Education minister Dipu Moni on Monday informed the cabinet meeting that all universities across the country would be able to reopen and resume academic activities by this month. She said that the universities were taking all preparations to the end but renovation of residential halls was taking time as all universities — both public and ... Read more
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp come back online after massive outage
Facebook on Monday began restoring access to its platform as well as to Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger after a global outage lasting about six hours (Error-reporting website Downdetector recorded an outage for about six hours) shut out many of its 2.7 billion global users, idled some of the company’s employees and prompted a public apology from ... Read more
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down in major outage
Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp users worldwide reported being unable to access apps and websites belonging to the services on Monday evening. Error reporting Downdetector showed the services stopped working shortly before 8pm, with over 20,000 reports of issues with Facebook and
Court refuses to grant bail to Aryan Khan, will remain in custody till October 7
Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, appeared before the court today to appeal for his bail. He was arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau officials in a drug-related case on October 3. However, upon hearing statements from the lawyers and the agency, the court has refused to grant bail to Aryan ... Read more
Aryan Khan was allegedly consuming drugs for 4 years, ‘cried inconsolably’ during questioning
Fresh new updates are coming up in Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan drug case. He was arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau officials in a drug-related case on October 3. He was being questioned by the NCB after the drug bust that took place in Mumbai aboard a cruise ship. And now, NCB officials have ... Read more
10-man Bangladesh hold India to a draw
10-man Bangladesh snatched a point against tournament favourites India as their group phase match of the SAFF Championship ended in a 1-1 draw at the Male National Football Stadium in Maldives on Monday. India captain Sunil Chhetri gave Indians the lead in the 26th minute and Bangladesh’s dreams of bouncing back into the contest got ... Read more
Cyclone, above normal rain likely in October
In its monthly outlook released on Sunday, the Met Office warned that three of the lows are likely to form in the month of October over the Bay of Bengal may intensify into a cyclonic storm. October is an active month for cyclones and five of the 33 historical cyclones since 1960 hit Bangladesh in ... Read more
Tigers reach Oman safely
The Bangladesh team reached Oman today at the early hours of Monday after Cyclone Shaheen bearing down on Oman, had thrown their departure from the Bangladesh into doubt on Sunday night. The Mahmudullah Riyad-led squad took off from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 1:10am, more than two hours shy of their scheduled flight ... Read more
Tigers depart for Oman after last minute panic
Bangladesh’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup bound contingent faced some last minute drama before finally leaving for Oman an hour after the scheduled time on Sunday. The Bangladesh team players, support staff and a few board officials were scheduled to leave for Muscat at 10:45 pm from the Hazrat Shahjalal
Neha Dhupia, Angad Bedi welcome baby boy
Angad Bedi made the announcement through his social media Bollywood stars Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi have welcomed a baby boy. The actor took to social media to make the announcement. Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi are now parents to a baby boy. Taking to social media, Angad Bedi shared a photo of him and ... Read more
Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan arrested
Aryan Khan was arrested following a drug bust conducted last night Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, was detained by NCB officials last night after a drug bust was conducted and has now been arrested. He was being questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau and was spotted leaving the office to get ... Read more
Bangladesh make winning start in SAFF
Bangladesh made a winning start in the 2021 SAFF Championship as they beat a 10-man Sri Lanka by a solitary goal in the opening match of the five-nation tournament at the National Football Stadium in Male, Maldives on Friday. This was a rare win for the men in red and green as this
Princess Mako set to marry former classmate leaving the royal dignity
Japan’s Princess Mako will marry her former college classmate, Kei Komuro, on October 26, the Imperial Household Agency announced on Friday. The couple were initially set to wed in 2018, but this was put off, reportedly after accounts that Mr Komuro’s family had run into financial difficulties. They are expected to move to the US ... Read more
Brazilian football great Pele leaves hospital after weeks, will continue chemotherapy
Brazil legend Pele has been released from hospital after undergoing surgery for a colon tumour. The 80-year-old had the operation at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on 4 September. Pele, the only player to win the World Cup three times, left the intensive care unit 10 days later, but was readmitted soon after as a ... Read more
For the first time, DU entrance examinations held in all divisional cities
The admission test for Dhaka University’s undergraduate courses began today at 11:00am in all eight divisions for the first time, to reduce the hassle of spending time and money by students and their guardians. “The exams are going on in a calm manner and there was no news of any untoward incident,” Dhaka University Proctor ... Read more
DU entrance examinations from Oct 1 in all divisional cities
Dhaka University (DU) admission tests will be held from October 1, at all divisional cities of the country besides Dhaka. The development was announced at a press conference today by DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Akhtaruzzaman. The Vice-Chancellor said undergraduate (honours) admission tests for the academic year 2020-21 will be held in public universities in
Walton starts exporting microwave ovens to Europe
The Bangladeshi electronics company Walton has started microwave oven export to Romania and Hungary. Tahmina Afrose Tanna, director of Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited, officially inaugurated the microwave oven exports through cutting a giant cake at Walton’s corporate office in Dhaka on Monday. Two renowned electronics and home appliance marketing
StanChart brings “Smartcard” onto the market to facilitate digital payments
Standard Chartered Bangladesh recently introduced a new credit card that offers discounts on the purchase of digital products and services, such as accounting solutions for Netflix users or concluding grocery transactions through Foodpanda. With the changed spending habits due to Covid-19, StanChart
Chris Hemsworth Returns As Tyler Rake In ‘Extraction 2’ Trailer
Chris Hemsworth appears at Netflix’s global live stream event TUDUM to confirm that his character Tyler Rake will return in Extraction 2. Netflix released the first teaser of Chris Hemsworth’s starrer action franchise “Extraction 2” on Saturday. The 1 min 35-sec teaser showcased the last scene of the movie where Tyler Rake( Chris Hemsworth) gets ... Read more
SSC exams from Nov 14, HSC from Dec 2
This year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations will start from November 14 and December 2 respectively. The Secondary and Higher Education Division of the education ministry published the exams’ schedules on its website today