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Flash floods and landslides in Nepal triggered by monsoon rains killed 15 people and injured 12 overnight while another 18 have gone missing, officials said on Saturday, reports Reuters.The latest deaths took to 30 the number of people killed in incessant rain that since Thursday has pounded much of...
National
Four people including father and two sons were killed by lightning strike at Pachuria Village in Bera Upazila of Pabna on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Motaleb Sardar, 50, his son Farid Sardar, 20, Sharif Sardar, 18, and Rahmat Ali, 55, of the village.Witnesses said ...
A Dhaka court on Saturday issued summons against Nobel laureate Dr. Yunus in three cases filed by three employees of Grameen Communications separately on charges of terminating them from service.The third Labour Court summoned him to appear before it on October 8.Besides, the court also issued summo...
Somalia's security forces on Saturday ended an overnight attack by the al Shabaab Islamist militant group on a hotel in the southern port city of Kismayu that killed at least 13, a police officer said."The operation is over," police officer Major Mohamed Abdi told Reuters by telephone ...
A suspected mugger was killed in an encounter with police in Lalpur Upazila of Natore early Friday.The deceased was identified as Manikuzzaman alias Sumon, 48, was a member of a mugger gang and also an accused in over 15 cases, including murder, roberry.Officer-in-Charge of Lalpur Police Station Naz...
US regulators have approved a record $5bn (£4bn) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say, reports BBC.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been investigating allegations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly obtain...
Powerful rains lashed parts of the Deep South on Thursday morning, packing winds just short of tropical storm force — with the potential to develop into a Category 1 hurricane by the end of the week, forecasters warned, reports the New York Post.Flash flood watches are in effect from south-cen...
National,Sports
Bangladesh Parliamentarian Cricket Team beat Pakistan by 13 runs in the ongoing Inter-Parliamentary Cricket World Cup (IPCWC) 2019 in London on Wednesday.The 17-member Bangladesh squad is scheduled to play New Zealand on Thursday.Eight teams, divided in two groups, are participating in the event.Top...
A Dhaka court today set August 28 for submitting probe reports in a graft case against 11 people including former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, reports BSS.Dhaka Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Qayes passed the order, accepting the ejahar filed in the case.Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Direct...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will leave Dhaka for Singapore for his follow up treatment on Sunday.He will undergo his treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital there. Deputy Principal Information Officer of Road Transport and ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the two-day long ceremony of ‘OIC City of Tourism-2019’ at the Hotel Intercontinental in the capital on Thursday morning.Among others, OIC Assistant Secretary Musa Kulakolıkaya and the delegates from 30 OIC countries, were also present wit...
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam has said the cabinet will get two new ministers on Saturday.Shafiul Alam came up with the disclosure at a press briefing on the DC conference at secretariat on Thursday.Replying to a question, he said “The new cabinet members will take oath at Bangabhaba...
Within three years, the country will hold a referendum on the question of formally recognizing Indigenous Australians in the Constitution, a government minister announced on Wednesday, reports The New York Times.The government said it would commit more than $100 million to holding the referendum but...
Kim Darroch stepped down on Wednesday after a leak of his emails set off a diplomatic spat with President Trump, reports the New York Times.Darroch described the Trump administration in the leaked emails as “clumsy and inept.” Trump responded by describing the ambassador as a “very...
Sports
Host England takes on five-time champion Australia at Edgbaston in the second Cricket World Cup semifinal on Thursday.The winner will New Zealand at Lord's in the final on Sunday.Australia leads long-time rival England 82-61 in completed ODI matches and 6-2 in World Cup games. It beat England by...
The Gas supply to some parts of Dhaka will remain shut from Thursday midnight due to maintenance work.Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) made the announcement on Thursday.Supplies in Dhaka's Gabtoli, Darus Salam, Mirpur, Mirpur DOHS, Kallyanpur, Paikpara, Monipur, S...
President Bashar al-Assad's assault in the northwest has been met with a painful rebel counterpunch that underlines Turkish resolve to keep the area out of his hands and shows why he will struggle to take back more of Syria by force.More than two months of Russian-backed operations in and around...
India had the stars, New Zealand had the team. India's backroom staff earn more than many corporate professionals, New Zealand don't have the funds for that kind of extravagance.India had the best batsman in the world, the best bowler, and the man who had made five centuries in this tourname...
A suspected drug trader was killed in an encounter with police at Lengurbil Mathchara in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday midnight.The deceased was identified as Abdul Malek, 36, son of Makbul Ahmed of Pallanpara in Teknaf Upazila.Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf Model Police Station Prad...
Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf - before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, a UK government spokesman has said.HMS Montrose positioned itself between the three boats and the tanker British Heritage before issuing verbal warnings to the Iranian vessels, he said.He...
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