October2022
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Bangladesh receives $1,539.49m remittance in September
Oct 4, 2022According to BSS, Bangladeshis living abroad contributed remittances of about US $1,539.49 million in September of the fiscal 2022–23. The entire amount of remittances received from July through September in the current fiscal year 2022–23 was... -
Apple to release Will Smith film this year despite Oscars slap
Oct 4, 2022Will Smith’s new movie “Emancipation” will be released in December, according to an announcement made by Apple on Monday, less than a year after he stunned millions of people by slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.... -
Saudi to host Asian Winter Games in NEOM megacity
Oct 4, 2022The 2029 Asian Winter Games will take place in Saudi Arabia at a $500 billion futuristic megacity in the desert that organizers claim will have a year-round winter sports complex. “The deserts and mountains of Saudi... -
Trio win physics Nobel for quantum mechanics work
Oct 4, 2022The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to a group of physicists on Tuesday for their work in the area of quantum mechanics, which has prepared the way for the development of quantum computers, networks, and... -
In a Central African IED explosion, three Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed and one was injured
Oct 4, 2022In the early hours of this morning, three Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed and one was injured when the vehicle they were traveling in struck an explosion caused by an IED in the Central African Republic. According... -
Native American activist and actress Sacheen Littlefeather dies at 75
Oct 4, 2022The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Sunday that Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American activist and actress who was jeered in 1973 for standing up for Marlon Brando and declining an Oscar, had passed... -
Canada announces new sanctions against Iran in response to Mahsa Amini’s death
Oct 4, 2022As a result of alleged human rights abuses, including the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who passed away while in the custody of Iran’s “morality police,” Canada placed new sanctions on Iran... -
Indian speedster Bumrah ruled out of T20 World Cup
Oct 4, 2022India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was on Monday ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia starting later this month with a back injury, the country’s cricket board said. “The BCCI Medical team has ruled... -
EU summons Russian diplomats over Ukraine ‘annexation’
Oct 4, 2022As part of a concerted effort with other member states, the EU summoned Russia’s top diplomat to Brussels on Monday to denounce President Vladimir Putin’s “illegal annexation” of additional Ukrainian land. AFP was informed by Peter... -
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan
Oct 4, 2022On Tuesday, North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, causing Tokyo to activate the nation’s missile alert system and issue a take-cover order. The last time North Korea sent a missile over Japan was...
