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Actor Babor passes away
12:58 PM, 26 Aug 2019 MondayMovie actor Babor passed away while undergoing treatment at Square Hospital in the capital on Monday morning...
War crimes verdict against Rajshahi man Tuesday
12:18 PM, 26 Aug 2019 MondayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has fixed Tuesday to announce the verdict against Abdus Samad alias Feroz Kha alias Musa for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. A three-member panel of the ICT, headed by Justice Md Shahinur Islam, fixed the date on Monday...
Amazon fires: G7 leaders close to agreeing plan to help, says Macron
11:32 AM, 26 Aug 2019 MondayInternational leaders gathering at the G7 summit are reportedly nearing an agreement to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday a deal to provide "technical and financial help" was close...
Vision Electronics launches voice control TV
02:57 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayPopular electronics brand ‘Vision’ has introduced android voice control google TV. The special feature of the tv is that user can go desired channel just using his/her voice through giving direction in the remote and also able to browse websites through the assistance of google. R N Paul, Managing Director of RFL Group....
Mohamed Salah scores twice as relentless Liverpool prove too good for Arsenal
02:48 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayFor David Luiz, this was an introduction to Arsenal and their infamous defensive fragility. For Arsenal, this was an introduction to David Luiz and his infamous defensive fragility. The very thing that Arsenal feared when they signed Luiz from Chelsea came to pass in only his second game...
Messi to miss Barcelona's game at Real Betis
02:40 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayLionel Messi has been left out of Barcelona's squad to face Real Betis in the Spanish league on Sunday. Messi returned to training this week after recovering from a right calf injury picked up in preseason, but the Argentina star was not included in the list of players available for the team's home opener at Camp Nou Stadium....
Protect migrant workers from middlemen: PM
02:34 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to be mindful so that the people who have gone abroad to attract good luck do not end up being cheated by middlemen. “We’ve to give a special attention so that no one is cheated by middlemen....
Jamalpur DC Ahmed Kabir made OSD
02:27 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayJamalpur’s Deputy Commissioner Ahmed Kabir was made an officer on special duty on Sunday, days after a leaked video showed him in a compromising situation with a female colleague. In a notification, the Public Administration Ministry said the order will be effective immediately.....
Spider-Man Tom Holland tells fans: 'I love you 3000'
01:31 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayTom Holland has made an appearance at a Disney fan convention amid the news that Spider-Man will no longer be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Earlier this week, it was reported that the cross-studio partnership between Disney and Sony, which allowed Holland's Spider-Man to appear in Marvel films, was ending......
2 years of Rohingya influx: 43 murders in camps, 32 killed in gunfights
01:23 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayThe Rohingyas, who were forced out of their motherland and found shelter in Bangladesh on humanitarian ground, are increasingly becoming a security threat to their host country. Camps in the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar currently accommodating 1.1 million Rohingyas have turned into hotbeds of crime...
Hell for Leather
12:25 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayIn its search for export diversification beyond the apparel sector that rakes in an almost obscene 85 percent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings each year, Bangladesh has long held on to the promise of its leather sector. It was around the middle of the present decade........
Trump claims he has 'absolute right' to order US companies out of China under 1977 law
12:11 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayUnited States President Donald Trump claimed he has the "absolute right" to "order" US companies to stop doing business with China that would involve using his broad executive authority in a new and unprecedented way under a 1977 law. On Friday, China unveiled a new round of retaliatory tariffs on about $75 billion worth of US goods...
Housewife dies of dengue in Madaripur
12:03 PM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayA woman died of dengue on early Sunday while being shifted to a hospital in Dhaka. Police said Sumi Akter, 30, wife of Anwar Hossain of Kathalbari village of Shibpur upazila, died around 1:30am at the Mawa ferry terminal in Munshiganj. Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Shibpur Police Station......
Hezbollah official: Israeli drone fell in south Beirut suburbs, second drone exploded
11:59 AM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayAn Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut and a second one exploded near the ground on Sunday, a Hezbollah official told Reuters, in the first such incident in more than a decade. The Israeli military said it does not comment on foreign reports.......
Bullet-hit body found in Cox’s Bazar
11:45 AM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayA bullet-hit body was sighted at Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday morning what was found by Rupgati Bridge on Dhaka-Teknaf marine drive road. The identity of the deceased couldn’t be known immediately. Locals said, they informed police finding a bullet-hit body beside the bridge around 7:30am in the day......
Prof Muzaffar to be buried in Cumilla
11:24 AM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayNational Awami Party (NAP) chief Prof Muzaffar Ahmed will be laid to rest at his village home in Debidwar upazila’s Elahabad on Sunday. His body was taken to Cumilla on Saturday night, a day after he died at a Dhaka hospital. The 98-year-old was suffering from old age complications........
Kashmir: Elite conflict in a majoritarian state
11:18 AM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayThe Kashmir takeover/ status quo cancellation/ending terrorist attacks move etc. was largely inevitable at this point of time as two Indian elite class battle it out within. One is trying to regain supremacy, the other to consolidate. The colonial elite led by Indian National Congress (INC) has been largely routed and the pre-colonial.......
Fishermen decry Sundarbans fishing ban
11:13 AM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayHardship has befallen the people dependent on the Sundarbans for their livelihood ever since a ban on fishing in the mangrove forest was imposed about two months ago. Fishermen said the government move, without providing them an alternative income source first, is forcing their families to live in difficult situations.....
VSO releases an application to strengthen learning for Rohingya children in Bangladesh
11:09 AM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayVSO Bangladesh and its partners announced the launch of “VSO School App” in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on Wednesday at 5 p.m. VSO School App is an education app developed in partnership with Ustad Mobile, to strengthen learning of Rohingya children.......
United misses another penalty, loses 2-1 to Crystal Palace
10:43 AM, 25 Aug 2019 SundayManchester United missed another penalty then conceded an injury-time goal to lose 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday. Five days after Paul Pogba had a penalty saved in a 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Marcus Rashford regained........