September2021
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Scientology volunteers carry on with their hurricane Ida disaster relief
Sep 19, 2021The Scientology Cyclone Ida Disaster Response team continues to work in areas where the recovery from the category 4 hurricane that wreaked havoc on the region is still underway. Ida was the second most powerful hurricane... -
Mushfiqur returns to practice in a desperate attempt to stop his drought
Sep 19, 2021Bangladesh’s senior batsman, Mushfiqur Rahim, has refused to take a long sabbatical from cricket and has returned to practice today to prepare for his new responsibilities. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) offered the national players a... -
Myanmar military convoy hit by roadside bomb near Yangon
Sep 19, 2021The military and media said that anti-junta dissidents in Myanmar carried out a bomb attack on security personnel in Yangon, with several people dead in the ensuing gunfire. Since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s... -
Afghan women demand their rights under Taliban rule
Sep 19, 2021On Sunday, a group of Afghan women gathered in Kabul to demand the right to work and study under the Taliban’s new government. Fundamentalist insurgents have enforced draconian rules on girls’ education and women’s engagement in... -
Mobile internet speed increases only by 15% in Bangladesh
Sep 19, 2021According to a recently published Global Index by Ookla, global mobile internet speed has improved by 59.5 percent in the last year, whereas it has only increased by 15.38 percent in Bangladesh, which is around one-fourth... -
Coronavirus indicators continue to improve in Europe
Sep 19, 2021Even though different countries adopt different measures to combat the epidemic, the primary coronavirus indicators are improving across Europe. In its most recent weekly report, which ended Sept. 17, the European Center for Disease Prevention and... -
WeChat to start allowing users to access external links from Friday
Sep 19, 2021encent Holdings’s popular WeChat messaging app will start allowing users to access external links from Friday, days after regulators told the company and its rivals to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other’s links. China’s... -
Blast targets Taliban truck in eastern Afghan city
Sep 19, 2021Local media said that a bomb targeted a pickup truck carrying Taliban fighters in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday, a day after at least two people were killed in a succession of explosives in... -
UN welcomes PM’s attendance at UNGA
Sep 19, 2021Mia Seppo, the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, said today that the UN welcomes Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where she would address the most critical challenges confronting Bangladesh. “Key... -
Only Fools and Horses actor John Challis dies at 79
Sep 19, 2021John Challis, best known for playing Boycie in Only Fools and Horses, has died aged 79, reports BBC. His family said he died “peacefully in his sleep, after a long battle with cancer”. “He will always...