series against Bangladesh...
Six die as pickup van rams auto-rickshaw
11:54 AM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayAmong the deceased, three were identified as Utpal Raha, 45, and Nayan Dutta, 25, son of Jagadish Dutta, residents of Naldha Moubhag area in Fakirhat upazila, and Abdul Hye, 55, of Chaksi village in Rampal upazila...
Naim scripts Tigers facile victory in first T20 against Zimbabwe
11:37 AM, 23 Jul 2021 FridayOpener Naim Sheikh struck a brilliant 51- ball 63 not out as Bangladesh made a winning start to the three-match T20 International series, whacking Zimbabwe past by eight wickets in the first match at Harare Sports Club on Thursday...
Nationwide 14-day strict lockdown begins
05:40 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe government imposed strict coronavirus restrictions from today and it will continue till August 5 with an aim to contain the spread of its fatality and infection as the pandemic has so far claimed the lives of 18,498 people and infected 11,36,503 others across the country...
187 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
05:34 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdaySome 187 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 18,685. During the period, 3,697 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 11,40,200, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday...
Mosque in Indian capital’s Rohingya camp bulldozed: Refugees
05:01 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayPolice and civil authorities in the Indian capital have demolished a makeshift mosque in a Rohingya camp, say the refugees, weeks after a massive fire had engulfed the settlement...
Language movement veteran Somela Rahman dies
04:29 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayLanguage movement veteran Somela Rahman passed away in a hospital in Nilphamari district on Thursday morning. She was 87...
Israeli lawmaker eyes spyware export curbs
03:58 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayIsrael's parliamentary review panel may recommend changes to defence export policy over high-profile allegations that spyware sold by Israeli cyber firm NSO Group has been abused in several countries, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday...
Halima Aden on why she quit modelling
02:54 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayHalima Aden, the Muslim model who became a trailblazer for wearing her hijab on the catwalk and in photoshoots, has hit out at the fashion industry and its exploitation of young models...
Three die as private car plunges into ditch
12:50 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayThree people were killed as a private car plunged into a roadside ditch in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj early Thursday...
Pakistan blocks TikTok for 4th time over "inappropriate content"
12:15 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe popular TikTok video-sharing app was blocked Wednesday in Pakistan for a fourth time because of "inappropriate content", the country's telecommunication regulator said...
Death toll in South Africa riots rises to 276
12:01 PM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe death toll from recent riots in South Africa has risen to 276, and police are investigating 168 cases for murder, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday...
17 Bangladeshis drown off Tunisia in shipwreck
11:22 AM, 22 Jul 2021 ThursdayAt least 17 Bangladeshi migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Wednesday...
Three killed, 50 hurt as two buses collide in Rangpur
04:40 PM, 21 Jul 2021 WednesdayThree people were killed and at least 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur district on Wednesday afternoon...
Three killed in Meherpur road mishap
03:28 PM, 21 Jul 2021 WednesdayThree people were killed as two motorcycles collided head-on in Meherpur district on Wednesday...
Indian businessman Kundra had links to UK porn firm: Cops
03:10 PM, 21 Jul 2021 WednesdayA company of businessman Raj Kundra, arrested in a porn films case, was running operations for a London-based firm floated by a close relative which was into producing pornographic content for India, Mumbai police said on Wednesday.
England win pulsating series decider
01:03 PM, 21 Jul 2021 WednesdayEngland overcame an almighty wobble to beat Pakistan in a pulsating final Twenty20 at Emirates Old Trafford and win the series 2-1...
President calls for standing by corona victims
12:57 PM, 21 Jul 2021 Wednesday“If the teachings of sacrifice can be reflected in our personal life, the peace and harmony will be established in the society,” the President said in his speech on Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, at Bangabhaban...
Aussie pacers dominate West Indies in series opener
11:47 AM, 21 Jul 2021 WednesdayAustralia's pacers demolished the West Indies batting line-up to claim a comprehensive 133-run victory on the DLS method in the rain-affected first One-Day International of a three-match series at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Tuesday...
Chahar powers India to ODI series win over Sri Lanka
11:42 AM, 21 Jul 2021 WednesdayDeepak Chahar hit an unbeaten 69 to lead India to a three-wicket series-clinching victory over Sri Lanka in a thrilling second one-day international on Tuesday...