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Vidya Balan's "first salary" was Rs 500
04:39 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayVidya Balan made her Bollywood debut with 2005's Parineeta, in which she co-starred with Saif Ali Khan ad Sanjay Dutt...
20 bodies found near SA abandoned goldmine
04:14 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayPolice in South Africa have discovered the bodies of 20 suspected illegal miners near an abandoned goldmine shaft south-west of Johannesburg...
Real skipper Ramos to quit club
03:45 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayLegendary captain Sergio Ramos is to leave Real Madrid after a glittering, trophy-laden career spanning 671 games and 16 seasons, the club announced Wednesday...
Impressive Italy beat Switzerland to reach last 16
03:28 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayIn-form Italy became the first team to reach the knockout stage of the European Championship with another impressive Group A showing in victory over Switzerland...
COVID-19 in Khulna: 18 die in 24 hours
02:35 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 767 in Khulna division as 18 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 725 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 42,611. Rasheda Sultana, Director of the Divisional Health Directorate, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Thursday...
Myanmar village burned after fighting; residents blame security forces
01:43 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdaySecurity forces set ablaze a village in central Myanmar after clashing there with opponents of the ruling junta, leaving at least two elderly people burned to death, several village residents said on Wednesday (June 16)...
Momen seeks UN roadmap for Rohingya repatriation
01:19 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, who is now visiting the US, has sought a ‘clear roadmap’ from the United Nations (UN) regarding early repatriation of forcibly displaced persecuted Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their land of origin in Myanmar...
Why Queen Elizabeth II always wears colourful outfits
12:58 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayQueen Elizabeth II has always turned heads with her appearances marked by her quintessential style. Upon noticing her looks carefully, it emerges that the monarch likes to always keep them colourful...
India logs 67,208 COVID-19 cases, 2330 deaths in last 24 hours
12:08 PM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayIndia on Wednesday reported 67,208 new COVID-19 cases as 2330 more patients succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said...
10 more die at RMCH’s corona unit
10:55 AM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayTen people died at the corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours. Of the deceased, three died of coronavirus and the rest died from its symptoms. Dr Saiful Ferdous, Deputy Director of RMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Thursday. He said, among the deceased, seven people are from Rajshahi, one each from Chapainawabganj, Natore and Naogaon...
Apple Daily: Hong Kong police arrest editor after raid on paper
10:01 AM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayHong Kong police arrested the editor-in-chief and four other executives of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on Thursday, on suspicion of violating the national security law...
Biden and Putin praise Geneva summit talks but discord remains
09:08 AM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayThe presidents of the US and Russia have praised their talks in Geneva but have made little concrete progress at the first such meeting since 2018. Disagreements were stated, said US President Joe Biden, but not in a hyperbolic way, and he said Russia did not want a new Cold War...
Shenzhou-12: China launches first crew to new space station
08:35 AM, 17 Jun 2021 ThursdayChina has launched three astronauts into orbit to begin occupation of the country's new space station. The three men - Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo - are to spend three months aboard the Tianhe module some 380km (236 miles) above the Earth...
France eases mask rules; will end nightly virus curfew
09:44 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayFrance on Wednesday eased several COVID-19 restrictions, with authorities saying it’s no longer always mandatory to wear masks outdoors and halting an 8-month nightly coronavirus curfew this weekend...
Taw Haa's wife seeks PM's intervention to trace him
09:27 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayThe wife of Islamic preacher Abu Taw Haa Muhammad Adnan, who alongwith three others remains missing for six days, has demanded the intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to trace him...
Bengali actress Swatilekha Sengupta dies
08:11 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayVeteran Bengali actress Swatilekha Sengupta died at the age of 71 in a Kolkata hospital on Wednesday afternoon...
Process goes on to establish int’l vaccine institute in Bangladesh: PM
07:48 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that her government is going to establish an international vaccine institute in Bangladesh to produce vaccines of the Covid-19 and other viruses...
Schoolgirl rescued within 12 hours of abduction
07:36 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayPolice rescued a schoolgirl from Lalmai upazila of Cumilla district on Wednesday, 12 hours after she had been abducted...
Another life-saving Covid treatment found
06:56 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdayExactly a year on from the discovery that a cheap steroid drug prevented Covid deaths, researchers say they have found another life-saving therapy...
Covid-19: Fresh deaths 60, cases around 4000
05:28 PM, 16 Jun 2021 WednesdaySome 60 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 13,282. During the period, 3,956 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 8,37,247, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday...